Finaventures

Finaventures is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. It specializes in seed, startup, and growth capital investments, focusing primarily on the Fintech sector, including financial technology, blockchain, gaming, and information technology. The firm is dedicated to building Business Ecosystem Groups by combining capital with active operational and management involvement. This approach creates a network of interconnected products, services, and partnerships, thereby enhancing overall value through integration and network effects. Additionally, Finaventures optimizes the performance of its companies through strategies such as margin stacking and cost pooling. The firm is committed to being more than just a passive investor; it actively operates and builds business ecosystems to address market inefficiencies.

Rachid Sefrioui

Managing Director

41 past transactions

Econest

Venture Round in 2024
Econest is a software development company that specializes in providing technical data for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and management. The company has developed a platform that automates the processes of gathering, assembling, and reporting ESG data. In addition to its software solutions, Econest offers a variety of advisory services to assist clients in navigating their ESG needs. By delivering accurate and comprehensive data, Econest enables organizations to make informed and timely business decisions related to sustainability and compliance.

Green Home

Venture Round in 2024
Green Home builds and creates customized homes utilizing sustainable and green technology.

EHMA

Venture Round in 2024
EHMA, established as a non-profit, is dedicated to enhancing the healthcare industry. It operates a membership organization, fostering resilient health systems, robust management, and sustainable practices. The company facilitates knowledge transfer and networking among healthcare professionals, ultimately improving patient care.

HelloSolar Finance

Venture Round in 2023
HelloSolar Finance, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializes in providing flexible point-of-sale financing services. The company offers loans to homeowners, enabling them to adopt green technologies, regardless of their credit or socioeconomic status.

HelloLend

Seed Round in 2023
HelloLend is a financial technology company specializing in home financing solutions. It assists customers in purchasing new homes by evaluating their unique financial needs, history, and circumstances to match them with suitable home loan options.

Oreqa Hydrogen Technologies

Seed Round in 2023
Oreqa Hydrogen Technologies specializes in the development and production of advanced hydrogen storage systems. Their core focus is creating solutions that ensure long-term sustainability and micro-grid capability, catering primarily to energy industries. The company's portfolio includes a range of technology-driven equipment, such as the Snow Rhino zero-turn snow plow, Snow Bull walk-behind snow plow, and Trailblazer Transporter motorized carrier, all designed to facilitate efficient energy storage and maintenance.

Suntria

Series C in 2023
Suntria is a company focused on battery and storage technologies, specializing in residential solar solutions in the Southwestern United States. By providing energy storage and solar alternatives, Suntria aims to foster energy independence for its customers. The company offers comprehensive systems that include battery storage, solar panels, and home energy efficiency devices. These innovations enable homeowners, developers, and communities to manage their energy sources, control consumption, and achieve greater autonomy in their energy use.

BetterWatts

Seed Round in 2023
BetterWatts Insurance Co specializes in warranty and insurance solutions for residential renewable energy systems, particularly solar panels. The company offers comprehensive coverage tailored to the specific needs of solar panel owners, aiming to protect their investments against potential damages or malfunctions. By providing a safety net for renewable energy customers, BetterWatts facilitates the reliable operation of solar power systems, enabling users to claim losses or repairs as needed. Through its focused services, BetterWatts contributes to the stability and confidence of individuals investing in renewable energy technologies.

HelloLend

Seed Round in 2022
HelloLend is a financial technology company specializing in home financing solutions. It assists customers in purchasing new homes by evaluating their unique financial needs, history, and circumstances to match them with suitable home loan options.

Oreqa Hydrogen Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Oreqa Hydrogen Technologies specializes in the development and production of advanced hydrogen storage systems. Their core focus is creating solutions that ensure long-term sustainability and micro-grid capability, catering primarily to energy industries. The company's portfolio includes a range of technology-driven equipment, such as the Snow Rhino zero-turn snow plow, Snow Bull walk-behind snow plow, and Trailblazer Transporter motorized carrier, all designed to facilitate efficient energy storage and maintenance.

Suntria

Series B in 2021
Suntria is a company focused on battery and storage technologies, specializing in residential solar solutions in the Southwestern United States. By providing energy storage and solar alternatives, Suntria aims to foster energy independence for its customers. The company offers comprehensive systems that include battery storage, solar panels, and home energy efficiency devices. These innovations enable homeowners, developers, and communities to manage their energy sources, control consumption, and achieve greater autonomy in their energy use.

HelloLend

Seed Round in 2021
HelloLend is a financial technology company specializing in home financing solutions. It assists customers in purchasing new homes by evaluating their unique financial needs, history, and circumstances to match them with suitable home loan options.

Suntria

Series A in 2020
Suntria is a company focused on battery and storage technologies, specializing in residential solar solutions in the Southwestern United States. By providing energy storage and solar alternatives, Suntria aims to foster energy independence for its customers. The company offers comprehensive systems that include battery storage, solar panels, and home energy efficiency devices. These innovations enable homeowners, developers, and communities to manage their energy sources, control consumption, and achieve greater autonomy in their energy use.

EyeTech

Series B in 2019
EyeTech Digital Systems, Inc. is a leader in eye-tracking technology, specializing in the design and manufacturing of hardware and software that enables hands-free communication for individuals with disabilities. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, the company offers a range of eye-tracking devices, including the TM5mini, VT3 mini, and VT3 XL, which utilize advanced algorithms and hardware components for superior performance. EyeTech's software solutions, such as QuickLINK, QuickACCESS, QuickCAPTURE, and QuickKIOSK, provide versatile applications for various needs, including integrating eye tracking into existing systems and analyzing gaze data for marketing purposes. The company serves a global market, distributing its products across more than 35 countries and supporting individuals with conditions such as ALS, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries. EyeTech also provides engineering services and licensing for comprehensive eye tracking integration projects, ensuring that clients receive tailored support throughout the development process.

EyeTech

Series A in 2017
EyeTech Digital Systems, Inc. is a leader in eye-tracking technology, specializing in the design and manufacturing of hardware and software that enables hands-free communication for individuals with disabilities. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, the company offers a range of eye-tracking devices, including the TM5mini, VT3 mini, and VT3 XL, which utilize advanced algorithms and hardware components for superior performance. EyeTech's software solutions, such as QuickLINK, QuickACCESS, QuickCAPTURE, and QuickKIOSK, provide versatile applications for various needs, including integrating eye tracking into existing systems and analyzing gaze data for marketing purposes. The company serves a global market, distributing its products across more than 35 countries and supporting individuals with conditions such as ALS, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries. EyeTech also provides engineering services and licensing for comprehensive eye tracking integration projects, ensuring that clients receive tailored support throughout the development process.

Vector Cuatro

Series A in 2011
Vector Cuatro is the only company with experience in and dedicated to the complete value chain of solar PV projects: from advisory and structuring or engineering to management and administration of green power facilities; which constitutes a significant competitive advantage valued by the market.

Petra Systems

Series B in 2011
Petra Systems, Inc. is a technology company specializing in distributed power generation and smart energy solutions for urban and remote communities. Founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, the company integrates advanced technologies for renewable energy, microgrids, energy efficiency, and grid reliability. Petra Systems offers a range of products, including ground-mounted and pole-mounted solar power solutions, smart streetlight networks, lighting control systems, wireless surveillance and sensor systems, and battery backup modules. Its innovative approach to "smart solar" combines solar energy generation with smart grid technology, enabling the development of economically viable, 5G-ready smart city infrastructures. By transforming existing streetlight networks into revenue-generating assets, Petra Systems enhances urban living while providing sustainable energy solutions.

Profilium

Venture Round in 2009
Profilium is a telecommunications company specializing in the development of wireless infrastructure and mobile technology solutions. The firm focuses on creating systems that enable location-based services, facilitating mass-scale tracking and location analytics of mobile devices. By offering customizable application components, Profilium allows for seamless integration with third-party applications and systems. This capability empowers mobile operators and service providers to introduce new services that utilize subscriber location data, thereby generating additional revenue streams beyond their core offerings.

Ultra RPM

Series A in 2009
Domain Name registrar

NexPlanar

Series C in 2008
NexPlanar Corporation specializes in the manufacturing of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads for the semiconductor device industry. Founded in 2003 and based in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company also operates a manufacturing facility in Hopkins, Minnesota. NexPlanar's innovative products, which include hard, mid-hard, and ultra-soft pads, utilize proprietary nano-domain technology and patented molded grooves to enhance the efficiency of semiconductor fabrication processes. This technology allows for the tuning of pads to achieve improved yields and lower costs of ownership through extended pad life. Originally known as Neopad Technologies Corporation, the company rebranded to NexPlanar in September 2008 and has since become a subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation.

Artemis Software

Private Equity Round in 2008
Artemis Software is a Denver-based developer of software and cloud-based solutions that specializes in optimizing productivity and collaborative work environments through the use of Atlassian tools. The company focuses on providing custom solutions utilizing Java technologies and agile methodologies, aiming to enhance the adoption and customization of Atlassian products for its clients. With a strong emphasis on leveraging best-of-breed tools, Artemis Software is dedicated to helping organizations improve their workflows and achieve greater efficiency in their operations.

TechniBank

Venture Round in 2008
TechniBank specializes in providing check payment processing facilities for banks and retail organizations.

Saisie.ma

Venture Round in 2007
Saisie.ma is a company specializing in outsourced data entry services designed to help clients achieve significant cost reductions in their outsourcing projects. By providing operators to handle data entry tasks, Saisie.ma allows businesses to save time and reduce operational expenses. This flexibility enables clients to focus on core activities while ensuring improved service delivery to their end customers. The company aims to enhance the efficiency of data management processes, ultimately contributing to better overall customer care.

Saisie.ma

Venture Round in 2006
Saisie.ma is a company specializing in outsourced data entry services designed to help clients achieve significant cost reductions in their outsourcing projects. By providing operators to handle data entry tasks, Saisie.ma allows businesses to save time and reduce operational expenses. This flexibility enables clients to focus on core activities while ensuring improved service delivery to their end customers. The company aims to enhance the efficiency of data management processes, ultimately contributing to better overall customer care.

Atrenta

Venture Round in 2006
Atrenta is a provider of innovative solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, specializing in design efficiency through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform. This platform offers early design insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system on chips (SoCs), which are essential for modern consumer electronics. By enabling design engineers to identify structural, coding, and consistency issues in register transfer language (RTL), Atrenta's technology allows for enhanced testability during RTL creation. The company's patented solutions are utilized by over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, helping to mitigate risks and reduce costs before the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. SpyGlass serves as an interactive guidance system, optimizing the implementation process for complex SoCs and ensuring greater efficiency and confidence in design outcomes.

CyOptics

Series F in 2005
CyOptics, Inc. is a company specializing in the design, development, and marketing of Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chips and components, primarily for integration into access, metro, and long-haul communications systems. Its product offerings include planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) used in telecommunications and defense applications, as well as various optical components such as transmitters, receivers, and modulators. These products serve as critical technology enablers for manufacturers of transmit optical sub-assemblies and receive optical sub-assemblies. Additionally, CyOptics provides contract design, foundry, and packaging services, along with comprehensive design and manufacturing services, including radio frequency and optical design, wafer fabrication, and automated assembly and testing. The company caters to original equipment manufacturers and sub-system manufacturers within the communications market. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, CyOptics operates InP design and fabrication facilities in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, silicon PLC fabrication in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and automated packaging and testing operations in Matamoros, Mexico.

Apogee Photonics

Venture Round in 2005
Apogee Photonics, Inc. is a company specializing in the design, development, and production of advanced optoelectronic solutions for optical transmission systems. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in New Jersey, Apogee Photonics offers integrated indium phosphide products that enhance the distance-extinction-power product compared to other optical semiconductor technologies. Their product range includes cooled, semi-cooled, and uncooled solutions for 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transmission, catering to tier 1 system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and module vendors. Key offerings encompass thermistor-based temperature monitoring, modulator-based power monitoring products, electroabsorption-modulated lasers, and laser integrated modulators. The company extends its market presence through sales locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Asia.

Sequoia Communications

Series D in 2004
Sequoia Communications is a fabless RF semiconductor company setting new benchmarks in multimode design and integration. The FullSpectra™ common architecture, developed by Sequoia Communications, allows a single-chip transceiver to support multiple air interface protocols enabling effective communications across numerous wireless air standards. Based on the FullSpectra architecture, the SEQ7400 is a single-chip, 7-band multimode transceiver that supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA and TD-SCDMA. The SEQ7400 uses a single polar modulator transmit architecture for all air standards, delivering the highest levels of integration in the industry. Typically external WCDMA LNAs and SAW filters are required, but the SEQ7400 integrates these functions into the chip and is the industry's first true monolithic receiver providing significant savings in bill-of-material (BOM), size and cost. The line of multimode RF products created by Sequoia Communications will continue to address the three key handset metrics of cost, size and power consumption.

Atrenta

Series C in 2004
Atrenta is a provider of innovative solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, specializing in design efficiency through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform. This platform offers early design insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system on chips (SoCs), which are essential for modern consumer electronics. By enabling design engineers to identify structural, coding, and consistency issues in register transfer language (RTL), Atrenta's technology allows for enhanced testability during RTL creation. The company's patented solutions are utilized by over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, helping to mitigate risks and reduce costs before the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. SpyGlass serves as an interactive guidance system, optimizing the implementation process for complex SoCs and ensuring greater efficiency and confidence in design outcomes.

Entropic

Series C in 2004
Entropic provides delivery, processing, and distribution of traditional HDTV broadcasts and IP-based streaming video content to the home. In addition to their next-generation STB, System-on-a-Chip, and connectivity solutions, entropic allows Pay-TV operators to provide consumers with engaging whole-home entertainment by transforming how digital entertainment is delivered, connected, and consumed at home.

NexPlanar

Series A in 2004
NexPlanar Corporation specializes in the manufacturing of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads for the semiconductor device industry. Founded in 2003 and based in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company also operates a manufacturing facility in Hopkins, Minnesota. NexPlanar's innovative products, which include hard, mid-hard, and ultra-soft pads, utilize proprietary nano-domain technology and patented molded grooves to enhance the efficiency of semiconductor fabrication processes. This technology allows for the tuning of pads to achieve improved yields and lower costs of ownership through extended pad life. Originally known as Neopad Technologies Corporation, the company rebranded to NexPlanar in September 2008 and has since become a subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation.

NanoNexus

Series C in 2003
NanoNexus, Inc. provides contactor and interconnect products for the electronics industry.

RF Magic

Series C in 2003
RF Magic is a fabless semiconductor company providing a diversified portfolio of radio frequency (RF) Systems on a Chip integrated circuits (ICs) for the next generation of consumer electronics applications. The company’s experienced engineers combine RF and digital communications systems experience with RF silicon design expertise to develop highly advanced ICs for cost-effective integration into high-volume consumer platforms. RF Magic’s RF Systems on a Chip technology is well suited to meet extreme broadband challenges facing the expanding Digital Home, Consumer Mobility and High Performance Networking markets, such as high-throughput communications, wide bandwidth channels, multiple video channels, multi-function radios and high-interference environments. More than two million of the company’s award-winning products have been shipped to customers for use in Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Out Door Units (ODUs), digital broadcast set top boxes (STBs) and televisions, home media centers, and fixed wireless access modems. Employing patented design techniques, RF Magic’s broadband RF Systems on a Chip ICs offer premium performance, efficient design, lower cost, diverse functionality, and simplicity of use to Deliver the Next RF Generation.

New.net

Series C in 2003
New.net is a provider of domain name registry and related services that offers domain name extensions in several languages, including English, Espanola, Francais, Portuguese, Deutsch, and Italian. Its domain name extensions include .sport, .shop, and .school. New.net was founded in 2000 and is based in Pasadena, C.A. It operates as a subsidiary of Connexus Corporation.

Atrenta

Series B in 2003
Atrenta is a provider of innovative solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, specializing in design efficiency through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform. This platform offers early design insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system on chips (SoCs), which are essential for modern consumer electronics. By enabling design engineers to identify structural, coding, and consistency issues in register transfer language (RTL), Atrenta's technology allows for enhanced testability during RTL creation. The company's patented solutions are utilized by over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, helping to mitigate risks and reduce costs before the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. SpyGlass serves as an interactive guidance system, optimizing the implementation process for complex SoCs and ensuring greater efficiency and confidence in design outcomes.

Apogee Photonics

Series C in 2003
Apogee Photonics, Inc. is a company specializing in the design, development, and production of advanced optoelectronic solutions for optical transmission systems. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in New Jersey, Apogee Photonics offers integrated indium phosphide products that enhance the distance-extinction-power product compared to other optical semiconductor technologies. Their product range includes cooled, semi-cooled, and uncooled solutions for 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transmission, catering to tier 1 system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and module vendors. Key offerings encompass thermistor-based temperature monitoring, modulator-based power monitoring products, electroabsorption-modulated lasers, and laser integrated modulators. The company extends its market presence through sales locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, and Asia.

Global Compound Semiconductor

Series A in 2002
Global Communication Semiconductors is a manufacturer and offers foundry services for RF/Wireless and Optoelectronics. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Torrance, California, United States.

Reef

Series C in 2002
Reef is a provider of internet software applications for the management of e-business.

General Photonics

Series A in 2001
General Photonics Corporation specializes in the development and manufacturing of optical instruments and modules tailored for optical networks, sensor systems, and biomedical diagnosis applications. The company offers a diverse range of products, including polarization measurement and control systems, PMD and PDL management tools, light sources, and timing/delay management instruments. Additionally, it provides various passive components such as isolators, couplers, and splitters, as well as active components like detectors. General Photonics serves a wide array of industries, including fiber optic communications, test and measurement equipment, biomedical imaging, aerospace, and research institutions, distributing its products through representatives in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Chino, California, the company also has a design and engineering center in Beijing, China. As of March 1, 2019, General Photonics operates as a subsidiary of Luna Technologies, Inc.

New.net

Series B in 2001
New.net is a provider of domain name registry and related services that offers domain name extensions in several languages, including English, Espanola, Francais, Portuguese, Deutsch, and Italian. Its domain name extensions include .sport, .shop, and .school. New.net was founded in 2000 and is based in Pasadena, C.A. It operates as a subsidiary of Connexus Corporation.

OEwaves

Series A in 2000
OEwaves, Inc. is a company specializing in microwave photonic products and solutions, catering to both commercial and military markets. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Pasadena, California, OEwaves develops technologies that enhance communication, sensor systems, radar, and measurement applications. The company’s product offerings include advanced opto-electronic oscillators, modularized fixed frequency OEOs, frequency agile OEOs, and ultra-low phase noise measurement systems. Additionally, OEwaves provides tunable filters, modulators, and narrow-band semiconductor lasers, which are utilized in various receiver front-end architectures tailored for specific applications. Its customer base comprises defense contractors, government laboratories, and various agencies, reflecting the company's commitment to advancing technologies in radar, sensing, and communications across a broad spectrum of frequencies.
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