We are your first believers

Our Team

Led by passion for progress and innovation, Axeleo Capital's team is 100% dedicated to investing in the new wave of european entrepreneurs eager to fix global issues. More than investing in a business, we invest in you. We are entrepreneurs and startups first believers.
Beyond fresh money, we provide a tailored-made approach by supporting each step of your development from product packaging, key talent hirings, go-to-market enhancement or ESG strategy. We draw our unfair advantages from a network of more than 150 seasoned entrepreneurs and industrial experts which guide our founders portfolio in their journey.

AXC Experts Ecosystem
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Alain Bernard

Sales expert

Google, Lumapps, Microsoft

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Caroline Woussen-Franczia

Sales strategy

Uppercut-First, Datadog, BMC Software

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Eric Mahé

Infrastructure & Data expert

CloudSkiff, Fujitsu, Netsize

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François Laxalt

Marketing expert

Tinyclues, Neolane, Adobe, SAS

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Gwénaël Moy

Insurance specialist

BlaBlaCar, AXA

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Jérôme Lefebvre

Operations specialist

Stratumn, Tidemark, IBM

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Marie Giesbert

Marketing expert

Axeleo, Stickyads / Freewheel

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Pascal Eymin

Cybersecurity specialist

Sentryo, Cisco Systems

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Yves De Montcheuil

Marketing seasoned

Siroco, Talend

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Axeleo Capital ? What is your positioning ?

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Axeleo Capital is an entrepreneurial VC adventure launched by Eric Burdier and Mathieu Viallard. We run an early-stage VC platform strategy with thematic funds, hands-on LPs, strong expertises on each fund, a unique DNA, grit and passion.
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We started our project with B2B software focused funds (Axeleo Capital 1 in 2017, followed by a 1st successor funds AXC2), a new thematic launched in 2020 to address Proptech & Contech seed European startups and in 2023 a brand new project with a fund dedicated to Greentech Industry Startups.

Which stage do you invest at? What’s the typical investment ticket size that you first put?

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We usually invest in early-stage companies withticket ranges froma few hundreds €k to €1.5m on our B2B tech & Proptech funds on pre-seed & seed rounds and from €5m to €10m on our Greentech Industry funds on seed & series A rounds.

For us Seed is not a hobby or among a broader early-stage strategy, it’s our speciality from day one.

We keep ⅔ of our funds to follow-on on the best portfolio startups on series A/B

What’s the difference between Axeleo and Axeleo Capital?

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‍Axeleo Capital (AXC) is fully independent and employee owned.
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Axeleo Capital is an Emerging European Seed VC founded in January 2017 by Eric Burdier & Mathieu Viallard and a large pool of experienced tech entrepreneurs. Our management company was born from a carve-out of Axeleo, this B2B Tech startup accelerator launched in Lyon (France) in 2013 co-founded by Eric and backed by the French Tech Acceleration Fund.
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Axeleo (the former accelerator) switched to a startup studio in Q4 2021 dedicated to the cybersecurity industry. The program is called Cyber Booster.
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Our roots are in the VC industry (where Mathieu comes from), the startup acceleration market (where Eric comes from) and the Software market (where our LPs entrepreneurs come from).
By leveraging our common expertise, experience and network, it allows us to support our portfolio founders side-by-side every day from day 1 to growth stages.
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Our motto relies on being more than just another VC and mostly being as helpful as possible from the very beginning.

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