199 Ventures
Venture capital2 people tracked
Investment thesis
199 Ventures backs ambitious entrepreneurs by pairing capital with operational support and distinctive marketing expertise. The firm embraces an 'invest in public' philosophy, sharing its journey openly through content on YouTube. The name 199 is meant to symbolize intuition, determination, relationships, leadership, wisdom, growth, and a call to action for a better world. Positioned as young and ambitious, the firm states it has invested in 13 startups and supported 200 startups overall.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 25 portfolio companiesMarketing Tech ×16SaaS ×12Sales Tech ×11Media & Entertainment ×5Creator Economy ×3AdTech ×2AI & Machine Learning ×2Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:Australia×1France×1United Kingdom×1
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBlankboard Studio is a creative design and marketing agency offering web design, Webflow development, branding, marketing strategy, and SEO services.
Creator EconomyMarketing Tech
Clearview Social is an employee advocacy and social media sharing platform that lets employees share approved company content to LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X in one click via email, Slack, or Teams.
Marketing TechSaaSSocial
CoFactor is a communications consultancy that helps businesses, brands, and individuals build and protect their reputation, shape stakeholder perceptions, and manage sensitive issues or crises.
Marketing Tech
DSMN8 is an employee advocacy platform that gathers company content into a personalized feed and gives employees a dashboard and mobile app to share pre-approved posts on LinkedIn and other social networks.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Bradley Keenan
Dux-Soup is a LinkedIn automation tool that runs outreach campaigns—sending connection invitations, InMails, and messages, and automatically viewing, following, and endorsing profiles—directly through a user's native LinkedIn, Recruiter, or Sales Navigator account.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Ewanity Marketing is a full-service marketing agency serving small to mid-sized B2B, B2C, and DTC businesses.
AdTechMarketing Tech
Expandi is a LinkedIn automation and multichannel outreach platform that lets users build personalized outreach sequences, schedule sends, and track conversions across LinkedIn and email.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
GaggleAMP is an employee advocacy platform that lets companies distribute pre-approved content for staff to share on social networks like LinkedIn, with AI-generated post variations and integrations into Slack and Teams.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Higo Creative sells Squarespace website templates designed specifically for health and wellness businesses, offering pre-built multi-page sites that can be customized without coding.
Marketing TechSaaSWellness & Fitness
A personal blog publishing articles and video-style commentary analyzing technology companies, startups, and industry trends.
Media & Entertainment
Kaspr provides a B2B contact data platform with a Chrome extension and dashboard that gives sales teams verified phone numbers and email addresses for over 200 million European profiles.
Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech
Kurogo is a personal branding agency that turns executives' expertise into online authority and then into sales pipeline, using content creation, LinkedIn and email outreach, and lead-generation systems.
Marketing TechSales Tech
La Growth Machine (LGM) is a cloud-based multichannel sales outreach platform that runs LinkedIn and email sequences with conditions, A/B tests, AI-written personalization, and a shared inbox that syncs replies and outcomes to CRMs.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
A newsletter that studies how solo creators grow and shares weekly breakdowns of tactics used by individual creators.
Creator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
lemlist is an AI-powered outbound sales platform that combines prospecting, lead enrichment, multichannel outreach (email, LinkedIn, and calling), email deliverability, and campaign automation in a single tool.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Linked Helper is a LinkedIn automation desktop tool that runs connection requests, drip messaging sequences, profile warm-ups, and data extraction, with a built-in CRM for managing leads and outreach campaigns.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Meet Alfred is a LinkedIn automation platform that combines LinkedIn, email, and X into multi-channel, personalized outreach sequences with AI lead finding and built-in account safety limits.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Maddyness is a French media outlet covering entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology through news, analysis, opinion pieces, and practical guides.
Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsDragonXIsaiISAI GestionPartech VenturesSista
The Branding Journal is an online publication that produces branding case studies, trend reports, and educational resources such as courses, books, and design tool guides.
Marketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Trenderz runs local influencer marketing campaigns, connecting brands with content creators who are close to their communities.
AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Waalaxy is a LinkedIn and email outreach automation tool that lets users build prospect lists from LinkedIn, send automated connection requests, messages, and follow-ups, and track reply performance.
Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Toinon(CEO)
Weber Shandwick is a global communications and consulting agency providing earned-first public relations, marketing, and strategic communications services for brands across sectors including healthcare, technology, finance, and food.
Marketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 199 Ventures made?
- 199 Ventures has 25 tracked investments.
- What sectors does 199 Ventures focus on?
- 199 Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Who does 199 Ventures co-invest with?
- 199 Ventures most often shares deals with DragonX, Isai, ISAI Gestion, among 5 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamLever des fonds ou bootstrapping pour réussir ? - avec Andréa Bensaid (Eskimoz & 199 Ventures)
Dans la tête d'un CEO · Andréa Bensaid
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