Led · Equity · Mar 2024

SurePay provides payment-authentication services including IBAN-name checks and a Confirmation of Payee (CoP) solution to reduce misdirected and fraudulent transfers. The company has performed over 120M CoP checks in the UK and says it has carried out 4B payment checks overall. SurePay reports checking more than 25% of all online payments in the UK and claims its technology reduces misdirected payments by 67% and fraud payments by 81%. Over 30 banks and more than 150 corporates use its service, with clients including ING, ABN AMRO, Rabobank, NatWest Group, Atom Bank and STRATO. Future plans announced alongside the raise include hiring business development teams in Germany and the UK, adding IT staff to scale the platform, launching bulk and cross-border payment solutions, and expanding SurePay PayID. The company also partners with institutions such as Triodos Bank UK and supports government payment checks related to COVID-19 schemes.

Participated · Series B · May 2022

Rise Up is a Paris-based learning and development software company that provides a human-first, AI-driven platform delivering personalised, adaptive learning. Its one-stop-shop product combines LMS, LXP and content authoring with features such as an intuitive blended learning environment, a motivational chatbot and Microsoft Teams integration. Founded in 2014, the company serves over 400 customers and 1 million active learners across 60 countries. It has raised €30 million in a second round from Connected Capital, MAIF Avenir and Impact Partners. Rise Up intends to use the investment to accelerate European growth by expanding its team, broadening its product suite and localising learning solutions for European markets. The company is positioning its platform to address hybrid learning needs and strengthen its presence in local markets through partnerships and targeted expansion.

Led · Series A · Apr 2022

Eurora has built an AI/ML-based VAT intermediary platform that uses big data and contributions from 22 scientists to classify products, assign product-specific HS codes, calculate VAT and duties, and create customs declarations. The platform integrates with customers' accounting and shipping software via APIs and claims to process 5,000 requests per second with up to 96% accuracy. Its system disambiguates vague customs descriptions (for example distinguishing electric versus manual tools) to improve compliance and reduce parcel delays and costs. The company says it has more than 200 paying customers globally and has seen accelerated traction after the Covid-19 pandemic and regulatory changes to EU import VAT rules in 2021. Eurora positions itself to address rising complexity in cross-border e-commerce in Europe and reduce non-compliance risk for shippers. Management and investors have expressed plans to scale the platform globally. Eurora Solutions provides an AI/ML service that calculates correct VAT and duty amounts and generates electronic declarations for EU duties and taxes. The company can act as the fiscal representative for non-EU sellers shipping products to EU customers. Its AI engine has been trained on over 500 million product descriptions and can handle 5,000 requests per second with up to 96% accuracy. Eurora reports it is processing over 100,000 e-commerce transactions per day and has onboarded clients including UBI and TopYou, Yanwen, and JD.com. The firm is targeting Chinese platforms, which it says represent more than half of the world’s e-commerce volume. Eurora’s solution is positioned to address EU trade rule changes effective July 1, 2021 that greatly increase the number of required customs declarations.

Led · Equity · Mar 2022

CHILI publish offers a cloud-based Creative Automation platform that lets brands and agencies create, edit and share visual content via secure graphic templates that enforce brand guidelines. Its customers include large agencies and Fortune 500 brands such as Carrefour, Coca-Cola and Mars across retail, FMCG, real estate and automotive. The platform is also embedded by MarTech vendors like Sitecore, 4AllPortal, Akeneo, Horizontal and Pimcore to create new revenue streams and connectors between content platforms. The company has a team of over 75 people and a global ecosystem of integration partners. CHILI publish intends to use recent funding to accelerate solution and community development, attract new talent, and boost go-to-market and sales operations in the United States and Europe. Financially, the company announced a €10m funding round to support these plans. CHILI publish, founded in 2010 and based in Aalst, Belgium, is a SaaS provider of a browser-based editing software suite called CHILI publisher. The product turns original graphic design work into 'Smart Templates' that let visual creators produce graphics for print, social media, online campaigns and packaging while safeguarding brand guidelines. The company says CHILI publisher is adopted worldwide by both major and niche brands across marketing, retail, cosmetics, food & beverage and other verticals. It also integrates with an extensive ecosystem of third-party partners. CHILI publish recently raised €3 million to boost product development and accelerate expansion into the US. CEO Kevin Goeminne said the funding will speed US market outreach and propel the company's solution development roadmap.

Led · Series C · Aug 2021

Foleon (previously Instant Magazine) is an Amsterdam-based content creation platform that provides B2B companies with an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and the interactive Foleon Doc format to build bespoke digital content experiences. The product is designed to empower business users to create engaging, interactive content without heavy technical resources. The company plans to optimize its editor for greater efficiency and add features for dynamic content creation, with a focus on business-user optimisation and collaboration. Recent funding will be deployed to double down on team growth and accelerate product development to extend Foleon's leadership in the digital content creation space. Foleon raised $10M (approx €8.5M) in a Series C and secured supporting debt from ABN AMRO. Founded in 2013, the company serves over 1,400 customers globally and has published more than 50,000 content assets, and has recently strengthened its leadership with hires including a Head of People and a Chief Financial Officer. Instant Magazine offers a user-friendly platform for creating interactive, mobile‑responsive content such as newsletters, proposals, pitch decks, annual reports, and white papers. The company emphasizes no-code authoring so nontechnical users can produce immersive, browsable content that replaces static PDFs and slide decks. It reports more than 1,400 brand customers across over 42 countries and employs 52 people with offices in Amsterdam, London, and New York City. Founded in 2013, Instant Magazine plans product investments including a template builder, content hyper‑personalization, and robust integrations with major CRMs, DAMs, and other content platforms. Management is also focused on geographic expansion across several European countries and building out U.S. operations. The company recently raised new capital to accelerate these product and international growth initiatives.