About Sodexo Ventures
Sodexo Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Issy les Moulineaux, France. As of Dec 2021, Sodexo Ventures has invested in 5 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Consumer to Enterprise Applications and Gig Economy. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series E round of Meican Overall, Sodexo Ventures portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely Klaxit and Neo-Nomade. A lot of funds co-invest with Sodexo Ventures, with names like RATP sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Sodexo Ventures' List of All Investments
Sodexo Ventures has a portfolio of 5 companies. Their most notable investments are in Meican and Isahit.Their portfolio spans across France, China and United States. They have invested in Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Gig Economy and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of all investments by Sodexo Ventures:
1. Klaxit
App-based P2P carpooling platform. Users can provide their regular travel schedules and other relevant details. The platform provides available carpools for the location with a minimum detour. Users can select and book the required carpool. The app also automatically calculates the cost of the trips and splits it among the users. Their app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Klaxit
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $3.7M
- Employee Count: 63 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: RATP, Wind Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 07, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Wellist
Wellist provides a digital platfrom for patient health management solutions. The company offers a platfrom which helps the healthcare professionals to optimize their patient engagement solutions by giving communication support, health information resources, personalized healthcare services, assessment tools, and more.
Key facts about Wellist
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13.5M
- Employee Count: 35 as on Nov 17, 2025
- Investors: MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Summation Health Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 08, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Meican
Meican is an online platform for ordering meals. It provides location-based restaurant listing service along with menus, pricing, and more. It generates revenue by taking a cut of the bill from the restaurants that people order from. The company is focused on catering to corporate customers.
Key facts about Meican
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Beijing (China)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $133M
- Investors: Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Kleiner Perkins and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Dec 16, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Isahit
Provider of an AI platform for outsourcing digital tasks. Enables users to train computer vision & natural language processing data and also provides data processing solutions. Features image & video annotation, bounding box & polygon, image segmentation, text annotation, text categorization, OCR transcript and sentiment analysis solutions, among others.
Key facts about Isahit
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 290 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Sodexo Ventures, My SeedCap and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Apr 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Neo-Nomade
Neo-Nomade offers an online marketplace for office seekers to browse and book co-working spaces, private spaces, and meeting room spaces in France. The company partners with cafes, restaurants, hotels, other businesses to offer their spaces for co-working during the day time. The company also enables property owners and current office tenants to list unused spaces for free. Office seekers can browse for properties and can also book it on an hourly or daily basis by making an online payment. The company offers a nomad membership option to its users which enable them to co-work in any of their partnered location by making a one-time payment. Businesses and space providers are offered with a back office tool that enables them to track, manage their space, manage financial accounts through the online dashboard. It also offers an iOS and android mobile app for office seekers.
Key facts about Neo-Nomade
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.69M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Sodexo Ventures and My SeedCap
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 10, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Sodexo Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Isahit and most recent follow-on round was in Meican.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sodexo Ventures' Investments by Stage
Sodexo Ventures has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.69M, 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.7M and 1 investment in Series D stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Series D | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sodexo Ventures' Investments by Sector
Sodexo Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Gig Economy, Auto Tech, Business Services and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 5 Tech companies, 3 Consumer (B2C) companies, 3 Marketplace companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Gig Economy | 2 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Business Services | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sodexo Ventures' Investments by Geography
Sodexo Ventures has made most investments in France (3), followed by China where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 3 |
China | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sodexo Ventures' recent investments
Sodexo Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Sodexo Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 16, 2021 | China | Series E | 3043 | - | |
Feb 21, 2020 | France | Seed | 7485 | - | |
Aug 20, 2019 | China | Series D | 5584 | - | |
Feb 07, 2018 | France | Series A | 2748 | [+3] | |
Mar 10, 2017 | France | Seed | 7325 | - |
Acquired companies in Sodexo Ventures' Portfolio
2 companies from Sodexo Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Neo-Nomade in Apr 2023 by worklib for $*****.Here are Sodexo Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 17, 2023 | Mar 10, 2017 | Seed | 5210 | |
Mar 16, 2023 | Feb 07, 2018 | Series A | 6076 |
Co-investors of Sodexo Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 14 investors have co-invested in Sodexo Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Sodexo Ventures: NGP Capital, Kleiner Perkins and 6 others have invested in rounds before Sodexo Ventures. There is 1 company where NGP Capital has invested before Sodexo Ventures and 1 company where Kleiner Perkins has invested before Sodexo Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Sodexo Ventures: 4 investors entered a company along with Sodexo Ventures. These include investors like RATP (1 company).
- Invested after Sodexo Ventures: Centurium Capital (1 company) and Europa (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Sodexo Ventures's portfolio after their investments.
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Sodexo Ventures backs China catering platformAsian Venture Capital Journal•Aug 22, 2019•Sodexo Ventures, Meican, Sodexo
