Led · Equity · Apr 2018

Kaiku Health is a Helsinki-based digital health company that offers intelligent patient monitoring software for healthcare providers, mainly in oncology. Its platform captures and analyzes structured patient-reported data to help clinicians evaluate therapy effectiveness and detect health problems early. The software is used in routine care by over 30 clinics across Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Finland and had been used by 64,000 patients as of March 2018. Led by CEO and co-founder Lauri Sippola, the company is developing a digital therapeutics pipeline. Kaiku will use new funding to support international expansion and further product development. The company raised €4.4m in Series A financing to advance these plans.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2016

Coorpacademy operates an online corporate education platform that mixes original content with lessons developed by corporate partners and third parties, augmented by social dynamics and gamification. The platform is accessible across devices so learners can stop and start lessons when convenient. Launched in 2013 by former Google France executives Jean-Marc Tassetto and Arnauld Mitre alongside serial entrepreneur Frédérick Benichou, the company is based in Paris. Coorpacademy has 44 employees and serves corporate clients including Nespresso; about half of actual users are in the United States due to large international partners. The company plans to use the new funding to expand across Europe and develop new content partnerships. Financially, it raised an $11 million venture round and has raised a total of $14.5 million in venture capital to date. Coorpacademy designs a SaaS platform delivering corporate MOOCs (COOCs) that use gamification, collaborative learning and flipped-pedagogy to engage employees. The company was founded in 2013 and developed its R&D program on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, working with researchers such as Pierre Dillenbourg and CEDE. Its platform targets enterprise customers (including Fortune 500 and CAC 40 firms) and claims pricing roughly ten times lower than traditional training providers. Coorpacademy reports a community of more than 200,000 paying learners and is described in the article as already profitable. The company plans to use the new funding to accelerate growth, recruit staff, expand internationally (a major 2015 strategic axis) and invest in new formats and platform development. Investor support is also intended to strengthen its ties with EPFL and its pedagogical research partners.

Led · Series A · Sep 2013

KeyLemon develops face and speaker recognition technology to authenticate users via camera and microphone inputs. The company positions its solution as an alternative or complement to username/password authentication to ensure the right person accesses data. It sells its technology as a kit to OEMs, chip vendors and ISP providers for use in handheld devices and embedded applications. KeyLemon also offers a cloud solution for online authentication aimed at e-learning platforms, universities, and companies providing identity access management or digital signage. The company provides a freemium Mac and Windows app direct to consumers. The product is promoted for use cases such as verifying students in MOOCs.