# Startive Ventures

> Startive Ventures is a VC fund in Geneva backing E-Commerce and Blockchain. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startive-ventures-inc.
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/startive
- Website: http://startive.ventures/

Startive Ventures is a boutique technology investment company. We are focused on global technology and Internet startup opportunities and look at investments both internationally and in our own backyard. With a vast experience in building successful global consumer-focused Internet brands Startive is a partner that provides more help than justcapital. We also recognize entrepreneurs need to focus on developing ideas, running & growing their businesses, and not dealing with investor overhead.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 29% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 21% |
| Apps | 2 | 14% |
| Local | 2 | 14% |
| Travel | 2 | 14% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 5 | 36% |
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Clausen | Founder | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-clausen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brand New Vision | Brand New Vision uses smart contracts to help creators sell digital fashion and other accessories. | $4M | Series A | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| eMoov | Classic estate agents charge very high fees to sellers for very little support and value addition and suffer from a very poor reputation.eMoov is an industry first solution, which is genuinely helping the seller sell better with the help of technology tools and great people. This creates customer empowerment, transparency and reduced cost ofservicing allowing a fee saving to be passed to the customer. Emoov charges nominal fixed fees, a fraction compared to percentage based transactions charged by old fashioned estate agents.eMoov was founded by Russell Quirk, who is an impressive entrepreneur and previously ran a five branch classic estate agent business. He is a rarity in that he is a well versed property professional incumbent disrupting an industry that is sorely in need of it. He has built an industry leading team, a fantastic technology platform and is obsessed with customer service. His PR skills are frankly awesome. | $11.5M | Series B | Aug 21, 2017 |  |
| Spaceship | Spaceship was founded in 2016 with a single mission: to enable you to invest in your future, so you can live the life you want to live.We got our start in 2017 with Spaceship Super, a super fund investing where the world is going. In 2018, we launched Spaceship Voyager, which makes investing easy for everyone.Since launch, we have grown to morethan 100,000 financial members and surpassed $500 million in funds under management – but we’re just getting started. | $1M | Seed | Sep 14, 2016 |  |
| Proxy | Proxy designs and builds privacy-first, human-led identity technologies. Proxy provides a smartphone-enabled digital identity that enables the user to authenticate and interact with all devices. Products include Proxy ID, Proxy Health, and Proxy Access in addition to a suite of next generation hardware that enable credentialed access to be secure,private, and contactless. Proxy is on a mission to empower every person on the planet with a unique identity signal they own and control. The signal, emitted from a smartphone, allows people to securely authenticate to any device or service, similar to a universal single-sign-on for the physical world. Today, large enterprises like Vornado, Cloudflare and the Empire State Realty Trust enable their employees, contractors, visitors, and tenants to use their Proxy for frictionless access through secured doors, elevators, and turnstiles, and to create personalized experiences throughout the workplace. With Proxy, users own their identity and have complete control over their privacy and personal data.Proxy has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2020, Forbes' The Next Billion Dollar Start-up, and CNBC's Upstart 100 list in 2019.Denis Mars is the CEO of Proxy, which he co-founded with CTO Simon Ratner. Mars and Ratner believe that technology should empower humans, rather than make humans beholden to it. They believe that technology should be used to make our everyday experiences in the physical world frictionless.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $1.6M | Seed | Aug 22, 2016 |  |
| Animoca Brands | Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. | $4.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 11, 2016 |  |
| The Faction Collective | The Faction Collective - manufacturers of high performance freeride and freestyle skis since 2006.Skis are more than just pieces of wood, steel & fibreglass. They are tools of escape. A medium for personal expression. A way to challenge fears, push limits & share incredible experiences with friends.The Faction Collective was formedin 2006 by a group of friends with the aim of creating the best designed & built freeride & freestyle skis you can buy, with a world-class manufacturing base in heart of the European Alps and a strong commitment to social and environmental sustainability. Every year new ideas and products expand our range - but the manifesto remains the same.In 2010 we partnered with Swiss helmet manufacturer TSG to produce a new line of lightweight, high performance protection, and in 2012 we are working with acclaimed French skier Candide Thovex to create a range of revolutionary superlight park and freeride skis using recycled PET cores and minimalist graphics that support our ethos of uncompromised performance.From our bases in Verbier, Switzerland and Breckenridge, USA we still ski over 100 days a year, refining our products and keeping the stoke alive. We hope you are too. | $1M | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 07, 2015 |  |
| Clippings | Clippings is an online source for furniture and lighting, where you can discover and buy over a million products from 850 high-end design brands including Vitra, Knoll International, Flos, HAY, Gubi, Moroso, Normann Copenhagen and many more. It's the go-to destination for product discovery – already used by thousands of interior designers tospecify furniture and lighting for their projects, and by thousands of customers buying that perfect piece for their own home. | $1.1M | Equity Crowdfunding | Oct 09, 2015 |  |
| Beanhunter | Beanhunter is a local coffee search and review site that helps people find coffee spots, share their coffee experiences, and connect with coffee lovers. The site aims to increase the discoverability of independent cafes and support the specialty coffee industry in Australia and worldwide.The Beanhunter Coffee Club provides a coffee subscriptionservice which delivers different types of coffee to members’ doorsteps every two weeks.Beanhunter was launched by James Crawford and Adam Lowe in 2009 and its operations are based in Melbourne, Australia. | $500K | Seed | Jun 25, 2015 |  |
| LatAm Autos | LatAm Autos is the leading online classifieds and content platform in the Latin American automobile industry, with operations in 6 countries across South America. LatAm Autos aims to integrate the auto sales industry in the region by facilitating the contact between buyers and sellers, and providing key information for the auto acquisition process.Our headquarters are in Quito, Ecuador. |  |  | May 12, 2014 |  |
| Zoomy | Zoomy - the taxi booking app which finds the closest taxis where ever you are, then tells them you need a ride. Use Zoomy on iPhone or Android smartphone. |  |  | Jan 23, 2014 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Episode 1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/episode) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Startive Ventures invest in?

Startive Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Blockchain and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Startive Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.6M 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 Startive Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Startive Ventures?

Public channels for Startive Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Startive Ventures?

The team at Startive Ventures includes Simon Clausen (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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