InstitutionAL Partner : AXA France
In 2013, Axa, the French insurance company, launched a €10m seed fund. Paris-based Axa Seed Factory will focus on backing in French start-ups developing technologies for the banking and insurance sectors.
AXA Seed Factory was headed by Minh Q. Tran. He indicated that “AXA Seed Factory’s investment strategy was not only to support young innovative companies by playing a business accelerator role, but also to develop partnerships with AXA France in order to identify new uses that will impact the futur of the insurance market."
As a Corporate VC-as-a-Service, Mandalore Partners enables institutional investors to diversify their portfolio through alternative investments combining equity and debt, and to aim for business synergies, consolidations and tech integrations with innovative players at any development stage.
Through its powerful network, Mandalore sources and structures opportunities for institutional investors (banks, pension funds, insurance companies, hedge and mutual funds, etc.) to participate as partners or co-investors in the nurturing of potential winners in the financial services technology industry. Investors are offered the choice between direct and diversified approach, and access to the deep pool of alternative assets that these businesses are generating as they grow their book of business and seek to manage their liabilities and risks.
value proposition
Mandalore Partners leverages its deep sector knowledge and extensive network to create promising opportunities and manage its portfolio effectively. Mandalore offers 4 services:
Strategic Partner Investment Fund (SPIF): Identify special investment themes, execute with SPVs and scale with a build-up strategy combining equity investment and alternative funds.
CVC-as-a-Service: Provide end-to-end advisory and management services to corporates seeking to develop and enhance their in-house VC arms.
Alternative funds: Identify potential winners and provide their management teams with capital and expertise for scalability and value creation.
Impact-Scoring-as-a-Service: Provide customized analysis based on our proprietary four dimensional diamond scoring scheme.
opportunity
Access the most promising investment opportunities through Mandalore’s extensive knowledge and network. Gain exposure to the alternative asset classes that emerge with the developments in Insurtech, Fintech and other linked sectors.
Benefit from the team’s vast experience in the alternative investment field. Leverage its well-developed skillset in supporting ventures as they aim to accomplish significant expansion.
Profit from optimized management fees, compared to other venture capital and private equity firms, which translate into higher returns for investors.