Top 30 Automotive Angel Investors in France (August 2026)

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• Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4

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• Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
• Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
• Sharelock — Sharelock's mission is to massively unlock bicycle usage, addressing the fear of theft challenge, at scale. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, Sharelock develops a highly disruptive insurance solution leveraging unique data and AI capabilities to understand this new segment of insurance. Sharelock also develops, deploys andoperates the first shared lock solution in the world in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators. Sharelock gathers unique personal security and mobility data.

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• DMarket — Trade in-game items on DMarket. Trusted marketplace for CS2, TF2, Dota 2, and Rust items. Safe transactions, extensive inventory.
• BitClave — BitClave builds a distributed blockchain-based smart contracts ecosystem for connecting consumers and businesses. Leveraging BitClave’s blockchain-based solutions, businesses can efficiently gain customers and their loyalty. End users can efficiently receive competitive offers and get rewarded for sharing their personal data. BitClave’s solutionscan benefit a variety of business segments and buyers, especially high value transactions that require data privacy, security, and authenticity.
• Joinsteer — Joinsteer is the first 100% online platform for importing and distributing recent premium pre-owned cars. Access a selection of over 100,000 certified vehicles — each inspected, serviced, and guaranteed — and finance your next car in just a few clicks, directly from your computer or smartphone. Enjoy monthly payments up to 50% lower than for a newcar thanks to our optimized financing solutions.

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• Jaylo — Jaylo.ai transforms your email experience by using AI. Automatically organize and prioritize your inbox, ensuring nothing important gets lost. Generate context-aware replies that perfectly match your tone and intent. Save you time and effort, allowing you to communicate efficiently and professionally. Free up your day for what really matters"high-impact, meaningful work."
• Finovox — Finovox provides a solution for detecting false documents. They offer investigative tools to analyze, understand, and explain fraud. Additionally, they provide users with hard evidence of fraud.
• Kare Partners — Kare Partners, LLC provides therapeutic rehabilitation and other ancillary services in the healthcare sector. The company offers physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation services through a network of outpatient therapy clinics in North Carolina and Arkansas. It also assists home health agencies by providing fully-trained therapy-teams tocomplement their in-house talent or add a new dimension to their service delivery. In addition, it provides a direct educational and credentialing path for therapy clinicians in India to gain employment in the United States healthcare system. Kare Partners, LLC was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Gastonia, North Carolina.

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• Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
• Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
• Sharelock — Sharelock's mission is to massively unlock bicycle usage, addressing the fear of theft challenge, at scale. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, Sharelock develops a highly disruptive insurance solution leveraging unique data and AI capabilities to understand this new segment of insurance. Sharelock also develops, deploys andoperates the first shared lock solution in the world in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators. Sharelock gathers unique personal security and mobility data.

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• Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.

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• Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
• Alpa — Alpa connects to your till and bank to give restaurants a live P&L, cash flow, delivery commissions, supplier spend and a plain-English Monday briefing.
• Revox — Use Voice AI to automate your outbound calls

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• 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
• Belfort — Enabling Fully Homomorphic Encryption through Hardware Acceleration

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• Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4

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• Samp — Whatever the scale, age, or number of facilities, Shared Reality helps industrial operators accelerate their digital twin programs in an affordable and accessible way.
• Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
• underdog — underdog is a simplified & refurbished household appliances.

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• Lawyerd — Lawyerd! is fully automatically found infringements, finding responsible for hosting bodies, formulating complaints, adding evidence of the violation, and sending completed complaints in 3 seconds. Also, our clients can store their products on our platform and put the information into the blockchain when products are created
• Voltaage — Voltage makes it easy for fleet managers of SMEs to simulate, plan and run their fleet electrification without disrupting business operations and drivers’ habits. Our marketplace offers and crafts tailored package deals for EVs, charging stations & electric fuel cards.With our expertise: We help them to make data-driven decisions and tounderstand the true opportunity cost of every car in their fleet, We simulate the optimal EV fleet composition in days instead of months, And we compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) and carbon emissions projections using fleet data. Our business model is based on 2 streams of revenues, a SaaS subscription model charged monthly to companies using our software for their transition to electric mobility; and a brokerage fee, charged to partners for any solution sold through our platform (cars, charging stations, aftersale solutions)Join the fleet revolution.
• PowerMarket — A platform for turn-key solar life cycle management.

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• Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4

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• Jay&Joy — Jay&Joy is the first plant-based creamery in France engaged in manufacturing alternatives to cheese made from almond milk and cashew nuts.
• Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.

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• Movalib — Movalib, a automotive-focused company, simplifies garage management through its flagship product, Movalib Pro, aiming to save time, streamline appointment scheduling, and provide personalized service to garage owners.

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• Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4

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• Drivy — Drivy is the leading car rental marketplace in Europe. The service allows its users to rent people’s cars everywhere within walking distance of home whenever they need one: whether it is to go away for a weekend, attend a business meeting or organise a move. The service includes a comprehensive insurance coverage to ensure safe rentals. Drivyprovides a full mobile experience, from booking a car to check-in and check-out, and has recently launched Drivy Open, a technology which enables people to open cars with their smartphones and carry out self-service rentals.
• CARLILI — Carlili offers travelers a convenient and straightforward way to rent a car in France with the added benefit of delivery and pick up, so you don't worry about it.
• Stootie — Stootie is a buyer-focused classifieds platform. It's mobile. It's local. And it's quick. Really quick!This is the tool you use to get that phone power outlet you forgot when you're working in a Starbucks. Or pretty much anything else. Anywhere. Anytime.The keywords of Stootie are : marketplace, P2P business, local,mobile, realtime, platform.Stootie is currently available on iOS and Android.

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• Ziwig — Ziwig helps to improve women's health through a holistic approach and the development of products, services, and a support ecosystem, guided by science and unique biology. of each person. Their approach, constantly supported by excellent research, is based on the close collaboration of medical experts and engineers specializing in cutting-edgetechnologies, such as artificial intelligence and high-throughput sequencing of human RNAs. Their ecosystem functioning, driven by meaning and centered on the person, using disruptive technologies contributes to the emergence of precision medicine, individualized, predictive and participatory, at the service of well-being and quality of life.
• REWORTH — En Reworth conectamos a instituciones financieras y comercios para ofrecer a los consumidores el programa de cashback personalizado mas efectivo.
• Sundayapp — Our solution is the world's fastest and easiest way to pay at restaurants. Your customers scan a QR code and pay in 10 seconds

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• Cashbee — Cashbee is a mobile application to helps save money with budget analysis tools based on artificial intelligence. They wish to help the French to save better and more, and to provide the technological means to do this in the simplest possible way, without having to change banks. The Cashbee App allows you to put money aside with a simple swipe onyour smartphone. They alert you every time when they think you can put some more cash aside.
• Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
• Kubo Labs — Kubo Labs provides a suite of products to simplify your experience with Kubernetes.

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• Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
• Frak Labs — The Recommendation Economy makes influence scalable. Turn word-of-mouth into measurable, rewarded growth.
• Poolside — We are software's leading AI research lab.

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• Eden AI — Eden AI meets your business needs with a unified AI API and powerful Workflow builder, enabling efficient deployment of AI models!
• Lita.co — LITA.co is the first impact investing platform that connects individuals and social entrepreneurs. In order to manage your finances in a more ethical way, LITA.co allows you to invest online in companies seeking social, environmental or other positive impacts.
• Monk.ai — We leverage computer vision and deep learning to monitor, detect and assess item's condition based on videos. Currently working with leading European players, in the insurance & mobility industry.

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• Bastion — Bastion is a cloud-based cyber security platform that is built to scale with security, compliance, insurance, and risk management needs.
• Roundtable — The community-led platform for private market investments. Create or join a community to co-invest in premium start-ups and funds, seamlessly.
• FREELAND FOR CORPORATES — Corporate Online Schoo

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• Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4

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• Voltaage — Voltage makes it easy for fleet managers of SMEs to simulate, plan and run their fleet electrification without disrupting business operations and drivers’ habits. Our marketplace offers and crafts tailored package deals for EVs, charging stations & electric fuel cards.With our expertise: We help them to make data-driven decisions and tounderstand the true opportunity cost of every car in their fleet, We simulate the optimal EV fleet composition in days instead of months, And we compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) and carbon emissions projections using fleet data. Our business model is based on 2 streams of revenues, a SaaS subscription model charged monthly to companies using our software for their transition to electric mobility; and a brokerage fee, charged to partners for any solution sold through our platform (cars, charging stations, aftersale solutions)Join the fleet revolution.
• PowerMarket — A platform for turn-key solar life cycle management.

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• Joinsteer — Joinsteer is the first 100% online platform for importing and distributing recent premium pre-owned cars. Access a selection of over 100,000 certified vehicles — each inspected, serviced, and guaranteed — and finance your next car in just a few clicks, directly from your computer or smartphone. Enjoy monthly payments up to 50% lower than for a newcar thanks to our optimized financing solutions.

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• parol — A platform that streamlines clinical procedures, records the consultation in real time, files all the paperwork for the doctor, and brings in more patients.
• Kodesage — Kodesage captures your company's collective knowledge to help understand and modernize legacy code
• Riptides — Riptides is the non-human identity fabric for your workloads and AI agents, and they trust Every Connection. Even the Autonomous Ones.

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• Voltaage — Voltage makes it easy for fleet managers of SMEs to simulate, plan and run their fleet electrification without disrupting business operations and drivers’ habits. Our marketplace offers and crafts tailored package deals for EVs, charging stations & electric fuel cards.With our expertise: We help them to make data-driven decisions and tounderstand the true opportunity cost of every car in their fleet, We simulate the optimal EV fleet composition in days instead of months, And we compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) and carbon emissions projections using fleet data. Our business model is based on 2 streams of revenues, a SaaS subscription model charged monthly to companies using our software for their transition to electric mobility; and a brokerage fee, charged to partners for any solution sold through our platform (cars, charging stations, aftersale solutions)Join the fleet revolution.

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• ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
• QuadriBot — QuadriBot is an engineering company specializing in the design and development of electronics and automation technology, real-time systems and the development of IT and electronic solutions around smart transportation issues. We focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles as well as any mobile platfo.
• MarketForce — MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.

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• AnFin — AnFin is a venture-backed fintech company building the most innovative products in the wealth management and brokerage space. We strongly believe in the power of the stock market to transform developing economies. Therefore, we want to democratize access to stocks, bonds, and structured investment products. By leveraging scalable technology andstrategic partnerships, AnFin plans to build an ecosystem of products that connect stakeholders in a seamless way.
• Cocunat — Cocunat is a natural and 100% toxic free cosmetics brand.
• Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

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• Steer AI — Enabling AI services for the Automotive industry

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• Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.