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Avenir Growth Capital
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Avenir takes a first-principles approach to identify inevitable changes in large markets, seeking to build concentrated portfolios of dominant companies that are early in their 'S' curve of growth and led by world-class operators. The firm partners with extraordinary founders building category-defining companies best positioned to take advantage of paradigm shifts, concentrating its time and capital in very few companies per year and maintaining long ownership horizons.
Notable quotes
“Flutterwave is at the forefront of innovation in payments technology, and we are excited to support the team as they build the last available payments infrastructure frontier in the world – connecting merchants and consumers intra-Africa and globally.”
“Avenir is a growth equity firm focused on backing category-defining businesses. We take a first-principles based approach to identify inevitable changes in large markets and seek to build concentrated portfolios of dominant companies that are early in their S-curve of growth.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramp | Growth | $300m | 2025-11-01 |
| Mytra | Series C | $120m | 2026-01-15 |
| ShopMy | Growth | $70m | 2025-10-01 |
| Kargo | Series B | $42m | 2025-12-01 |
| Anthropic | Growth | — | — |
| Databricks | Growth | — | — |
| Klaviyo | Growth | — | — |
| Flutterwave | Series C | $170m | 2021-03-10 |
| Sigma Computing | Series D | $200m | 2024-05-01 |
| Alloy | Series C | $52m | 2022-09-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Tiger Global Management | 10 |
| Thrive Capital | 9 |
| General Catalyst | 8 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 7 |
| D1 Capital Partners | 7 |
| Founders Fund | 7 |
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