Xavier Lorphelin

Managing Partner

2008 - Current

#climatetech #naturetech #appliedAI Serena was founded in 2008 upon a resolute eagerness to be the VC we dreamed of when we were entrepreneurs. We invest at early stages, from seed to series B, and support the success of innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to service a better world. Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Serena's DNA.

Executive Squad Member

2008

The Serena Squad is the largest and most active entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur community in Europe, made of Serena's 500 entrepreneurs and executives, that thrives in a culture of knowledge sharing. They are handed access to exclusive templates, playbooks (D&I, recruitment), best practices sharing, on-demand workshops (US go-to-market, scaling through M&A, sales process…), and a network of experts thoroughly selected, so they can tackle their daily challenges as smoothly as possible. They can also tap into the steady stream of qualified candidates to recruit key people thanks to our talent pool and achieve their diversity objectives.

Ambassador for nature

2023

Terrahui is a family-endowed foundation whose purpose is to contribute to the protection and restoration of biodiversity.

Facilitator

2022

Impact investor

2021

FEVE enables the next generation of farmers to set up in agro-ecology. We need you, so join us: www.feve.co/investir !

Board Member

2015

Created in 2015, Lulu dans ma rue is a solidarity-based neighborhood concierge service that promotes professional insertion.

Board Member

2013

The non-profit organization Agir Contre la Prostitution des Enfants (ACPE) has been fighting against all sexual exploitation involving minors since 1986. Our main mission is to alert and inform the institutions as well as the general public about the phenomenon of prostitution of minors developing on the French territory.

Board Member

2014

Dataiku is pioneering “Everyday AI,” helping everyone in an organization — from technical teams to business leaders — use data to make better decisions and drive business value on a daily basis #applied AI

Board Member

2021

Founded by a team of insurance veterans and climate scientists, Descartes Underwriting operates at a global scale, offering data-driven parametric insurance against climate risk #climate tech

Board Member

2021

Electra is revolutionising electric vehicle charging with the installation of fast charging stations in all French and European urban areas #climate tech

Board Member

2022

Pelico's operations management system empowers factory teams with the agility required to manage production blockers and deliver products on time #applied AI