Novinvest Partners

Alexandre Mars founded all three entities in sequence — Novinvest Partners (1993), the Epic Foundation (2014), and blisce/ (subsequently). Each operates under separate governance and mandates. Novinvest is the private equity investment arm, blisce/ is a later-stage venture platform, and Epic Foundation is a philanthropic grant-making organization. Mars serves as the connective founder across all three structures.

Novinvest Partners primarily executes direct equity investments in early-stage companies, rather than operating as a fund-of-funds. The firm's investment model centers on direct Seed and Start-up rounds across its target sectors, though the firm has maintained a notably low public profile regarding specific deal structures.

The firm deploys across Europe and North America. Its Paris headquarters anchors a European origination network, while its US activity spans co-investment alongside American venture funds in the early-stage technology ecosystem. Specific country allocations beyond France and the United States are not publicly detailed.

Alexandre Mars began his career in technology and entrepreneurship before founding Novinvest Partners in 1993 at a relatively young age. He later built the Epic Foundation, a philanthropic platform that channels funding to high-impact social enterprises globally, and launched blisce/ as a later-stage venture vehicle. His professional identity spans private equity, venture capital, and structured philanthropy.