OSS Ventures

What is OSS Ventures?

OSS Ventures is a startup studio focused on building and investing in technology companies that create innovative solutions for operations. Based in Paris at 10 rue Chabanais, 75002, they are particularly interested in B2B SaaS products aimed at operational staff who may not traditionally receive a laptop on their first day of work.

Since their inception in 2018, OSS Ventures has partnered with over 20 companies, contributing to the creation of more than 500 jobs while their portfolio solutions are utilized in more than 2000 factories. Furthermore, these companies collectively boast about 120,000 monthly active users. Notably, the firm has also co-created a robust community, facilitating a fertile environment for cross-selling and knowledge sharing among startups.

OSS Ventures follows a unique approach to company creation, which includes visiting factories to understand on-ground challenges, identifying solutions through co-construction with multiple companies, sourcing founders, and investing in development.

Their process involves close collaboration with users from conception to investment and beyond, ensuring continuous support for their portfolio startups. The firm brings dedicated resources across various domains including product, growth, design, technology, HR, and fundraising, demonstrating a powerful track record of 15 startups in 4 years. The firm's methodological framework has been tried and tested for company creation.

Their community constitutes a rich network of experts and entrepreneurs plus access to over 500 industrial clients.

OSS Ventures offers a platform for future founders who wish to take operations to the next level, offering significant opportunities to engage with industrial partners and become co-founders in tech startups shaping the future of manufacturing. They support startups with capital investment ranging between 50,000 to 500,000 euros, focusing on early stage and seed funding.

What they say:

OSS Ventures is the startup studio building & investing in the future of operations. We ideate, test, build, invest in great ideas to change the future of the organizations who provide physical services to the world.

What we look for: We invest in Europe or US-based Manufacturing SaaS solutions

How we help: OSS Ventures partners with founders to build industrial software startups directly within factory environments. Through a discovery-driven process and close collaboration with industrial partners, startups validate real operational problems and reach product-market fit faster.