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Emilie Loyer Buttiaux

Managing Partner

33 past transactions

Go-Jek

Series F in 2019
Go-Jek owns and operates a fleet of motorcycle taxi fleet and provides delivery services. It uses its services to help its poor employees earn money. Go-Jek has been providing solutions on transport, logistics and lifestyle services since it launched its app in January 2015. It offers GO-RIDE, GO-SEND, GO-FOOD, GO-MART, GO-BOX, GO-GLAM, GO-CLEAN, GO-MASSAGE, GO-BUSWAY, and GO-TIX. Kevin Aluwi, Michaelangelo Moran, and Nadiem Makarim founded Go-Jek in 2011, with its headquarters in Jakarta in Indonesisa.

Eyewa Fz Llc

Series A in 2019
Eyewa is the first dedicated online eyewear store for the Middle East. We have thousands of different eyeglasses, sunglasses, color contact lenses and prescription contact lenses for you to choose from. On Eyewa, you’ll find quintessentially cool brands like Ray-Ban and Emporio Armani, heritage brands like Burberry and Persol, high-fashion brands like Fendi, Dolce & Gabbanaand Prada sporty brands like Nike and Lacoste and everything in between. Discover their brands portfolio with thousands of styles here.

Eyewa Fz Llc

Series A in 2019
Eyewa is the first dedicated online eyewear store for the Middle East. We have thousands of different eyeglasses, sunglasses, color contact lenses and prescription contact lenses for you to choose from. On Eyewa, you’ll find quintessentially cool brands like Ray-Ban and Emporio Armani, heritage brands like Burberry and Persol, high-fashion brands like Fendi, Dolce & Gabbanaand Prada sporty brands like Nike and Lacoste and everything in between. Discover their brands portfolio with thousands of styles here.

Lalilo

Seed Round in 2019
Lalilo is a literacy web-based app for K-2 teachers willing to differentiate reading instructions. It builds a revolutionary A.I-based learning software that helps every child learn how to read, while also empowering teachers to personalize learning in classrooms. The Lalilo website is accessible on tablets, iPads, and computers. Lalilo was founded on 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Lendable

Secondary Market in 2021
Lendable is a lending platform. When you borrow money, it comes straight from an investor. Unlike banks, who hand out loans from piles of cash they look after on behalf of savers. Their platform is super-fast (you’ll see in a moment), and makes lending as hassle- free as possible. It’s a matter of a few clicks and you get your quote. Unlike banks, who require paperwork and run expensive branch networks.

Ynsect

Series C in 2020
SAS Ynsect operates as a biotech company. The company designs, builds, and operates insect production and processing facilities for the production of feed for fish and poultry. The company engages in bioconversion of organic resources by insects, and their processing into nutrients for feed applications such as proteins, lipids etc., and non-food applications, which includes polysaccharides and derivatives, organic fertilizers, bioenergy etc. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Evry, France.

Scalefast Inc.

Series B in 2020
Scalefast is a digital commerce solution that simplifies and streamlines e-Commerce for inspirational brands. The company uses a powerful combination of Artificial Intelligence and e-Commerce expertise. It provides the infrastructure and full-service business operations necessary to scale quickly and increase revenue, with everything needed under one roof. Scalefast takes the complexity out of digital commerce for brands in the entertainment, consumer goods, and fashion industries. It is based in Los Angeles, with offices in Paris and Madrid, and was founded in 2014.

GAIA

Series C in 2021
Gaia Capital, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a furniture e-commerce platform. It offers sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, bureaus, tables, desks, rugs, lamps, textiles, paintings, and accessories in various styles such as contemporary, traditional, artisan, industrial, and with a retro touch. The company is based in Mexico.

Novade Solution Pte. Ltd.

Series B in 2020
Novade Solution Pte. Ltd. develops a platform to synchronize all project data. The company manage inspections, checklists, handover, safety processes, assets and equipment, schedule inspections, track repairs and, generate reports. Its features includes forms and checklists, drawing mark-ups, digital signatures, map locations, QR codes and NFC tags, and picture annotations. Novade Solution Pte. Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Revelo

Series B in 2019
On Revelo, knowledge workers seeking to take the next step in their career can create free professional profiles. Their machine learning-based platform curates a network of above-average professionals, that are matched to the most innovative companies in the market. Currently, Revelo focuses on high-demand careers such as finance, software development, design, online marketing and management consulting.

Edukasyon

Series A in 2018
Edukasyon.ph is the leading education technology platform in the Philippines. We aim to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life. Our online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year. Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program. Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Landis Technologies Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Landis is an innovative online selling and buying platform helping renters become homeowners. They allow their customers to select their dream home, rent it and purchase it anytime in the first twelve months. It also offers tools and incentives to their customers to improve their credit score and build up their down payment. Landis is also specializing in commercial, real estate technology, and residential. It also provides with a transparent and easy process to transition seamlessly from renting to owning. Landis was founded in 2017and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

BLANC

Series A in 2018
BLANC is a new generation people & planet-friendly clothes cleaner. BLANC cleans all clothes, even the most delicate, in a healthy, natural and sustainable way. We currently operate two stores in London (Marylebone and Notting Hill) and a collection & delivery service for individuals and corporate clients. We smell good. We are ethical. We are convenient. The Evening Standard made no mistake and voted us one of London’s five best drycleaners... WHAT WE STAND FOR BLANC is sustainable in every way: we use biodegradable and health-friendly detergents instead of the toxic chemicals traditionally used by drycleaners (chief among which is Perchlorethylene - “Perc” - a widely acknowledged carcinogenic and a soil, air and water pollutant currently being banned in the US and many European countries). We recycle and re-use resources, from hangers to bags to waste produced in our facilities. We respect our staff, and train, develop, and listen to them - because they are the experts and are at the heart of everything we do. JOIN THE REVOLUTION TODAY Want to join the latest revolution in ethical businesses? Pay one of our stores a visit or browse our collection of sustainable homeware products on www.blanchome.com. We will be looking forward to serving you. BLANC Marylebone A: 79 George Street, W1U 8AQ, London E: marylebone@blancclean.com T: 0207 935 9204 BLANC Notting Hill A: 77 Lonsdale Road, W11 2DF, London E: nottinghill@blanclean.com T: 0207 221 7575

Invincible Brands GmbH

Venture Round in 2018
Invincible Brands is creating innovative health, beauty and fitness products from the ground up. Here at Invincible Brands, they developed a unique formula of product development methods to test and ensure our products are top notch and to live up to highest customer expectations. Their marketing platform reaches over 100 million women and men across the world on social media every month. This powerful combination of greatest products and global social marketing defines our invincible brands.

GAIA

Series B in 2018
Gaia Capital, S.A.P.I. de C.V. operates a furniture e-commerce platform. It offers sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, bureaus, tables, desks, rugs, lamps, textiles, paintings, and accessories in various styles such as contemporary, traditional, artisan, industrial, and with a retro touch. The company is based in Mexico.

AceUp

Seed Round in 2021
AceUp helps emerging and seasoned leaders connect with their full potential. It delivers personalized executive coaching to connect employees at all levels with their full potential, through a tech-enabled framework that makes it impactful, scalable, and measurable. AceUp provides executive and people coaching that’s individualized to the unique needs, role, and skill set of today's professional. It gives the team members the needed tools and framework, and especially a safe space, to build confidence in critical business and interpersonal skills with an expert that's been there and gets it. This allows the company to create stronger and more capable leaders, increase employee happiness, and drive team morale and loyalty.

Greenly

Seed Round in 2021
Greenly is on a mission to help everyone reduce his ecological footprint in a fun and rewarding way, offering individuals more choices for sustainable living. To nudge you into adopting greener daily habits, our application automatically measures the environmental impact of everything you buy and gives you credit when you reduce your emissions. We do this by linking to your bank accounts securely, and enriching financial data with ecological information. We recommend to our users changing their spending habits towards greener brands engaged to make the energy transition happen. In transportation, taking the train, the bus or carpooling is greener and translates into avoided emissions. For your housing, switching to a green electricity provider makes a difference. For your shopping, greener brands make a difference. And when it comes to eating, go vegan or vegetarian to reduce your footprint. We make it easy and fun to switch progressively to more sustainable consumption habits.

Sundayapp

Seed Round in 2021
Sundayapp is a fully integrated solution built for restaurants, bars, pubs, cafés, and hotels customers to pay for their food via a QR code. It is built by restaurateurs for restaurateurs to connect the front and back-of-house operations and to deliver the fastest payment method. It was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

AssoConnect

Series B in 2020
AssoConnect is an online tools platform that meets all the needs of volunteers and community leaders. The complete management of an association is time consuming and tedious. Some tasks - accounting, membership management, payment tracking, grant applications - require hundreds of hours of work per year. Less time for associative projects.it represents the digital revolution applied to the voluntary sector. Through this platform, associations have more time to devote to projects and have a complete, simple and intuitive tool to carry out all their associative activities over the long term.

Cheaf Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Cheaf Technologies is a company that currently operates in stealth mode.

IXcellerate

Funding Round in 2020
IXcellerate is an unparalleled Carrier Neutral Data Centre in Moscow, which is comparable to the quality of data centres in America and Western Europe. IXcellerate offers pure-play co-location designed to meet the standards of financial institutions, MNCs, international carriers and major content operators. IXcellerate provides clients with a bespoke solution aimed towards solving their unique requirements. Located within the MKAD of Central Moscow, IXcellerate Datacenter can provide basic co-location or private and secure cages. As a carrier-neutral facility, affordable and resilient connectivity will be available within Moscow, Russia and the entire World.

Gardyn, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Gardyn develops high density, intelligent, plug-n-play Gardyns for the vertical cultivation of top-quality produce anywhere, all year, and in any climate. Our smart, indoor micro-gardens and farms improve lifestyle, health, and the environment by providing tasty, affordable, nutritious greens and fruits without sacrificing design, space, or resources. The future of food is now. We have the technology to reclaim our produce supply chain, restoring flavor and quality to our plates, time on our calendars, and nature in our lives. We are busy parents, professionals, cooks, and food-lovers. We care about what we eat, how we live, and where our food comes from. Gardyn starts at home and will soon be available for yours.

The CareVoice

Series A in 2019
The CareVoice Limited develops a mobile-based and data-driven software as a service (SaaS) solution that provides community-sourced ratings and recommendations on healthcare services in China. Its solution lists hospitals, doctors and treatments; allows patients to share their experiences by sharing ratings and reviews based on their medical visits; and provides consolidated and shared insights with other patients undergoing a similar treatment. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Shanghai, China with an additional office in Hong Kong.

Infracommerce

Series D in 2017
Infracommerce Negocios E Solucoes Em Internet Ltda. operates an e-commerce software and services platform. The company offers end-to-end e-commerce services, such as backoffice integration, digital marketing, logistics and delivery, photo and video, payment and fraud detection, and contact center services. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Edukasyon

Series A in 2019
Edukasyon.ph is the leading education technology platform in the Philippines. We aim to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life. Our online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year. Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program. Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

Upfluence

Series A in 2018
Upfluence Inc. develops marketing software solutions for companies to help them to create and manage their content. The company offers Upfluence Search, a solution to identify influencers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and blogs to contact them; Upfluence Manager, a solution to manage user’s influencer campaigns from sourcing to reporting and influencer payment; and Upfluence Analytics, a monitoring tool that allows users to find out what influencers are saying about, monitor their competition, and follow any topic that are important to their brand. It also provides content and influencer marketing services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York with additional locations in Lyon, France; and La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland.

Edukasyon

Series A in 2020
Edukasyon.ph is the leading education technology platform in the Philippines. We aim to empower more than 20 million Filipino Gen Z youth to make self-aware education decisions that lead to a fulfilling career and life. Our online platform enables students to access senior high schools, colleges and universities, scholarships, online courses, internships and other learning resources. In partnership with hundreds of educational institutions, corporations and foundations, Edukasyon.ph equips the youth with information to help them create and shape their own paths, as they discover more about themselves and the opportunities available to them. Edukasyon.ph, which also operates the website FindUniversity, www.finduniversity.ph, engages more than 10 million Filipino Gen Z youth each year. Edukasyon.ph is supported in part by impact investors, family offices and angel investors across Asia and Europe, including Mustard Seed, Villgro Philippines, French Partners, KSR Ventures, Gobi-Core Philippine Fund, EduLab Capital Partners, Obunsha Ventures, Alternate Ventures, Foxmont Capital Partners, Lorinet Foundation and First Asia Venture Capital. Edukasyon.ph has received several recognitions for its work, including the 2017 Financial Times / IFC Transformational Business Award for Achievement in Sustainable Development, with a focus on Education, Knowledge and Skills, as well as the 2017 ASEAN Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards. Edukasyon.ph was also included in the 2016 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator Program. Launched in 2015, Edukasyon.ph now has a team of more than 90 and is headquartered in Manila, with offices in Cebu and Davao. For more information, visit www.edukasyon.ph.

madeforgoods

Series A in 2019
MadeForGoods operates an online platform that helps brands to manage their independent business customers. It serves restaurants, garages, factories, etc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Shanghai, China.

CoinAfrique

Series A in 2018
CoinAfrique develops CoinAfrique, which allows the users to sell and purchase second hand goods. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Dakar, Senegal with additional offices in Benin, Ivory Coast, and France.