Former Sonae IM, Bright Pixel Capital is a venture capital company with a global aim, financially driven and oriented to make businesses prosper. We have the power of transformational change across our DNA sectors: Cybersecurity, Retail Technologies, Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies. Envisioned as the tech investment arm of Sonae Group, a Portuguese multinational with a diversified portfolio of innovative brands, Bright Pixel Capital has invested over 250M€ in the first 5 years in more than 50 direct investments, and will continue this path using our expertise to spot unique opportunities with the potential to change an industry. Working with Bright Pixel Capital means accessing a group of dedicated and experienced professionals, with incomparable knowledge of each investment vertical.

Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM)

Evolem is an evergreen fund sponsored by an entrepreneur with net worth > 850m€ (Bruno Rousset, Founder of April, listed insurance broker with 1B€ market cap). No external LP's, quick process and no exit deadline. We invest from 100k to 3M€ in french startup raising 500k€ to 10M€.

Evolem Start

Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and their experience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions. Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.

Isai

Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York and San Francisco backed by Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, global leader in luxury goods. Aglaé invests from € 100k up to € 100m in asset light tech businesses at all stages.  Groupe Arnault-backed companies include Netflix, Spotify, Backmarket, Betfair, Airbnb, Slack, Algolia, Lyft and others.

Aglaé Ventures

Frenchfounders has been meeting the challenges of French speakers since 2014, offering solutions ranging from business intermediation, investment to career coaching. Frenchfounders is active on 4 continents, 15 cities and over 450 events per year. By positioning itself as the physical and digital meeting point for a community of over 7,000 Founders, including 4,000 Club members, Frenchfounders brings together the international community of French speakers in two ways: individuals and companies. FrenchFounders was founded by Vincent Deruelle and Benoit Buridant in 2014 and is headquartered in New York.

Frenchfounders

Beamy

Large corporations use hundreds of SaaS to accelerate their digital transformation. This transformation is more and more decentralised. The number of apps used by Business Units (BUs) grows every year but they don't often notify the IT teams which creates Shadow IT. Beamy automatically detects SaaS apps used within the organisation, including those in Shadow IT. Companies can then manage their SaaS stack, reduce GDPR risks, manage security breaches and optimise growing expenses. Beamy also helps restore smoother communication between IT teams & BUs through a collaborative platform. The BUs can request to implement the tools they need quickly & efficiently while maintaining the security standards and compliance policies with IT teams & other relevant stakeholders.

<div><p>Beamy provides a SaaS governance platform to streamline workflows for large enterprises. By enhancing communication between business departments and IT teams, the proprietary solution aims to monitor, manage, and minimize the organization's use of SaaS apps and subscription-based software.</p></div>

Giving firms greater control over their SaaS stack

B2B SaaS Management Platforms

European Pioneer in SaaS Management Beamy Raises $9M

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    Beamy provides a SaaS governance platform to streamline workflows for large enterprises. By enhancing communication between business departments and IT teams, the proprietary solution aims to monitor, manage, and minimize the organization's use of SaaS apps and subscription-based software.
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    G2 provides a SaaS spend management platform to reduce costs and eliminate waste for IT, Finance, and Procurement teams. It offers an integrated approach to recognize, analyze, and keep track of SaaS stacks, employee SaaS consumption, manage contracts and compliance, synchronize software requests, and gain insights and analytics.
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    Vendr (formerly Blissfully) offers a SaaS buying platform that leverages AI to find the best software to buy and manage the expanding stack in a single system of record for finance and procurement teams. The platform makes use of benchmarking data, SaaS buying experts, automated workflows and analytics and insights to streamline the purchase, renewal, and deal updates. 
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Vendr

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    BetterCloud offers a SaaS management solution, which it claims to be the market leader for SaaS operations, that aids enterprises in consolidating data protection and streamlining user lifecycle management. The platform features automated app discovery, app insights, automated workflows and user data. 
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BetterCloud

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    LeanIX provides an automated SaaS management system to help businesses reduce costs and boost productivity. The platform is designed to focus on tracking, managing, and benchmarking subscribed SaaS applications. 
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LeanIX

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    Flexera One offers an IT and cloud management software platform to improve app usability and cost effectiveness for enterprises. The platform allows analytics, insights, asset management, cloud application modernization, licensing use and compliance, and maximizing technological returns.
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Flexera One

Platforms for cataloging, tracking and benchmarking a firms existing SaaS stack and discovering and purchasing new solutions that are a better fit for the organization

Platforms that help identify potential securities vulnerabilities of a firm's SaaS stack and provide a solution to ensure compliance with regulations.

Platforms that help eliminate SaaS wastage and optimize costs by providing spending analysis reports, contract renewal planning, and vendor management.

Integrated product offerings that provide complete solutions covering the entire life cycle of SaaS usage. A number of firms also offer managed services such as price negotiations with vendors

Solutions in this industry focus on providing tools for firms to manage its SaaS subscriptions

Uses AI/ML to analyze a firms SaaS stack and ensure compliance with privacy standards

Provide greater visibility on the usage and spending on SaaS platforms

Growth in remote and hybrid work arrangements led to growth in cloud-based SaaS solutions

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