Top 15 Clean Energy Startup Investors in France in January 2025
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Clean energy startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Clean energy companies from France. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Clean Energy Startup Investors in France in January 2025
Investor | Clean Energy France investments |
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Amundi Private Equity Funds | 2 |
Gimv | 2 |
Sofinnova Investments | 2 |
Grantham Foundation | 1 |
CapHorn Invest | 1 |
Demeter Partners | 1 |
CDC Enterprises | 1 |
Sofimac Investment Managers | 1 |
Groupe Monnoyeur | 1 |
Tilt Capital Partners | 1 |
Siparex Groupe | 1 |
Maxime Hurtebize | 1 |
CMA CGM Pulse | 1 |
Supernova Invest | 1 |
Accor | 1 |
Amundi Private Equity Funds, an Amundi asset management subsidiary, specialises in private equity and unlisted infrastructure investments. Combining a wealth of expertise in all aspects of asset management built up over more than 10 years, Amundi provides both institutional and individual investors with a wide spectrum of investmentopportunities, ranging from direct fund investments in unlisted French and foreign companies to dedicated mandates and funds-of-funds for multi-management private equity and infrastructure investments. With more than 60 professionals based in Paris, Bucharest, Cairo, Casablanca, Tunis and Warsaw, Amundi Private Equity Funds assists companies at all stages of their development, the key objective being to offer fund subscribers yields in line with the best in the industry. At 31 December 2009, French and international subscribers had committed more than €3.7 billion to Amundi Private Equity Funds, making it a leading private equity player. The company owes its solid foundations to its positioning as part of a leading third-party asset management group of companies and to its membership of two international banking groups.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
- France, India, Hungary
Portfolio highlights
- Deenova — Deenova is the undisputed leading supplier of integrated robotics and automation solutions. It provides closed-loop drug and medical device traceability in the healthcare sector. They provide services for healthcare professionals. Their pharmacy automation solution is unit-dose repackaging and complete software interoperability and their managementsolutions provide maximum synergy by bringing together hardware, software, and human resources.
- Airtel — Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands. Airtel has a GSM network in all countries in which it operates, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon the countryof operation.Airtel is the largest provider of mobile telephony and second largest provider of fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services. It offers its telecom services under the "airtel" brand, and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. Bharti Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco Gold certification. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.
- Les Opticiens Mobiles — Les Opticiens Mobiles is the first national network of opticians trained to intervene everywhere : at home, at work or in nursing homes or residences for elderly, both for working people and for fragile, isolated people.Covering the whole territory, the health professionals come to visit you with all the equipment needed. Based on an ethic chart,they offer services and products tailored to all : all types of glasses (eyeglasses, sunglasses, safety googles, contact lenses, hearing protection) with fixed prices, reimbursed by social welfare.
Gimv, a trusted European investment company, helps mid-market businesses create sustainable value through growth capital and expertise across diverse sectors.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series B, Funding Round, Private Equity
- Belgium, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Curana — Curana is a manufacturer of bike equipment and accessories.
- Kivu Bioscience — At Kivu Bioscience, we leverage advanced, next-generation proprietary ADC technologies to deliver more precise and effective cancer treatments.
- ImmunOs Therapeutics — ImmunOs Therapeutics AG is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing next generation and novel human immunomodulatory proteins with a role in both innate and adaptive immunity.Their mission is to develop the next generation of novel therapeutics that will improve the lives of patients with serious disease.
Sofinnova deploys human and financial capital to turn dreams into drugs. We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical venture capital firm with approximately $2B in assets under management and committed capital.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, France, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Axonis Therapeutics — AXONIS Therapeutics, Inc. is advancing breakthrough discoveries to develop first-in-class therapies for neurological disorders.
- Avenzo Therapeutics — Developing the next generation of oncology therapies for patients.
- Seaport Therapeutics — Seaport Therapeutics operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company.
Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Energy, Environmental Consulting
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.
- Hephae Energy Technology — Hephae Energy Technology is an energy company that offers integrated drilling system to enable the generation of geothermal energy.
CapHorn Invest is an independent Venture Capital Firm launched in 2010. The company invests in B2B digital companies. CapHorn Invest currently manages 180 million euros across two funds and has a portfolio of more than 20 companies. They invest in B2B startups that drive digital transformation. They mainly focus on Series A & B in roundsranging from 2 to 20M€.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- France, United States, Canada
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- Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
- Faircraft — A sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather.
- Kranus Health — Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.
Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- France, Germany, United States
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- ICTYOS — Ictyos is a startup that creates marine leathers using a circular and sustainable economy logic. It recycles fish skins from the culinary and catering industries.
- Upciti — Upciti provider of precise, localized and real-time data for smart cities and smart retailers. we produce and make available data at the service of man to make cities smarter and more pleasant to live for all on a daily basis.
- Hyperplan — Hyperplan is a SaaS company whose mission is to assist industrial companies in dealing with crop production's increasing volatility. Hyperplan is a live, real-time software platform for crop and harvest management for all crops.
CDC Enterprises is a French Government (French treasury) owned €150 million fund of funds, that encourages more early-stage co-funds.
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Investment focus
- Electronics, Manufacturing, Software
- Series B, Series C, Funding Round
- France, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- McPhy — As a leading supplier of hydrogen production and distribution equipment, McPhy contributes to the deployment of clean hydrogen throughout the world.
- Delfmems — Delfmems SAS develops, manufactures, and licenses radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical-systems switching technology for small-signal switching applications. It offers stand-alone single pole double throw radio frequency switches for automatic test equipment and instrumentation, mobile, telecom infrastructure, military, and space applications.The company's technology also allows developing digital and variable capacitors. Delfmems SAS was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
- SuperSonic Imagine — SuperSonic Imagine SA develops and manufactures ultrasound medical imaging systems for measuring and visualizing tissue elasticity. The company provides Aixplorer, an ultrasound system for breast lesion imaging; and ShearWave, an ultrasound technology platform for quantitative elastography. It offers its products through its offices and a networkof distributors in France, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. SuperSonic Imagine SA was founded in 2005 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France with additional offices in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Acteur incontournable du capital risque de proximité, SOFIMAC PARTNERS accompagne depuis maintenant plus de 30 ans les PME régionales dans le financement de leur développement à moyen / long terme. Répondant à la problématique de sous capitalisation des PME françaises, SOFIMAC PARTNERS intervient en fonds propres aux côtés des chefsd’entreprises quelle que soit leur problématique : Création, Développement, Transmission. Gérant 200 M€ d’actifs au travers de 16 fonds (FCPR, FCPI, SCR, FIP,…), notre groupe réalise ses investissements sur une grande variété de secteurs, couvrant aussi bien les activités traditionnelles que technologiques (chimie verte, éolien, chaudronnerie aéronautique, e-commerce, édition de logiciel, médecine nucléaire etc…)
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- France, Italy, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Ultrawatt — Ultrawatt is a mission-driven startup to improve urban architecture while making a beneficial social and environmental effect.
- Mob-Energy — Mob-Energy is a privately held company specializing in the development of mobile and innovative charging solutions. It designs autonomous charging robots capable of moving energy where it is needed, optimizing the site's existing infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Villeurbanne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Snowleader — Votre boutique en ligne (qui sent bon le reblochon) spécialiste des sports d’hiver, outdoor et street.
CAT dealer since 1929, the Monnoyeur Group is a leading retailer and wholesaler of machinery and services for industry and construction.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- EODev — EODev develops and industrialises sustainable, reliable and accessible energy solutions using hydrogen.
Tilt Capital Partners is a private equity asset management company
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
- Series A, Funding Round, Private Equity
- France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- EODev — EODev develops and industrialises sustainable, reliable and accessible energy solutions using hydrogen.
- VOLTA Entreprises — VOLTA Entreprises is a renewable energy producer. The Volta Group designs, finances, develops, constructs, and manages solar power plants in greenhouses, outdoors, and industrial and commercial structures. The entire value chain of energy projects is covered by the extensive expertise of the Volta Group. The Volta Group is a dependable partner forconsumers, governments, and companies.
- Nomad Solar Energy — Nomad Solar Energy, a subsidiary of Lone Lighthouse, is dedicated to the design and manufacture of photovoltaic solutions that deliver solar energy to all businesses and sectors without limitation. Our commitment is to develop products that respond to the demands of our clients, with the goal of pushing the energy transition in sectors that haveyet to begin in this field, by providing relevant innovations that complement and improve existing photovoltaic systems. A constantly developing R&D team is the driving force behind Nomad Solar Energy's ability to take on new challenges and achieve significant success in the solar industry.
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.
Maxime Hurtebize is an Investment Officer - Financial Institutions at PROPARCO. He attended emlyon business school.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Electronics, Health Care
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Glowee — Glowee is engaged in the development of biological light systems using the natural properties bioluminescent marine organisms. Requiring neither electricity nor installation infrastructure, these systems are built by encoding particular genes in symbiotic bacteria.
- WiSEED — Wiseed is a crowdfunding platform that enables its users to invest in SMEs and enterprises. The platform offers investments for startups, real-estate firms, social innovation and renewable energy projects, and agriculture firms. It was founded in 2008 by Nicolas Seres and Thomas Merquiol and is based in Toulouse.
- YMoney — YMoney helps African diaspora in taking care of their families living in Africa
CMA CGM Pulse Fund is created to accelerate the decarbonization of all the sea, land, air transportation and logistics activities.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Series A
- France
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- EODev — EODev develops and industrialises sustainable, reliable and accessible energy solutions using hydrogen.
we believe that top scientists and ambitious entrepreneurs can build a world where cutting-edge technologies shape the next generation of industry leaders.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- France, Switzerland, United States
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- UroMems — The device is developing an active implantable medical device based on the cutting edge technologyl in the field of embedded systems and micro-technologies for the development of its products.
- ANYbotics — ANYbotics provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to provide high availability and reliability in automated routine inspections.
- Micropep Technologies — Micropep Technologies developes a non-GMO new generation of bioherbicides and biostimulants. Micropep, founded in 2016 in Toulouse, focuses on bioherbicides and biostimulants. The company uses plants’ natural molecules, called “micro-peptides”, to temporarily control expression of their genes and regulate plant growth but leaving their DNA intact.The company currently works on four development programs: germination, flowering, growth, and weed control.
Accor operates as a hospitality company. Accor offers a brand portfolio in the industry with 40 plus hotel brands across all segments, from luxury to economy, entertainment, restaurants and bars, coworking, and business services and solutions to boost performance.
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Investment focus
- CleanTech, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
- Seed
- France
Portfolio highlights
- EODev — EODev develops and industrialises sustainable, reliable and accessible energy solutions using hydrogen.
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