BusDev - AVP - AXA Venture Partners

BusDev

Our business development offer is tailored for entrepreneurs and strategic partners on a case by case basis with one single objective: generate growth and value.

Our mission is to bring you the best solutions and connections that accelerate your growth ambitions.

At AVP, we fulfill our promise by

providing entrepreneurs with access to a strong ecosystem of founders, strategic partners and corporates
opening our networks, connecting investors, entrepreneurs and management teams
offering the best experts and providing our value-adding business expansion connections

We assist entrepreneurs and strategic partners foster growth to become global leaders in respective domains, and provide business advisory when relevant.

Several pillars to support portfolio companies and strategic partners:

Privileged access to corporates & strategic partners

International expansion support

Access to expertise and tailor-made services

Exclusive AVP Network

Access to qualified deal flow

Strategic Insights and innovation analytics

Exposure through exclusive events, webinars

Case Studies

AxonIQ

Supported on their international expansion to the US in terms of the providing intro

Contrast Security

Supported to achieve a commercial agreement with AXA

Florence

Support for the European expansion, especially in France

Futurae

Introduced to Qonto and partnership signed

Gravie

Subject matter experts: Provided access to AXA’s health and reinsurance experts

Phenom

Long term agreement with AXA / connection to the European landscape / introduced to CAC40 companies in France

Securityscorecard

Long term agreement with AXA / support on Public Affairs in France

Simundia

Continuous support for introduction within multiple entities of AXA and introduction to large corporates in France

Unlatch

Supported during their European expansion in the UK

Virtuo

Partnership with AXA on motor fleet insurance

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KPIs

More than 100+ corporates partners in various industries

$20M+ in business development contract value yearly

+200 qualified introductions in 2022

10+ events designed for founders & LPs

An exclusive Founder / LP summit

35 entrepreneurs
15+ corporates
150 community members attended

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“Our experience with AVP has been just positive all along: sharp, brings a global perspective and global reach on tech and digital health ecosystems, thanks to the US component of the team. Very supportive, active participation to the strategy of the company, ability to follow through several rounds, bringing exposure and visibility to the company with the Business Development Team. Ability to follow on during several rounds. Bring exposure and visibility to the company: AVP offered us a video on Brut that had more than 700K views.”
Antoine JomierIncepto, Co-founder & CEO

“AVP helped us start and develop a business relationship with Equitable. We were able to leverage that first big carrier customer into multiple additional customers and, ultimately, a successful sale of the company.”
Jason AndrewLimelight Health, Co-Founder and CEO

“We have selected AVP because their presence in the US and their knowledge of this market will help us to expand in North America.”
Michael BentolilaInsideboard, Co-Founder and CEO

“We chose AVP to lead our Series B because of their ability to help us expand in Europe and sell into the financial services vertical.”
Mahe BayireddiPhenom, Co-Founder and CEO

“I've been routinely leveraging AVP's connections with AXA to help SSC benefit from AXA's global presence and distribution channels.”
Aleksandr YampolskiySecurityScorecard, Co-Founder and CEO

“I call AVP when I want help thinking through our strategic and operational challenges, everything from acquisitions, accounting to organizational structure and recruiting.”
James IsilayCognism, CEO