Serena

Serena

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Investment Firm

Overview

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.

Highlights

Founded

2008

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

128

Lead Investment

54

Exits

23

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Serena, established in 2008 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across Software, Marketing, Public Relations, SaaS, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, FinTech, Asset Management, Open Source. The organization boasts a portfolio of 128 investments, with an average round size of $19.9M and 23 successful exits. Their recent investments include Augure, Ventech, Apicap, Societe Generale Asset Management, Bonitasoft. The highest investment round they participated in was $195.4B. Among their most notable exits are Augure and Ventech. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Guillaume Decugis

Guillaume Decugis

Partner

imagePlace Marc Fournier

Marc Fournier

Co-founder & Managing Partner

imagePlace Xavier Lorphelin

Xavier Lorphelin

Co-founder & Managing Partner

imagePlace Philippe Hayat

Philippe Hayat

Co-founder & Managing Partner

imagePlace Isabel Lavoura

Isabel Lavoura

Office Manager

imagePlace Jerome Stioui

Jerome Stioui

Operating Partner

Investment portfolio

Serena has made 128 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 20, 2024, when Kotzilla raised $2.1M.

Serena has made 7 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 27, 2024, when Odaseva raised $54.0M.

investments

128

Diversity investments

7

Lead investments

54

Number of exits

23

Investments

128

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
May 20, 2024
Kotzilla Kotzilla
Software2.1M
Jun 11, 2024--5.4M
Jun 25, 2024--5.2M
Jun 27, 2024
Odaseva Odaseva
Enterprise Software54.0M

Exits

23

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

128

Investors

0

Funds

7

Funding Rounds

128

Serena has raised 128 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 27, 2024 from a Series C - Odaseva round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
May 20, 2024
Seed Round - Kotzilla Seed Round - Kotzilla
-2.1M-
Jun 11, 2024
Seed Round - Kelvin Seed Round - Kelvin
-5.4M-
Jun 25, 2024
Seed Round - Metrobloks Seed Round - Metrobloks
-5.2M-
Jun 27, 2024
Series C - Odaseva Series C - Odaseva
-54.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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