Brighteye Ventures

Brighteye Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that specializes in investing in education technology startups at the seed and Series A stages. The firm focuses on companies that operate at the intersection of learning, entertainment, and creativity, aiming to empower human potential. As a leading EdTech venture capital fund in Europe, Brighteye Ventures leverages its extensive experience and relationships in the technology, education, and media sectors to support portfolio companies. The firm invests in a range of markets including North America, Europe, and the Middle East, with a typical investment size between EUR 0.2 million and EUR 3 million. Brighteye Ventures seeks to partner with entrepreneurs who utilize technology and industry knowledge to create competitive, globally-minded businesses.

Hannes Aichmayr

Associate

David Guerin

Principal

Alex Spiro Latsis

Founding Partner

Isabella Vahdati

Associate

Benoit Wirz

Founding Partner

33 past transactions

Dorm

Series A in 2023
Operator of a peer-to-peer learning platform designed to create humanity's self-regulating and calling-driven education system. The company's platform allows entrepreneurs in growing their startups by partnering with the best professionals including founders and executives of successful businesses, enabling young creators to put their relevant business ideas into practice and focuses on providing practical, real-world experience that prepares budding entrepreneurs for the challenges and opportunities of the modern business landscape.

Twenix

Series A in 2022
Twenix is an e-learning SaaS that helps teams in business with their English knowledge acquisition. We offer online English conversation sessions of 26’ every day with teachers from around the world. We are changing the world of language education for companies by using a 100% HR approach with education predictions that will help teams to achieve and enhance their language knowledge, in the least amount of time possible and of course, in the best way.

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.

Dorm

Seed Round in 2022
Operator of a peer-to-peer learning platform designed to create humanity's self-regulating and calling-driven education system. The company's platform allows entrepreneurs in growing their startups by partnering with the best professionals including founders and executives of successful businesses, enabling young creators to put their relevant business ideas into practice and focuses on providing practical, real-world experience that prepares budding entrepreneurs for the challenges and opportunities of the modern business landscape.

Skiller Whale

Seed Round in 2022
Operator of an online live training platform intended to provide skills assessment with small expert-led classes tailored to upskill tech teams. The company's platform focuses on tech training, with a growing offering in Python, go, javascript, typescript, react, react native, and PostgreSQL, enabling business teams to increase tech capabilities to increase their revenue.

Marmelade

Seed Round in 2021
Marmelade is a micro-lerning app allowing users to learn easily by answering a question while unlocking their phone.

Zen Educate

Funding Round in 2021
Zen Educate Limited is a staffing platform founded in 2016 and based in London, with an additional office in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company operates an online application that connects teachers, teaching assistants, and cover supervisors with schools seeking short-term, long-term, and permanent staffing solutions. By leveraging technology, Zen Educate aims to facilitate quality matches between educational institutions and qualified professionals, including tutors and teaching assistants. This platform not only streamlines the hiring process for schools but also provides job opportunities for educators in the UK.

Twenix

Seed Round in 2021
Twenix is an e-learning SaaS that helps teams in business with their English knowledge acquisition. We offer online English conversation sessions of 26’ every day with teachers from around the world. We are changing the world of language education for companies by using a 100% HR approach with education predictions that will help teams to achieve and enhance their language knowledge, in the least amount of time possible and of course, in the best way.

Lynx Educate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lynx Educate is an education-to-employer marketplace focused on upskilling and reskilling workforces. The company provides employee education services that facilitate access to accredited and certified programs tailored for adult learners. By offering a comprehensive suite of educational resources, Lynx Educate enables human resources teams to effectively transform their training budgets into strategic investments aimed at retaining, engaging, and attracting talent within organizations.

Genially

Series B in 2021
Genially Web S.L. operates a web portal for creating presentations. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Cordoba, Spain.

Memby

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Memby is a Lithuania-based EdTech startup that brings affordable online tutorship to high schoolers.

IconoClass

Seed Round in 2021
IconoClass is a business school focused on equipping students with essential skills for careers in business development. The institution offers a four-month intensive training program that prepares students for various roles, including sales development representative, business developer, customer success manager, account manager, and sales operations. The program emphasizes practical learning through partnerships with companies such as Doctolib, Deliveroo, Spendesk, and SumUp, allowing students to gain hands-on experience from industry professionals. By combining theoretical knowledge with real-world applications, IconoClass aims to enhance employability and facilitate permanent job placements for its graduates.

Ornikar

Series C in 2021
Ornikar SAS is an online driving school based in Paris, France, founded in 2014. It provides an accessible platform for candidates to learn and practice traffic laws, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of obtaining a driving license. With a network of state-qualified instructors, Ornikar offers mobile driving lessons at competitive prices. The company caters to the needs of current and future generations, focusing on making the learning experience more enjoyable and less expensive. As France's leading online driving school, Ornikar has attracted over 210,000 users, reflecting its commitment to modernizing driver education.

Hack The Box

Series A in 2021
Hack The Box Ltd. is an online platform established in 2017, located in Folkestone, United Kingdom, that focuses on enhancing skills in penetration testing and cybersecurity. The platform provides a variety of challenges that simulate real-world scenarios, allowing users to engage in capture the flag style exercises. This interactive approach enables individuals, universities, and businesses to learn new techniques and improve their hacking abilities, addressing the growing need for cybersecurity expertise in various sectors.

Ironhack

Series B in 2021
Ironhack is a global educational institution focused on providing digital skills training to individuals and companies. Established in 2013, the school offers full-time and part-time courses in areas such as Web Development, UX/UI Design, Digital Marketing, Mobile Development, Agile Training, and Product Management. Its curriculum is designed to reflect the tools and processes used by successful businesses, aiming to help organizations meet their goals within budget and on schedule. With campuses located in major cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Miami, Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, Bogota, and Mexico City, Ironhack has graduated over 5,000 students who have gone on to work for prominent companies like Google, Visa, and Twitter. The institution has been recognized as the second-best student-rated coding and design bootcamp globally, reflecting its commitment to quality education in the digital space.

Tandem

Series A in 2020
Tandem is the app that connects language learners around the globe. Ten million members are currently using the platform, which enables individuals to connect and learn new languages via text, audio, and video chat. More than 300 languages are currently available, including fictional and sign languages. Tandem was founded by Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, and Dr. Matthias Kleimann. The company is backed by prominent European investors such as Brighteye Ventures, GPS Ventures, Hannover Beteiligungsfonds, Rubylight Limited, Trind Ventures and Atlantic Labs. Tandem is available for free on iOS, Android, and the Web. Find out more at www.tandem.net. Tandem was founded in 2015 by Arnd Aschentrup, Tobias Dickmeis, and Matthias Kleimann and was listed by Apple in their "App Store Best of 2015" and by Google in their "Play Store Best of 2017."

Surrogate

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, based in Paris, France, is a developer of an online platform that enhances audience interaction during various events and presentations. Established in 2015, the platform enables users to create, manage, and track events such as conferences, meetings, seminars, and workshops. It allows participants to engage actively by posting questions and feedback, which can be displayed on a shared screen. The platform supports various features including real-time polling, upvoting, detailed analytics, and customizable branding options. Beekast's tools facilitate collaboration and interaction, making it easy for users to engage their audience effectively, even in remote settings. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, catering to a wide range of skill levels while promoting seamless communication and engagement during events.

LitiGate

Seed Round in 2019
LitiGate Ltd. is a technology company that offers an innovative litigation platform aimed at enhancing legal dispute resolution. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, LitiGate utilizes advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to streamline the claims analysis process for lawyers. The platform automates repetitive tasks, enabling legal professionals to focus on critical aspects of their cases while providing insights from legal metadata and statistics. It supports argument assessment, recommends procedural steps, and structures case management workflows, thereby improving the speed, cost-efficiency, and accuracy of legal services. With additional offices in London, LitiGate is positioned to transform traditional litigation practices through technology.

GOSU.AI

Series B in 2019
GOSU.AI operates an artificial intelligence-based esports platform designed for competitive gamers and multiplayer online game players. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, the company provides advanced tools including bots for post-match analysis and pre-match preparation, as well as simulators that help players train by addressing repeated mistakes. Utilizing machine learning algorithms, GOSU.AI enhances gaming performance through data-driven insights, training professional gamers, and improving analytics for 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.

Zen Educate

Venture Round in 2019
Zen Educate Limited is a staffing platform founded in 2016 and based in London, with an additional office in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company operates an online application that connects teachers, teaching assistants, and cover supervisors with schools seeking short-term, long-term, and permanent staffing solutions. By leveraging technology, Zen Educate aims to facilitate quality matches between educational institutions and qualified professionals, including tutors and teaching assistants. This platform not only streamlines the hiring process for schools but also provides job opportunities for educators in the UK.

Surrogate

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 educational institution focused on providing digital skills training to individuals and companies. Established in 2013, the school offers full-time and part-time courses in areas such as Web Development, UX/UI Design, Digital Marketing, Mobile Development, Agile Training, and Product Management. Its curriculum is designed to reflect the tools and processes used by successful businesses, aiming to help organizations meet their goals within budget and on schedule. With campuses located in major cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Miami, Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, Bogota, and Mexico City, Ironhack has graduated over 5,000 students who have gone on to work for prominent companies like Google, Visa, and Twitter. The institution has been recognized as the second-best student-rated coding and design bootcamp globally, reflecting its commitment to quality education in the digital space.

Unistellar

Seed Round in 2019
Unistellar is an incredibly powerful and accurate backyard telescope that amplifies light directly through its eyepiece and allows every user to contribute to scientific research while observing astronomical events of special interest.

TeachFX

Venture Round in 2019
TeachFX, Inc. develops an application that gives teachers feedback on the dialogue that happens in classroom. The application uses machine learning to analyze and visualize for teachers what portions of their class are teacher talk vs. student talk. The company develops smartphone and web application that provides automated feedback and help students and teachers to identify problem areas and resolve the issues. TeachFX, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

LitiGate

Seed Round in 2018
LitiGate Ltd. is a technology company that offers an innovative litigation platform aimed at enhancing legal dispute resolution. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, LitiGate utilizes advanced artificial intelligence algorithms to streamline the claims analysis process for lawyers. The platform automates repetitive tasks, enabling legal professionals to focus on critical aspects of their cases while providing insights from legal metadata and statistics. It supports argument assessment, recommends procedural steps, and structures case management workflows, thereby improving the speed, cost-efficiency, and accuracy of legal services. With additional offices in London, LitiGate is positioned to transform traditional litigation practices through technology.

Technology Will Save Us

Series A in 2018
Technology Will Save Us Ltd. specializes in developing DIY gadget kits and educational resources that encourage families, educators, and young people to engage with technology creatively. Founded in 2011 in London, the company offers a range of products, including a handheld games console, an electronic synthesizer, conductive dough, a DIY speaker kit, moisture sensors, and an open-source electronics platform. Their mission is to inspire the creative imagination of young people by providing hands-on technology experiences. With a team of 28 designers, educators, and engineers, the company focuses on creating award-winning kits and digital tools that facilitate learning through play. Technology Will Save Us has reached children in over 87 countries, offering its products through kiosks in the UK and online, while also collaborating with children to guide the design process based on extensive research.

Aula

Seed Round in 2018
Aula Education Ltd. is a London-based company that develops a social learning platform aimed at enhancing communication between students and educators. Established in 2014, Aula replaces traditional email systems and learning management systems with a digital infrastructure designed to foster conversation and participation. The platform allows users to share various types of educational content, including slides, videos, LaTeX, equations, and code. By creating a digital campus that complements physical institutions, Aula provides new opportunities for teaching, learning, and community building within educational environments.

Ornikar

Series A in 2018
Ornikar SAS is an online driving school based in Paris, France, founded in 2014. It provides an accessible platform for candidates to learn and practice traffic laws, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of obtaining a driving license. With a network of state-qualified instructors, Ornikar offers mobile driving lessons at competitive prices. The company caters to the needs of current and future generations, focusing on making the learning experience more enjoyable and less expensive. As France's leading online driving school, Ornikar has attracted over 210,000 users, reflecting its commitment to modernizing driver education.

Lightneer

Seed Round in 2017
Lightneer Oy is a mobile game studio based in Helsinki, Finland, founded in 2015. The company specializes in developing and publishing hyper-casual games for Windows and Android devices, available on platforms like the App Store and Google Play Store. Lightneer employs a rapid prototyping and market testing approach, allowing it to bring strong concepts to market quickly, often within weeks. The games are designed to be engaging and marketable, targeting high player engagement. Notably, Lightneer's offerings integrate educational content, particularly focusing on particle physics, to help children learn about the periodic table and fundamental scientific concepts while enjoying casual gameplay.

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.
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