About AXA Venture Partners
AXA Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Jan 2025, AXA Venture Partners has invested in 88 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Alice&Bob Overall, AXA Venture Partners portfolio has seen 4 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 22 acquisitions including key companies like Blockstream, SecurityScorecard and Policygenius. A lot of funds co-invest with AXA Venture Partners, with names like Bpifrance sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. AXA Venture Partners has team of 34 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Series B & 4 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
AXA Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
AXA Venture Partners has a portfolio of 88 companies, including 4 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Limelight Health and FINBOURNE Technology.Their portfolio spans across United States, France, United Kingdom and 8 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, High Tech and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Series B and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by AXA Venture Partners:1. Blockstream
Developer of blockchain-based platform building crypto-financial infrastructure. It provides users with detailed blockchain data through open-source block explorer and offers a hardware wallet for Bitcoin and liquid assets. It also operates the Blockstream satellite, which broadcasts the Bitcoin blockchain worldwide and provides enterprise-class Bitcoin mining services.
Key facts about Blockstream
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Montreal (Canada)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $651M
- Employee Count: 100 as on Mar 31, 2025
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Baillie Gifford and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 15, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of supply chain detection and response and risk management. The platform offers vendor detection, questionnaires, and external attack surface management. It provides cyber risk quantification, threat intelligence, and vulnerability intelligence. The business offers services such as digital forensics, incident response, and penetration testing. It helps manage and mitigate risks across the digital ecosystem. The platform facilitates vendor collaboration and enables workflows.
Key facts about SecurityScorecard
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $292M
- Employee Count: 624 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, T. Rowe Price and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Mar 18, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Policygenius
PolicyGenius provides an app-based insurance comparison platform for individuals. It offers quotes for life insurance, disability insurance, pet insurance and renter’s insurance, pet insurance, and more. It also offers advisory services for loans, investments, banking, taxes, wills, and more.
Key facts about Policygenius
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $288M
- Employee Count: 137 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Karlin, Next Round Capital and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Mar 17, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Vida Company
Vida provides AI-based mental and physical care health coaching and programs from a network of health care providers and leading medical institutions for employees and patients. It combines a consumer mobile app, an enterprise care platform, and a marketplace of programs and providers to offer on-demand, and solutions for any chronic condition. The platform has eight programs available for its paying users: lose weight, get fit, detox, feel better, reduce stress, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and prevent diabetes.
Key facts about Vida Company
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $216M
- Employee Count: 674 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Webb Investment Network and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 09, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Contrast Security provides a single solution with IAST and RASP functionality. It employs an instrumentation approach to detect vulnerability and attack across the software life cycle. It instruments agents on every test server to test all applications and performs analytics of production applications at runtime. RASP functionality was introduced in June 2015 with support to Java, NET and ColdFusion.
Key facts about Contrast Security
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Los Altos (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $269M
- Employee Count: 209 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Founders Circle Capital, The Private Shares Fund and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Nov 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
AXA Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
AXA Venture Partners has invested in 89 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Alice&Bob and most recent follow-on round was in Tive.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2023 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2022 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
2021 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
2020 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
2019 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
2018 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
AXA Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
AXA Venture Partners has made 34 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.42M, 22 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $30.9M and 16 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.89M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 34 |
Series B | 22 |
Seed | 16 |
Series C | 6 |
Series D | 2 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AXA Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
AXA Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Vertical SaaS, FinTech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 79 Tech companies, 71 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 55 Software companies and at least 36 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 58 |
Consumer | 19 |
Vertical SaaS | 19 |
FinTech | 18 |
HealthTech | 14 |
Others | 70 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AXA Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
AXA Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (39), followed by France where it has made 20 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 39 |
France | 20 |
United Kingdom | 9 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Canada | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
AXA Venture Partners' recent investments
AXA Venture Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by AXA Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 28, 2025 | France | Series B | 1750 | [+5] | |
Dec 16, 2024 | Norway | Series C | 5587 | [+7] | |
Dec 05, 2024 | United States | Series B | 2678 | [+4] | |
Nov 11, 2024 | France | Series C | 1000 | - | |
Sep 26, 2024 | Canada | Series A | 5025 | [+5] |
Unicorns in AXA Venture Partners' Portfolio
AXA Venture Partners has 4 unicorns in its portfolio - Contrast Security, Blockstream, Phenom and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Contrast Security. It became a unicorn in 2021, 3 years after AXA Venture Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in AXA Venture Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 | Cloud based platform offering application self protection solutions | 2014 | Los Altos | Series E | ffrbedk | ||
77 | Developer of blockchain-based platform building crypto-financial infrastructure | 2014 | Montreal | Series C | lchnldo | ||
67 | Provides talent experience management platform | 2010 | Ambler | Series D | {qtucxv | ||
73 | Provider of supply chain detection and response and risk management | 2013 | New York City | Series E | ayjkqvt |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in AXA Venture Partners' Portfolio
2 of AXA Venture Partners' portfolio companies have become public. HUB Security got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Mar 2023.Here are AXA Venture Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Mar 01, 2023 | May 07, 2020 | Seed | 4465 | |
- | Jul 07, 2016 | Seed | 3957 |
Acquired companies in AXA Venture Partners' Portfolio
22 companies from AXA Venture Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Idelic in Apr 2026 by Descartes for $*****.Here are AXA Venture Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Apr 23, 2026 | Mar 25, 2021 | Series B | 2895 | |
Apr 09, 2026 | Apr 26, 2022 | Series A | 7700 | |
Nov 04, 2024 | Dec 06, 2017 | Series B | 7018 | |
Jun 12, 2023 | - | - | 2767 | |
Apr 25, 2023 | Jun 15, 2015 | Series A | 8397 |
Team profile of AXA Venture Partners
AXA Venture Partners has a team of 34 members including 7 Partners and 1 Principal located in France, United Kingdom and 1 more location. AXA Venture Partners' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in AXA Venture Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | London | Cognism and VouchedFor | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Partner | Virginia Beach | - | - | |
Partner | Paris | - | ||
Principal | Paris | - |
Co-investors of AXA Venture Partners
Over the past 11 years, 534 investors have co-invested in AXA Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before AXA Venture Partners: Kima Ventures, Sierra Ventures and 258 others have invested in rounds before AXA Venture Partners. There are 5 companies where Kima Ventures has invested before AXA Venture Partners and 3 companies where Sierra Ventures has invested before AXA Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of AXA Venture Partners: 126 investors entered a company along with AXA Venture Partners. These include investors like Bpifrance (3 companies).
- Invested after AXA Venture Partners: A total of 148 investors have invested in AXA Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Plug and Play Tech Center (2 companies), SLW (2 companies) and Revolution (2 companies).
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AXA Venture Partners Rebrands as Atlantic Vantage Point After MBOPrivate Equity Wire•Apr 16, 2025•AXA Venture Partners, AVP
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