Source Ventures

What is Source Ventures?

Source Ventures is a micro venture capital (VC) firm based in Montreuil, France, with a specific focus on seed and early-stage investments in tech startups. Their investment range lies between 13,000 to 60,000 euros per deal.

Emphasizing a hands-on operational approach, Source Ventures seeks to add value far beyond capital by getting deeply involved with the entrepreneurs in their portfolio. They operate on the premise of working closely with startups, applying their operational experience, and offering access to a services platform accompanied by a curated team of experts in Product Design, Tech, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship. Through this collaborative approach, they provide tailored support to help companies navigate the challenges of scalability and market validation.

The firm differentiates itself by not just being investors but effectively becoming sparring partners to the founders, looking to address the intense requirements of startup growth. This is facilitated by a community that Source Ventures has fostered, consisting of professionals like Product Designers, Engineers, Marketers, and Entrepreneurs who are readily available to assist founding teams.

Source Ventures also exhibits a diverse portfolio with companies across different sectors like Health, E-Commerce, Gaming, Adtech, PropTech, Travel, Social Networking, SaaS, SporTech, Fintech, EdTech, Retail, and Web3. Co-founders Martin Charpentier and Victor Mertz bring their individual expertise in product design and marketing respectively to steer the firm's strategic direction and to contribute to the product-market fit and scalability of startups.

What they say:

We back companies which main asset or vector is Digital and believe in entrepreneurs whose will is genuine, with a soft spot for hustlers and misfits. More than money, we bring operational experience backed by a community of digital experts. Our job is to help startups grow from market validation to performance.

What we look for: We invest in tech startups (50 000€ or more per deal) and add value by advising entrepreneurs on their Product, Tech and Marketing. Through our sparring partner approach, we help tech startups walk the narrow path towards scalability. Feel free to reach out and let's start a conversation.

How we help: Product, Tech and Marketing. Operational experience backed by a community of digital experts co-investors.