The European VC Company EMblemi increases $ 85 million for the initial fund

EmblemA relatively new European VC firm in Paris is announcing the final closing of the Foundation. Eighteen months later first closingThe emblem group was able to provide a total of 80 million euros (about $ 85 million).

This is a small feat in the existing financing environment. According to the final state of Atomico’s European Tech Report, in 2024 The enterprise finances fell for a row for the third year. One of the main reasons for this is that the acquisition and iPos are what is happening at the moment.

As a result, VC is less attractive than used as an investment category. Despite the current artificial intelligence boom, a few VC companies can represent a large investment opportunity, fights a few VC companies.

However, this did not stop the emblem without reaching the hard cover – the maximum amount set to train first. Duo, founded by Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan and Guillaume Durao, had already put an interesting investment like business angels before creating the emblem. Crypto invested in a trading card game SowAnimal insurance start Divingand cultivated meat company Gourmeyto name a few.

The properly wanted to go ahead with a quick VC company, the emblem, a seed investment firm who wants to invest in 25-30 with the initial fund. Ideally, they will bring seed tours with tickets to 3 million euros from 500,000 euros or presenters. However, if the company has a good opportunity, it is ready to follow another lead investor.

The emblem has already participated in 16 initiates since the first closing in March 2023. TechCrunch covered a few of them. Examples include:

• PivotPurchase vehicle and cupcock opponent.
• A mobile companyVoodoo and other consumers offer a B2B mobile application studio from the Studio.
• In other placesA new material company using AI and laboratory automation to speed up the study.
• TimeAn online trading platform like the shop, but only focused on B2B operations.

As for the field of focus, it is also a portfolio in the center of geographical attention. “We invested 16. In order to give an opinion, in France, in one of them, Nordics – Denmark and Sweden in the United States and Italy,” he said.

The main focus of the emblem remains in the French and Nordic Tech ecosystem. There are more than 200 limited partners, including Family Offices and Technological Entrepreneurs, including unity, Pleo, Giyto, Voodoo, Penneylan, Jobandtalent, Kitneylan, Jobandtalent, Kitabandalent and Zendesk. They make up more than half of the total amount.

The others were given a few funds and a few funds from the EIFO (Denmark Sovereign Fund) and BPifrance (French Sovereign Fund). The emblem is already thinking about the next fund, which should be about the same size with this.

“We have a little time we don’t grow now. So we will enjoy it. But you never want to be the market,” said De Raphélis Soisan. “So for 4 years to place your four years, we have to restart within a year for 4 years.”