Entrepreneurs supporting other entrepreneurs
Serena Capital’s investment strategy is based on the partners’ experience at Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), where they managed a large portfolio of companies, leading many of them to success, such as : Altitude Telecom, Aquarelle, Kelkoo, Karavel (Promovacances), NetAsq, Ornis, Parrot, Sequans, Sarenza, SI Automation, ...
Serena Capital targets high-growth, technology-driven French and European companies, primarily in information and communications technologies (ICT) and services : internet and media, software (SaaS, Open Source), telecom and mobile, consumer electronics.
Serena Capital finances innovative companies at a development stage where their product or service offering is proven, they can demonstrate strong customer references and sales momentum, and they look for additional financing and support to accelerate their growth. It is at this critical stage of a company’s development that the entrepreneurial experience of Serena's team, along with its high-level global network of business partners and industry relationships, can help boost portfolio companies to a leadership status.
Because we have built businesses ourselves and financed others as venture capitalists, we are able to act a bridge between the worlds of finance and entrepreneurship.
We invest amounts ranging from €3 million to €8 million in companies with a wide range of revenues, and we back our portfolio companies with financing and hands-on operational support at every stage of their development - all the way to exit. We typically intervene as lead investor and play an active role on the boards of our portfolio companies.
