# SV Stars Venture Capital

> SV Stars Venture Capital is a VC fund in Luxembourg backing Apps and MOOC. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasvalaize/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nicolasvalaize
- Website: http://www.svs.vc

SV Stars Venture Capital is a VC fund in Luxembourg focused on Apps and MOOC. Angel tickets in Europe

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $357k–$878k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 29% |
| MOOC | 1 | 14% |
| Music | 1 | 14% |
| Dating | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 4 | 57% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicolas Valaize | Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-valaize |
| Sebastien Sabic | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastien-sabic |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Once | Once is a matchmaking app that has a presence in 32 countries, accommodates seven languages, and is supported by Android, iOS, and Apple Watch OS. The app creates meaningful and private connections with one handpicked match per person, once a day, every 24 hours. Once sends one match each day to each user around noon in their respective timezones. Once the users are paired up, they will see each other at the same time and, if both indicate to the app that they are interested, the app lets them communicate. Unlike other matchmaking products, the app uses a team of human matchmakers to match users up based on a variety of factors, including appearance and hobbies. | $5.5M | Series A | Jun 03, 2016 |  |
| Unow | Unow delivers tutored training programs on project management, soft skills and business skills. With a portfolio of 50+ training programs and a network of 100+ field experts, our goal is to improve team collaboration and productivity. Unow is headquartered in Paris, France. | $878K | Seed | Feb 18, 2016 |  |
| Crosstalent | Crosstalent digitizes the Human Resources Function and Business Management. Its HRMS Solution "Agile HR Technology" manages its HR processes in a modular way and connected to all of its other business applications. Crosstalent solutions are based on the technology and hosting of the global Salesforce CRM worldwide leader. It was foundedin 2012 and is based in Paris, France. | $357K | Seed | Apr 14, 2015 |  |
| Yogurt Factory | Yogurt Factory provides frozen yogurt franchise. | $581K | Seed | Apr 03, 2015 |  |
| Ekestrian | Ekestrian is an online auction platform offering security, transparent prices, and secure payments.It offers an exceptional selection, based on the criteria of genetics - predominant attention is paid to the quality of the maternal strain and the relevance of the crossing - of the free jump, the blood, the model and the gaits, the rarity of theproposed lot. I also provides a turnkey service, careful advice, and after-sales services for clients.The comapny was launched in Eaubonne, Ile-de-France in 2011. | $406K | Pre-Seed | Jan 09, 2015 |  |
| Sounds | Sounds is an app to share music with friends. Sounds allows users to connect and share music on the app or social media, follow favorite artists, and meet new people. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2014 |  |
| Once |  |  | Series A |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investessor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investessor) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [WeLikeStartup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/welikestartup) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Social Discovery Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-discovery-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SV Stars Venture Capital invest in?

SV Stars Venture Capital invests primarily in Apps, MOOC and Music startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SV Stars Venture Capital's check size?

SV Stars Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $357k–$878k 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 SV Stars Venture Capital participates in.

### How do I contact SV Stars Venture Capital?

Public channels for SV Stars Venture Capital 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 SV Stars Venture Capital?

The team at SV Stars Venture Capital includes Nicolas Valaize (Managing Partner) and Sebastien Sabic (Managing Partner). 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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