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Chalfen Ventures

Chalfen Ventures

Venture Capital

Chalfen Ventures is a venture capital firm that recently backed Translucent and 5Mins.


Recent investments

Seed
$8.3M

The seed round was co-led by Balderton Capital and Chalfen Ventures to support team growth and product development.

"There are swathes of businesses being completely left out and underserved when it comes to AI and automation, as large firms and tech teams continue to build tools that are out of reach of everyday people. Businesses and their customers deserve the same opportunities to reap the benefits of AI and automation as their bigger rivals. With Levity, we’re committed to opening up such opportunities and leveling the playing field for companies of all sizes."
— Gero Keil, CEO
Seed
£3.3M

Chalfen Ventures and Anthemis Group led the seed round to support team expansion and product development.

"Opply saves brands and suppliers vital time, allowing them to focus on running their business. The platform takes what was a highly fragmented market and a frustrating, time-consuming process for both parties and brings it firmly into the modern global retail environment,"
— Helen Murphy, CEO
Series A
£15.0M

The Series A round was led by Saras Capital with participation from BACKED, Chalfen Ventures, and Entrepreneur First, and will fund team expansion.

"Automation is already used by many semiconductor manufacturers. However, even in advanced fabs where scheduling itself is automated, the software used to make these decisions tends to be based on predefined rules programmed by humans and determined by historical data. Yes, it can calculate different options far quicker than a human operator could, but the options are still ‘best guesses’ rather than optimal outcomes."
— Jamie Potter, CEO
Series B
£24.7M

The Series B round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Stride.VC, Chalfen Ventures, and the SAP.iO fund.

"Uncoordinated digitisation has made business noisier. Email is broken, chats are a mess, and getting work done is hard. SEDNA’s single digital workspace makes business communication flow. Our intelligent and collaborative email stream breaks down silos so our customers work faster. We’re excited to work with Insight – a true scale partner that understands how our platform will deliver enormous value to customers in this complex world."
— Bill Dobie, CEO