Edenred Ventures
Corporate VCLondon · Seed–Late Stage · 7 people tracked
Also known as Edenred Capital Partners
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.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 23 portfolio companiesSaaS ×13Enterprise Software ×9HR Tech ×9AI & Machine Learning ×5Fintech ×3Future of Work ×3Logistics & Supply Chain ×3Mobility & Transportation ×3
HQs:France×12United Kingdom×2Brazil×1Germany×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×13 founders×14+ founders×2
Investments · 23 tracked
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5Mins.ai is an AI-powered microlearning platform that delivers compliance, leadership, onboarding, and role-based training through short, TikTok-style lessons and gamification.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Co-investorsAlbionVCBlue Lion GlobalRedbus VenturesChalfen VenturesPortfolio Ventures
AddWorking is a platform for managing subcontractors and suppliers that centralizes compliance documentation, contract management, and mission tracking.
Construction TechEnterprise Software
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)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalIdinvest Partners
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 VenturesSwisscom Ventures
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)Joe Pettersson(CTO)John Fernandez(CLCO)
Co-investorsBackedFirestartrInsight PartnersLove VenturesAcrew Capital
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
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
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 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)
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
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 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 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 provides a learning management system (LMS) combined with an AI learning experience platform for workforce training and development.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
HR TechSaaS
Co-investorsSussex Place Ventures
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
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)
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAndera PartnersIris Capital
Co-investorsBattery VenturesPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERS
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)Alexander Draper(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNick Grossman(Director)in
Co-investorsLong Journey VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Unruly CapitalOutside VC
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioLaunchpad Recruitsacq. by Harver (formerly OutMatch)ProwebCEacq. by Edenred
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCandex · trysignalbase.com · Mar 21, 2026
Beamery · trysignalbase.com · May 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Edenred Ventures made?
- Edenred Ventures has 23 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, 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 44 tracked co-investors.
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