Chalfen Ventures

I have no doubts that this is one of the coolest product roles in Paris. Possibly in the whole of Europe :) Work closely with Jean-Baptiste POLJAK Simon Guigui and the rest of the Upciti team and build deep tech with meaning. If you want to get exposure to state-of-the-art computer vision at the edge + LLMs + hardware on top of building a software experience that helps cities across the globe understand themselves better through data and insights - then this is the job for you. Upciti is experiencing super-fast growth and has super strong PMF. We're adding cities across the globe to our client list :) Builders only though :) We're looking for an experienced IC that likes to build, not manage. There's a whole product motion to be built from the ground up. I can't think of a better opportunity for someone that loves to "own it" DMs are open for anyone that wants to chat about the role!

When I co-founded Reveal‎ 5 years ago, my vision was to create the world’s best platform for leveraging the power of partnerships through secure data sharing. My co-founders and I saw the way the market was shifting, for better or worse, towards a need for companies to go to market together. Buyers no longer wanted isolated products—they wanted connected experiences. This meant that vendors would need to team up to deliver a world-class customer journey. This also meant they needed an intuitive product to do so. We were right. Our company has experienced unprecedented growth since our launch, not only because we have an innovative product that reimagines how to grow through ecosystems in this new era, but because we always put the customer at the center of every decision. We practiced what we preached, and it paid off. But even in this success, there was one customer request we couldn’t deliver on: to connect our network with Crossbeam‎’s. Many people don’t know this, but even as direct competitors, CEO Bob Moore and I have met about once a quarter for a few years now. I recognized early in my relationship with Bob that we shared the vision for changing the way companies win through the ecosystem. Bob, like me, believed in putting the customer first. So, as our respective companies grew and the requests to combine networks increased, we found ourselves at a crossroads: Do we continue to be competitors? Or do we practice what we preach, combining the power of our networks, teams, and platforms to create an unparalleled customer experience? The answer was simple. 𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺. Thank you to every team member who held steadfast in our vision and who worked tirelessly to create a product and company culture we can all be proud of. And thank you to every customer who put their trust in us along the way. Who gave us the time and feedback needed to continue to shape the product into what it is today. Today’s monumental win is one we all share. There will be a lot of changes coming, but I know I can speak for Bob when I say that our north star will remain: To combine our greatest superpowers to create something even more valuable than the sum of its parts, help more companies win, unlock new kinds of insights, and enable the go-to-market playbooks of the future—all with our customers at the center. Learn more about what’s to come at the link below.

We're delighted to announce our Series A funding of $12m!   Investment was led by 20VC and Chalfen Ventures, who share in our vision of building superior, more accessible commodity prices to ensure better management of the world's resources 🌍 Read the full announcement ➡ https://lnkd.in/eR5-QhC6 #seriesafunding #investment #announcement

I’m thrilled to announce that Upciti raised 7M€ and welcome to its board Point Nine and Chalfen Ventures. Building a company is hard, even more when building a solution including proprietary hardware. We’ve been through many things since our inception, getting support from investors when Upciti was just a vision (👋Demeter, INNOVACOM, NCI) and being now deployed in dozen countries, closely working with cities to provide them with the tools to create meaningful and impactful services to residents makes me very proud of what we have achieved so far. Getting from an idea to a real scalable company serving real customers is a crazy journey, only made possible with the dedication and hard work of the ultra talented team of Upciti. Here are all of them, in the below picture, they are the soul and power that led Upciti where it is today, working with passion to create the leading full stack data solution for cities. But this is only a new step, we are on a path to create something big, something meaningful and I’m really grateful to have world class investors Ricardo Sequerra Amram and Mike Chalfen backing us up for this new chapter. A big thanks to all the people involved in this deal, Chausson Partners (Marc Sudreau, Tarik ADMANE, Laurence Hémery, Jorge E. Ramos), SVZ - SEKRI VALENTIN ZERROUK (Olivier Legrand, Sophie Gilbert) and our always supporting Pauline Spriet and all the people that gave us a hand on the way. Finally, a special thanks to the whole Upciti team. This achievment is yours : Simon Guigui, Maxime Dusart, Nora Hachimi, Elie El Khoury, Norah Mboumba, Sebastien Gevaudan, Yoann CATALANO, Roger Cazenave, Tom Gosset, Thomas Taille, Quentin Malherre, Christophe Lehmann, Felix Grandbois, Benjamin Texier, Benjamin STUCKI, Samuel MARLHENS, Samy AIT BACHIR, Marcela Carvalho, Rémi Barbot, Zakaria Kaddache, Sylvain CHATEAU, Alexandra GUILLOT