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Edenred Ventures

Corporate VC

London · Seed–Late Stage · 7 people tracked

Also known as Edenred Capital Partners

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Investment thesis

Edenred Ventures is the independent venture arm of Edenred, the world-leading corporate benefits provider. Beyond capital, it helps entrepreneurs accelerate growth by leveraging Edenred's global footprint across 45 countries and its domain expertise in worker's benefits, professional mobility, merchant services, and payments. Operating with independent venture capital governance, the fund positions itself as a value-adding corporate investor on the cap table, drawing on the founders' own experience of the benefits a CVC can bring to startups and their stakeholders.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
Check
$540K – $5.4M
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2012
Tracked investments
24
Unicorns
1
Acquisitions
2

Team · 7 people

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What they invest in

from 23 of 24 portfolio companies

SaaS ×15Enterprise Software ×12HR Tech ×9AI & Machine Learning ×5Future of Work ×5Fintech ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Mobility & Transportation ×3

HQs:France×12United Kingdom×3Brazil×1Germany×1United States×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies
56%
solo founders
5 of 9 mapped founding teams
40%
repeat founders
of 10 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×52 founders×13 founders×14+ founders×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history

Goldman Sachs ×2

Investments · 24 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12022 · 12021 · 13 dated

5Mins5mins.aiin𝕏

A skills-based learning platform that delivers micro-lessons in technical, soft, and life skills to corporate teams, with collaboration and peer-learning features.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsAlbionVCBlue Lion GlobalRedbus VenturesChalfen VenturesPortfolio Ventures

Addworkingaddworking.comin𝕏Oct 2021

AddWorking is a platform for managing subcontractors and suppliers that centralizes compliance documentation, contract management, and mission tracking.

Construction TechEnterprise Software

Charles Liénartin

Co-investorsSeed4Soft

Andjaroandjaro.comin

Andjaro is a workforce management platform that enables real-time visibility and orchestration of available personnel across an organization's employment ecosystem, streamlining emergency staffing, replacement management, and administrative workflows.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Benoit Ozan(Founder)inQuentin Guilluy(Co-fondateur & CEO)in

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalIdinvest Partners

Avriosavrios.comin𝕏

Avrios provides fleet management software that lets companies manage company cars and shared pool vehicles from a single system, covering bookings, driver's license checks, damage management, cost tracking, and compliance.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSBerlin, DE

Co-investorsNotion CapitalSICTICBattery VenturesFuse Venture PartnersSwisscom Ventures

Bankedbanked.comin𝕏Feb 2022 · $20M

Banked provides a set of account-to-account payment products that let businesses accept and send payments, including instant settlement, refunds, payouts, and reconciliation through a single API.

CybersecurityFintechSaaSLondon, GB

Brad Goodall(Co-Founder & CEO)inNeil Ambler(Co-Founder & COO)inEllie Fernandes(Co-Founder)Patrick Cox(Co-Founder)inJoe Pettersson(CTO)inJohn Fernandez(CLCO)in

Co-investorsBackedFirestartrInsight PartnersLove VenturesAcrew CapitalBank of America

Beamerybeamery.comin

Beamery provides an AI platform for workforce transformation that helps enterprises hire, redeploy, and reskill talent by connecting skills and task intelligence to real-time workforce data.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Abakar Saidov(Co-Founder & former CEO)inSultan Saidov(Co-Founder & former CEO)inMichael Paterson(Co-Founder & former CTO)in

Co-investorsAccenture VenturesEQT VenturesLocalGlobeTeachers' Venture GrowthAmplify PartnersAngelPad+4 more

Beekeeperbeekeeper.ioin𝕏

Beekeeper is a mobile-first platform for frontline and deskless workers, offering communication, task management, digital forms, automated workflows, training, and analytics accessible via secure mobile login without corporate email.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSLyon, FR

Sébastien Ricard(Chairman of the Board & CEO)inÉlie Mélois(MD & Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsBridgepointGoldman SachsAlpana VenturesBose VenturesEnergize CapitalKeen Venture Partners+2 more

Benefizbenefiz.frin

Benefiz offers a platform for French small and medium-sized businesses (TPE/PME) to manage employee benefits, including digital health insurance (mutuelle), provident coverage (prévoyance), and digitized meal vouchers (titres restaurant).

HR TechInsurTechSaaS

Christophe TRIQUET(Founder)in

Co-investorsKima VenturesOneRagtime

BuyBox Gift card aggregatorbuybox.netin𝕏

Buybox provides a unified suite of gift card management tools for retailers and brands, enabling customer acquisition and retention.

E-commerceRetail TechSaaSToulouse, FR

Marc Guedj(Founder)in

Candexcandex.com

Candex provides a platform to manage vendor engagement, tracking, and payment for organizations, eliminating manual administrative overhead in procuring and paying service vendors.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

Co-investorsCamp One VenturesCommerce VenturesCraft VenturesNFXPROOFXG Ventures+6 more

Compagniedescartescarburantcompagniedescartescarburant.com

Compagnie des Cartes Carburant provides fuel cards and related mobility solutions for professional fleets, partnering with major oil companies and large retailers.

Mobility & TransportationSaaS

Fretlink Freight marketplacefretlink.com

Fretlink operates a Transport Operating System that connects carriers and shippers to optimize freight transportation logistics and execution.

Climate TechLogistics & Supply ChainParis, FR

Paul GuilleminAntoine Le SquerenDidier DuvalFrédéric Menou

Co-investorsDaphniYOBE Ventures

Freto Freight forwarding platformfreto.comin

Freto is a logistics technology company that uses data intelligence to connect freight loads with drivers, providing transparency and efficiency in road transportation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsQuartz

Fuse universal Corporate learning platformfuseuniversal.comin

Fuse provides a learning and performance platform that organizations adopt through partner consultancy and implementation services.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Steve Dineenin

Launchpad Recruitslaunchpadrecruits.comin𝕏acquired by Harver (formerly OutMatch)

Harver provides automated hiring software for organizations conducting high-volume recruitment.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsSussex Place Ventures

Likeo Recruitment platform for restaurantslikeo.fr

Likeo is a French blog and resource platform offering career advice, business insights, and professional development content for employees, freelancers, students, and career changers.

Future of WorkMedia & Entertainment

Luckycartluckycart.comin

Lucky Cart is a French marketing technology platform that combines transactional data with e-retail media capabilities to help consumer brands and retailers address commerce challenges through personalized, data-driven shopper engagement and conversion optimization.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechParis, FR

Bouzhiane Taleb(Founder)in

Objowobjow.comin

Objow is a software platform that enables companies to create, manage, and gamify challenges for teams and partners to drive performance and engagement.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Octoberoctober.euin𝕏

October previously offered financing solutions but has discontinued new accounts and financing services, now focusing only on managing existing loans.

Fintech

ProwebCEprowebce.comin𝕏acquired by Edenred

Edenred Solutions CSE offers Kadéos, a gift card and voucher product line (paper cheque, Mastercard-based card, and digital Kadéos Connect) that works employee committees (CSE) in France distribute to employees for occasions like Christmas and back-to-school.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsAndera PartnersIris Capital

Sussex Place Venturesspventures.comin

Sussex Place Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs building enterprise software and patent-protectable deep technology.

Deep TechEnterprise Software

Co-investorsEnterprise Capital FundsSussex Place Ventures

Volterasvolteras.cominMar 2025

Volteras provides data infrastructure for connected vehicle data, making it reliable, official, and accessible for mobility businesses building fleet platforms and mobility products.

Data & InfrastructureIoTMobility & Transportation

Peter Wilson(CEO and Co-Founder)inAlexander Draper(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNick Grossman(Director)in

Co-investorsLong Journey VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Unruly CapitalOutside VC

zenchefzenchef.comin𝕏

Zenchef operates a hospitality technology platform that helps restaurants manage reservations and guest relationships.

Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechMarketing TechRetail TechSaaSParis, FR

Co-investorsLeadX Capital PartnersTechstarsXAnge

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Stoketalent

Exits · 2

2 acquisitions

Launchpad Recruitsacq. by Harver (formerly OutMatch)ProwebCEacq. by Edenred

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Edenred Ventures made?
Edenred Ventures has 24 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Edenred Ventures invest at?
Edenred Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What is Edenred Ventures's typical check size?
Edenred Ventures typically writes checks of $540K – $5.4M.
What sectors does Edenred Ventures focus on?
Edenred Ventures focuses on EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS.
Where is Edenred Ventures located?
Edenred Ventures is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Edenred Ventures co-invest with?
Edenred Ventures most often shares deals with SICTIC, Balderton Capital, Battery Ventures, among 45 tracked co-investors.

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