Alven Capital
Venture capitalSeed
What they invest in
from 8 of 8 portfolio companiesSaaS ×6AI & Machine Learning ×3Developer Tools ×3Enterprise Software ×3E-commerce ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Cloud Computing ×1Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2017 · 12015 · 12 dated
Algolia provides an API platform that enables developers to integrate search and discovery functionality into websites and mobile applications, serving thousands of companies across e-commerce, media, and SaaS.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nicolas Dessaigne(Founder/Board Member)inJulien Lemoine(Founder/CTO)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)in
Keymetrics maintains PM2, an open-source process manager for Node.js, along with a web-based monitoring dashboard for tracking application performance, bugs, and exceptions.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
Alexandre Strzelewicz(Executive Officer, Director)
Lengow is an e-commerce SaaS platform that helps brands and retailers manage and optimise product feeds, distribute listings across marketplaces and advertising channels, and monitor competitor and reseller pricing.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Powder provides an AI document extraction agent that parses financial documents (brokerage statements, tax returns, insurance documents, estate plans, and asset decks) for registered investment advisors and wealth management firms.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kanishk Parashar(Founder)inSoo Yung Cho(Founder)inDavid Goerz(Founder)inDominic Tully(Founder)in
Sqreen provides runtime application security monitoring for enterprises, analyzing code execution in real time to protect applications, APIs, and microservices from attacks while maintaining performance.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Pierre Betouin(CEO & Co-Founder)inJean-Baptiste Aviat(CTO & Co-Founder)inFabrice de Gaudemar(Co-Founder)David Chao(VP & Head of Marketing)
TextMaster is an online translation service, now part of Acolad, offering professional and AI-assisted translation and localization through a project management platform.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioSqreenacq. by Datadog
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPowder · bloomberg.com · Jul 15, 2026
Algolia · thesaasnews.com · Jun 4, 2026
Akeneo · trysignalbase.com · Mar 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Alven Capital invest at?
- Alven Capital invests at the Seed stage.
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