# Kering Ventures

> Kering Ventures is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Interior Design. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kering
- Website: https://www.kering-ventures.com

Kering Ventures is a VC fund in Paris focused on Biotechnology and Interior Design. Kering Ventures is the venture investment arm of the Kering Group, acquiring minority holdings in startups.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $12M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 22% |
| Interior Design | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Bouygues | Kering Ventures & Innovation Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-bouygues |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SQIM | SQIM is a biotechnological based agency. | $12.1M | Series A | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| SQIM | SQIM is a biotechnological based agency. | $12.1M | Series A | Jan 11, 2024 |  |
| MOGU | MOGU is a European company, based in Italy, developing a range of mycelium-based technologies for the creation of a family of sustainable and innovative products for interior design, led by the principles of Circular Economy. Mogu was founded on the belief that it is possible to employ Nature’s intelligence to radically disrupt the design ofeveryday products, seeking a finer balance between the man-made and the rhythms of the natural ecosystem. | $12M | Series A | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Superplastic | Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont. | $20M | Series A | Feb 15, 2023 |  |
| VitroLabs | VitroLabs is a startup working on the cutting edge of 3D tissue engineering using stem cell-based technologies. The company develops a fully scalable tissue engineering platform combining the latest breakthroughs in stem cell research and biomaterials. It manufactures real leather without the need to raise and slaughter animals using breakthroughsin stem cell research and tissue engineering.VitroLabs was founded on 2016 and is based in San Jose, California. | $47.4M | Series A | May 04, 2022 |  |
| NTWRK | NTWRK is the definitive Video Commerce platform developed specifically for Gen Z and Millennials. NTWRK's innovative model of daily exclusive product drops, live videos, celebrity talent, native purchases and social distribution creates a high energy and wide-reaching experience for brands and users. NTWRK was launched in October 2018. Sincelaunch, the platform has experienced meteoric growth and has received investments from some of the most successful entrepreneurs, brands and influential entertainers in the world including Live Nation, Foot Locker and Main Street Advisors, whose investors include Jimmy Iovine and LeBron James. | $50M | Series B | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Vestiaire Collective | Vestiaire Collective is a social commerce platform that enables people to buy and sell luxury, pre-owned fashion products. It curates and connects the desirable wardrobes and provides a trusted and sustainable new way of buying and selling pre-loved items.The company is focused on transforming the fashion industry for a more sustainable future bypromoting the circular fashion movement as an alternative to overproduction and overconsumption and the wasteful practices of the fashion industry. It provides its ‘fashion activist’ community with inspiration, tools, and features to lead the change as they sell and buy unique pre-loved pieces from each other's wardrobes. The platform is unique thanks to its highly engaged activist community and its rare, desirable inventory of 3 million items that includes 140,000 new listings every week. It has over 7.5 million fashion savvy members in 50 countries worldwide. Every week, over 30,000 new items are submitted by its community of sellers, enabling buyers to access over 3,500 coveted and must-have fashion pieces a day.Vestiaire Collective is based in Paris, Ile-de-France with offices in London, New York, Milan, Berlin, and Hong Kong and was founded in 2009 by Alexandre Cognard, Christian Jorge, Fanny Moizant, Henrique Fernandes, Sebastien Fabre, and Sophie Hersan. | $214.5M | Series H | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Vestiaire Collective | Vestiaire Collective is a social commerce platform that enables people to buy and sell luxury, pre-owned fashion products. It curates and connects the desirable wardrobes and provides a trusted and sustainable new way of buying and selling pre-loved items.The company is focused on transforming the fashion industry for a more sustainable future bypromoting the circular fashion movement as an alternative to overproduction and overconsumption and the wasteful practices of the fashion industry. It provides its ‘fashion activist’ community with inspiration, tools, and features to lead the change as they sell and buy unique pre-loved pieces from each other's wardrobes. The platform is unique thanks to its highly engaged activist community and its rare, desirable inventory of 3 million items that includes 140,000 new listings every week. It has over 7.5 million fashion savvy members in 50 countries worldwide. Every week, over 30,000 new items are submitted by its community of sellers, enabling buyers to access over 3,500 coveted and must-have fashion pieces a day.Vestiaire Collective is based in Paris, Ile-de-France with offices in London, New York, Milan, Berlin, and Hong Kong and was founded in 2009 by Alexandre Cognard, Christian Jorge, Fanny Moizant, Henrique Fernandes, Sebastien Fabre, and Sophie Hersan. | $214.5M | Series H | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Vestiaire Collective | Vestiaire Collective is a social commerce platform that enables people to buy and sell luxury, pre-owned fashion products. It curates and connects the desirable wardrobes and provides a trusted and sustainable new way of buying and selling pre-loved items.The company is focused on transforming the fashion industry for a more sustainable future bypromoting the circular fashion movement as an alternative to overproduction and overconsumption and the wasteful practices of the fashion industry. It provides its ‘fashion activist’ community with inspiration, tools, and features to lead the change as they sell and buy unique pre-loved pieces from each other's wardrobes. The platform is unique thanks to its highly engaged activist community and its rare, desirable inventory of 3 million items that includes 140,000 new listings every week. It has over 7.5 million fashion savvy members in 50 countries worldwide. Every week, over 30,000 new items are submitted by its community of sellers, enabling buyers to access over 3,500 coveted and must-have fashion pieces a day.Vestiaire Collective is based in Paris, Ile-de-France with offices in London, New York, Milan, Berlin, and Hong Kong and was founded in 2009 by Alexandre Cognard, Christian Jorge, Fanny Moizant, Henrique Fernandes, Sebastien Fabre, and Sophie Hersan. | $214.5M | Series H | Mar 01, 2021 |  |

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## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Kering Ventures invest in?

Kering Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology and Interior Design startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Kering Ventures typically joins rounds of $12M–$47M 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 Kering Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Kering Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Kering Ventures?

The team at Kering Ventures includes Benjamin Bouygues (Kering Ventures & Innovation Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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