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OSS Ventures Fund

Geography
France
Stage
Series A
Fund size
€40M
Focus
AI/ML, Enterprise Software, Manufacturing and SaaS
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N°01 / About

About OSS Ventures Fund

Paris-based venture studio raised a €40M first close for a €75M follow-on vehicle, led by Decathlon Pulse and Teknor Apex, to scale its portfolio of ~30 B2B industrial software startups.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance
Funding StageSeries A
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Enterprise Software
Manufacturing
SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Day-zero founders tackling deep manufacturing or industrial intelligence

industrial intelligence
manufacturing tech
deep tech / hard tech
company building / co-founder model
B2B / enterprise

Bullish Signals

Leading industrial intelligence fund in 5 yearsexternal
Hands-on co-founder model from day zeroexternal
Strong industry partner network in manufacturingexternal
Proprietary 6-variable scientific validation frameworkexternal
Multiple ventures built, factories empoweredwebsite
Thousands of factory visits + user interviewswebsite
Win-win-win: fund + founders + industry partnerswebsite
Discovery = permanent strategic layer, not phasewebsite
Daily active users metric tracked — real tractionwebsite
Portfolio actively growing, factories visited scalingwebsite
Transform approach: co-found with founders dailywebsite
Validates 6 fundamentals: problem, users, mechanism, solution, economics, GTMwebsite
Outsized impact: millions saved, supply chains stabilizedwebsite
Industrialized discovery at scale across portfoliowebsite
Deep partnerships with leading industry operatorswebsite
Data-driven, scalable discovery methodology provenwebsite
Scientific rigor applied to earliest, hardest stagewebsite
Highest ROI on discovery per unit insightwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow focus: manufacturing onlyexternal
Very early stage — high uncertaintyexternal
GP details not publicly disclosedexternal
Hardware + software complexity slows discoverywebsite
Manufacturing: risk-averse, multi-level decision chainswebsite
Structural barriers: weak experimentation culture in manufacturingwebsite
High cost of wrong discovery in manufacturingwebsite

Founder Do's

Target manufacturing / industrial problems
Embrace scientific discovery methodology
Seek co-founder-style VC partnership
Show rigor on GTM + economic logic
Come pre-idea or day zero stage

Founder Don'ts

Avoid if pure software, no industrial angle
Don't skip problem validation fundamentals
No solo execution without discovery mindset

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Fund Size€40M
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