# Chalfen Ventures

> Chalfen Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Software and SaaS. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Chalfen Ventures is a venture capital firm. It is based in London, England.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.4M–$11M |
| Series A | $12M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 23% |
| SaaS | 6 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 10% |
| Information Services | 3 | 10% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 35% |
| Series A | 9 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 35% |
| France | 4 | 13% |
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Chalfen | Founder & Partner | 31 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-chalfen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iridius | Iridius is the compliance-by-design AI platform that enables regulated enterprises to design, build, and operate AI systems that are continuously compliant. In regulated industries, AI isn’t failing because of model capability — it’s failing because it can’t operate within real-world constraints: fragmented systems, complex workflows, and strictregulatory compliance requirements. Instead of treating compliance as a manual process that happens after systems are built, Iridius makes compliance part of how systems run. | $8.6M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| SurrealDB | SurrealDB develops a multi-model database platform designed to handle document, graph, and relational data within a single system. The platform supports SQL-like querying while enabling real-time data synchronization and event-driven updates across applications. It provides built-in features such as authentication, authorization, and access controlat the database layer. SurrealDB operates across various environments, including embedded deployments, single-node instances, and distributed clusters. The system is designed to support modern application development by combining flexible data modeling with transactional consistency and programmable logic inside the database. | $23M | Series A | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Biographica | Biographica is a computational biology company that develops software tools and platforms to support genomic data analysis, interpretation, and visualization for research and clinical applications. Its solutions are designed to help scientists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians process complex genomic datasets, annotate genetic variants, andexplore biological insights through integrated workflows and interactive visualizations. The company’s platform combines data management, algorithmic analysis, and graphical interfaces to streamline tasks such as sequence alignment, variant calling, functional interpretation, and cohort comparison. Biographica’s tools support interoperability with common bioinformatics formats and pipelines, enabling users to integrate genomic workflows with existing research infrastructure. The company also provides APIs and developer tools to allow custom integration, automation, and extension of analytic capabilities within broader computational environments. Its offerings are used across life sciences research, translational projects, and precision medicine initiatives that require scalable, interpretable genomic data analysis. | $9.5M | Seed | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $34.6M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Amenitiz | We created Amenitiz because we believe technology is the key to making success and profitability accessible to every hotelier in the world - whether they are in the heart of Paris or in the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia. Our mission is to build an all-in-one platform to help owners grow and manage their vacation properties by making attractingguests, managing bookings and crafting exceptional experiences, simple and easy. We invite you to be part of our growing community and help us redefine the future of online hospitality together. | $45M | Series B | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Upciti | Upciti provider of precise, localized and real-time data for smart cities and smart retailers. we produce and make available data at the service of man to make cities smarter and more pleasant to live for all on a daily basis. | $20M | Series A | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Tracelight | Tracelight is an AI-powered Excel add-in that enhances financial modeling by enabling users to generate formulas from natural language, check for errors, and interact with models using plain English. It helps financial professionals save time, reduce errors, and work more efficiently while maintaining security and data privacy. | $3.6M | Seed | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| Kraaft | Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019. | $13.5M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Stackfix | Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform. | $3M | Seed | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $16.7M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [BACKED VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backed-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Eight Roads Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Chalfen Ventures invest in?

Chalfen Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chalfen Ventures's check size?

Chalfen Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.4M–$11M at Seed and $12M–$35M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chalfen Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Chalfen Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Chalfen Ventures?

The team at Chalfen Ventures includes Mike Chalfen (Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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