# LeFonds by FrenchFounders

> LeFonds by FrenchFounders is a VC fund backing Software, Blockchain and Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.lefonds.vc

LeFonds by FrenchFounders is a VC fund focused on Software and Blockchain. LeFonds by FrenchFounders focuses on bringing our community power to support global ambition.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$7.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 5 | 56% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arsen Security | Arsen is a cybersecurity SaaS allowing CISOs and cybersecurity expert to manage phishing simulations. Thanks to its intuitive interface and powerful attack engine, Arsen allows its users to create high-quality, custom made fake phishing campaigns in a few clicks. By submitting their organization to phishing campaigns in realistic conditions, theydrastically increase the effectiveness of their training. Employees are submitted to real world conditions when facing the phishing simulation, allowing for a more realistic training and results. Based on multiple factors (campaign difficulty, user behavior, etc.), a security score is established and updated, allowing to understand and visualize its progress and the training ROI. Arsen also offers phishing reporting plugins for Microsoft Office 365 and Gmail. | $2.6M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Fairly Made | Fairly Made assesses your products' environmental and social effect so you can make improvements and guarantee CSR is at the heart of your success. The company provides you with a worldwide view of your products' influence, allowing you to drive change. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Fairly Made | Fairly Made assesses your products' environmental and social effect so you can make improvements and guarantee CSR is at the heart of your success. The company provides you with a worldwide view of your products' influence, allowing you to drive change. | $4.9M | Seed | Oct 10, 2022 |  |
| Rosaly | Rosaly gives you the ability to manage advance payment requests automatically and provide your staff with a financial management tool without having any negative effects on your cash flow.Rosaly is a fintech with real social effect that helps businesses improve the financial well-being of their employees by providing on-demand pay, budgetmanagement, and education through an app. Rosaly was started by Arbia Smiti at the end of 2019. | $7.5M | Seed | Sep 13, 2022 |  |
| Hive | Hive is a distributed data storage and computing platform, enabling users to rent their computing resources and co-localized storing and processing. | $7.7M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Hivenet | Hive is a decentralized cloud platform based on the peer-to-peer exchange of the available capacities of users' computers. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Chekk | Chekk helps businesses by providing seamless on-boarding solutions, accurate verification services, and on-going interaction capabilities.Chekk is your one stop shop to manage your Digital Identity, AML (Anti Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) journeys.Their corporate clients receive validated and up-to-date Digital Identity and KYCinformation in a fully automated fashion, providing the right means to be fully compliant with internal policies and regulatory requirements. It is also a great tool for businesses to improve their customer experience for on boarding and data exchanges. Chekk integrates social networks, bank systems, data verification and web services through its web portal and mobile app. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 25, 2022 |  |
| Koliving | Koliving is the fastest rental housing platform in Europe | $4.4M | Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Ava | Ava develops a live captioning platform that uses AI to transcribe what people say. It is committed to total accessibility for the 466M deaf/hh worldwide. | $10M | Series A | Mar 17, 2022 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Frenchfounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frenchfounders) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ETF Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/etf-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OneRagtime](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oneragtime) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Audeo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audeo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Auxxo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auxxo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does LeFonds by FrenchFounders invest in?

LeFonds by FrenchFounders invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LeFonds by FrenchFounders's check size?

LeFonds by FrenchFounders typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$7.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LeFonds by FrenchFounders participates in.

### When did LeFonds by FrenchFounders last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for LeFonds by FrenchFounders closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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