C4 Ventures is a leading venture investor in Europe.
We are based in London and Paris and focused on early stage (seed or Series A) startups based in Europe and later stage startups seeking to expand into European markets.
We focus our investments within three themes:
- Smart Hardware
- Future of Commerce
- Digital Media
- Future of Work
We like founding teams who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and want to revolutionise their industry and the world in general, hence our rather explosive name.
Location: France, Ile-de-France
Employees: 11-50
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E; Series F; Series G; Series H
Portfolio 43
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 01.01.2024 | Wethenew | wethenew.c... | - | France, Il... |
| 01.01.2024 | Impulse Sp... | impulsespa... | $75M | United Sta... |
| 15.09.2022 | Allisone | allisone.a... | - | France, Il... |
| 08.09.2022 | Fifteen Fr... | fifteen.eu | - | France, Au... |
| 30.04.2022 | Lyst | lyst.com | $144M | United Kin... |
| 24.04.2022 | iziwork | iziwork.co... | $56.15M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Jus Mundi | jusmundi.c... | $1.08M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Norbert He... | norberthea... | $5M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Branded | joinbrande... | - | Germany, B... |
| 27.03.2022 | refurbed | refurbed.c... | - | Austria, V... |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Emmanuel | Grenier | eCommerce ... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Rafael | De Oliveir... | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Roy | Timor-Rous... | Product UX | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Serge | Palaric | Computing ... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | David | Bailey | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | d***d@azte... | - |
| - | Alain | Pakiry | Go-to-mark... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
News 35
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.06.2022 | Boris Bakech, technophile | Our Partner & Managing Director Boris Bakech was featured as one of the PE rising stars in Décid... |
| 18.05.2022 | “France is all about industry, through the French tech and t... | Our Founder and CEO Pascal Cagni had the privilege to be invited by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News to t... |
| 20.04.2022 | People and product-driven investments | Pascal Cagni sat down with Chris O’Brien for a passionate discussion on C4 Ventures, French Tech sta... |
| 10.03.2022 | Former ODDO BHF Private Equity CFO Mathieu Bourdié joins C4 ... | We welcomed Mathieu Bourdié - former Chief Operating Officer at ODDO BHF Private Equity - as our Chi... |
| 18.01.2022 | For investors, Future of Work isn’t only about HR | Tech Crunch called on Eric Boustouller to get a better understanding of what #FutureOfWork encompass... |
| 17.01.2022 | Former Microsoft Western Europe President Eric Boustouller j... | Watch Eric Boustouller tell you more about his experience and how he will continue, as Partner, to a... |
| 10.01.2022 | How C4 Ventures backs founders with explosive growth | In this episode of Capital Calls, Eric Boustouller and Boris Bakech dive into the explosive success ... |
| 02.11.2021 | Technology at the service of the Rule of Law | We led Jus Mundi’s $10M Series A round. Read our "Why we invested" article to discover how... |
| 25.05.2021 | The Deep Tech Investment Paradox | The BCG released a report on “The Deep Tech Investment Paradox” and C4 Ventures contributed. Click t... |
| 11.05.2021 | France remains popular to foreign investors despite Covid | Our Founder & CEO Pascal Cagni was interviewed by his alma mater, Sciences Po, on France being m... |
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Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 25.04.2024 | Kuldeep Gupta, Vice President (Strategic Partnership), C4V B... | New Delhi, Delhi, India Mr. Kuldeep Gupta, Vice President (Strategic Partnership), C4V wins the Futu... | newsvoir.c... |
| 07.11.2023 | Austrian online marketplace for refurbished products Refurbe... | Read this article in: Vienna-based Refurbed, the online marketplace for refurbished products such as... | siliconcan... |
| 07.11.2023 | Austrian Refurbed raises $57M in Series C funding round | Austrian Refurbed raises $57M in Series C funding round 07 November, 2023, 12:20 Mariia Denysiuk -... | ain.capita... |
| 09.03.2022 | Fifteen pedals in €40 million to gear up for European expans... | With a new name and a big funding up its sleeves, French self-service bike company Fifteen is adding... | tech.eu/20... |
| 18.01.2022 | For investors, future of work isn’t only about HR | With tech companies such as Meta once again postponing workers’ return to the office, it is clear th... | techcrunch... |
| 05.08.2021 | Refurbished electronics marketplace Refurbed raises $54 mill... | Vienna-based marketplace for refurbished electronics, Refurbed has raised $54 million in a Series B ... | tech.eu/br... |
| 18.05.2021 | Gilles Litman, former VP of Digital Health at Sanofi, joins ... | prnewswire... | |
| 12.05.2021 | London-based fashion platform Lyst scoops up $85 million, sn... | London-based global fashion shopping platform Lyst has raised $85 million in a round that saw partic... | tech.eu/br... |
| 30.03.2021 | Milan-based online grocer Everli raises $100 million in seri... | Milan-based online grocery shopping platform Everli has raised $100 million in a series C round. Thi... | tech.eu/br... |
| 10.07.2020 | Tech.eu Podcast #176: solarisBank raises €60M, six fresh fun... | The Tech.eu Podcast is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the Euro... | tech.eu/ne... |
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