# Top 50 Art Startup Investors in France in June 2026

## Thomas France
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology

Entrepreneur, Investor

## Nicolas Julia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Nicolas Julia is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Sorare. Nicolas previously worked at Stratumn as a VP of Operations. Nicolas Julia attended the EM Lyon Business School.

## Alven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Frédéric Jousset
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Art, FinTech, Finance

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.

## Turenne Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Medical

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.

## Premier Janvier Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art

Premier Janvier Capital is an investment firm.

## Steven E. Spooner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, Internet, Software

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.

## Everyrealm
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software

Everyrealm is an immersive media company, specializing in technology and infrastructure that drives social, community-driven gaming experiences and platforms.

## Violette Taquet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, Internet, Software

Violette Taquet

## Tané
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Art

Crypto builders incubator. Nurture the soil for Web3.

## Re7 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services

Re7 Capital is an investment firm.

## Social Graph Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Art, Video, Bitcoin

Investing into the future of social onchain.

## CNM - Centre national de la musique
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Art, Music, Software

The National Music Center, created on January 1, 2020, will bring together the CNV, the Export Office, the FCM, the IRMA, and the Calif by the end of the year. Its mission will be to support the creation, interpretation, production, publishing, promotion, distribution, and broadcasting of music and variety in all its forms and to all audiences, atthe national and territorial levels, as well as the international development of the sector. It will have an observatory of the economy of the music industry and will provide a training, information, and guidance service.

## Flavien Kulawik
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Flavien Kulawik

## Julien Codorniou
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps

Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys.

## AVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

AVP is an independent global investment platform dedicated to high-growth, tech companies across Europe and North America.

## Tezos Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

We believe that Tezos will drive social, political and economic innovation on a global scale.

## Daedalus Angel Syndicate
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Daedalus Angel Syndicate is a blockchain-focused angel collective.

## Angelsquare
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

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…

## NextStage
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Manufacturing

NextStage is a private equity fund manager (venture capital funds (“FCPR”), local investment funds (“FIP”) and innovation investment funds (“FCPI”)) 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.

## Union Square Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

## Finovam Gestion
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Villeneuve, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Medical

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.

## Gabriel Jarrosson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

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.

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.

## AA Sons
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

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## 1kx
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.

## Griffin Gaming Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the gaming industry The firm invests across the broad gaming ecosystem, including content, software, and platforms.

## Punk DAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Art, Finance

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.

## Ventech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

On-the-ground expert investors in early-stage digital. Ready to meet you, wherever you are.

## Educapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Education, EdTech, E-Learning

The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund.

## Fonds Ambition Amorçage Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Art

is a fund launched by the Investments for the Future Program (PIA) and managed by Bpifrance

## Denis Fayolle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds.

## Siparex Groupe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Electronics

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.

## Jean-Baptiste Hironde
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Art, Music

Jean-Baptiste Hironde - CEO & Founder @ MWM

## Aglaé Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## Coinbase Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

## MitonC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin

We invest, build and contribute to early-stage crypto projects at the frontier.

## Ardian
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

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.

## PIA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Higashi, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Art, Internet

PIA sells tickets for concerts, sporting contests, and other events.

## KIMPA - Impact Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Retail, Software, Food and Beverage

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.

## Motier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software

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.

## Guillaume Houzé
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Art, Web Apps, Communities

Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette

## Cygni Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Investing in the future of trust (Blockchain, Privacy, AI)

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## WeLikeStartup
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Internet

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 ).

## Artnova
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art

Artnova is a museum guides and art historians agency focusing on high-end, tailormade services for corporations and institutions.

## BREEGA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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.

## Fabric Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Fabric backs the founders of the Open Economy. Investing in builders, businesses, and networks from inception to scaling since 2012.

## Luc Doublet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Art, Internet, Software

Luc Doublet

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