# SEB Alliance

> SEB Alliance is a VC fund in Écully backing Software and Manufacturing. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Écully, France
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupe-seb
- Website: http://www.seballiance.com

SEB Alliance is a VC fund in Écully focused on Software and Manufacturing. SEB Alliance is the corporate venture capital arm of Groupe SEB that seeks to invest in start-up companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.1M–$14M |
| Series B | $7.7M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 19% |
| Retail | 2 | 13% |
| Hardware | 2 | 13% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 25% |
| Series B | 4 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 19% |
| Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 11 | 69% |
| China | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| François-Xavier MEYER | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fran%C3%A7ois-xavier-meyer-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kuantom | Kuantom is disrupting the cocktail industry by providing a premium cocktail experience thanks to ORKESTRA: a cocktail machine precisely executing recipes of best mixologists in few seconds, every where.Combination of technology, mixology and luxury, our ambition is to deliver a profitable and premium cocktail solution for all hospitalityprofessionals. | $5.1M | Series A | Jan 13, 2025 | http://www.kuantom.com/ |
| auum | auum is a glass cleaning machine that optimizes the cleaning process and reduces its water consumption. It is also an economical cleaning technology designed to promote reusable containers at work. They offer service, maintenance, and replacement services. |  | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 | https://www.auum.com/ |
| IEVA | IEVA is an e-commerce platform that offers jewelry, personal care, beauty and lifestyle products. | $9.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 08, 2023 | https://www.ieva.io/ |
| Angell | Angell is an e-bike startup with a mission to improve everyday life in cities. It offers an electrically-assisted bike which is one of the lightest on the market. It features a smart cockpit that displays useful information such as weather, pollution levels, battery charge, riding modes, assistance programs, speed, and even a GPS. Angell e-bikealso provides an innovative safety system that includes vibrating navigation assistance on the handlebars, a fall alert, and an anti-theft alarm. | $14.2M | Series A | Jul 05, 2021 | https://x.com/AngellBike |
| Chefclub | Chefclub is a cooking channel that shows food videos on television and the Internet. The company is a multicultural team of talent from all around the world, with a passion for cooking. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France. | $17M | Series B | Jan 25, 2021 | http://www.chefclub.tv |
| Aryballe Technologies | Aryballe Technologies was created in Grenoble/France by a team of scientists and entrepreneurs. As a technology platform their main objectives are to develop new generations of universal sensors which can be adapted to different applications.In parallel to their core hardware development activities they are also organized to handle thesoftware + database development and full manufacturing of their sensors and devices. | $7.9M | Series B | Jul 10, 2020 | https://aryballe.com/ |
| Alkemics | Consumer Product Goods is the biggest industry in the world, and yet, one of the most archaic and unstructured. manufacturers and retailers need to rethink their collaboration process and find new ways to adapt to a fast-changing industry landscape. Nowadays they face three major challenges: - Matching supply and demand for the millions ofproducts launched every year - Achieving operational excellence to speed up time-to-market and; - Offering an omnichannel and personalized shopping experienceTo face these challenges, the Alkemics platform enables manufacturers and retailers to: - Discover each other and foster a balanced commercial relationship in which both sides can be proactive. - Increase efficiency by accelerating product listing and go-to-market while reducing data-quality errors. - Develop a sustainable and trustful relationship in order to enrich shopper experience. | $23.7M | Series C | Jun 11, 2020 | https://www.alkemics.com/ |
| CASTALIE | CASTALIE provides companies, restaurants, cafés and hotels with: - a whole range of zero-waste solutions: locally-produced and micro-filtered water from drinking water, water fountains and glass bottles (to drink for here or to go) which are reusable and customizable - premium customer service Today more than 2,000 clients (from start-ups, bigcompanies to starred restaurants) have joined our movement! | $15.3M | Series B | Jun 04, 2020 | http://castalie.com/ |
| Click & Grow | Click & Grow has developed smartpots that take care of plants automatically with no external assistance needed. The entire growing process takes place in a special nano-material growth medium, and is looked after by sensors, processors, and special software. The product is designed to bring life into urban homes and spread the joy ofeffortlessly growing something on your own!In the long run their vision is to change the way people think about plant cultivation and food. The need for a revolution in this area is exemplified by the fact that billions of houseplants are replaced all over the world every year (amounting to 42 billion dollars). Their current products (Smartpot, Smart Herb Garden, and different refills) are just the first steps toward a great innovation in plant cultivation and the food industry. | $11M |  | Oct 30, 2018 | http://www.clickandgrow.com |
| Green Rice Technology | Green Rice Technology is Smart Home Devices Provider Company. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 01, 2018 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [A Plus Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-plus-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovacom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovacom) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SEB Alliance invest in?

SEB Alliance invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Retail startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SEB Alliance's check size?

SEB Alliance typically joins rounds of $5.1M–$14M at Series A and $7.7M–$22M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SEB Alliance participates in.

### How do I contact SEB Alliance?

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### Who are the partners at SEB Alliance?

The team at SEB Alliance includes François-Xavier MEYER (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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