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.
Philosophy
Investing is no longer just about financial performance — it is about conviction, meaning, and the people you stand beside.
Family Ventures was built on a simple but powerful conviction: families and individuals who have created and grown businesses across generations are uniquely positioned to back the next generation of international leaders.
We are a network — 35 General Partners, 10 Family Offices, 300+ investors across 8 countries, each investing their own capital and inviting trusted peers to co-invest, deal by deal.
What we share is a relationship to long-term value creation, to entrepreneurial risk, and to the discipline of family governance.
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.
The five 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.
The three 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
A curated portfolio of international companies, selected by our Partners' Committee, invested through regulated French SPVs, and supported with hands-on board participation.
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
Family Ventures is not the work of two people. It is the convergence of 35 families and operators across the world — each bringing their capital, their expertise, and their entire trusted network.
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 behind our next investment. Stay tuned.
Family Ventures joins WeGrow's Pre-Series A — backing the platform redefining employee engagement at scale.
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 Gen
The Next Gen gains direct access to the rhythm of the network: founder events, portfolio reviews, partner gatherings, and the collective intelligence that emerges from active collaboration. Learning happens through proximity, participation, and exposure to real decisions.
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.
