Brighteye Ventures

Brighteye Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm focused on education technology. The firm backs early-stage startups, primarily at seed and Series A, that use technology to improve learning, entertainment, and creativity. It seeks companies with potential to become global leaders and supports them with product development, partnerships, and cross-geography scaling. Brighteye invests across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Israel and concentrates on software and education technology, often pursuing minority stakes in rounds. The firm leverages experience in tech, education, media, and venture capital to help portfolio companies expand and reach scale.

Hannes Aichmayr

Associate

David Guérin

Principal

Alex Spiro Latsis

Partner

Isabella Vahdati

Associate

Benoit Wirz

Partner

50 past transactions

Installer

Seed Round in 2025
Installer operates in the renewable technology installation sector and provides software to streamline installation projects for craftsmen and construction businesses. Its software offers customer management and project management capabilities and addresses the installation supply chain, enabling companies to oversee steps from order to delivery to the customer.

La Solive

Series A in 2024
La Solive specializes in professional training services focused on energy renovation and sustainable practices. They offer courses covering various aspects of ecological transition, including insulation techniques, window replacement, efficient heating systems, and other concrete professions aimed at reducing energy consumption and promoting environmental protection.

Lablabee

Seed Round in 2024
LabLabee is a provider of on-demand learning labs for future networks. It serves telco operators, industrial companies, and large enterprises by offering a virtual hands-on training experience, enabling them to incorporate practical learning into their transformation processes while reducing costs. The company's platform provides testing and validation processes, staff training, and access to a telco cloud environment, allowing users to test various scenarios relevant to their technology stack.

Adam

Seed Round in 2024
Adam is a European-based platform that connects homeowners and businesses with verified local professionals in over 10 countries. It offers instant online price calculations for various services, ensuring next-day availability.

Sdui

Series B in 2024
Sdui GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Koblenz, Germany, is a rapidly growing education technology company that specializes in enhancing communication within educational institutions. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform designed to connect teachers, students, parents, and educational administrators through various intelligent features. Its solutions include tools for managing class schedules, parent communications, online class registrations, and room bookings, thereby streamlining administrative tasks and allowing educators to focus on delivering quality education. Sdui is committed to compliance with GDPR regulations, ensuring data protection while providing functionalities such as chat, translation, cloud services, and AI lesson planning tailored to the needs of schools and preschools. With its recent expansion through the acquisition of FoxEducation, Sdui now serves 22,000 educational institutions across over 70 countries, employing approximately 230 people.

UpHill

Series A in 2024
UpHill is a digital health startup focused on enhancing patient care through its clinical pathway software, which integrates seamlessly with existing hospital information systems. The software automates tasks and bridges gaps in care, providing healthcare providers with a comprehensive view of patient status throughout their journeys. By leveraging evidence-based knowledge through structured clinical pathways, UpHill enables healthcare teams to improve patient outcomes and streamline care processes. The company collaborates with leading healthcare providers and life science organizations across Europe to minimize care variability and fragmentation, ultimately enhancing both patient outcomes and hospital revenues. UpHill is dedicated to ensuring that both healthcare professionals and patients receive optimal care at all times.

Zen Educate

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2017, Zen Educate operates an online platform that connects supply teachers with schools. It offers automated booking, compliance checks, and real-time availability updates for substitute teachers and support staff, helping educational institutions manage temporary staffing needs efficiently.

Shakers

Seed Round in 2023
Shakers operates a digital platform connecting freelancers with companies. It offers project management tools, team collaboration features, skill development resources, and AI-powered talent matching based on experience, skills, motivations, and personality.

Coachbetter - You are the game

Seed Round in 2023
Coachbetter is a digital marketplace that transforms how soccer coaches learn, communicate, and manage their teams. It offers a comprehensive, integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform tailored for soccer coaches globally. The platform facilitates planning training sessions, managing teams, and preparing for matchdays, while also providing tools for video analysis. Coaches can upload videos of athletes and drills, allowing them to optimize their training methods and improve overall performance. By delivering professional coaching content and digital solutions, Coachbetter aims to elevate the standards of coaching across all levels of the sport.

Ucademy

Seed Round in 2023
Ucademy is an educational platform that provides personalized learning services through a range of private educational programs. The company employs qualified teachers to conduct various workshops, utilizing digital content such as videos and interactive simulations to enhance the learning experience. This approach makes education more contextual, visual, and practical, allowing students to access diverse courses and online materials. Ucademy aims to empower individuals by equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to strengthen their capabilities and achieve their goals at a more affordable cost.

Oneday

Series A in 2023
Oneday aims to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs by delivering technology that automates large parts of the business launch process and integrates with universities to enable members to earn university credits as they build their ventures. Given that startup costs and complexity deter many would-be founders and that about 85% of new businesses fail, the company combines automation with academic partnerships to streamline launch activities and support sustained entrepreneurship.

Sdui

Series A in 2023
Sdui GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Koblenz, Germany, is a rapidly growing education technology company that specializes in enhancing communication within educational institutions. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform designed to connect teachers, students, parents, and educational administrators through various intelligent features. Its solutions include tools for managing class schedules, parent communications, online class registrations, and room bookings, thereby streamlining administrative tasks and allowing educators to focus on delivering quality education. Sdui is committed to compliance with GDPR regulations, ensuring data protection while providing functionalities such as chat, translation, cloud services, and AI lesson planning tailored to the needs of schools and preschools. With its recent expansion through the acquisition of FoxEducation, Sdui now serves 22,000 educational institutions across over 70 countries, employing approximately 230 people.

Hack The Box

Series B in 2023
Hack The Box Ltd. is a company that operates an online platform focused on enhancing skills in penetration testing and cybersecurity for individuals, organizations, and educational institutions. Founded in 2017 and based in Folkestone, United Kingdom, the platform facilitates both guided and exploratory learning experiences, allowing users to tackle real-world scenarios through various challenges, including capture the flag-style exercises. This approach enables cybersecurity professionals to improve their offensive and defensive capabilities, better preparing them for diverse cyber challenges. By offering tools for skills development and talent assessment, Hack The Box plays a crucial role in advancing cybersecurity readiness in the modern digital landscape.

Lablabee

Pre Seed Round in 2022
LabLabee is a provider of on-demand learning labs for future networks. It serves telco operators, industrial companies, and large enterprises by offering a virtual hands-on training experience, enabling them to incorporate practical learning into their transformation processes while reducing costs. The company's platform provides testing and validation processes, staff training, and access to a telco cloud environment, allowing users to test various scenarios relevant to their technology stack.

Twenix

Series A in 2022
Twenix is an e-learning software-as-a-service platform that helps organizations improve employees' English language skills. The service provides daily 26-minute online English conversations with teachers from around the world, designed for both individuals and business teams. It emphasizes an HR-driven approach and uses education predictions to optimize learning outcomes, aiming to develop language proficiency in the least amount of time. The platform features topics rotated daily and incorporates gamification to strengthen vocabulary, engagement, and retention. By enabling continuous practice with a globally distributed teacher network, Twenix supports teams in global communication, talent development, and collaborative work, making language training an integral part of workforce growth.

Yoko Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Yoko is the world's first robot chef for everyone. We believe in a home were you really can relax, take a load off, and everything around you is taken care of. A home where living a healthy life is made as easy and low-cost as possible. That is why we are starting here with the most important part of the home, the kitchen.

Oneday

Seed Round in 2022
Oneday aims to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs by delivering technology that automates large parts of the business launch process and integrates with universities to enable members to earn university credits as they build their ventures. Given that startup costs and complexity deter many would-be founders and that about 85% of new businesses fail, the company combines automation with academic partnerships to streamline launch activities and support sustained entrepreneurship.

Ribbon Education

Seed Round in 2022
Ribbon Education, founded in 2021 in Brooklyn, New York by Joe Burgess and Lisa Jiang, is a developer of a teacher-student relationship management platform aimed at enhancing the educational experience. The platform focuses on helping teachers better understand their students and improve student outcomes while reducing administrative burdens. By scaling support for online programs, Ribbon Education enables educational institutions to make online learning more affordable and effective for adult learners. The company's mission is to improve the quality of education for all students and enhance teachers' professional lives, ultimately fostering better retention and engagement in educational settings.

Skiller Whale

Seed Round in 2022
Skiller Whale specializes in live team coaching for tech professionals. Its platform offers targeted skill development through small expert-led classes, focusing on individual gaps for strategic outcomes. No time is wasted on unnecessary skills, ensuring every hour of training is productive.

Marmelade

Seed Round in 2021
Marmelade is a micro-learning application that transforms the mobile phone into an educational tool. Designed for professional training, the app presents users with questions on their home screen, allowing them to gain knowledge effortlessly as they unlock their devices. This interactive approach facilitates easy and accessible learning, making it convenient for users to acquire new skills and information in a quick and engaging manner. By integrating learning into daily routines, Marmelade aims to enhance knowledge retention and promote continuous education.

Zen Educate

Funding Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Zen Educate operates an online platform that connects supply teachers with schools. It offers automated booking, compliance checks, and real-time availability updates for substitute teachers and support staff, helping educational institutions manage temporary staffing needs efficiently.

Twenix

Seed Round in 2021
Twenix is an e-learning software-as-a-service platform that helps organizations improve employees' English language skills. The service provides daily 26-minute online English conversations with teachers from around the world, designed for both individuals and business teams. It emphasizes an HR-driven approach and uses education predictions to optimize learning outcomes, aiming to develop language proficiency in the least amount of time. The platform features topics rotated daily and incorporates gamification to strengthen vocabulary, engagement, and retention. By enabling continuous practice with a globally distributed teacher network, Twenix supports teams in global communication, talent development, and collaborative work, making language training an integral part of workforce growth.

Lynx Educate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lynx Educate is a career development solution that focuses on enhancing workforce skills through tailored education services. The company facilitates access to accredited and certified programs designed specifically for adult learners, allowing employees to upskill and advance in their careers. By connecting workers with relevant educational resources, Lynx Educate aims to improve employee retention, foster internal mobility, and enhance overall efficiency within human resources teams. This approach enables companies to transform their training budgets into valuable investments that not only engage and attract talent but also support the long-term growth and development of their workforce.

Genially

Series B in 2021
Genially is a leading platform in interactive visual communication, offering an all-in-one online tool for creating engaging presentations, infographics, quizzes, and more. The platform allows users to enrich their content with interactivity and animation effects, making it accessible for individuals without design or programming skills. With over 1,000 customizable templates, users can easily produce striking visual media that captivates audiences. Genially caters to a diverse community of millions, including business professionals, educators, marketers, and designers, and is utilized by well-known companies such as Hulu, Danone, Michelin, and Heineken. The platform aims to transform the way information is communicated, allowing for impactful engagement through easily distributable, layered content.

UpHill

Seed Round in 2021
UpHill is a digital health startup focused on enhancing patient care through its clinical pathway software, which integrates seamlessly with existing hospital information systems. The software automates tasks and bridges gaps in care, providing healthcare providers with a comprehensive view of patient status throughout their journeys. By leveraging evidence-based knowledge through structured clinical pathways, UpHill enables healthcare teams to improve patient outcomes and streamline care processes. The company collaborates with leading healthcare providers and life science organizations across Europe to minimize care variability and fragmentation, ultimately enhancing both patient outcomes and hospital revenues. UpHill is dedicated to ensuring that both healthcare professionals and patients receive optimal care at all times.

Memby

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Memby is an EdTech company based in Lithuania. It offers affordable online tutorship for high school students through its platform, which provides real-time large group lessons and video recordings across various subjects.

IconoClass

Seed Round in 2021
IconoClass is an educational institution focused on equipping students with practical business development skills. Its core offering is a four-month intensive course, featuring hands-on learning experiences in partnership with prominent companies like Doctolib, Deliveroo, Spendesk, and SumUp. The curriculum prepares students for various roles such as sales development representative, business developer, customer success manager, account manager, sales operations, and commercial sales representative. IconoClass' platform facilitates learning from working professionals and aims to secure permanent job placements for its graduates upon completion of the course.

Ornikar

Series C in 2021
Ornikar SAS is an online driving school based in Paris, France, established in 2014. The company aims to make obtaining a driving license more affordable, straightforward, and efficient. Ornikar utilizes a network of state-qualified instructors to provide mobile driving lessons at reduced costs, catering to the needs of current and future generations. By offering quality training tools and tailored options, including support for first-time car buyers and young driver insurance, Ornikar enhances access to driving education and promotes traffic law understanding. The company's mission focuses on making the learning process more enjoyable and accessible, thereby facilitating greater mobility for its customers.

Hack The Box

Series A in 2021
Hack The Box Ltd. is a company that operates an online platform focused on enhancing skills in penetration testing and cybersecurity for individuals, organizations, and educational institutions. Founded in 2017 and based in Folkestone, United Kingdom, the platform facilitates both guided and exploratory learning experiences, allowing users to tackle real-world scenarios through various challenges, including capture the flag-style exercises. This approach enables cybersecurity professionals to improve their offensive and defensive capabilities, better preparing them for diverse cyber challenges. By offering tools for skills development and talent assessment, Hack The Box plays a crucial role in advancing cybersecurity readiness in the modern digital landscape.

Create Academy

Seed Round in 2021
Create Academy is a UK-based online learning platform that offers curated video courses in food, interiors, decorative arts, and gardening. Its mission is to build creative confidence and make learning enjoyable. The platform provides access to leading experts in these fields, guiding users through planting, crafting, interior design, and decorative arts projects. By combining expert instruction with engaging content, Create Academy empowers learners to develop practical skills and creative confidence.

Ironhack

Series B in 2021
Ironhack is a global coding school that has been providing educational programs since 2013. It specializes in full-time and part-time courses in Web Development, UX/UI design, data analytics, and cybersecurity. With campuses in major cities including Miami, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Mexico City, and Berlin, Ironhack has successfully graduated over 5,000 students who have gone on to work for prominent companies such as Google, Visa, and Twitter. The school has garnered recognition for its quality, being ranked as the second best student-rated coding and design boot camp worldwide by Switch Up. Ironhack aims to equip students and professionals with the necessary skills in software development, catering to a diverse range of learners from beginners to advanced coders.

Tandem

Series A in 2020
Tandem is a peer-to-peer language-learning platform that connects users globally, allowing them to practice and learn over 300 languages through text, audio, and video chat. Founded in 2015 by Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, and Matthias Kleimann, the platform currently serves ten million members who can engage with native speakers and other language learners. Users have the option to book lessons with professional teachers, enhancing their language skills through diverse interactions. Tandem has been recognized by both Apple and Google for its innovative approach to language education. The app is available for free on iOS, Android, and the web, and it is supported by notable European investors.

Surrogate.tv

Seed Round in 2020
Surrogate Oy, founded in 2018 and based in Espoo, Finland, specializes in developing technology for reality games and video game streaming. The company has created SurroRTG, a software platform designed to enhance the surrogate reality experience. Surrogate aims to revolutionize hardware product development by offering a no-code, plug-and-play approach that allows users to create physical products as easily as building a website. By integrating real-world physics and consequences into its gaming platform, Surrogate enables users to control and interact with real-life robotics, toys, and vehicles over the internet, providing an immersive gaming experience with high-definition, ultra-low latency video.

Beekast

Series A in 2020
Beekast is a company specializing in interactive meeting management software designed to enhance online meetings and training sessions. The platform offers user-friendly tools for creating, leading, and tracking these events, making it suitable for both in-person and remote work environments. Beekast enables users to engage their audience with digital activities such as word clouds, surveys, and boards directly integrated into slides. This software is designed to facilitate collaboration, gather feedback, and interact with participants effectively, whether the context is workshops, virtual meetings, or conferences.

LitiGate

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, LitiGate offers a litigation lifecycle platform that assists dispute resolution teams worldwide. It automates repetitive tasks, connects case data, and significantly shortens the time spent on initial case assessment and ongoing data review.

GOSU Data Lab

Series B in 2019
GOSU Data Lab is an artificial intelligence-based platform that focuses on enhancing the performance of esports athletes and multiplayer online gamers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, the company utilizes machine learning algorithms to analyze gaming data, providing users with tools for post-match analysis and pre-match preparation. GOSU Data Lab's platform offers training simulators designed to help players learn from their mistakes, alongside detailed match analyses and personalized recommendations. By integrating insights from data scientists, professional gamers, and engineers, GOSU Data Lab aims to improve gaming strategies and analytics for both individual players and gaming companies.

FundamentalVR

Series A in 2019
FundamentalVR have been working with leading pharmaceutical companies to combine virtual and mixed reality with haptic feedback using their ‘FeelRealVR’ platform to create simulated surgical procedures to help educate and train healthcare professionals. The company works at the nexus of haptics, machine learning, and immersive technologies (XR). FundamentalVR was established in 2012 by Chris Scattergood in London, England.

Zen Educate

Venture Round in 2019
Founded in 2017, Zen Educate operates an online platform that connects supply teachers with schools. It offers automated booking, compliance checks, and real-time availability updates for substitute teachers and support staff, helping educational institutions manage temporary staffing needs efficiently.

Surrogate.tv

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Surrogate Oy, founded in 2018 and based in Espoo, Finland, specializes in developing technology for reality games and video game streaming. The company has created SurroRTG, a software platform designed to enhance the surrogate reality experience. Surrogate aims to revolutionize hardware product development by offering a no-code, plug-and-play approach that allows users to create physical products as easily as building a website. By integrating real-world physics and consequences into its gaming platform, Surrogate enables users to control and interact with real-life robotics, toys, and vehicles over the internet, providing an immersive gaming experience with high-definition, ultra-low latency video.

Ironhack

Series A in 2019
Ironhack is a global coding school that has been providing educational programs since 2013. It specializes in full-time and part-time courses in Web Development, UX/UI design, data analytics, and cybersecurity. With campuses in major cities including Miami, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Mexico City, and Berlin, Ironhack has successfully graduated over 5,000 students who have gone on to work for prominent companies such as Google, Visa, and Twitter. The school has garnered recognition for its quality, being ranked as the second best student-rated coding and design boot camp worldwide by Switch Up. Ironhack aims to equip students and professionals with the necessary skills in software development, catering to a diverse range of learners from beginners to advanced coders.

Unistellar

Seed Round in 2019
Unistellar SAS, founded in 2015 and based in Marseille, France, specializes in the development and manufacture of digital telescopes. The company has created a powerful and accurate backyard telescope that enhances light through its eyepiece, enabling users to observe astronomical events with ease. Unistellar's innovative technology allows individuals to actively participate in scientific research, contributing valuable data while enjoying their stargazing experiences. Through its products, Unistellar aims to make astronomy more accessible and engaging for enthusiasts and researchers alike.

TeachFX

Venture Round in 2019
TeachFX develops a smartphone and web application that records classroom lessons and uses machine learning to analyze the balance of teacher and student dialogue. The platform automatically generates feedback for educators, highlighting areas where student engagement can be increased and providing data for reflection and improvement. It supports goal setting, progress tracking, and aggregates classroom data to inform instructional leadership. By offering private, actionable insights, TeachFX helps schools and districts enhance teacher development, streamline professional development resource allocation, and promote more meaningful and equitable classroom conversations.

LitiGate

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2018, LitiGate offers a litigation lifecycle platform that assists dispute resolution teams worldwide. It automates repetitive tasks, connects case data, and significantly shortens the time spent on initial case assessment and ongoing data review.

Technology Will Save Us

Series A in 2018
Technology Will Save Us Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing DIY gadget kits and hardware aimed at families, educators, and young people. Founded in 2011, the company offers a diverse range of innovative products, including handheld games consoles, electronic synthesizers, conductive dough, DIY speaker kits, moisture sensors, and an open-source electronics platform. Its mission is to inspire creativity and innovation among young people by providing hands-on technology experiences. The company serves various educational environments, including classrooms, after-school clubs, and home schools, and has successfully reached children in over 87 countries. With a dedicated team of designers, educators, and engineers, Technology Will Save Us engages closely with children during the design process, ensuring that its products align with their interests and learning needs. The company's offerings are available through kiosks in the UK and online, making them accessible to a global audience.

Aula Education

Seed Round in 2018
Aula Education Ltd. is a London-based company that develops a communication platform tailored for higher education, enhancing the learning experience for students and educators. Founded in 2014, Aula's Learning Experience Platform facilitates the sharing of various educational content, including slides, videos, LaTeX, equations, and code. Unlike traditional learning management systems, Aula prioritizes community engagement, aiming to create enriching online learning experiences. The platform simplifies learning design, making it easier for educators to implement active learning strategies. Additionally, Aula provides real-time data and insights that enable educators to adapt their teaching methods effectively.

Ornikar

Series A in 2018
Ornikar SAS is an online driving school based in Paris, France, established in 2014. The company aims to make obtaining a driving license more affordable, straightforward, and efficient. Ornikar utilizes a network of state-qualified instructors to provide mobile driving lessons at reduced costs, catering to the needs of current and future generations. By offering quality training tools and tailored options, including support for first-time car buyers and young driver insurance, Ornikar enhances access to driving education and promotes traffic law understanding. The company's mission focuses on making the learning process more enjoyable and accessible, thereby facilitating greater mobility for its customers.

Lightneer

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2015, Lightneer is a mobile game studio specializing in hyper-casual games for Windows and Android devices. The company rapidly develops and publishes original games with high market potential and player engagement.

Epic

Series C in 2017
Epic! Creations Inc. is an online subscription service that provides a wide range of children's literature for kids aged 12 and under. The company operates a digital reading platform that includes read-to-me books, audiobooks, educational videos, and interactive quizzes. By collaborating with prominent publishers like HarperCollins, Macmillan, and National Geographic Kids, Epic allows children to explore various topics in a fun and engaging environment. The platform is accessible on the web as well as through iOS and Android devices, making it easy for young readers to discover and share content that aligns with their interests. Founded in 2013 and based in Redwood City, California, Epic aims to foster a love of reading and learning among children worldwide.

Shakers

Shakers operates a digital platform connecting freelancers with companies. It offers project management tools, team collaboration features, skill development resources, and AI-powered talent matching based on experience, skills, motivations, and personality.
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