Top 50 Education Startup Investors in France (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Bpifrance
VC Fund
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20 | France, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $726k–$34M |
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Kima Ventures
VC Fund
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12 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $550k–$16M |
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Educapital
VC Fund
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12 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $1.9M–$16M |
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Angelsquare
VC Fund
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8 | France, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $400k–$5.5M |
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Brighteye Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | United Kingdom, France, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Education, Software, E-Learning | $541k–$20M |
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Motier Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $1.9M–$30M |
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Better Angle
VC Fund
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6 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$9.4M |
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GO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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5 | France, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $549k–$13M |
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MAIF Avenir
VC Fund
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5 | France, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, Internet, SaaS | $1.1M–$13M |
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Elaia
VC Fund
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5 | France, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.1M–$50M |
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M Capital Partners
VC Fund
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5 | France, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage | $1.1M–$7.7M |
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BNP Paribas Développement
VC Fund
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5 | France, Germany, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $2M–$25M |
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Isai
VC Fund
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5 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $878k–$41M |
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Partech
VC Fund
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5 | United States, France, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $1.1M–$55M |
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Ring Capital
VC Fund
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5 | France, Côte d'Ivoire, Spain | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.6M–$24M |
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Eurazeo
VC Fund
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4 | France, United States, Germany | Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $3.2M–$125M |
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SIDE Capital
VC Fund
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4 | France, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $494k–$6.6M |
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INCO Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | France, Guinea | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Health Care, EdTech, Wellness | $1.6M–$15M |
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Arkea Capital Investissement
VC Fund
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4 | France, Italy, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series B | Manufacturing, EdTech, Software | $5.5M–$50M |
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Investessor
VC Fund
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4 | France, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, Apps | $261k–$1.1M |
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Impact Partenaires
VC Fund
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4 | France | Series A, Series B | Education, Internet, Software | $2.3M–$5.5M |
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Karista
VC Fund
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4 | France, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Health Care | $713k–$33M |
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Kurma Partners
VC Fund
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4 | France, Switzerland, Spain | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $2.3M–$95M |
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Michael Benabou
Angel
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3 | France, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Financial Services, Real Estate, B2B | $549k–$57M |
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Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
VC Fund
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3 | France | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $439k–$9.5M |
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Finorpa
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Industrial | $219k–$25M |
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WeLikeStartup
VC Fund
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3 | France | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Food and Beverage, Internet | $66k–$2M |
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Verve Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Switzerland, Germany, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $1.4M–$45M |
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Unhiders Angels
VC Fund
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3 | France | Pre-Seed | Software, Training | $445k–$445k |
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Thibaud Hug de Larauze
Angel
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3 | France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, CRM, EdTech | $1.1M–$27M |
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Financiere Saint James
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Internet | $1M–$27M |
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Founders Future
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1M–$25M |
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Evolem Start
VC Fund
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3 | France, Italy, Senegal | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$21M |
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Citizen Capital
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed | Health Care, Software, Construction | $1.5M–$29M |
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Avolta Partners
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Advertising | $549k–$16M |
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MAIF Impact
VC Fund
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3 | France | Series A, Seed | Retail, Children, Software | $589k–$13M |
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ODYSSEE VENTURE
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States | Series A, Private Equity | Software, Information Technology, Analytics | $1.6M–$11M |
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Banque des Territoires
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.4M–$31M |
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Bpifrance Digital Venture
VC Fund
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3 | France, India | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, SaaS, Software | $439k–$24M |
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Thibaud Elziere
Angel
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3 | France, United States, Belgium | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $395k–$16M |
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Turenne Capital
VC Fund
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3 | France, Poland, Germany | Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Health Care | $2.8M–$30M |
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Seventure Partners
VC Fund
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3 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $3.1M–$65M |
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Jean Stephane Arcis
Angel
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3 | France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Education, Software, Training | $878k–$3M |
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Thierry Petit
Angel
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3 | France, Côte d'Ivoire | Seed, Series A, Angel | E-Commerce, Software, Fashion | $361k–$22M |
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Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Angel
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3 | France, Israel, United States | Seed, Series A | Retail, Internet, E-Commerce | $511k–$57M |
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Martijn Tjho
Angel
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2 | France | Seed | Music, Education, Machine Learning | |
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Pierre Krings
Angel
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2 | France | Seed, Series A | Rental, Health Care, Information Technology | |
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Xavier Niel
Angel
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2 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | |
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Le Studio VC
VC Fund
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2 | France, Italy, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | |
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Pleiade Venture
VC Fund
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2 | France, Belgium, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1268
- Round size: Seed $726k–$6.5M; Series A $2.7M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- AQEMIA — Aqemia is an in silico drug discovery start-up, whose ambition is to discover rapidly more innovative therapeutic molecules with better chances of success.
- Probabl — Open Source Commons for AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science.
- Ostrea — OSTREA is a pioneering company in the creation of high-performance materials based on bio-minerals: seashells.
Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 570
- Round size: Seed $550k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $587k–$4.2M; Series A $1.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hoora —
- Kyber — Kyber is a deep-tech infrastructure focused on ultra-low-latency real-time communication technologies for emerging AI-driven systems.
- Explora Project — Explora Project is specializing in adventure travel and expeditions to the 4 corners of the planet and all environments.
The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$11M; Series A $4.4M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $55M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Preply — Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first lesson.
- Mendo — Mendo is an add-in that aims to provide employees with the tools they need to become competent at their jobs. It can generate lessons or make it simple to learn.
- MuchBetter — MuchBetter offer realistic field simulations with AI-generated clients with individual feedback & performance tracking.
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2M; Series A $2.1M–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
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!
Brighteye Ventures is the first and largest vertical EdTech Venture Capital firm in Europe. If you are an entrepreneur using technology to reinvent learning and education, we want to hear from you!
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- Industry: Education, Software, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $541k–$1.6M; Series A $3.8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $111M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Gyver — Recruiting platform for skilled blue collars
- Coachbetter — Football drills for kids, youth and pro teams in one platform. Coachbetter is your digital assistant coach. Manage football trainings, matches, teams and your club.
- NEX Health Intelligence —
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 185
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$30M; Pre-Seed $1.9M–$3.2M; Series A $11M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Certo — Certo is an agentic AI company that offers a product compliance platform for regulatory management.
- PAVE Space — PAVE Space develops in-space transportation and satellite servicing technologies that enable movement and management of payloads across different orbits. The company builds spacecraft systems centered around a kickstage platform that transfers multi-ton payloads from low Earth orbit to target orbits within short timeframes using onboard propulsionsystems. Its core offering focuses on orbital mobility, providing services that bridge the gap between launch vehicles and final satellite deployment by repositioning payloads after initial launch. The platform is designed to integrate with multiple launch providers and supports both rideshare and dedicated missions through compatible interfaces and propulsion technologies.Beyond transportation, PAVE Space develops capabilities for in-orbit operations, including satellite inspection, life extension, docking, and servicing. These functions use a combination of propulsion systems, guidance and control algorithms, and autonomous technologies to manage spacecraft activities and extend satellite usability.
- Piston — Piston is the first Agentic ERP that thinks, advises, and executes tasks autonomously, so revenue grows while your team stays lean.
We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. Strategic venture capital firm committed to building lasting partnerships with exceptional founders.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $500k–$8.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$9.4M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plume — Analyze all geospatial, grid, and regulatory constraints simply with natural language. AI-powered site selection for renewable energy and infrastructure projects.
- Cleavr — Cleavr is the first AI partner that automatically takes your money. which is linked to your ERP, takes care of everything on its own
- Nepsis — Nepsis enables businesses to adopt solar and clean energy solutions with zero upfront cost through smart financing and leasing solutions.
GO Capital is an independent management company and a major player in regional Seed and Venture Capital since 2003. With offices in Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Centre-Val de Loire and the South of France, GO Capital contributes to the financing of responsible innovation in these regions. With a team of investors with complementarysectoral experience, we have a solid track-record in DeepTech. GO Capital has nearly 400 million euros under management, and mainly finances technology leaders in the digital and healthcare sectors and in the industry of the future.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $549k–$6.6M; Series A $2.1M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- AISPRID — AISPRID is a robotic company that manufactures autonomous robots for soft fruit picking.
- Axomove — Axomove is an e-health app that specializes in video physical exercises.
- NeoXperiences — NeoXperiences develops technological solutions that bring audiences together around fun and interactive experiences.
MAIF Avenir is a French VC firm investing in post-seed to series B startups founded by French entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series A $4.4M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
- Strong by Form — Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility.
- Iceberg Data Lab — Iceberg Data Lab is a fintech firm that develops assessment tools and provides environmental data solutions to financial institutions.
Elaia is French venture capital firm focused on European digital and deep tech startups, from early stage to growth developpement. We back tech disruptors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 218
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9.9M; Series A $2.2M–$26M; Series B $4.2M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Hema.to — Hema.to provides fully automated, AI-powered blood cancer detection suggestions based on flow cytometry data.
- Nano Corp — Deep network analysis for everyone
- Vibe — Advertise your brand on CTV & OTT content with Vibe's self-serve ad platform to target hundreds of channels & networks and reach millions of households.
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Browse database — It's Free!M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM. A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth. In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.2M; Series A $3.3M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Demether — Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains.
- MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
- The Sanctuary Group — The Sanctuary Group provides aqua-cycling, indoor cycling, boxing bootcamp, yoga, dance cardio, HIIT workouts, and kids’ swim classes.
BNP Paribas Développement is the investment arm of BNP Paribas that specializes in SME development. It specializes in second stage, mezzanine, bridge, acquisition, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalization, special situations, and privatizations transactions.The firm considers investments in manufacturing, service industries,medicine, electronics, energy, chemistry, new materials, industrial automations, industrial goods and services, transportation, consumer goods, commerce and distribution, buildings and public works, wholesale retail, biotechnology, telecommunications, and information technology sectors.BNP Paribas Développement was established in 1988 and is based in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, Germany, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $3.8M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Primo1D — Discover Primo1D's smart RFID threads for sustainable textile traceability, boosting visibility, inventory accuracy & circularity across sectors.
- Proteor — Proteor offers a complete range of high quality products and services to the O&P world, through more than 60 clinics.
- Endodiag — Endodiag specializes in the development of products and services that improves the diagnosis of endometriosis. Endodiag takes part in endometriosis research by developing diagnosis solutions focused on patient screening and individual endometriosis characteristics.
Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $878k–$8M; Series A $2.2M–$22M; Series B $7.3M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $196M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kestra Technologies — Use declarative language to build simpler, faster, scalable and flexible workflows
- OQORO — Mon Bel Appart is a French real estate company that provides property management and consultancy services.
- APL Datacenters — APL is the leading consulting and engineering firm specializing in the design and construction of data centers in France.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 537
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.2M–$27M; Series B $9M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Shippeo — A global leader, and European specialist, in supply chain visibility, giving companies instant access to predictive and real-time information for all their deliveries.
- Billogram — Since its start in 2011, Billogram has revitalized the outdated invoicing process by offering companies with recurring payments an intelligent digital platform. Using smart technology, we help companies strengthen their customer relations while also automating payment processes in a way that lowers costs, increases revenue, and reduces churn. Theresult is a payment that pays off for everyone.
- Diamond — Setup an entire backend system for your online business in a few clicks.
Tech for Good VC investing in Series A and Series B
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Côte d'Ivoire, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$8.3M; Series A $6.5M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $59M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- ISAAC — ISAAC is an innovative tech company at the forefront of enhancing structural resilience through advanced active mass damper systems. Specializing in seismic and wind protection, ISAAC's solutions dynamically improve the stability of existing buildings and infrastructure. Utilizing non-invasive retrofitting techniques, our active mass dampersenhance the safety and comfort of structures under dynamic loads without altering their original aesthetics. This approach not only safeguards buildings during natural events but also contributes to greener construction practices by avoiding extensive reconstruction, aligning with sustainable development goals in urban environments.
- Rocapine — Rocapine AI-native venture studio focused on developing mobile apps within the digital health and self-care sectors. Utilizing a high-velocity model, the company tests hundreds of minimal app prototypes annually in partnership with independent developers. Their strategy emphasizes a "hold instead of hook" philosophy, focusing on fosteringhealthy user habits rather than maximizing screen time.
- Recupere Metals — Recupere Metals focused on recycling copper scrap into high-quality electrical wires. It uses a patented mechanical process enhanced by AI to boost conductivity from impure scrap, bypassing energy-intensive smelting.
Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets.With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with thenecessary investments needed to realize their growth potential.The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 298
- Round size: Seed $3.2M–$16M; Series B $17M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Kolleno — The Kolleno platform helps small, medium and enterprise level businesses in various industries to accelerate and track payments, whilst driving a better customer experience.Kolleno is a unified AR Management Platform that streamlines your credit control, getting you paid faster and more consistently. Kolleno connects with your business softwarein a single click and simplifies all your cash-collection processes. Our AI-based technology allows you to prioritise your workflow, automate manual chasing, sequence personalised payment reminders through multiple communication channels, and reconcile payments with ease. We rethink the process and prioritise customer satisfaction to ensure cash conversions.
- Germitec SAS — Germitec is a world leader in UV-C high-level disinfection. Fast, safe, chemical-free, one-button UV-C high-level disinfection for ultrasound probes.
- Celcius Logistics Solutions — India's Largest 'ONLINE " cold chain network.Book reefer vehicles, Cold Storages or get booking for your vehicle and cold storages across India instantly with the best price
Smart Investment for Disruptive Entrepreneurs Fonds d'investissement early-stage pour les start-ups tech & digitales
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $494k–$1.6M; Series A $1.8M–$6.6M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nopillo — Nopillo provides tools to automate and optimize the tax declaration and the return on investment. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in Paris, Ile de France.
- Seelab.ai — Seelab.ai is a generative AI solution that helps marketing & creative teams creating branded visual content
- Klara — Klara develops a solution that is both helpful and tailored to each employee. There is a forum for promoting HR development methods. The solution allows to simplify and personalize the experience of employees for talent management, training programs, managerial ceremonies, or even visibility on the career path of your personnel.
INCO Ventures is an AMF-licensed fund manager, specialised in venture capital and pioneer in impact investing. INCO Ventures manages or advises more than €500M of assets to invest in the most promising start-ups and companies that are shaping the new inclusive and sustainable economy, and advises funds on their investments or on impactmeasurement.
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- Industry: Health Care, EdTech, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: France, Guinea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Resoil — Resoil finances the agricultural carbon sinks through carbon credits certified by the Low Carbon Label.
- Axomove — Axomove is an e-health app that specializes in video physical exercises.
- Mindday — Mindday is reinventing mental well-being by combining human support, digital programs and science to provide immediate and personalized support to anyone.
ARKEA relies on human resources of the existing pole of investment capital
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- Industry: Manufacturing, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: France, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Series B $5.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uptale — Uptale provides an enterprise solution that enhances employee learning through immersive experiences in 360° and virtual reality. The platform allows organizations to create, share, and analyze training modules without requiring technical expertise.
- Beedeez — Reinvent your company's professional training with the Social Learning Platform.
- Edflex — Edflex est une solution SaaS qui connecte les entreprises avec les meilleurs contenus de formation (MOOC, vidéos, podcasts, articles…).
Investessor is:animated by a team of volunteer practitioners of the company: business leaders, former leaders, experts , accountants, consultants, etc.,convinced that success is the product of individual and collective skills, partners with other angel networks or associations of unsecured loans,supported by several government agenciesand businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $329k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $261k–$406k
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OuiLive — OuiLive is an application that provide event from catalogue and create a custom challenge to play, providing users with educational and interactive content. That also provide modularity of the tool charter, content logo, challenges, quizzes.
- 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.
- Cogntivie Engines — Cognitive Engines is a robotics integrator using AI and real-time vision to control industrial robot arms, adapting to product size changes, and using a hand gesture interface for easy operation, compatible with various robotics brands.
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Browse database — It's Free!IMPACT Partners is a socially oriented management company. They are looking at both financial performance and social performance by investing in companies developing a remarkable impact in terms of jobs in disadvantaged urban areas, of integration, and learning disabilities.
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- Industry: Education, Internet, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iRaiser — Elevate your charity fundraising with iRaiser's tailored solutions. Trusted by over 850 charities globally. Boost donations, engage supporters, and track success effortlessly. Unleash generosity today!
- Rise Up — SaaS LXP Web/Mobile.
- Open Digital Education — Open Digital Education develops a platform that provides digital services for education.
Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001 investing in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Seed $713k–$6.5M; Series A $1.2M–$23M; Series B $2.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CYSEC — Secure your sensitive data in the cloud and in the edge with ARCA Trusted OS and open the door to innovation with confidential computing.
- Tricares — TRiCares is a medical device company, devoted to developing a catheter-based valve replacement system for minimal invasive treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation.
- Acticor Biotech — Acticor Biotech is a biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative drug for the treatment in the acute phase of ischemic stroke. Acticor Biotech’s project stems from the sheer need for new therapeutic options to manage stroke. According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people suffer stroke worldwide each year. Of these, 5 milliondies and another 5 million are permanently disabled. Stroke is the third cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death among women. It is also the first cause of adult acquired disabilities resulting from the neurological damages sustained by 75% of the survivors. However, only one treatment is presently recommended by health authorities and is it estimated that only 15% of ischemic stroke patients are treated with it, with less than 40% efficacy. So while this treatment is very useful for ischemic stroke, a major need for a new treatment capable of effectively treating a majority of ischemic stroke patients remains.Acticor Biotech was founded in November 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Kurma Partners is a management company based in Paris, specializing in the financing of innovation in healthcare and biotechnology, from pre-creation to development capital. Kurma Partners, which manages the Kurma Biofund I, II funds and the Kurma Diagnostics fund, is one of the main players in the financing of therapeutic and medical innovationsin Europe, particularly through links with many institutes. research and prestigious hospitals.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, Switzerland, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$17M; Series A $3.8M–$95M; Series B $12M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- EvlaBio — EvlaBio is a biotech company focused on the development of drug programs that address significant unmet medical needs. The company's pipeline includes robust scientific antibody programs for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (Phase 1 ready) and chronic kidney disease with left ventricular hypertrophy (pre-clinical).
- AM Pharma — AM-Pharma B.V., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutics for human use in the Netherlands. It focuses in the pre-clinical and clinical development of novel therapeutics to treat inflammatory and infectious diseases. The company develops products based on endogenous proteins and protein derivedpeptides, as well as molecules that naturally occur in the human body. Its products include alkaline phosphatase for treatment of acute kidney injury and ulcerative colitis; and immune response amplifying peptide hLF1-11 for the treatment of drug resistant hospital acquired infections. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bunnik, the Netherlands.
- DAMAE Medical — Damae Medical is a Paris, France-based medtech company. It has developed a medical device capable of seeing biological tissues in depth, at a cellular level and in vivo. This innovative optical imaging technology will especially allow dermatologists to evaluate in a precise, efficient and rapid way malignancy of tumors by a simple contact with thesurface of the skin. DAMAE Medical’s mission is to put the great power of bio-photonics at the service of opening new opportunities in medical imaging and diagnosis.
President at Financiere Saint James.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Real Estate, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $549k–$7.1M; Angel $560k–$15M; Series A $2.7M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Dialog — Dialog is the AI shopping assistant that transforms conversations into conversions, giving each shopper a tailored, in-store experience online.
- ExtraStudent — Landing page for an app startup featuring hero, features, and CTA with neumorphism style.
In 2002, the three federations of Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne (CMB), Crédit Mutuel du Sud-Ouest (CMSO) and Crédit Mutuel Massif Central (CMMC) and the twenty or so specialised subsidiaries formed a group that took the name Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. As a manufacturer and distributor, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa covers all areas of banking, insurance and finance.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $439k–$5.5M; Series A $3.5M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hemera — Hemera offers to support entrepreneurs who want to go far and change the world.
- Intact — Intact is an industrial and technology business focused on generating low-carbon ingredients derived from regenerative agriculture, such as vegetarian proteins derived from legumes or a neutral alcohol derived from legumes.
- LaBienveillanceFinancière — RegTech, Fintech, Insurtech, wealth management, wealth planning, estate planning In an increasingly complex world, every family needs the type of wealth planning, estate planning, and wealth management advice up to now exclusively reserved for very high-net worth individuals. LaBienveillanceFinancière (LBF) provides professional wealth managementadvisers with an “augmented wealth advisory” platform that enables them to meet this need. LBF’s algorithms automate the production (data collection, analysis, calculations, solutions, reporting) of wealth management solutions personalized for each of its clients' customer. LBF's clients are banks’ financial advisers, insurance brokers, and wealth management adviser networks. The company has already conquered 3 institutional networks. LBF helps them provide higher quality, certified, global (tax, civil law, financial) wealth management advice in no time.
Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Industrial
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $219k–$1.5M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2004
Portfolio highlights
- Extensee — Extensee is a French company that specializes in providing comprehensive drone solutions tailored for civil, industrial, and governmental applications. Their offerings include drones (UAVs) and sensors, airworthiness management, maintenance services, logistics support, expert personnel deployment, and supply of spare parts. This enables clients toeffectively implement drone-based operations across various sectors, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Beyond Green — Beyond Green is an agri-food group specializing in agricultural transition and sustainable food.
- Sophie Lebreuilly — Sophie Lebreuilly is a traditional pastry bakery, kneading and bread making on the spot, all day long. A gourmet artisan pastry shop and a fast food place: pizza, burger, pasta, salads, sandwiches, breakfast.
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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- Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2M; Angel $123k–$176k; Pre-Seed $66k–$406k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OuiLive — OuiLive is an application that provide event from catalogue and create a custom challenge to play, providing users with educational and interactive content. That also provide modularity of the tool charter, content logo, challenges, quizzes.
- Artifeel — Established in January 2021, ARTIFEEL is a Fast-Growing French developer and manufacturer of Check'in, the first disruptive smart security product that recognizes all door events.The Check'in Box embeds systems to detect and dissuade potential intrusions and sends remote alerts through the newly standardized LTE-M network without anysingle user interaction to Monitoring Stations and/or Smartphones. It is fully autonomous: battery powered, no need for additional gateways, sirens, and even Wi-Fi or electricity, making it a cost-effective solution for currently unsecured and isolated sites markets. Its ‘always-on’ configuration eliminates false alarms, ideal when paired with a Central Monitoring Station subscription. The All-in-one design makes him very simple to use and avoid unnecessary installation time and costs.
- SeaBeLife — SeaBeLife is a biotechnology company that develops a range of drug candidates intended to block regulated necrosis (or regulated cell death of cells), from a family of patented molecules.
Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Switzerland, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 273
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$12M; Series A $2.6M–$18M; Series B $4.2M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $66M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kiutra — We provide cryogen-free cooling systems that simplify low-temperature research. Our solutions offer fast cooldowns, automated control and millikelvin performance ideal for quantum technologies and material science.
- Sleepiz — Sleepiz is a Zürich based startup with the aim to enable the medical community to take healthcare into the home environment. Sleepiz provides an easy and comfortable to use solution with a device that is simply placed on the bedside table. The device operates in a non-contact fashion and measures movements originating from heart contractions andbreathing patterns as well as body motions with medical grade accuracy.By making use of wireless millimeter wave technology, sensor fusion and artificial intelligence Sleepiz will in the future not only able to diagnose sleep disorders, but also to perform long-term monitoring. Thereby, the progression of chronic diseases can be monitored to allow faster intervention and better treatment.
- Clinpal — Backed by over 30 years of scientific discovery and validation, Cambridge Cognition offers the end-to-end platform for CNS clinical trials.
Unhiders Angels is a group of business angels is dedicated to supporting impact-driven, diverse entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Training
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $445k–$445k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aloen — Aloen offers live AI training for agents, analyzing 100% of calls, and enhancing personalized AI models. solutions provided by Aleon are Automation & training, Every interaction counts, GDPR: Regulatory compliance, Committed teams: Retain your talents,
Thibaud Hug de Larauze is the Co-founder & CEO at Back Market.
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- Industry: Information Technology, CRM, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.7M; Series A $4.5M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klark — Klark develops AI-based customer service platforms that streamline operations, automate tasks, and provide personalized experiences, enhancing customer satisfaction, driving growth, and staying competitive in the markets.
- wilgo.ai — Wilgo.ai strives to equip the future generation with the tools, mindset, and motivation to learn, grow, and flourish.
- La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.
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Browse database — It's Free!Financiere Saint James is the Family Office of Michaël Benabou, vente-privée.com's co-founder. We invest in digital startups bringing disruptive services to the market. Financiere Saint James invested in companies such Welcome to the Jungle, Glovo, Alma, WeMaintain, Spendesk. Financiere Saint James also invests in PE/VC funds.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$4.3M; Series A $4.6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tomorro — Leeway helps you reduce the time spent on contract management and gives you more control and visibility over legal and financial risks.
- Cleo Labs — Cleo Labs develops regulatory intelligence and product compliance software that enables companies to manage complex legal requirements across multiple international markets. The company provides an AI-powered platform that identifies applicable regulations for products, mapping obligations related to safety standards, labeling, certifications, andimport requirements across jurisdictions. Its system automates pre-launch compliance workflows by generating regulatory checklists for each product and target market, allowing teams to understand requirements before entering new regions. It also offers continuous monitoring capabilities that track regulatory updates in real time and alert users when changes affect their products or operations. The platform integrates data from thousands of regulatory sources and authorities, applying AI models to analyze legal texts and assess compliance risks for specific product and market combinations. It includes features such as risk scoring, jurisdiction mapping, and automated due diligence checks for supply chains, enabling structured evaluation of compliance exposure.
- Revibe — Buy refurbished & used electronics (Smartphones, Laptops) in UAE at Revibe. Free delivery & 12 months warranty. Certified tech by our experts. Order Now!
Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a transatlantic tech investment platform supporting a new generation of AI-first entrepreneurs driving major transformations. Backed by entrepreneurs, leading European families, and institutional investors, the platform manages nearly $400 million and ranks among the most activeearly-stage players in Europe.As part of its expansion into the United States, Founders Future strengthened its shareholder base in 2025 with long-term partners such as MACSF, the Dassault family, and the CMA CGM Group. With over 120 investments, Founders Future is actively supporting companies like Databricks, Perplexity, Function Health, Waterdrop, Veesion, Riot, Conduktor and Raidium.Its strategy focuses on high-impact sectors - AI, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare - with a clear ambition: to empower the most ambitious entrepreneurs in scaling breakthrough technologies on a global scale.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5.8M; Series A $6.4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Audion — Advertisers and publishers deliver measurable performance over the entire audio ecosystem with Audion adtech solutions.
- Noa — noa is a digital fitness and wellness company that offers premium, structured training programs for strength, pilates, and overall well-being through expert coaching and technology-driven experiences.
- ZeroDrift — ZeroDrift is building the AI-native enforcement infrastructure for enterprise communication. We are the first platform that enforces the rules before an AI message is ever sent, fixing violations in real time across every channel where AI speaks for the business. Everything goes out clean. Nothing dangerous comes in.As AI starts to communicate onbehalf of entire organizations, the gap between what compliance requires and what companies can actually enforce is widening fast. Every existing solution monitors after send, once the risk is already out the door. ZeroDrift enforces before send. Enforcement did not exist as a category. We created it.We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and other world-class VCs, and built by a team from Microsoft, Google, and Goldman Sachs, led by a repeat AI founder.
Evolem is an evergreen fund sponsored by an entrepreneur with net worth > 850m€ (Bruno Rousset, Founder of April, listed insurance broker with 1B€ market cap). No external LP's, quick process and no exit deadline. We invest from 100k to 3M€ in french startup raising 500k€ to 10M€.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Italy, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.6M; Series A $3.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fungu'it — A new generation of flavor ingredients for healthy, sustainable, and accessible food.
- Kimialys — Kimialys provides a patented and disruptive surface chemistry for biosensors, enabling the development of innovative rapid diagnostic assays.
- Innovorder — Founded in 2014, Innovorder is the leader in digital solutions for the food service industry and services some of the largest players in the commercial and institutional catering sectors.Innovorder’s comprehensive SaaS software suite enables the deployment of new order channels, the management of both a restaurant networks and single points ofsale, the acceleration of order and kitchen preparation while optimizing production management, sales monitoring and customer loyalty. 6 years after its creation, Innovorder has more than 800 customers and thousands of points of sale using the Innovorder solution, including industry leaders such as KFC, Big Fernand, Quick, Bagel Corner, Courtepaille, Agapes, Amorino, and Poivre Rouge. Innovorder also provides its solution to the largest Contract Catering companies such as Elior, Compass, Api Restauration, Convivio and Dupont Restauration. Based in Paris, France, the company acquired the start-up La Caisse Tactile in October 2016. It employs more than 60 people and has completed two major rounds of fundraising, the latest in July 2019, for a total of more than 10 million euros.
Citizen Capital is a leading French private equity fund dedicated to using an impact-driven investment approach to deliver both financial and social returns for investors and society at-large. Citizen Capital manages €60 million and provides growth capital to high growth small or medium companies (€1 to 50 million sales) with a strong socialpurpose targeting :- Inclusion : adress the needs of underserved populations (silver economy, health, education, Bottom of the Pyramid...)- Social mobility : enable excluded people to access employment and cross social barriers (job creation in underserved areas, integration of disabled or low-educated workers...)- Sustainable production and consumption : change consumption habits and give access to sustainable goods and services (local production and short distribution channels, environment-driven technologies...)- Social Innovation : introduce new organisation models with tangible positive impact upon employees and partners (employee shareholding schemes, collaborative management...)Our goal is to build wealth for all stakeholders in our portfolio companies. In addition to capital we offer a combination of strategic, financial, operational guidance to the companies in which we invest, as well as a pro-active support in building and driving impact strategy – Citizen Capital has implemented a methodology combining social impact and ESG approach. Citizen Capital has signed the Principles for Responsible Investment (United Nations, PRI) and is a member of the G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Construction
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.3M; Series A $2.2M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Didask —
- Semeia — Semeia provides software that helps in medical follow-up and consultation.
- SustainCERT — Verify climate action projects with SustainCERT. We can support you with validation and verification of carbon projects, value chain interventions, and more.
Avolta Partners provides independent M&A and corporate finance advice to young, cutting-edge, and leading startups in Europe. They have a strong track record of M&A and Venture Capital deals such as TokTokTok, Qarnot Computing or Smartangels.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Advertising
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $549k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rediv — Patatam is the european's most trusted online shop for buying and selling like-new clothing for kids and babies. Parents can send their quality kids' clothing in a free pre-paid bag (the Patabag), earn cash up front for their clothing selected, and can shop the best brands for their kids at Patatam.com for up to 90% off retail. Based inthe south west of France, Patatam was launched in 2013 by Mariève Bidart, Eric Gagnaire and Mathieu Bidart. The company is advised and backed by former Price Minister CEO and founder Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Frederic Mazzella and Francis Nappez (founders of BlaBlaCar) and several other investors.
- Minuit une — Minuit has developed a groundbreaking patented laser technology called IVL™ lighting (stand for Immersive & Versatile Laser lighting) which grabbed rapidly the attention of all related sectors (concert, event, TV production, clubbing).
- Serious Factory — Serious Factory is a publisher of innovative learning solutions for training purposes. Thanks to its expertise in instructional engineering and gamification, Serious Factory can help make your entire training programme genuinely effective: from acquiring knowledge (digital learning modules, Serious Games, blended learning and much more) anddeveloping and strengthening skills (practical work, behavioural simulator, etc.) to updating content and monitoring skills from day to day.
MAIF Investissement Social et Solidaire finances projects that are innovative, committed, and civic. The MAIF group demonstrates its ambition to support its driving role with companies in the social and solidarity economy. MAIF has supported the development of companies created to meet societal needs, and not simply to generate profits.
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- Industry: Retail, Children, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $589k–$7.7M; Series A $3.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Heliup — Heliup is a company that creates and manufactures solar systems for huge building roofs for commercial and industrial buildings.
- Les Nouvelles Fermes — Les Nouvelles Fermes is a producer of fruits, vegetables to be made locally without chemical treatment, with taste. The company defends and develops new, ultra-local, sustainable, and inclusive agriculture, enabling clients to the crossroad between market gardening, agro-industry, and startups.
ODYSSEE VENTURE is a French Venture Capital and Private Equity firm. It was founded by Mathieu Boillet and Sébastien Sassolas in 1999 and is based in Paris, France. The company has raised over 600M€.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$11M; Private Equity $2.2M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Veesion — Veesion: AI-driven smart video surveillance. Detect theft in real time. Protect your business now.
- 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.
- BrightHeart — BrightHeart develops an AI-based platform for fetal ultrasound analysis to improve detection of congenital heart defects.
Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.6M; Series A $3.7M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Semeia — Semeia provides software that helps in medical follow-up and consultation.
- Aquassay — Aquassay assists you with improving the industrial and environmental performance of all your water usage (supply, production, discharge).
- Leviathan Dynamics — Founded in 2016, Leviathan Dynamics is a young innovative company dedicated to revolutionize the production of cold for industrial applications.Their goal is to replace all fluorinated gas based refrigeration systems with more environmental friendly and more efficient solutions. they believe they can bring back together mankind progress and respectof environment by making industry greener.
Bpifrance Digital Venture operates as a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Health Care, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$18M; Pre-Seed $439k–$1.8M; Series A $2.9M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Firecell — Firecell is a Telecommunications Industry.
- altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials
- Hypr Space (Hybrid Propulsion for Space) — Get ready for the next technology leap in space industry. We develop engines and vehicles that are cheaper, quicker and greener for earth to space and space to space transportation systems. Our patented innovation is based on brand new architecture for hybrid propulsion engines, unlocking previously unreachable capabilities.
Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $713k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $395k–$3.2M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OnParty — OnParty is a digital platform and mobile app designed for organizing, discovering, and managing parties and nightlife events. Users can easily create event pages, invite friends, and access exclusive nightlife experiences. The app also connects users with vetted professionals such as DJs, influencers, and artists to enhance event planning andexecution.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- DotBlocks — The first no-code simulation platform designed to accelerate your innovation workflow.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, Poland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Series A $2.8M–$22M; Series B $6.6M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
- Germitec SAS — Germitec is a world leader in UV-C high-level disinfection. Fast, safe, chemical-free, one-button UV-C high-level disinfection for ultrasound probes.
- Kainova Therapeutics — Domain Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on GPCR in immuno-oncology. Discover more than you think on our innovative cancer treatments tackling GPCR mediated-immunosuppression
Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in Tech/Digital and Life Sciences companies. It funds innovation and participates in the entrepreneurial adventure, alongside entrepreneurs and sharing their passion.Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of the European leaders in venture capital, with € 1 billion undermanagement as of December 31, 2023. It is an active partner of innovative companies that, according to the management team, show strong growth potential and evolving in two fields of activity: Digital Technologies and Life Sciences. With more than 20 employees, including some 15 investors, Seventure Partners has a proven track record and in-depth expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, and various private equity operations.Seventure's goal is to identify and support the development of tomorrow's European leaders in order to accelerate their growth. To do this, the firm provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks, and know-how of its internal team of investors.The different funds/verticals on which Seventure Partners are focusing on today: - Life Sciences : Biotech, Healthcare, Nutrition - Tech/Digital : B2B SaaS, Fintech, Retailtech, Cybersecurity - Sports & Wellbeing - Blue Economy
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 238
- Round size: Series A $3.1M–$27M; Series B $3.4M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ekstere — Ekstere facilitates selling and purchasing verified-quality used bicycles at a reasonable price.
- Pitchy — Create professional videos without technical expertise. Our online video editor helps you easily make business videos.
- Aenitis Technologies — We develop innovative devices for cells therapy processing using Acoustic Radiation Forces.
Backed by 20 years’ experience in the enterprise software market, Jean-Stéphane Arcis became one of the co-founders of Talentsoft in 2007. Before Talentsoft, he was the Sales Director for Oracle Applications, General Manager for France and the Benelux Union at Siebel, and Vice-President for Europe at Vignette. Arcis was actively involved in theintroduction and development of ERP and CRM software in Europe. He graduated from ESCP Europe and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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- Industry: Education, Software, Training
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $878k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uptale — Uptale provides an enterprise solution that enhances employee learning through immersive experiences in 360° and virtual reality. The platform allows organizations to create, share, and analyze training modules without requiring technical expertise.
- Edflex — Edflex est une solution SaaS qui connecte les entreprises avec les meilleurs contenus de formation (MOOC, vidéos, podcasts, articles…).
- Zest — Zest was founded on the realization that all businesses misuse their gold mine - their people. Zest is human resource management software for business employees.
Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to: • Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic). Today Showroomprive.com is: • A team of 500 employees • A community of 20 million members in Europe • A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development: Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi Health : Feeli, Lifen, May, Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot, Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor, FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE. More info : http://www.made-for-all.com
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: France, Côte d'Ivoire
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $361k–$7.4M; Series A $1.1M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Feve — Feve seeks to accelerate the agroecological and food transition while also protecting lives and the environment. Feve objective is to assist project leaders in establishing diverse and collaborative groups on medium-sized farms and to enable people to live better by generating synergies between production workshops, on-farm processing, and directsales.
- La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.
- mobee travel — Mobee travel is the first holiday booking plate form dedicated to reduced mobility people. We sell more than 30'000 accessibles accomodations all around the world and each of them are checked to ensure to our traveler's that everything's will be good for their needeed. If our traveler's need to have medical equipment duringtheir trip, we provide them on the spot before their arrival.
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan. After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister.
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- Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $511k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- youzd — youzd is an e-commerce platform for second-hand furniture, electronics, and decoration products.
- Wecasa — Wecasa is a data-driven marketplace that revolutionizes care services by focusing on user experience for customers and professionalsWecasa's mission is to make care services simple and accessible for a better quality of life. Through its app, users can book in seconds a reliable Professional for care services at home: wellness (haircut,beauty, massage), cleaning, and childcare. Available in Paris, top cities in France, London, and more European cities to come. Wecasa is proud to help 100.000+ customers and increase the business of 3000 independent professionals.
- Tracktor — Tracktor is an platform that enables construction companies to rent and purchase construction equipment efficiently.
Martijn Tjho is teh Co-Founder and CEO at BIYU.
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- Industry: Music, Education, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jellynote — Jellynote is the go-to-destination for over 1 million aspiring musicians; a loyal community who enjoy sheets, tabs and chords, original video content and the opportunity to connect with one-another in the Jellynote universe.Jellynote has developed all of its proprietary technology in-house, delivering an intuitive AI-powered edtech platform toits fans. Jellynote sells premium subscriptions and generates revenue from ads.Jellynote offers over 400,000 songs that you can be played to learn through original artist video master classes, video tutorials, sheets, tabs, chords and instrument view for a wide range of instruments. The game mode provides instant feedback and social mode connects musicians share their tastes in music. The Jellynote universe demonstrates how music can connect people in a world that is getting more and more divided. Available on Smartphone and desktop.
Pierre Krings is the founder of Price Minister.
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- Industry: Rental, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jam — Jam uses AI and process optimization to assist students in their daily lives.
- Tracktor — Tracktor is a rental platform for construction workers, enabling them to rent out or borrow construction equipment in a few clicks.
- Renovation Man — Renovation Man is a provider of services intended to revolutionize the world of renovation work.
Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gradium — Gradium.ai provides audio language models that enable natural, expressive, ultra-low latency voice interactions at scale, unifying speech generation, transcription, voice transformation, and dialogue in a single neural architecture.The platform acts as an audio-native counterpart to text-based large language models, processing tasks like real-timespeech-to-speech with delays under 200 milliseconds through optimized architectures, efficient tokenization, and hardware-aware deployments. It supports multilingual capabilities in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, with plans for expansion.
- Genesis AI — Genesis AI operates as a physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company.
- Cube AI — Cube AI provides software that applies machine learning to business workflows and data. The platform enables creation of AI assistants, connections to internal data sources, and task automation through APIs and integrations. Capabilities include natural language processing for classification, summarization, and question answering, retrieval overdocuments and knowledge bases, and analytics that surface insights from structured and unstructured data. Solutions cover use cases such as customer support, sales enablement, lead routing, and document processing, helping teams reduce manual steps and standardize processes. Tooling includes SDKs, dashboards, and monitoring to deploy, observe, and refine models in production.
Le Studio invests in disruptive European early-stage start-ups.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- FairMoney — Digital banking and Instant Loans in Nigeria providing collateral-free personal loans, a bank account with free bank transfers, and zero convenience fee on b...
- Proportunity — Proportunity is a technology-driven mortgage lender. The company pushes the edge on real estate data-driven investment insights. It uses machine learning to accurately forecast house prices and up-and-coming areas, providing loans to buyers looking to purchase homes in forecasted high-growing areas.Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea startedProportunity in 2016, which is headquartered in London, England.
- Foxintelligence — Discover key insights into digital purchasing trends with NielsenIQ. Enhance your strategy with our data. Explore now!
Pleiade Venture is a French Ventrue Capital Company. It supports innovative companies from all sectors, except biotech.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Belgium, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RIVRS — RIVRS creates high quality UGC games on all trending sandbox platforms.
- Sensefuel — Sensefuel is a software publisher dedicated to the retail industry and in particular e-commerce. Its innovative e-commerce search engine is based on algorithms specifically designed for online sales. It helps e-merchants of all sizes to give their visitors a new search experience through personalized results.
- Climbing District — Climbing District is a social club and coworking space between batignolles, canal saint-martin, buttes-chaumont, and saint-lazare where beginners or experienced climbers practise climbing in bouldering rooms.
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