Evolem Start

What is Evolem Start?

Evolem Start is a Lyon-based family office specializing in seed and Series A investments with a broad interest in different sectors, reflecting its generalist approach. They support early-stage startups that demonstrate some level of revenue, a strong potential for societal impact, and a well-rounded founding team.

The firm operates with an investment minimum of 150,000 euros and a maximum of 3 million euros, aiming to nurture innovative companies during their commercial acceleration phase. Evolem Start prides itself on its capacity for quick decision-making and its provision of stable, ambitious partnership. They emphasize an entrepreneurial motivation with the financial return being a secondary outcome and seek to align their investment criteria with their core values, displaying a preference for projects that align with their long-term vision.

The office maintains a fluid, flexible decision-making process due to its organizational structure without external investors, which grants them significant agility.

With a portfolio that includes a diverse array of sectors such as Consumer Insurtech, Consumer Fintech, Sales Tools, Customer Service Management tools, Proptech, EdTech, and AdTech, Evolem Start looks for opportunities to play various roles, whether as lead, co-lead, or follower in investment rounds.

They highlight a commitment to reactivity and support, with the overarching goal of fostering project growth, based on the belief that financial performance will naturally follow. By the end of 2024, Evolem Start had participated in 56 projects, cumulatively representing a workforce of 1,596 employees and a combined revenue of 178 million euros.

They also maintain an ecosystem comprising co-investors, partners, and companies supported through their Platform initiative, affirming their holistic approach to entrepreneur support through financial, strategic, and growth-oriented means.

What they say:

We invest in all types of early stage startups with some revenue, a bold vision for societal impact, and a complementary founding team. We are a generalist family office. In the past, we've invested in Consumer Insurtech, Consumer Fintech, Sales Tools, Customer Service Management tools, Proptech, EdTech, AdTech