The Faktory Fund
Overview
The Faktory Fund is a private early-stage venture capital firm founded by Pierre L’Hoest, the former CEO and founder of EVS Broadcast Equipment, and Simon Alexandre. The firm focuses on investing in startups developing disruptive technologies that enable new products to achieve worldwide leadership in B2B markets, primarily in the domain of Information Communication Technologies. The Faktory is currently financing Internet of Things and Software as a Service (SaaS) startups located in the BeNeLux and France regions. The firm's investment approach involves a systematic 360° analysis applied to the most promising ideas. This three-step partnership includes an initial analysis to assess the startup project's alignment with the fund's scope and criteria, a review of the business model and key assumptions with founders, and daily support to founders in key areas such as company strategy, sales, marketing, product development, and key hirings. The Faktory offers investment capabilities ranging from EUR 250,000 to EUR 1,000,000 for a startup. The Faktory's team and mentors come from diverse professional backgrounds with international experience. The firm partners with Boldstart Ventures, based in New York City, which has over 30 years of venture tenure and has overseen successful exits such as Divide (acquired by Google), GoInstant (acquired by Salesforce), and Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn). The Faktory applies efficient approaches like the Lean Startup and Business Model Canvas to help startups grow by identifying and validating market niches, customer-centric development, and providing the means necessary to deploy and launch their businesses successfully.
Investment Focus
- Innovative technology solutions
- Scalable business models
- Global market potential
- Customer-centric development
- Product-market fit
- Sustainable business strategies
- Disruptive technology
- B2B market focus
- Located in BeNeLux or France
- Internet of Things or SaaS product
- First prototype or product developed
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does The Faktory Fund invest in?
The Faktory Fund invests in Technology, Healthcare, Energy, Software, FinTech and Logistics, and is based in Liège, Belgium. The Faktory Fund is listed as a venture capital in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does The Faktory Fund invest at?
The Faktory Fund backs companies at Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B and Growth, writing cheques of 250K - 1M.
Which regions does The Faktory Fund invest in?
The Faktory Fund invests across United States, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium.
What companies has The Faktory Fund invested in?
The Faktory Fund's portfolio includes SecurityScorecard, Snyk, BigID, Front, GoInstant, Divide, Rapportive and E-peas.
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