Investor Type | Firm |
Industries | IT (& TMT) |
Stages | Early,Seed |
Investing | France |
Orevon is an investment fund based in Paris, France, specializing in the incubation and acceleration of seed and early-stage companies with a focus on the information technology (IT) sector, including mobile applications and software. Their signature 'IT for Equity' program is especially designed to support startups at the seed stage by exchanging professional IT services for equity, rather than providing traditional cash investments. The fund is intrinsically linked to the Orevon Innovation Centers, serving as an accelerator for the development of startups. Orevon has constructed a comprehensive and talent-rich ecosystem to maximize the chances of success for the companies they invest in. This ecosystem offers a blend of skills and expertise, delivering support to startups and investors alike, particularly in managing complex technological challenges. Their dedicated team provides assistance across all domains, ensuring that Orevon can propel tomorrow's startups to success. Orevon's concern over the high startup failure rate within the first two years owing to lengthy fundraising periods and insufficient funding led to the establishment of a robust ecosystem with two foundational pillars to mitigate the majority of failure risks: creativity & technology support and finance. The finance aspect involves a proprietary, highly qualified dealflow, direct investments, co-investments, and support for the executive team. Orevon Venture, managed by Orevon Partners s. r.l., focuses on the development of technologies necessary for rapid industrial solutions. The fund aims to assist project bearers in achieving their goals comfortably by supporting both technological complexities and financial and marketing aspects of their projects. Orevon Partners has launched a separate DeepTech fund to cater to institutional actors, featuring investments in startups that are technology-intensive, founded on disruptive innovations applicable to sectors such as cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and other breakthrough technologies. Their investment focus extends to pre-seed, seed, and series A rounds, leveraging the expertise of the Orevon Innovations Center and their acceleration program to mitigate risk from the very start of a startup's value chain. Orevon casts its investment net across Europe, Africa, North America, the Emirates, and Singapore.