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. Backing visionary founders reshaping industries or creating entirely new ones.
OUR CONVICTION
Technology will transform all industries, sectors and the biggest transformations are yet to come. "Families of entrepreneurs" - who have created, grown and transmited companies across generations - are uniquely positioned to back the next generation of visionary founders.
Capital is a commodity. Families' values and entrepreneurial experience are not.
Collective intelligence is the future: leveraging a unique ecosystem of family businesses & experienced family entrepreneurs, leaders and industry-experts across 8 countries.
Active support, business reviews and hands-on coaching programs are key to validate each stage of growth for founders and companies' acceleration.
Creating value by direct investing, disciplined governance, collective alignment & patient capital. Engaged as 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)
THE PORTFOLIO
Diversified portfolio of B2B global-first companies sourced across Europe, US and Asia. Funding "category-leaders" capable to impact Europe's future sovereignity and competitiveness.
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
Our Community
Top Families supercharging Top Founders. Behind each founder, 30+ families access and a community of 400+ members - 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.
Founding Partner & Managing Director
Former Global Digital Director @SonyMobile, serial entrepreneur, investor and hands-on growth advisor. Bridging global corporate experience with the startup ecosystem, supporting portfolio companies in growth acceleration, partnerships and go-to-market execution.
News & Events
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
An exclusive live session with Elika Team's CEO — ask your questions directly on their language intelligence platform built for defense.
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An opportunity to look back together on a year of investments, encounters and milestones — before the summer break and a fresh season ahead.
An exclusive live session with Elika Team's CEO — ask your questions directly on their language intelligence platform built for defense.
Register→An opportunity to look back together on a year of investments, encounters and milestones — before the summer break and a fresh season ahead.
News
Les Échos spotlights Side Angels and Family Ventures, two pioneers reshaping how private investment networks mobilise around the best European founders.
Family Ventures brought its community to Vivatech 2026 for an exclusive Learning Expedition — live demos, founder meetings, and behind-the-scenes access to the most ambitious European tech companies.
The team was on the ground at Eurosatory 2026, exploring the intersection of defence, deep tech and sovereignty — and meeting the founders shaping the future of the sector.
Family Ventures joins WeGrow's Pre-Series A — backing the platform redefining employee engagement at scale.
Founder voices
The founders we back gain the full benefit of a global community of 30+ familles of entrepreneurs with industry expertises and deep network to accelerate GTM and take their companies to the next level.
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
Fueling & engaging Family NextGens with Entrepreneurship, Investing, Collective governace and decisions, Immersion in innovation ecosystems, Proximity with visionary entrepreneurs and inspiring family business leaders, meetings with other family peers.
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 Family Next Gens from our growing community - Family peers who will run, fund and build the companies of the next decade. A circle that grows with you.
