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.
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.com | - | France, Il... |
| 01.01.2024 | Impulse Sp... | impulsespace.com | $225M | United Sta... |
| 15.09.2022 | Allisone | allisone.ai | - | 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.com | $56.15M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Jus Mundi | jusmundi.com | $23.08M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Norbert He... | norberthealth.com | $5M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Branded | joinbranded.com | - | Germany, B... |
| 27.03.2022 | refurbed | refurbed.com | - | 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 Décideurs Corporate Finance ?? |
| 18.05.2022 | “France is all about industry, through the French tech and the French Fab” | Our Founder and CEO Pascal Cagni had the privilege to be invited by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News to talk about France’s new leadership in Europe. |
| 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 start-ups and European scale-ups. |
| 10.03.2022 | Former ODDO BHF Private Equity CFO Mathieu Bourdié joins C4 Ventures | We welcomed Mathieu Bourdié - former Chief Operating Officer at ODDO BHF Private Equity - as our Chief Financial Officer & Head of Investor Relations... |
| 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 encompasses from an investor perspective. |
| 17.01.2022 | Former Microsoft Western Europe President Eric Boustouller joins C4 Ventures as Partner | Watch Eric Boustouller tell you more about his experience and how he will continue, as Partner, to apply the same methods that made us so successful! |
| 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 that C4 Ventures has seen since 2014... |
| 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 they are turning upside down the legal research market. |
| 25.05.2021 | The Deep Tech Investment Paradox | The BCG released a report on “The Deep Tech Investment Paradox” and C4 Ventures contributed. Click to read our view on finding a new investment mo... |
| 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 more attractive than ever to foreign investors. |
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Mentions in press and media 25
| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.01.2025 | Wardwizard signs MoU with New-York-based entity for developing advanced battery cells | Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Limited, a manufacturer of electric vehicles under the brands ‘Joy e-bike’ and ‘Joy e-rik’, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with C4V, a New York-based lithium-ion battery technology company, ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Discover a New Era in Energy: Book Launch "A Journey from Black Gold to White Gold" | New Delhi, Delhi, India We are thrilled to announce the Book launch of From Oil to Lithium: Navigating the Future of Energy, a transformative new book by acclaimed energy expert Mr. Kuldeep Gupta. This compelling narrative follows the journ... |
| 25.04.2024 | Kuldeep Gupta, Vice President (Strategic Partnership), C4V Bags the Future Energy Leader Award Middle East organized by The Economic Times EnergyWorld | New Delhi, Delhi, India Mr. Kuldeep Gupta, Vice President (Strategic Partnership), C4V wins the Future Energy Leader Award Middle East organized by The Economic Times EnergyWorld, an arm of Times Internet in Dubai, UAE. His strong backgroun... |
| 07.11.2023 | Austrian online marketplace for refurbished products Refurbed secures €54M; surpasses €1B in GMV | Read this article in: Vienna-based Refurbed, the online marketplace for refurbished products such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, announced that it has secured €54M in a Series C round of funding. The investment was led by existing inv... |
| 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 --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Refurbed, the marketplace for refurbished and upgr... |
| 09.03.2022 | Fifteen pedals in €40 million to gear up for European expansion | With a new name and a big funding up its sleeves, French self-service bike company Fifteen is adding on to the list of e-bike players which have raised big money in the recent times owing to the mobility and ridesharing boom in Europe. The ... |
| 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 that remote work will be a big part of our world in 2022 and beyond. This makes “future of work” a hot topic among investors, but that means d... |
| 05.08.2021 | Refurbished electronics marketplace Refurbed raises $54 million in recent round | Vienna-based marketplace for refurbished electronics, Refurbed has raised $54 million in a Series B funding round. Refurbed is addressing the significant environmental impact of the electronics industry, and put more usable tech back out in... |
| 18.05.2021 | Gilles Litman, former VP of Digital Health at Sanofi, joins Remedee Labs to accelerate global launch of breakthrough digital health platform focused on chronic pain management | |
| 12.05.2021 | London-based fashion platform Lyst scoops up $85 million, snags Spotify’s Director of Product, lysting imminent? | London-based global fashion shopping platform Lyst has raised $85 million in a round that saw participation from a number of existing investors including Draper Esprit. The round welcomed new players Fidelity International, Novator Capital,... |
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