aid: serena
name: Serena
description: >-
  Serena is a Paris-based European venture capital firm founded in 2008 by
  Xavier Lorphelin, Marc Fournier and Philippe Hayat, investing in Europe-based
  founders from pre-seed through Series A with initial tickets ranging from
  EUR 100K to EUR 15M. The firm closed its EUR 200M Fund IV in 2026, bringing
  total assets under management to over EUR 1 billion, and concentrates on
  applied AI, the modern data stack and AI infrastructure, SaaS, climate tech
  and the energy transition, commercial open source, blockchain, quantum,
  consumer innovation and impact. Serena describes itself as "by entrepreneurs
  for entrepreneurs" and pairs capital with an in-house operating team (Capital
  Boost), a dedicated data-focused arm in Serena Data Ventures, and the Racine
  squared impact and deep-tech vehicle. Its published portfolio of 113 companies
  includes Dataiku, Memo Bank, Descartes Underwriting, Mindee, Probabl, ACINQ,
  Brigad and Evaneos, alongside exits such as LaFourchette/The Fork to
  TripAdvisor, AramisAuto to PSA, PrestaShop to MBE Worldwide, iBanFirst to
  Marlin Equity Partners, Alkemics to Salsify, Hull to MessageBird, Koyeb and
  Emmi AI to Mistral, Leonardo.ai to Canva, Shadow to OVH, and the NYSE IPO of
  Sequans. The firm also publishes an unusually
  deep public research library, including the French AI Report, the Serena
  European SaaS Benchmark and the Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) Report.
  This profile tracks Serena's identity and its portfolio graph across the API
  Evangelist network.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
deliveryModel:
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  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-08-17'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/serena.png
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Pre-Seed
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Early Stage
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Data
  - Software-as-a-Service
  - Climate Tech
  - Open-Source
  - Fintech
  - Infrastructure
  - Impact
  - Europe
  - France
  - Paris
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Pre-Seed
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Early Stage
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Data
  - SaaS
  - Climate Tech
  - Open Source
  - Fintech
  - Infrastructure
  - Impact
  - Europe
  - France
  - Paris
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/serena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-08-17'
modified: '2026-08-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.serena.vc/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.serena.vc/our-portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/serena-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.serena.vc/our-team/
  - type: Team
    url: team/serena-team.yml
  - type: Reports
    url: https://www.serena.vc/templates-and-reports/
  - type: Research
    url: https://www.serena.vc/templates-and-reports/
  - type: News
    url: https://www.serena.vc/serena-in-the-press/
  - type: Sustainability
    url: https://www.serena.vc/serena-sustainability/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://careers.serena.vc/jobs
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://www.serena.vc/talent-club/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serenaVC
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/serenaVC
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/serena-capital
  - type: Legal
    url: https://www.serena.vc/legal/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: pre-seed to Series A'
      - 'Typical check: EUR 100K to EUR 15M initial ticket'
      - 'AUM: over EUR 1 billion (self-reported, 2026)'
      - 'Current fund: Serena IV, EUR 200M (closed 2026)'
      - 'Prior fund: Serena III, EUR 300M'
      - >-
        Sectors: applied AI, modern data stack, AI infrastructure, SaaS, climate
        tech and energy transition, commercial open source, blockchain, quantum,
        consumer, impact
      - 'Geography: Europe-based founders, with US expansion support'
      - 'Founded: 2008'
      - 'Founders: Xavier Lorphelin, Marc Fournier, Philippe Hayat'
      - 'HQ: 21 rue Auber, 75009 Paris, France'
      - 'Positioning: "Allies to global outliers" / "by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs"'
      - 'Operating platform: Capital Boost in-house operating team'
      - 'Affiliated vehicles: Serena Data Ventures, Racine2 (racine2.vc), makesense Fund'
      - 'Portfolio: 113 companies published on the public portfolio page'
      - >-
        Notable portfolio and exits: Dataiku, Memo Bank, Descartes Underwriting,
        Mindee, Probabl, ACINQ, Leonardo.ai, Brigad, Evaneos, The
        Fork/LaFourchette, Aramis Auto, Cheerz, iBanFirst, Alkemics, Sequans
      - >-
        Public research: The French AI Report, Serena European SaaS Benchmark,
        Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) Report, Nature Tech VC funding
        report
      - 'Contact: +33 1 77 37 30 30'
    sources:
      - https://www.serena.vc/
      - https://www.serena.vc/our-portfolio/
      - https://www.serena.vc/templates-and-reports/
      - https://www.vestbee.com/insights/articles/serena-closes-200-m-fund-iv
    updated: '2026-08-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Serena
    url: https://www.serena.vc/