Aglae Ventures

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Magic	$10.0M Seed	—	Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Guillermo Rauch, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Aug 1, 2025	FORT Robotics	$19.0M Series B	—	1435 Capital Management, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, Gigafund, GoAhead Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Mana Ventures, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, TCV, Tiger Global Management, Upfront Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Jun 1, 2025	Decagon	$130.0M Series C	—	8VC, Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accel, Afore Capital, AirAngels, Airtree Ventures, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bond, Cornerstone Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, DTCP, Endeavor Health Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kairos HQ, Kipaki Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nasdaq Ventures, Andrew Schoen, Hans Tung, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, Primary Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sound Ventures, Theory Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Bernard Arnault, Frederic Kerrest, Greg Kidd, Howard Schultz, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Scott Belsky
Apr 1, 2025	Fairly Made	$16.0M Series A	—	ISAI, LeFonds
Mar 1, 2025	Island	$250.0M Series E	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Cyberstarts VC, Entrée Capital Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matias Ventures, Hans Tung, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sunfish Partners, TCV, Zeev Capital, Bernard Arnault, Christian Hülsewig, Christian Vollmann, Howard Schultz, Lukas Brosseder, Oliver Roskopf, Omri Casspi, Robert Maier, Rubin Ritter
Jan 1, 2025	Twentyeight Health	$10.0M Series A	—	Seae Ventures, Zoë Barry
Jan 1, 2025	D3	$25.0M Series A	—	10100, Alumni Ventures, Animoca Brands, CVentures, Gradient Ventures, Hack VC, IA Ventures, Jonathan Golden, OpenCapital.vc, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Ribbit Capital, Runa Capital, Summit Partners, The General Partnership, Y Combinator, Jean Charles Samuelian, Mathilde Collin, Sergei Anikin
Dec 1, 2024	Rosy Soil	$4.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, FJ Labs, Lowercarbon Capital, Otherwise Fund, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, Unruly Capital, World Fund, Azeem Azhar, Claire Hughes Johnson, James Beshara, Manu Ginobilli, Marcos Galperin, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Tobias Lutke
Nov 1, 2024	PointFive	$20.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cyberstarts VC, Greenoaks Capital, ICON, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Patron, Play Ventures, R-Squared Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Anton Gauffin, Assaf Rappaport, Bernard Arnault, Dean Sysman, Eric Seufert, Guy Podjarny, Howard Schultz, Neil Parikh, Rakesh K. Loonkar, Ziv Elul
Nov 1, 2024	Eon	$70.0M Series C	—	Accel, AirAngels, Aleph VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Cedar Capital Group, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, INT3, Left Lane Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Operator Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Y Combinator, Adi Ben Mayor, Aviad Harell, Bernard Arnault, Howard Schultz, Noam Makavy, Ofir Ehrlich, Ophir Reshef, Tomer Bar Zeev, Yair Weinberger, Yoav Amit, Yuval Weisglass
Sep 1, 2024	Rogo	$19.0M Series A	—	Alt Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, Factor[e] Ventures, foobar.vc, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, monashees, Northzone, Pareto Holdings, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sarona Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital, Seven Seven Six, Silicon Badia, The Hit Forge, Union Square Ventures, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Yext, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, Drew Houston, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Gokul Rajaram, Mathilde Collin, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Stanley Tang, Tim Griffin, Tony Xu, Varsha Rao, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2024	Safe Superintelligence	$1.0B Series A	—	Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, Energize Ventures, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Sep 1, 2024	Eon	$77.0M Series B	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cyberstarts VC, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Bernard Arnault, Howard Schultz
Sep 1, 2024	Distyl AI	$20.0M Series A	—	Altimeter Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, FirstHand Alliance, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Jul 1, 2024	Linx Security	$33.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Cyberstarts VC, Dell Technologies Capital, Forgepoint Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield, Hans Tung, Rain Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, StageOne Ventures, Bernard Arnault, Deepak Jeevan Kumar, George Kurtz, Howard Schultz, Rakesh K. Loonkar
Jul 1, 2024	Chainguard	$140.0M Series C	—	Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Bond, Cyberstarts VC, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Menlo Ventures, Carmen Chang, Hans Tung, Paradigm, Salesforce Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Sequoia Capital, SNR, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Spark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Bernard Arnault, Brandon Philips, Howard Schultz, Jehan Chu
May 1, 2024	BabylonChain	$70.0M Venture Round	—	Hack VC, IA Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Polychain Capital, Ribbit Capital, The General Partnership
May 1, 2024	Wiz	$1.0B Series E	—	Accel, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList Syndicator, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blossom Capital, Cornerstone Venture Partners, CRV, Cyberstarts VC, Double Prime LLP, Earlybird Venture Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Openview Venture Partners, Operator Collective, Predictive VC, QED Investors, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Theory Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Ameet Patel, Bernard Arnault, Guy Podjarny, Michael Fey, Nedelcho Spasov, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Stanimir Vassilev, Svetozar Georgiev
May 1, 2024	Unify	$8.0M Seed	—	8VC, Ada Ventures, Adverb Ventures, Alt Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, AngelList Syndicator, Jana Messerschmidt, Ben Taft's Genius Ventures, C2 Investment, Concept Ventures, Craft Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, First Round Capital, Fuel Capital, Haatch, HV Capital, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, LDV Capital, Lerer Hippeau, LGF, Matrix, Northzone, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Placeholder, Playfair Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seedcamp, sequel, Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Striking Markets, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, Daniel Kan, Dan Siroker, Desigan Chinniah, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Guillaume Luccisano, Johan Lorenzen, Kulveer Taggar, Marcus Exall, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mik Attisani, Musaab Hakami, Omid Ashtari, Paul Yacoubian, Pete Koomen, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sarah Drinkwater, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Apr 1, 2024	Island	$180.0M Series D	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Cyberstarts VC, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Hans Tung, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Sunfish Partners, Bernard Arnault, Christian Hülsewig, Christian Vollmann, Howard Schultz, Lukas Brosseder, Oliver Roskopf, Robert Maier, Rubin Ritter
Mar 1, 2024	Borderless AI	$20.0M Seed	—	Seae Ventures, Zoë Barry
Mar 1, 2024	Lamini	$25.0M Series A	—	AI Fund, Alt Capital, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Browder Capital, Conviction Partners, Cyberstarts VC, Eclipse Ventures, Elron Ventures, foobar.vc, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Gaingels, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Intel Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, monashees, Nepenthe Capital, Hans Tung, Paradigm, Pear VC, Plug & Play Ventures, Quiet Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Salesforce Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Signia Venture Partners, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Stellar Capital, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Union Square Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Voyager Capital, Walden International, XStarPartners, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, bill weathersby, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Howard Schultz, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, John Collison, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Stanley Tang, Tim Griffin, Tony Xu, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2024	INSRD	$550K Seed	—	Jana Messerschmidt, C2 Investment, Earl Grey Capital, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Fredrik Hjelm, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao
Mar 1, 2024	Tierra Biosciences	$11.0M Series A	—	1435 Capital Management, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, Gigafund, GoAhead Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Dec 1, 2023	GreyOrange	$140.0M Series D	—	Jana Messerschmidt, Blume Ventures, C2 Investment, DVx Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, GSF Accelerator, Hoxton Ventures, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, KRM Interests LLC, Lerer Hippeau, Mithril Capital Management, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Runway Growth Capital, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, The Hit Forge, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Casey Neistat, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Kunal Shah, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Varsha Rao

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Leadership Team

Key people at Aglae Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Aglae Ventures.

Deep Dive

Aglaé Ventures is a global technology-focused investment firm founded in 2017, with headquarters in Paris and offices in New York and San Francisco. Backed by Agache (formerly Groupe Arnault), the principal investment vehicle of Bernard Arnault, Aglaé Ventures invests in fast-growing tech companies at all stages, from seed to pre-IPO, with investment sizes ranging from €100K to €100M. The firm is sector-agnostic but concentrates on asset-light, scalable business models such as marketplaces, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and digitally native vertical brands. Aglaé Ventures emphasizes a long-term investment approach, providing flexible capital and operational support in growth management, brand building, digital marketing, and global expansion, leveraging its strong network including the LVMH ecosystem to accelerate portfolio companies’ growth[1][2][4].

Founded in 2017 by experienced investors and entrepreneurs including Miyuki Matsumoto (Managing Partner and Head of US Investments), Cyril Guenoun, and Antoine Loison, Aglaé Ventures was created as a global platform to fund and support passionate entrepreneurs building transformational technology products. The firm evolved to focus on backing companies with global ambitions and extraordinary teams, emphasizing values such as building real value, excellence, and teamwork. Early traction includes investments in iconic tech companies like Airbnb, Slack, Spotify, Lyft, and Netflix, reflecting its ability to identify and nurture high-potential startups[1][2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Flexible, long-term capital with simple terms and quick decision-making.
Network Strength: Access to the LVMH ecosystem and a global network of investors and entrepreneurs.
Track Record: Early and growth-stage investments in globally recognized tech companies such as Airbnb, Slack, Spotify, and Lyft.
Operating Support: Expertise in growth management, brand building, digital marketing, and global expansion strategies.
Sector Focus: Asset-light, scalable business models in marketplaces, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and digitally native vertical brands[1][2][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Aglaé Ventures rides the trend of investing in scalable, asset-light technology companies that leverage digital platforms to disrupt traditional industries. The timing is favorable due to increasing global digitalization, the rise of SaaS and marketplace models, and growing demand for consumer apps and content platforms. By providing enduring capital and operational support, Aglaé Ventures helps startups scale globally, influencing the broader ecosystem by fostering innovation and connecting portfolio companies with the luxury and consumer brands within the LVMH group, thus bridging tech and traditional industries[1][2].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Aglaé Ventures is positioned to continue expanding its portfolio across early to pre-IPO stages, capitalizing on emerging tech trends such as AI, deep tech, and digitally native vertical brands. Its long-term, flexible capital approach and strong network will likely enhance its influence in shaping global tech champions. The firm’s commitment to supporting ambitious founders with operational expertise and global reach suggests it will remain a key player in the venture capital landscape, particularly in Europe and the US[1][2][5].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Flexible, long-term capital with simple terms and quick decision-making.
Network Strength: Access to the LVMH ecosystem and a global network of investors and entrepreneurs.
Track Record: Early and growth-stage investments in globally recognized tech companies such as Airbnb, Slack, Spotify, and Lyft.
Operating Support: Expertise in growth management, brand building, digital marketing, and global expansion strategies.
Sector Focus: Asset-light, scalable business models in marketplaces, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and digitally native vertical brands[1][2][4].