C4 Ventures is a leading venture investor in Europe.
We are based in London and Paris and focused on early stage (seed or Series A) startups based in Europe and later stage startups seeking to expand into European markets.
We focus our investments within three themes:
- Smart Hardware
- Future of Commerce
- Digital Media
- Future of Work
We like founding teams who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and want to revolutionise their industry and the world in general, hence our rather explosive name.
We are based in London and Paris and focused on early stage (seed or Series A) startups based in Europe and later stage startups seeking to expand into European markets.
We focus our investments within three themes:
- Smart Hardware
- Future of Commerce
- Digital Media
- Future of Work
We like founding teams who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and want to revolutionise their industry and the world in general, hence our rather explosive name.
Location: France, Ile-de-France
Employees: 11-50
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B; Series C; Series D; Series E; Series F; Series G; Series H
Portfolio 44
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 26.11.2025 | Procure Ai | procure.ai | $13M | United Kin... |
| 01.01.2024 | Wethenew | wethenew.com | - | France, Il... |
| 01.01.2024 | Impulse Sp... | impulsespace.com | $525M | United Sta... |
| 15.09.2022 | Allisone | allisone.ai | - | France, Il... |
| 08.09.2022 | Fifteen Fr... | fifteen.eu | - | France, Au... |
| 30.04.2022 | Lyst | lyst.com | $144M | United Kin... |
| 24.04.2022 | iziwork | iziwork.com | $56.15M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Jus Mundi | jusmundi.com | $23.08M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Norbert He... | norberthealth.com | $5M | France, Il... |
| 27.03.2022 | Branded | joinbranded.com | - | Germany, B... |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Emmanuel | Grenier | eCommerce ... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Rafael | De Oliveir... | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Roy | Timor-Rous... | Product UX | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Serge | Palaric | Computing ... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | David | Bailey | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | d***d@azte... | - |
| - | Alain | Pakiry | Go-to-mark... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
News 35
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.06.2022 | Boris Bakech, technophile | Our Partner & Managing Director Boris Bakech was featured as one of the PE rising stars in Décideurs Corporate Finance ?? |
| 18.05.2022 | “France is all about industry, through the French tech and the French Fab” | Our Founder and CEO Pascal Cagni had the privilege to be invited by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News to talk about France’s new leadership in Europe. |
| 20.04.2022 | People and product-driven investments | Pascal Cagni sat down with Chris O’Brien for a passionate discussion on C4 Ventures, French Tech start-ups and European scale-ups. |
| 10.03.2022 | Former ODDO BHF Private Equity CFO Mathieu Bourdié joins C4 Ventures | We welcomed Mathieu Bourdié - former Chief Operating Officer at ODDO BHF Private Equity - as our Chief Financial Officer & Head of Investor Relations... |
| 18.01.2022 | For investors, Future of Work isn’t only about HR | Tech Crunch called on Eric Boustouller to get a better understanding of what #FutureOfWork encompasses from an investor perspective. |
| 17.01.2022 | Former Microsoft Western Europe President Eric Boustouller joins C4 Ventures as Partner | Watch Eric Boustouller tell you more about his experience and how he will continue, as Partner, to apply the same methods that made us so successful! |
| 10.01.2022 | How C4 Ventures backs founders with explosive growth | In this episode of Capital Calls, Eric Boustouller and Boris Bakech dive into the explosive success that C4 Ventures has seen since 2014... |
| 02.11.2021 | Technology at the service of the Rule of Law | We led Jus Mundi’s $10M Series A round. Read our "Why we invested" article to discover how they are turning upside down the legal research market. |
| 25.05.2021 | The Deep Tech Investment Paradox | The BCG released a report on “The Deep Tech Investment Paradox” and C4 Ventures contributed. Click to read our view on finding a new investment mo... |
| 11.05.2021 | France remains popular to foreign investors despite Covid | Our Founder & CEO Pascal Cagni was interviewed by his alma mater, Sciences Po, on France being more attractive than ever to foreign investors. |
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Mentions in press and media 33
| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.11.2025 | Procure AI Raises $13 Million Seed Round to Accelerate Autonomous Procurement Platform | Procure AI has secured a $13 million seed round led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury Capital, and several angel investors across the procurement sector. The funding marks a significant milestone for the company as it... |
| 28.11.2025 | Procure AI Secures $13M to Revolutionize Procurement with AI | Procure AI, a London-based firm, secured $13M in seed funding. It will fuel AI-driven procurement automation. Headline led the round, with other firms participating. The company aims to transform supply chain management. Procure AI addresse... |
| 27.11.2025 | Procure AI Raises $13M in Seed Funding | Procure AI, a London, UK-based provider of an AI powered system to automate procurement workflows, raised $13m in seed funding. The round was led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures and Futury Capital. The company intends to us... |
| 26.11.2025 | Procure AI nets $13M to scale autonomous AI for procurement | London-based Procure AI, a company pioneering AI-native procurement automation for procurement and supply chain management, has raised $13 million in seed funding. The round was led by Headline, with participation from C4 Ventures, Futury C... |
| 25.11.2025 | Vianode sign LOI for advanced battery materials supply to battery energy storage systems (BESS) | Vianode sign LOI for advanced battery materials supply to battery energy storage systems (BESS) Tue, Nov 25, 2025 14:00 CET Report this content Oslo, Norway / Vestal, New York – November 25,2025 – Vianode, an advanced battery materials comp... |
| 22.10.2025 | With the UK in its sights, Austrian recommerce marketplace refurbed raises €50 million | refurbed, an Vienna-based marketplace for refurbished electronics, household, and sports products, has closed its latest funding round with a €50 million raise in order to accelerate its European expansion – particularly into the UK market ... |
| 23.09.2025 | This VC firm out of Paris just launched a €100 million fund to back European AI sovereignty | C4 Ventures, a French VC firm, announces the launch of its third fund, with a target fund size of €100 million to focus on early-stage investments in AI and DeepTech startups across Europe, reinforcing the continent’s ability to create glob... |
| 08.07.2025 | French DeepTech company Arago raises €22.1 million to slash AI energy consumption with photonic chip | Arago, a Paris-based DeepTech startup pioneering a new class of energy-efficient AI chips powered by light, has raised €22.1 million in Seed funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its photonic processor, codenamed “JEF”. The oversub... |
| 06.01.2025 | Wardwizard signs MoU with New-York-based entity for developing advanced battery cells | Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Limited, a manufacturer of electric vehicles under the brands ‘Joy e-bike’ and ‘Joy e-rik’, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with C4V, a New York-based lithium-ion battery technology company, ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Discover a New Era in Energy: Book Launch "A Journey from Black Gold to White Gold" | New Delhi, Delhi, India We are thrilled to announce the Book launch of From Oil to Lithium: Navigating the Future of Energy, a transformative new book by acclaimed energy expert Mr. Kuldeep Gupta. This compelling narrative follows the journ... |
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