About Avid Ventures
Avid Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Hong Kong, China. It primarily invests in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Travel and Hospitality Tech. Overall, Avid Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 1 acquisition, namely Tech Mahindra and NewsWhip. Avid Ventures has team of 1 people.Key Metrics
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Avid Ventures' List of All Investments
Avid Ventures has a portfolio of 4 companies. Their most notable investments include Tech Mahindra and NewsWhip.Their portfolio spans across France, India, Ireland and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Travel and Hospitality Tech and 3 other sectors. Here is the list of all investments by Avid Ventures:Provider of data analytics, cloud management, and business process outsourcing services. Its other services include e-commerce development, branding, content creation, strategy & consulting, digital workplace, network management, data center modernization, cybersecurity, AI, digital transformation, and advanced security outsourcing. It caters their services to industries such as banking, financial, energy & utilities, oil & gas, and manufacturing sector. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $6.63B and a net profit of $0.6B.
Key facts about Tech Mahindra
- Founded Year: 1986
- Location: Pune (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹53,800Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 152,512 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: India Capital Growth and Avid Ventures
- Highlight: Public
2. NewsWhip
Social analytics tool to discover content and trending topics. It is a social analytics tool that tracks tweets, shares, and comments of the content including news sites, Reddit, blogs, and YouTube. It enables users to know what stories are resonating most at any given time. Its flagship product is NewsWhip Spike, which lets users filter popular content by location, topic, source, keywords and more. It is used by publishers, brand marketers, communications and PR firms and many others to connect with their audiences each day.
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3. misterb&b
Online vacation rental marketplace for the LGBTQ community. The platform enables users to list their vacation rentals, apartments, and more through the platform. Users can then search, compare and book after providing relevant details.
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4. Contentology
Key facts about Contentology
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Manchester (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 5 as on Aug 31, 2024
- Investors: Avid Ventures
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Avid Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Avid Ventures' portfolio company became public - Tech Mahindra. It got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE), in Aug 2006 at marketcap of $910MHere are Avid Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Filter this listCompany | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 28, 2006 | - | - | 9525 |
Acquired companies in Avid Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Avid Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition were NewsWhip in Jul 2025 by Sprout Social for $55M.Here are Avid Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 31, 2025 | - | - | 4883 |
