About BOLD
BOLD is a venture capital firm located in Clichy, France. As of Aug 2025, BOLD has invested in 19 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Retail to Consumer and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Debut Overall, BOLD portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 2 acquisitions including key companies like Global Bioenergies, Slick and Carbios. A lot of funds co-invest with BOLD, with names like V3 Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. BOLD has team of 9 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
BOLD's List of Top Investments
BOLD has a portfolio of 19 companies. Their most notable investments are in BORNTOSTANDOUT and Replika.Their portfolio spans across France, United States, India and 5 more locations. They have invested in Retail, Consumer, Enterprise Applications and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by BOLD:
1. Deconstruct
Platform offering multi-category skincare products. It offers a wide range of science-backed solutions, including face and body care products, lip balms, cleansers, serums, and sunscreens. The brand also provides specialized kits such as an oily skin kit and a skin radiance routine kit. Its products cater to various skin types and concerns, including hydration, brightening, and anti-aging.
Key facts about Deconstruct
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹127Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $10.4M
- Employee Count: 74 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Verlinvest, Kalaari Capital and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Rembrand
Provider of AI-powered advertising solutions for in-content and social media. The company offers tools for advertisers and publishers to integrate brand messaging within digital content. It transforms social media content into advertisements and places virtual product placements within relevant scenes. The company aims to deliver advertising experiences that are more natural for viewers.
Key facts about Rembrand
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $68.5M
- Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 17, 2025
- Investors: Greycroft, BOLD and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 21, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Debut
Provider and manufacturer of enzymes for biotherapeutic creation and modification. The company offers a range of enzymes that are used in the biotech industry for immobilization and other therapeutic applications. The company also provides continuous biomanufacturing cartridges, immobilized cells, immobilized enzymes for continuous biomanufacturing.
Key facts about Debut
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $126M
- Employee Count: 93 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Cultivian Sandbox, BOLD and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 26, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Key facts about Global Bioenergies
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Evry Courcouronnes (France)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $5.07M
- Employee Count: 40 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Societe Generale, BOLD and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Oct 02, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
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5. Slick
Software solutions for salon management. It is a salon and barber software for appointment scheduling, payment processing, and marketing. It offers features such as appointment reminders, client management, marketing, online booking, reporting, stock management, customer support, and more.
Key facts about Slick
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.7M
- Employee Count: 24 as on Jun 30, 2025
- Investors: BOLD, Horseplay Ventures and 58 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 06, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
BOLD's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
BOLD has invested in 19 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in BORNTOSTANDOUT and most recent follow-on round was in Debut.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
BOLD's Investments by Stage
BOLD has made 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5M, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.4M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $24.8M and 1 investment in Post IPO stage with an average round size of $16.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 7 |
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 2 |
Post IPO | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BOLD's Investments by Sector
BOLD has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Consumer Goods, Retail, High Tech and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 8 Consumer (B2C) companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 7 |
Consumer Goods | 6 |
Retail | 6 |
High Tech | 4 |
Life Sciences | 3 |
Others | 19 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BOLD's Investments by Geography
BOLD has made most investments in France (5), followed by United States where it has made 5 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 5 |
United States | 5 |
India | 2 |
South Korea | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
BOLD's recent investments
BOLD has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by BOLD:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 26, 2025 | United States | Series B | 4599 | ||
Feb 18, 2025 | South Korea | Series A | 7843 | ||
Jan 02, 2025 | United States | Series A | 8333 | [+3] | |
Dec 24, 2024 | India | Series A | 7630 | [+4] | |
Sep 12, 2024 | France | Series A | 2294 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in BOLD's Portfolio
2 of BOLD's portfolio companies have become public. Carbios got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext), in Dec 2013 and Global Bioenergies got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext) at marketcap of $46.1M.Here are BOLD's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2013 | Jun 25, 2019 | Post IPO | 5480 | |
Jun 09, 2011 | - | - | 3316 |
Acquired companies in BOLD's Portfolio
2 companies from BOLD's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Slick in Mar 2026 by DaySmart.Here are BOLD's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2026 | - | - | 3246 | |
Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 24, 2021 | Seed | 2193 |
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Team profile of BOLD
BOLD has a team of 9 members including 1 Partner and 3 Principals located in France. BOLD's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in BOLD:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | France | - | - | |
Principal | Paris | - | - | |
Principal | France | - | ||
Principal | France | - | - |
Co-investors of BOLD
Over the past 8 years, 112 investors have co-invested in BOLD's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before BOLD: Europa, Kalaari Capital and 69 others have invested in rounds before BOLD. There are 2 companies where Europa has invested before BOLD and 1 company where Kalaari Capital has invested before BOLD.
- Top Co-investors of BOLD: 35 investors entered a company along with BOLD. These include investors like V3 Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after BOLD: A total of 6 investors have invested in BOLD's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include INX International Ink (1 company), EDBI (1 company) and Wealthberry (1 company).
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