Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicorns Revolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra.  Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

Seedcamp

Serena is one of Europe's leading venture capital funds, with $750m under management. Founded in 2008, Serena invests at early stages, from seed to series B, and supports the success of innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to service a better world. Born of the profound conviction that a venture capital fund should be at the service of its portfolio companies, Serena has set up the largest operational support team in Europe and the most active startup community, the Serena Squad, with more than 550 active C-levels. Serena has a strong focus on AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. Serena has invested in more than 100 startups with several international success stories such as Dataiku, Malt, The Fork, Electra, Descartes Underwriting, Accenta, Lifen, and AramisAuto. Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Serena's DNA.

Serena

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey. The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors; backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth. Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset. Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Kima Ventures

HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events.

HCVC

Investing at the forefront of Automation, Robotics, AI, and IoT

Catapult Ventures

Diaspora Ventures invests in the next generation of french entrepreneurs building tech companies. Diaspora Ventures targets French founders who have true global ambition, by investing early and giving them access to the best tech ecosystem in the world, the United States.

Diaspora Ventures

Vitesse Automation

Vitesse Automation is committed to helping factories improve production while reducing consumption, pollution, and waste.

<div><p>Full Speed Automation (FSA), founded by Luc Leroy (former head of Core Automation Engineering at Tesla), offers a no-code platform, “VITESSE”, for production line automation. The company claims this is the first no-code automation control platform on the market. VITESSE brings agility and industry 4.0 capabilities  to manufacturing by enabling automation by setting up, managing, and repurposing production lines following pilot programs  with businesses in automotive, smart warehousing, biotech, and greentech sectors.</p></div>

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Full Speed Automation

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    Full Speed Automation (FSA), founded by Luc Leroy (former head of Core Automation Engineering at Tesla), offers a no-code platform, “VITESSE”, for production line automation. The company claims this is the first no-code automation control platform on the market. VITESSE brings agility and industry 4.0 capabilities  to manufacturing by enabling automation by setting up, managing, and repurposing production lines following pilot programs  with businesses in automotive, smart warehousing, biotech, and greentech sectors. 
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    FSA raised USD 3.2 million in seed funding in March 2021, led by HCVC, which it intends to invest in expanding the development and reach of its platform, with teams in the US and Europe.  
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    Index offers a no-code platform for enterprises to build dashboards for internal use to obtain insights on business metrics, investor updates and operation overviews, among others. As of June 2021, the product remains at beta, with a limited early preview. The platform provides prebuilt templates, and also has tools for users to build their own dashboards.  
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    The dashboard can be integrated with multiple apps including Hubspot ((customer relationship management data), Stripe (payment data), and Postgres and MongoDB (databases), slack (remote working) and Google Sheets (spreadsheets), among others. 
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    The company raised USD 2.6 million in Seed funding in October 2020. It intends to invest the funds in hiring two engineers (in addition to the two founders) and continuing to refine and develop the product. The founders aim to reach USD 1 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and expand their product distribution. 
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Index

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    Stencyl offers a drag-and-drop no-code platform that enables users to create and publish web and mobile games. Users can build their game logic using the platform&rsquo;s pre-built code blocks, design visual elements via an in-built graphics editor, and publish across a range of platform&rsquo;s such as IoS, Android, Windows and Mac. Moreover,&nbsp; Stencyl also enables users to embed ads into their games as a secondary source of revenue.&nbsp;
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    <b>Key customers and partnerships</b>
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    As of February 2024, Stencyl was used by over 500,000 registered developers. Apps created on Stencyl have reached top slots in the Apple App Store and Google Play, and its most successful web games have been sponsored by major publishers including ArmorGames, Kongregate, and Newgrounds.
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Stencyl

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    PlugXR Inc offers a no-code platform for users to produce AR, VR, and MR (mixed reality) apps. Its platform offers cross-platform development for both Android and iOS and supports software development kits (SDKs), collaboration, and report and analytics on the apps. The company operates in the US, Sweden, and India.
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    As of 2019, its customer base rose to 37 clients (from 14 in 2016), while its workforce grew to over 30 people (from 14 in 2016). PlugXR raised pre-seed and angel funding in 2019.
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PlugXR

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    Universe offers a no-code platform for users to build websites that can be added to social media pages. Websites can be built using drag and drop blocks to add images, videos, and other content to create a mobile-first website. The Platform offers creative controls, 30 pre-made themes, and block features to allow users to create a custom site and/or open an e-commerce store directly from a mobile phone.&nbsp;
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    The company began as a landing page builder and progressed to developing websites, which include tools for adding shopping blocks. Universe targets micro businesses that are not tech-savvy.
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      <u>In July 2023</u>
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    , Universe launched the beta version of Generative Universe Sites (GUS), an AI-powered website designing tool. This solution provides a conversational interface for users to dictate their requirements for a website and then generates a customized web page.
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    <b>Funding and financials</b>
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    In December 2021, Universe raised USD 30 million in a Series B funding round led by Addition to develop the company&rsquo;s block-based system for website building named &ldquo;GRID,&rdquo; expand its commercial offering for startups, and extend GRID to more platforms and devices. 
    Additionally, the company used the funds to&nbsp; expand its reach in new markets and grow its employee base.&nbsp;
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Universe

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    Readymag is a web-based drag and drop tool that enables users to create websites, presentations and digital magazines. Its customers include large enterprises such as AirBnB, Forbes, Esquire, and IDEO.
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Readymag

Offers solutions for building internal applications and automations for enterprises

Many solutions enable users to leverage AI/ML for predictive analytics

Offers solutions for building enterprise-specific applications and automations

Some solutions leverage GenAI to enable users to build application and website templates without coding

Allows users to create apps for their own businesses by using their data and ideas and converting them into apps to improve their workflow.

Full Speed Automation

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