# AXA Investment Managers

> AXA Investment Managers is a VC fund backing Medical and Biotechnology. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Puteaux, France
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last fund: Jul 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axa-investment-managers
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/axaim
- Website: https://www.axa-im.com/en/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/axainvestmentmanagers

AXA Investment Managers is a global investment management firm that manages assets on behalf of its institutional and retail clients.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $8M–$26M |
| Series B | $16M–$100M |
| Series C | $14M–$148M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 6 | 12% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 12% |
| Renewable Energy | 6 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 12% |
| Environmental Consulting | 6 | 12% |

73 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 14% |
| Series B | 7 | 14% |
| Series C | 5 | 10% |
| Private Equity | 5 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 10% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 24% |
| France | 5 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 10% |
| Kenya | 3 | 6% |
| Spain | 3 | 6% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Dean | Portfolio Manager | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-dean-2 |
| Gideon Smith | Europe CIO, Rosenburg Equities | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gideon-smith |
| Godefroy De Colombe | Global COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/godefroy-de-colombe |
| Joseph Pinto | Global Chief Operating Officer | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-pinto-4568 |
| Marco Morelli | Executive Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-morelli-901d |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hayfin Capital Management | Hayfin was founded in 2009 with the ambition of creating one of Europe’s leading investment platforms. They focus on delivering best-in-class risk-adjusted returns for their investors across four strategies: Direct Lending, Special Opportunities, High-Yield Credit and Securitized Credit. Hayfin is a London based firm with offices in Amsterdam,Frankfurt, Mardid, Paris and Luxembourg.They consider their selves value investors, generating differentiated return through hard work, insightful analysis and disciplined investing. Hayfin seeks to recruit and retain exceptionally talented professionals. They believe in being local in each of their markets, and that their diverse mix of nationalities, cultures and languages makes them more connected to these markets.Most of their team are industry generalists, with their edge lying in their origination networks and proven expertise in managing complex restructurings, workouts and liquidations. That said, they employ dedicated, specialist teams in the areas of healthcare (life sciences), shipping (maritime) and real estate, where they believe their focused expertise provides an advantage.They operate across all major European geographies with offices in London, Paris, Madrid, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Tel Aviv, and have a growing presence in the United States with an office in New York. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Latour Capital | In creating the VCF Latour Capital at the request of some great French entrepreneurs, we wanted to build a new tool entirely focused investment , majority LBO in business to potential. |  | Private Equity | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Latour Capital | In creating the VCF Latour Capital at the request of some great French entrepreneurs, we wanted to build a new tool entirely focused investment , majority LBO in business to potential. |  | Private Equity | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Agilize | Agilize offers online accounting services for micro and small businesses. It allows customers to check passive invoices from smartphone, tablet or computer, without worrying about numbers. | $9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Rivage Investment | Rivage Investment offers asset and investment management solutions for private debt and equity derivatives along with advisory solutions. |  | Private Equity | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| Novocuff | Novocuff is a medical device firm that aims to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce preterm deliveries caused by PPROM and cervical shortening. | $26M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Novocuff | Novocuff is a medical device firm that aims to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce preterm deliveries caused by PPROM and cervical shortening. | $26M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Switchee | Switchee was founded out of INSEAD business school in 2015 and is headquartered in London. It is now the market leader in social housing IoT, servicing many of the largest housing associations in the UK.The company helps large residential landlords to better manage their property portfolio, using technology to identify maintenance issues, reducefuel bills and improve communication with residents. For every £1 invested in Switchee services, the landlord saves £2 and puts £2 back into the pocket of their resident. Switchee has reimagined the way landlords interact with residents and manage their homes. Their services ensure that landlords have the information they need to eliminate fuel poverty, damp and mould as well as heating & ventilation failures.Switchee is primarily a software and insights business, but to access this real-time data, they reinvented a ubiquitous household object – the thermostat. They have created an internet connected product that reduces energy bills, acts as a two-way communication platform with the resident and collects environmental data that drives an insights engine, landlord dashboard and API. | $6.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| euNetworks Group | euNetworks is a European provider of broadband infrastructure services. euNetworks provides scalable, fiber-based products and solutions to a customer base at the forefront of technological transformation. | $1.4B | Debt Financing | Jun 19, 2024 |  |
| Axena Health | Axena Health is a women-led company dedicated to improving the lives of women with pelvic floor disorders by leveraging the power of digital technology. | $9.4M | Series A | Jun 04, 2024 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avestria Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avestria-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does AXA Investment Managers invest in?

AXA Investment Managers invests primarily in Medical, Biotechnology and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 51 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AXA Investment Managers's check size?

AXA Investment Managers typically joins rounds of $8M–$26M at Series A, $16M–$100M at Series B and $14M–$148M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AXA Investment Managers participates in.

### How do I contact AXA Investment Managers?

Public channels for AXA Investment Managers include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at AXA Investment Managers?

The team at AXA Investment Managers includes Jonathan Dean (Portfolio Manager), Gideon Smith (Europe CIO, Rosenburg Equities) and Godefroy De Colombe (Global COO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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