AXA Strategic Ventures

Venture Capital

Overview

ASV is a €230M ($250M) VC fund investing in seed and early stage companies through ASV Early Stage, and in growth equity companies through ASV Capital. Our checks range from €300K for seed investments up to €15M for growth equity transactions.

Country: France

Founded: 2015

Headquarters: France

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America

Sector Focus

  • WealthTech
  • Cryptocurrencies

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B

Summary

We believe that technology is transforming the insurance and asset management industries. The changes are fundamental and include creation of new products, forging closer relationships with customers and lowering operating costs.

We invest in companies that leverage differentiated technology and scalable business models to drive innovation and define the future of insurance and asset management.

Sectors of interest include enterprise software, financial technology, insurance technology, as well as innovations in travel, health and auto verticals.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

October 2016

Particeep

€800k

Venture

Bpifrance, Jean Losco

Institutional Investments and Trading

France

February 2016

Blockstream

$55m

Series A

Digital Garage, Horizons Ventures, AngelList, Blockchain Capital, Data Collective, Mosaic Ventures

Cryptocurency

Canada

January 2016

PolicyGenius

$15m

Series B

Revolution, Karlin Ventures. MasMutual Ventures, Susa Ventures, Switch Ventures, Transamerica Ventures, Tribeca Angels

InsurTech

United States

December 2015

Bee

Undisclosed Amount

Seed

Fenway Summer Ventures

WealthTech

United States

November 2015

Bee

$4.6m

Venture

Blue {Seed} Collective, Fenway Summer Ventures, FoundersGuild, One Financial Holdings, T5 Capital

WealthTech

United States

June 2015

PolicyGenius

$5.3m

Series A

Karlin Ventures, Susa Ventures, Brendan Wallace, MassMutual Ventures, Otter ROck Capital, Switch Ventures, Transamerica Ventures, Tribeca Angels

InsurTech

United States

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

2016

Fund I

$200m

Key Employees

Imran Akram
Partner

Florian Graillot
Investor

Anders Malmstom
CFO