Top 40 Art Startup Investors in France in April 2025
A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Art startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Art companies from France. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Art Startup Investors in France in April 2025
Investor | Art France investments |
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Nicolas Julia | 2 |
Thomas France | 2 |
Frédéric Jousset | 2 |
KIMPA - Impact Investing | 1 |
Aglaé Ventures | 1 |
Ventech | 1 |
Turenne Capital | 1 |
Steven E. Spooner | 1 |
WeLikeStartup | 1 |
FJ Labs | 1 |
Angelsquare | 1 |
1kx | 1 |
Motier Ventures | 1 |
Tezos Foundation | 1 |
Breega | 1 |
Premier Janvier Capital | 1 |
Educapital | 1 |
AXA Venture Partners | 1 |
Siparex Groupe | 1 |
Cygni Capital | 1 |
Union Square Ventures | 1 |
Finovam Gestion | 1 |
Fabric Ventures | 1 |
Denis Fayolle | 1 |
Alven | 1 |
Gabriel Jarrosson | 1 |
Everyrealm | 1 |
Bpifrance | 1 |
NextStage | 1 |
Kima Ventures | 1 |
Violette Taquet | 1 |
Artnova | 1 |
Guillaume Houzé | 1 |
PIA | 1 |
Luc Doublet | 1 |
Tané | 1 |
Punk DAO | 1 |
Daedalus Angel Syndicate | 1 |
Ardian | 1 |
Chantal Baudron | 1 |
Nicolas Julia is a Blockchain entrepreneur. He is the CEO at Sorare, the leading platform to collect and play with officially licensed football Crypto-goodsNicolas dedicated his career to Blockchain in 2015, and was previously running operations at Stratumn, a $8M VC-backed blockchain company.Nicolas hosts the meetup Crypto-goods Club, theplace of expression for all Crypto-goods
enthusiasts.He believes Crypto-goods will pave the way for a new era of digital ownership and change the internet.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Gaming, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, Israel, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- cubzh — cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system.
- Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about
- Tweed — Tweed provides a plug & play white-label wallet solution that includes compliant self-custodial key management, comprehensive wallet features and payment infrastructure all in one SDK. With Tweed, platforms and brands can onboard mainstream users seamlessly and create frictionless web3 experiences which increase the overall activity and saleson platform. Tweed’s architecture is built as a true self-custodial solution, and passes regular legal audits to ensure your platform can offload the regulatory burden and offer a fully compliant web3 experience.The company is still currently in stealth mode.
Entrepreneur, Investor
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Keplr — Introducing the first, and leading, IBC-enabled wallet for Cosmos and beyond
- Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
- Prodia — Easy-to-use Stable Diffusion API for AI-powered image generation at 90% lower cost than AWS. Effortless scale with no infrastructure worries.
Olivier Duha at Bain & Company, Frédéric co-founded Webhelp, which originally provided online support services for businesses and the general public, in June 2000. Rapid growth and innovation over the following years has resulted in the BPO provider and customer experience engineer that is Webhelp today.Frédéric graduated from HEC in 1992 andbegan his career in 1994 at L’Oréal. He handled marketing and familiarised himself with new product development, consumer brand management and advertising strategies. Paying close attention to new technologies, he decided to buy DIALOG, a software vendor, in 1998 and soon merged it with its competitor, IKOSOFT. He then joined Bain & Company in 1999 as part of the private equity practice, where he participated in several consulting assignments guiding the engagement strategy of major funding institutions.Frederic is a Knight of the Order of Merit and the Arts & Humanities, and Commander of Wissam Al-Aouite of the Kingdom of Morocco. Since October 2011, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Investment focus
- Art, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Artsper — Artsper is a contemporary art marketplace where galleries selected across the World can sell their artworks. They work with hundreds of galleries, which enables us to promote more than 10 000 artworks proposed by 4 000 artists.
- Climb — TacoTax offers an online platform that enables its users to file their taxes while automatically optimizing for the highest tax return and to talk to an expert in order to make financial investments TacoTax was founded by Aldric Emie and Rodrigue Menegaux in April 2016.
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
KIMPA - Impact Family Office aims to deploy the capital of its clients towards investment that offers a positive environmental and social impact on our planet.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Environmental Engineering, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- France, Sweden, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Greenly — With Greenly's Carbon Management's platform; measure, reduce, report and offset your carbon emissions for a cleaner future!
- WeDressFair — WeDressFair is a select-store of beautiful brands that place the respect of workers and the environment at the center.
- Carbo Culture — We are a project developer with proprietary climate technology. We are building a rapidly scalable biochar carbon removal solution.
Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York and San Francisco backed by Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, global leader in luxury goods. Aglaé invests from € 100k up to € 100m in asset light tech businesses at all stages.
Groupe Arnault-backed companies include Netflix, Spotify, Backmarket, Betfair, Airbnb,Slack, Algolia, Lyft and others.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- France, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Revv — Revolutionize your calibration processes with Revv ADAS: lightning-fast calibration identification, comprehensive OEM data, and seamless insurance-ready invoicing, all in one powerful solution for increased efficiency, accuracy, and profitability.
- Belfry — Belfry is a technology provider that offers a software platform for managing security guard services and businesses. Its platform offers an optimized schedule, maintains engagement in deployed officers, and prepares payroll that help clients scale their businesses by simplifying and automating workforce management.
- Attention — Attention is a powerful conversational intelligence software that helps you coach and ramp up your sales reps into top performers.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- France, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Xpln.ai — Xpln.ai develops AI-driven solutions for measuring and optimizing ad effectiveness, 100% cookieless.
- Jinko — Jinko provides tailored supportive care to those impacted by cancer.
- Omaha Insights — Omaha Insights is a company that provides standardized financial data and analytical tools to help investors do research and analysis.
Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseilles
- Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million.
Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million.
32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement.
Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
- France, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Sydev — Sydev is a publisher of management software and tariff databases for technical building trades in the construction industry.
- Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
- Antabio — Antabio is a private biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibacterial resistance-breakers to treat drug-resistant infections in areas of highest unmet medical need.
With over 23 years in the high-tech and telecommunications sector, Steve Spooner brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance and strategic business planning to Mitel®. As Chief Financial Officer, Steve is responsible for global financial operations and investor relations for Mitel. Prior to Mitel, Steve was Chief Executive Officer ofprivately-held Stream Intelligent Networks Corp. During his time as CEO, Steve led the company to substantial growth during a recessed telecom market, through focused activities in investor relations, corporate strategy and development, strategic alliances and marketing. Steve also brings a tech-savvy understanding of finance and corporate strategy from his time as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CrossKeys Systems Corporation. Steve led the strategic implementation of private financing, acquisitions, and divestitures for the company. In December of 1997, Steve successfully spearheaded CrossKey's Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ and TSE. In addition, Steve brings extensive experience in financial governance from senior positions at SHL Systemhouse Inc.,Wang Canada Ltd., Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd., and Arthur Anderson & Co. Steve is a seasoned industry speaker having spoken at a variety of venues on topics ranging from Metropolitan Networks to Entrepeneurship. Steve sits on numerous strategic advisory boards and is an active board member of the Canadian Wireless Telecom Association (CWTA) as well as a former chairman of CWTA's fixed wireless committee.
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Investment focus
- Art, Internet, Software
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
WeLikeStartup is a crowdfunding platform. WeLikeStartup brings startups their initial financing by the pre-sale or fundraising capital and provides investors to support entrepreneurship and job creation in France while providing services tailored to their security concerns and liquidity. Created by a recognized entrepreneurs and financeprofessionals team is WeLikeStartup Financial Investment Adviser, registered with ORIAS ( Unique Register of Insurance Intermediaries, Banking and Finance ), Member of the CNCIF ( National Chamber of Investment Advisers financial ) and Associate Partner of the first Business Angels network in France ( Investessor ).
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Investment focus
- Software, Augmented Reality, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Proteme — Proteme is a food manufacturing firm that produces edible natural coating solutions for organically grown fruits and vegetables.
- Dr Milou — Dr Milou, est un service qui propose de prendre soin de son animal de compagnie sans bouger de son domicile.
- Showplace — Showplace is a B2B company that allows brands to sell their products directly to rental companies and provides concierge services for short-term rentals.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Paro — A Paro fractional CFO/COO shares his strategies for aligning finance and operations in order to connect performance goals with financial impact.
- ikas — Start selling online with the new generation e-commerce platform ikas. Increase your sales and experience international commerce.
- Strike — Top quality cybersecurity for your business. Discover our range of products to keep your company safe, from Pentesting to Automated Scans. Set up your account in a few minutes and start getting your systems tested with Strike.
Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising.
From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
- Orosound — Superior headsets for work. Advanced quality signed by Orosound -the French expert in active noise control, audio intelligence, and durability.
- Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!
1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
- Olas — Olas is an innovative platform designed to leverage autonomous AI agents in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. By employing specialized agents that collaborate, Olas aims to offer complex and comprehensive services tailored to the needs of users in the rapidly evolving world of digital currencies.
- Seismic — Seismicy enables developers to establish innovative financial partnerships and investment instruments.
Motier Ventures is the Family Office managing the investments in Tech start-ups made by the owners of the Galeries Lafayette Group.We are a value-added business angel. At scale.We provide agile and patient capital, investing up to €300k as Business Angel in your early days and following with up to €3m on next rounds. Our favorite investmentthemes include Future of Commerce, FinTech, Web3 Picks & Shovels, Creative Technologies and Cybersecurity.We bring for your business 125 years of experience in entrepreneurship and a wide network within our brands (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, BHV, Citynove...) and across many industries.If you are aiming at changing the game in your industry, we would be happy to connect.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Dfns — Supercharge your platform with keyless custody as a service. One API to generate secure wallets, manage your crypto, sign transactions, set up business rules, monitor security, and more.
- Flagcat — Paris-based webtoon studio producing ambitious series and commited to improve artists' working conditions through cutting-edge technology developments
- Outcome — TeamOS makes team dependencies visible, speeds up blocker resolution, and offers actionable insights into bottlenecks
We believe that Tezos will drive social, political and economic innovation on a global scale.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Blockchain, Software
- Seed, Series A
- United States, France, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- idOS — The idOS is an open-source, decentralized identity system empowering users with data security, self-sovereignty, and control in web3 applications.
- fxhash — The open platform for artists and collectors to live out their passion for generative art.
- GET Protocol — Supercharge your tickets with NFTs and the Blockchain. Easily implement the latest technology and unlock the benefits of truly digital tickets with GET Protocol.
VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- InSpek — Next-generation chemical monitoring systems using Raman-on-a-chip integrated photonic sensors.
- Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
- Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Premier Janvier Capital is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Art
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund.
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Investment focus
- Education, E-Learning, EdTech
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- NOLEJ — NOLEJ is an EdTech company creating the framework that will drive education in the future!
- Cyber Guru — Cyber Guru operates as a cybersecurity awareness training platform. Cyber Guru serves to educate employees around the dangers and pitfalls of information security. The solutions use stimulating and educational learning paths to cater to those who do not hold specialist roles in the field of Cyber Security.
- Buddy.ai — Buddy lets children practice spoken English by talking with a virtual AI-powered cartoon character in a mobile app. With its engaging virtual character, speech technology, and adaptive learning, Buddy is making speaking practice affordable for 500 million children around the globe by automating the mundane part of tutoring work at a fraction ofthe cost. This enables teachers and parents to give kids unlimited speaking practice, essential for mastering English.
AVP invests in enterprise software, fintech/insurtech, digital health, and consumer tech, as well as other relevant technologies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Odoo — From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.
- Strider Technologies — Strider Technologies - The Edge in Intelligence
- Gladly — Customer service platform for B2C companies to maximize the lifetime value of their customers. Gladly empowers agents without tickets.
Siparex, France,s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France's regions, listed the shares of the original company one of its main vehicles on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of theindependent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Seed
- France, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- E-Recycle — E-Recycle is an online and offline store that specializes in recycling used high-tech products such as mobile phones, tablets, and PCs.
- NeoPhotonics — NeoPhotonics design and manufacture advanced hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic devices for ultra-fast communications networks, including optical components
- Monet Associes — Monet + Associes is a public relations agency.
Investing in the future of trust (Blockchain, Privacy, AI)
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Linera — Linera is the power of decentralization for everyone, everywhere.
- Pimento — Pimento is the web app where creative teams collaborate with AI to get their best ideas. Craft your custom AI models and securely generate unique images and text, using your own references.
- Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Bolt.Earth — Revos is a smart mobility platform that provides AI-enabled IoT solutions for electric vehicles. The company provides a modular and customizable tracking and control system that integrates easily into vehicles making them smart, safe, and connected.Revos develops the largest network of edge devices and its operating stack to enable electricvehicle adoption in emerging markets.
- Presto — Presto is a software platform to power magical charging experiences for fleets, mobility providers, and businesses.We believe that access to reliable and affordable charging is the key to unlocking mass electrification and fighting climate change.
- Reservoir — Infrastructure and APIs to bring efficient token markets to every chain, wallet, and app
Finovam Gestion is an investment company approved by the AMF which takes minority stakes in innovative SMEs with high growth potential.The company, which manages €50M, invests in companies that have developed innovative offers in the following target sectors: Information and Communication Technology, Health and Biotechnologies, Agro-resources andEcotechnologies.Finovam Gestion has built solid relationships with the ecosystem of entrepreneurship (Industrials, Poles of Competitiveness, Incubators, Accelerators, Universities, and Research Centers) in all the sectors that we target in order to be able to source and do emerge the best companies.Among our investors (LPs), we can count BPI France, manufacturers (ADEO, LESAFFRE, TEREOS), banks (BNP Paribas, Caisse d´Epargne, Crédit Agricole) and the Haut de France and Grand-Est regions.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Medical Device
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Nijta — You have tons of speech data but handling it is a compliance minefield. Leverage the power of Nijta's AI-based voice anonymisation to use your data at scale without compromising privacy and confidentiality.
- Selvitys — Selvitys is a fully automated method for designing, delivering, and analyzing online surveys.
- BiblioOnDemand — BiblioOnDemand is a provider of digital library services that offer a diverse selection of ebooks and audiobooks.
Fabric backs the founders of the Open Economy. Investing in builders, businesses, and networks from inception to scaling since 2012.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
- Tapestry — Tapestry enables anyone to create and deploy social applications using simple prompts.
- Avara Ventures — Avara creates smart contract-enabled products and public goods (open source protocols) that incorporate decentralized blockchain technologies and token-based economies.
Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Singulart — At Singulart, They are convinced that the digital space is an invaluable tool for bringing transparency and equity to the art market.They provide artists with the tools that enable them to independently manage the sale of their works. Their team is working around the clock, committing their energy to promoting Singulart artists to a globalaudience.In showcasing artists around the world, they also hope to allow art lovers and collectors alike to explore new artistic horizons, to embrace new cultures and to be inspired by the works of talented artists that they never would have come across if it wasn't for Singulart.
- Next Station — Next Station is a smart recruiting platform.
- Adrenaline Hunter — Live unforgettable moments! Book among hundreds of the best outdoor activities on manawa.com. Best service and best prices guaranteed.
Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- France, United States, Italy
Gabriel Jarrosson created his first website at 13, then sold his first startup at 25.
Serial entrepreneur and investor in more than 100 startups with 15 exits, he has since founded Leonis Investissement, a private club that offers its members the opportunity to invest in fast-growing startups in Silicon Valley that they would not have access toalone. He has invested more than $30M through this club.
He is the creator of the YouTube channel "Leonis Investissement", the most followed in France on this theme.
Since 2023, he has also manages Lobster Capital, a $10M investment fund that invests in Silicon Valley startups.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, India
Portfolio highlights
- 54gene — 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
- Apprente — Learn New Stuff Every Day
- Jeeves Inc. — Pay for anything, anywhere, in your local currency. No fees. No interest. No personal guarantees. Mobile-first, built with your team in mind.
Everyrealm is an immersive media company, specializing in technology and infrastructure that drives social, community-driven gaming experiences and platforms.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Brazil, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Shaga — Shaga is a veteran team of blockchain, gaming, distributed systems, and networking professionals.
- Loot Labs — Loot Labs builds ways to acquire digital collectibles.
- Skyfire Systems — Skyfire, a financial stack designed to enable autonomous agentic AI commerce, is to establish the first fully autonomous, open agentic AI economy in history.
Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Terratis — Terratis is a French company that uses the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to reduce the populations of tiger mosquitoes and agricultural pests. Their mission is to diminish harmful insect populations effectively on a large scale using a scientific, innovative, ecological, and efficient approach.
- Ochy — Ochy is an app that uses AI to analyse running form and gait to identify weak points and provide recommendations on what to do to improve.
- MB Therapeutics — MB Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical firm that provides patient-centric solutions for developing and producing tailored medicines.
NextStage is a private equity fund manager (venture capital funds (“FCPRâ€), local investment funds (“FIPâ€) and innovation investment funds (“FCPIâ€)) certified by the AutoritÃ:copyright: des MarchÃ:copyright:s Financiers. As committed investors, they provide private equity capital to support the growth of Champion SMEs in France andelsewhere in Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, Advertising, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series B, Post-IPO Equity
- France, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- adopt' — Adopt' manufactures and distributes makeup, fragrances, and accessories for women.
- Placeshaker — Placeshaker publishes and designs specialized project management software for renovation and rehabilitation sites.
- Glass Partners Solutions — Glass Partners Solutions is distributes glass products to manufacturers and processors of glass products. It products, include monolithic glass, glass laminates, lacquered glass, mirrors, reflectors, anti-fire glass, glasses, radiation protection glass, printed glass, solar self-cleaning glass, tinted glass, anti-reflective, and Uglas. The companyalso offers low emissive glass, yelloe glass, and white shine glass.
Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Opsima — Opsima is an automated platform that optimizes cloud spend and saves ~30% on cloud bills. Opsima is risk-free with zero impact on your infrastructure
- Moonwatt — Moonwatt solves problems of the energy transition through innovative energy products hardware and software.
- Edumapper — Edumapper is an educational platform providing tools to optimize learning experiences.
Violette Taquet
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Investment focus
- Art, Internet, Software
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
Artnova is a museum guides and art historians agency focusing on high-end, tailormade services for corporations and institutions.
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Investment focus
- Art
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette
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Investment focus
- Art, Web Apps, Communities
- Seed, Angel
- Spain, France
Portfolio highlights
- Reforestum — Reforestum is part of a new generation of marketplaces aiming to make carbon offsets more impactful and trustworthy, using a technology stack to improve the transparency of the project verification, monitoring, and financing. The marketplace can scale in fully automated ways using customer APIs on the demand side, and a combination of in-housetree-planting projects as well as third-party reforestation/avoided deforestation projects on the supply side.
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
PIA sells tickets for concerts, sporting contests, and other events.
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Investment focus
- Art, Internet
- Funding Round
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Singulart — At Singulart, They are convinced that the digital space is an invaluable tool for bringing transparency and equity to the art market.They provide artists with the tools that enable them to independently manage the sale of their works. Their team is working around the clock, committing their energy to promoting Singulart artists to a globalaudience.In showcasing artists around the world, they also hope to allow art lovers and collectors alike to explore new artistic horizons, to embrace new cultures and to be inspired by the works of talented artists that they never would have come across if it wasn't for Singulart.
Luc Doublet
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- Art, Internet, Software
- Seed
- France
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- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
Crypto builders incubator. Nurture the soil for Web3.
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- Blockchain, Software, Art
- Seed, Funding Round
- France, Israel
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- Fhenix — Powered by L2 FHE Rollups & FHE Coprocessors
- fxhash — The open platform for artists and collectors to live out their passion for generative art.
- Kinto — Kinto is the first permissionless Ethereum Layer 2 network capable of supporting every modern financial institution and decentralized finance protocol.
Punk DAO offers community stewardship of CryptoPunks, an iconic collectible. Punk DAO's mission is to support, collect, invest in, and interact with various artists and entrepreneurs in the crypto ecosystem.
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- Blockchain, Art, Social Network
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- France
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- onaji — Onaji is a Machine Learning Platform for Smart Contract Blockchains.It develops and deploys intelligent algorithms that interface with blockchain applications.
- fxhash — The open platform for artists and collectors to live out their passion for generative art.
- Othentic — Othentic provides builders with the most intuitive way to spin up a modular blockchain on top of EigenLayer
Daedalus Angel Syndicate is a blockchain-focused angel collective.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, France
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- SkyX — SkyX is a blockchain-powered weather network that uses an incentive system and web3 protocol.
- Barter — Barter enables decentralized applications by ensuring efficient transaction routing and optimization.
- Schuman Financial — Schuman Financial develops technologies, infrastructure, and products that bring financial services on-chain.
We are an employee controlled company managing and/or advising more than $125 bn of assets. Our mission is to generate sustainable, long-term returns for our clients, alongside positive social impact that benefits all our stakeholders and society at large.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Secondary Market
- France, Italy, United States
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- HR Path — HR Path is a global consultancy with over 500 consultants across North America, Europe and the Middle East, and is solely dedicated to HR Systems Integration, HR Outsourcing, and HR Business Consulting.Co-founded in 2001 by François Boulet and Cyril Courtin, HR Path provides human capital management technology and is an authorized reseller forsoftware solutions in the French market (SAP and SuccessFactors, HR Access, Oracle HCM, Cegid, Sage, Talentsoft). The company has also developed its own HR software solutions, including BiHRdy (a business intelligence decision-making tool), Pandore (a packaged solution for HR, payroll and time management), and Geef (a talent management system).Headquartered in Paris, the company has operations in 13 countries on five continents, employs more than 500 consultants and generates €60 million in annual revenue through its network of agencies in major cities across France and its foreign subsidiaries.The client portfolio includes several CAC 40-listed companies, but also many small and medium-sized enterprises, intermediate-sized firms, and public sector organizations.
- Sicer — For over 20 years Sicer has been a leader in design, production and distribution of raw materials and semi-worked materials for decorating and producing ceramics
- Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane — INWIT (Italian Wireless Infrastructures) operates in the sector of infrastructures for electronic communications, with an experience that has its roots in the Telecom Italia Group which over 40 years ago was the forerunner of mobile telephony in Italy.INWIT is currently the first Italian Tower Operator for the number of managed sites distributed ina capillary manner throughout the national territory where the transmission apparatuses of all the main national operators are hosted. INWIT contributes significantly to the coverage of wireless telephony services in the Italian territory and will continue to do so in the coming years, increasing its sites also in function of the development of new technologies, starting from 5G. In addition to hosting operators on its towers, INWIT is building DAS (Distributed Antenna System) infrastructures on its own to allow widespread coverage of densely frequented open spaces (historic centers of large cities or other gathering places) or large enclosed spaces intended for commercial, leisure and sport activities (stadiums) or health infrastructures (hospitals).
Chantal Baudron is the CEO of Chantal Baudron SAS.
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- Fashion, Software, Analytics
- Seed, Series A
- France
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- Kleep — Kleep is a software that analyzes customers' body shapes and recommends the right size for products.
- OMAJ — Second-hand fashion platform for sellers and buyers
- Alegria.tech — Alegria.tech is a nocode agency for start-ups, SMEs and large accounts.
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