About
Family Ventures is an International community of family investors. Like- minded people who belong to entrepreneurial families who have created, grown, transmitted businesses for generations.
OUR CONVICTION
Families and entrepreneurs who have created, grown and transmited enterprises across generations are uniquely positioned to back the next generation of visionary founders.
Family Ventures unites and leverages multiple families’ entrepreneurial experiences, industry expertises and deep network to visionary founders - reshaping industries or creating entirely new ones.
Creating value by being patient, disciplined, long-term industrialists in the fast-growing and ultra short-term world of innovations.
Investment thesis
Strategic context
The world stands at a crossroads. Technological independence, energy security, industrial resilience — the next decade will define the balance of power for the decade ahead. Family Ventures channels family capital toward the founders, sectors and companies that build that future. Our ambition: Supporting the Transformation of our European Industries and Mid-Sized Companies.
Five Investment Verticals :
Software, automation, digitalization
Software, automation, digitalization — the productivity layer of every modern company.
Software, automation, digitalization
Software, automation, digitalization — the productivity layer of every modern company.
Robotics, sensors, embodied AI
Robotics, sensors, embodied intelligence, data centers and cooling — where software meets the physical world.
Sovereignty, cyber, dual-use
Cyber, dual-use, defense tech. Sovereignty is built by those able to protect it.
Transition, mobility, circular economy
Transition, mobility, circular economy — the infrastructure of a sovereign, resilient energy base.
Health, education, entertainment
The future of health, education and entertainment — backing what shapes the next generation.
3 Stages :
Early growth — backing visionary founders
We back early-growth companies with proven product-market fit and €500K+ ARR, across our five sovereign verticals. Always with a lead investor, syndicated alongside families and operators.
Ticket
€500K — €1M
Geography
60% Europe · 40% International (US, Israel, UK)
Late stage extension — discounted access
Acquisition of secondary positions in fast-growing tech, unicorns and blue chips. We purchase shares at a discount from early employees or founders, leveraging the network to access deals reserved for top-tier institutionals.
Ticket
€1M — €3M
Geography
60% Europe · 40% International (US, Israel, UK)
Buyout & recovery — the real economy & SMEs
Investment in profitable family-held SMEs and small-caps that want to accelerate expansion through innovation, external growth or transmission. The economic backbone of the real economy, accompanied with the patience and discipline of family capital.
Ticket
€1M — €3M
Geography
60% Europe · 40% International (US, Israel, UK)
Portfolio
Diversified portfolio of international technology companies - Selection by our families-led collective governance - Support by a powerful network of family leaders and industry experts - Active coaching by hands-on operating partners & advisors
Enterprise AI/SaaS platform for growth, deployed across 120 countries
Battery monitoring software for EV fleets
AI microbiome intelligence platform
French fintech revolutionizing employee benefits
Detect and slow cognitive decline 50+
Cognitive science-based learning platform
SaaS for real-estate decarbonation & circularity
VIP ticketing & hospitality management
Audit & accounting automation
Precision airflow technology for sensors
Community
Top Families supercharging Top Founders. Behind each founder, 30+ families access and a community of 400+ investors, experts & advisors. Family Ventures unites families & industry experts - across different geographies, industries, sectors, generations and cultures.
Founding Partner & CEO
Family business peer. Serial tech entrepreneur and innovation leader since 20 years. Today channels family capital toward the energy, climate and impact transitions.
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Founding Partner & Managing Director
Background in marketing, digital strategy and partnerships across large corporates and startups. Accompanies portfolio companies on strategic growth.
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Learning Expeditions to VivaTech, monthly committees, live chats with founders, on-site portfolio visits, private dinners, the annual Summer Event. The Family Ventures network is built through gatherings.
Events
Les Échos highlights WeGrow’s Series A round, alongside leading entrepreneurs and strategic investors. Family Ventures joined the round to support the company’s next phase of growth and its ambition to become a European leader in AI-powered execution intelligence.
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Monthly Partners gathering. New deal validation, portfolio reporting, strategic discussions on the second half of 2026.
Apply to the club→
The annual gathering of the Family Ventures network. Three days, families, founders, operators. The event where the network becomes a community.
By invitation onlyLes Échos highlights WeGrow’s Series A round, alongside leading entrepreneurs and strategic investors. Family Ventures joined the round to support the company’s next phase of growth and its ambition to become a European leader in AI-powered execution intelligence.
Join the live chat→Monthly Partners gathering. New deal validation, portfolio reporting, strategic discussions on the second half of 2026.
Apply to the club→The annual gathering of the Family Ventures network. Three days, families, founders, operators. The event where the network becomes a community.
By invitation onlyNews
Following its initial $400K investment in December 2025, Family Ventures has committed an additional $500K as HelloBiome finalizes its $1M Series A round.
Family Ventures has joined the BSA-AIR round in WeGrow, an enterprise AI/SaaS platform deployed across 120 countries with Nestlé, LVMH, Mars, HP and Diageo as clients.
Our portfolio company BIB Batteries announces a major distribution and integration partnership with BMW and Mercedes-Benz on its battery monitoring software.
Five new GPs join Family Ventures by cooptation. Three industrial families from France and Germany, one Swiss operator, one fintech founder from London.
Our portfolio company Five Lives is hiring across science and operations as it accelerates its clinical research on cognitive decline.
Maddyness profiles Family Ventures and its model of family-coopted investing, examining how the next wave of international VC is being shaped by industrial heirs and operators.
Our 2025 annual review is now available to the network. ~€10M deployed, 9 portfolio companies, 35 General Partners, 300+ investors across 8 countries worldwide.
Following its initial $400K investment in December 2025, Family Ventures has committed an additional $500K as HelloBiome finalizes its $1M Series A round.
Family Ventures has joined the BSA-AIR round in WeGrow, an enterprise AI/SaaS platform deployed across 120 countries with Nestlé, LVMH, Mars, HP and Diageo as clients.
Our portfolio company BIB Batteries announces a major distribution and integration partnership with BMW and Mercedes-Benz on its battery monitoring software.
Five new GPs join Family Ventures by cooptation. Three industrial families from France and Germany, one Swiss operator, one fintech founder from London.
Founder voices
The founders we back gain a committee that challenges them, a board that shows up, and a network of operators and families that moves with the company.
David Menicovich
Founder & CEO · Actasys
Family Ventures didn't just write a check — they opened their industrial network. Within months we were talking to exactly the partners we needed.
Family Ventures didn't just write a check — they opened their industrial network. Within months we were talking to exactly the partners we needed.
David Menicovich
Founder & CEO · Actasys
Karine Joyeux
Founder & CEO · Elika Team
What sets Family Ventures apart is proximity. The committee challenges you, the partners introduce you, and you feel the whole network moving with you.
What sets Family Ventures apart is proximity. The committee challenges you, the partners introduce you, and you feel the whole network moving with you.
Karine Joyeux
Founder & CEO · Elika Team
Elsa Jungman
Founder & CEO · HelloBiome
From our first live chat to our Series A, Family Ventures has been a steady, hands-on partner — present in the boardroom and well beyond it.
From our first live chat to our Series A, Family Ventures has been a steady, hands-on partner — present in the boardroom and well beyond it.
Elsa Jungman
Founder & CEO · HelloBiome
Séverin Groisne
Founder & CEO · Evenizer
Beyond capital, they bring operators who have built before. That experience around the table changes how fast you can move.
Beyond capital, they bring operators who have built before. That experience around the table changes how fast you can move.
Séverin Groisne
Founder & CEO · Evenizer
Next Gens
Entrepreneurship is the real legacy
The Next Gen gains direct access to the rhythm of the network: shadow commitees, portfolio reviews, partners gatherings, and the collective intelligence that emerges from active collaboration. Learning happens through proximity, participation, and exposure to real decisions and tomorrow's leaders.
Meet the founders we back. Sit in on live chats, attend portfolio updates, listen to how the next generation of international companies actually gets built.
Be at the table when investment decisions are discussed. See how risk, conviction and diligence come together in real time, alongside experienced family investors.
Meet other Next Gens from the network — peers who will run, fund and build the companies of the next decade. A circle that grows with you.
