Global venture capital firm AXA Strategic Ventures is rebranding and will now be known as AXA Venture Partners.
AXA Venture Partners, a USD450million venture capital firm backed by AXA, has participated in 32 deals since 2016, making it the most active venture capital firm backed by an insurance company, according to Crunchbase. Recent investments have covered a wide range of areas, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital health, SaaS technology, insurtech/fintech.
The new positioning reflects the Company’s approach of establishing strong partnerships with its portfolio companies and other VC investors. Beyond capital, AXA Venture Partners acts as a conduit for high quality companies that can benefit from access to AXA’s global network, expertise, brand and scale.
This rebrand is aimed at highlighting AXA Venture Partners’ long-term investment timeline and investment range from seed investment to growth equity, covering ticket sizes from GBP300,000 to USD20m.
“This rebrand marks an important milestone in our development. We have seen growth far exceeding our initial expectations when we launched only two years ago,” says Francois Robinet, Managing Partner, AXA Venture Partners. “We have opened new offices, launched a second strategy in fund of funds, expanded the team and partnered with 32 exciting and innovative businesses. Although we are still a young and dynamic firm we feel the new identity better reflects who we are as a company today and our future ambitions. The new brand draws on our partnership ethos, our investment scope, and our ambitions for AXA Venture Partners.
“As we begin our third year we have a strong pipeline and we continue to aggressively seek opportunities to partner with entrepreneurial businesses which can benefit from our experience in working with fast growing businesses and our model of helping portfolio companies accelerate growth and scale with AXA.”
