# Marc Laurent

> Marc Laurent is a seed investor at Kerala Ventures (Paris) backing Medical and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kerala Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kerala-ventures)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrclrnt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mrclrnt
- Website: http://www.carbonfact.co

Marc Laurent is a seed investor at Kerala Ventures in Paris focused on Medical and Software. Marc Laurent is Cofounder and CEO of Carbonfact. He attended Y Combinator.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 20% |
| Rental | 1 | 10% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Indy | Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returnsdirectly to an AGM.It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming. | $42.6M | Series B | Jan 21, 2021 |  |
| HostnFly | HostnFly develops algorithms to optimize the income from rented apartments on Airbnb. The company also offer Parisians to take care of their apartment rental by guaranteeing an income. | $9.6M | Series A | Jul 16, 2019 |  |
| Tracktor | Tracktor is a rental platform for construction workers, enabling them to rent out or borrow construction equipment in a few clicks. | $3.3M |  | Jan 23, 2019 |  |
| Indy | Indy offers end-to-end and advanced AI-powered accounting software. Indy is an accounting robot that aims to automate the accounting of freelancers and professionals. It is an accounting robot for the liberal professions. It automates the management of accounting, recovers bank entries to turn them into accounting lines, and sends tax returnsdirectly to an AGM.It was founded in 2016 as Georges by Côme Fouques, Pablo Larvor, Romain Koenig, and Adrien Plat to simplify independent accounting, which is certainly simple but repetitive and time-consuming. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 07, 2018 |  |
| Ouihelp | Ouihelp is a developer of an online residential assistance platform designed to help seniors in their regular activities at home. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $3.3M | Series A | Jan 19, 2018 |  |
| HostnFly | HostnFly develops algorithms to optimize the income from rented apartments on Airbnb. The company also offer Parisians to take care of their apartment rental by guaranteeing an income. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 10, 2017 |  |
| Tracktor | Tracktor is a rental platform for construction workers, enabling them to rent out or borrow construction equipment in a few clicks. | $768K | Seed | Jul 06, 2017 |  |
| Doctolib | Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider for doctors in Europe working with 65 000 health practitioners, present in 1 300 health facilities. 25 million patients visit Doctolib website and mobile app every month.For doctors, Doctolib is a full-range service to improve bookings management, reduce no-show and bring newpatients to your office. For patients, Doctolib is a free online service to find a nearby health practitioner and book doctor or dentist appointments 24/24 and 7/7 within a few clicks.Founded in 2013, Doctolib is based out of Paris, France. | $28M | Series C | Jan 26, 2017 |  |
| Skillup | Skillup has designed the new @Tripadvisor for professional trainings hosting over 20k trainings and 50k reviews. It aims at helping HR services to find the adequate trainig for employees. | $549K | Seed | Jan 12, 2017 |  |
| Ouihelp | Ouihelp is a developer of an online residential assistance platform designed to help seniors in their regular activities at home. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $329K | Seed | Jun 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BTP Capital Investissement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btp-capital-investissement) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Singular](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singular-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fast Forward](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fast-forward) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kerala Ventures

VC Fund · Paris, France

Kerala Ventures is a VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups (SaaS, marketplaces, AI, data, tech-enabled services …) based in France.Their first investment ranges from €100K to €1.5M and their portfolio includes 10 companies (+ 1 successful exit).They are insanely focused on creating a unique value proposition for early-stage founders:- A strong operational support on hiring (93 recruitments for their portfolio since 2015 thanks to their private hiring network first20.club)- Actionable expertise in supporting growth (Doctolib, Lafourchette, Evaneos, ...) with hundreds of employees & tens of millions of Euros of revenue- Hands-on approach thanks to their operational background & their personal financial commitment in the deals they make

5 contacts available at Kerala Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Antoine Freysz | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-freysz |
| Marc Laurent | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-laurent |
| Olivier Occelli | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-occelli |
| Thomas Thimothee | Partner and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-thimothee |
| Victoire Laurenty | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victoire-laurenty |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc Laurent invest in?

Marc Laurent invests primarily in Medical, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marc Laurent last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc Laurent closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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?

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