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Sofina Ventures — seed+ & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)

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Sofina Ventures is a seed+, Series A venture capital firm investing in Consumer, AI / ML, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
Stage
seed+, Series A
Sectors
Consumer, AI / ML, Real Estate, EdTech, SaaS, Enterprise, Food / AgTech, Fintech
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

seed+, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2026Investments in 2026: 6

Investment Thesis

Global growth investor with occasional early-stage exposure; included only because it can underwrite consumer and software businesses with strong product-market fit. Not a specialist fit for this deal.

How Sofina Ventures invests

Sofina Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the seed+, Series A stages, with a focus on Consumer, AI / ML, Real Estate, EdTech, SaaS.

Sofina Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2014, Sofina Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including Eye Security, Hypershell, Primer. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 6 investments logged in 2026.

Partners & Team

BF

Bertrand Fawe

Principal

YB

Yashvin Boparai

Principal

CK

Christopher Kang

Director of Operations

AG

Alexi Gantelme

Principal

TS

Tanya Sen

Principal

YK

Yana Kachurina

Principal

XL

Xiao-tian Loi

Principal

BS

Benjamin Sabatier

Principal

FD

Frederic Docquier

Head of Middle Office

NP

Not publicly confirmed

Partner

Consumer
Software
YL

Yizhen Lim

Principal

Industry Focus

Invests In

Consumer
AI / ML
Real Estate
EdTech
SaaS
Enterprise
Food / AgTech
Fintech

Recent Activity

Invested in Hypershell

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in Primer

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in Supabase

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in Creature Comforts

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in FirstClub

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in Eye Security

2026 · portfolio records

Invested in Proeduca

2025 · portfolio records

Invested in Rohlik

2022 · portfolio records

Portfolio Companies (20)

2026

EY

Eye Security

A leading provider of software-driven cybersecurity for the European mid-market.

HY

Hypershell

A global consumer robotics brand developing AI-powered wearable exoskeletons that enhance human mobility.

PR

Primer

Unified payment orchestration platform that allows businesses to control, optimize, and scale their entire payment flow.

SU

Supabase

An open-source developer platform for building modern applications.

CR

Creature Comforts

Membership-led, technology-enabled veterinary platform with a mission of healthier pets and happier vets.

FI

FirstClub

Sofina Ventures

A quality-first quick-commerce platform offering curated, private-label-led groceries and everyday essentials for India's leading households.

2025

PR

Proeduca

Education

The global leader in online Spanish-language higher education.

2022

RO

Rohlik

Consumer and retail

Leading online grocery business with the vision to elevate food quality and service standards in the grocery industry.

CL

Cleo

Digital Transformation

AI solution aiming at improving the financial health of its users at a global level.

2019

VI

Vinted

Consumer and retail

Europe’s largest online international C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion.

How to pitch Sofina Ventures
  • •Raising at seed+, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Consumer, AI / ML, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Bertrand Fawe, Principal.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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