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Top 20 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in France in September 2025

A list of 20 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Esports startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in France in September 2025

Investor eSports France investments
Alven 4
V13 Invest 2
Angelsquare 2
KB Partners 2
Pareto Holdings 2
PixCapital 1
Investessor 1
Motier Ventures 1
Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) 1
Newfund 1
M Capital Partners 1
Turenne Capital 1
Nocturne Games 1
Societe Generale 1
Super Capital VC 1
AXiomatic 1
Native Capital 1
F6 Ventures 1
Entrepreneur Venture 1
Pinou Capital 1
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Alven VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 16 investments in the past 12 months
Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Filics — A scalable transport solution for standardized load carriers with a minimum energy footprint
  • Skynopy — Skynopy offers an end-to-end connectivity solution for satellite operators to communicate with their satellites in Low-Earth Orbit.
  • Skarlett — Skarlett is a real estate firm that provides purchasing power to the old age people by releasing the wealth blocked in real estate assets.
V13 Invest VC Fund
V13 Invest is a VC fund from FDJ – the second-largest Lottery in Europe – that is currently managed by Serena.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Sports, eSports
  • Seed, Series A
  • France, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Dotfile — Dotfile is the Compliance Orchestration Platform for Fintechs. Streamline KYC & KYB and scale AML/CFT due diligences over +200 countries.
  • Jam.gg — Piepacker is a free cloud gaming platform to hangout and plays premium retro games with your friends online. Piepacker combines the video with a series of licensed popular retro-style games that friends can easily play together. It is simpler than organizing a discordant group but more interactive than just streaming. So far, the platform has seenlong sessions and participation. It was selected by TechCrunch in their top 12 favorite startups of the YC20 batch.
  • Pandascore — Stop worrying about collecting data and computing odds. Start building your esports project. PandaScore API provides everything you need from live scores to live odds through a wide selection of matches, leagues and tournaments for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch.
Angelsquare VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
  • Orosound — Superior headsets for work. Advanced quality signed by Orosound -the French expert in active noise control, audio intelligence, and durability.
  • Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!
KB Partners VC Fund · Highland Park, Illinois, United States
We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.
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Investment focus
  • Sports, Software, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Symitri — Symitri is the integrated privacy firewall and real-time data cleanroom for the open web.
  • NIL FanBox — NIL FanBox is a sports merchandise company that offers curated boxes of autographed collectibles for sports fans.
  • The Realest — The first dedicated marketplace and authentication standard for physical memorabilia.
Pareto Holdings VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 12 investments in the past 12 months
Building world-changing companies in sunny Miami
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
  • Superscale AI — Superscale AI is a marketing services company that helps the users to create content in social media platform.
  • Applied Computing — Applied Computing delivers industrial AI to the energy industry including oil and gas, refineries, and petrochemical plants, helping critical operations harness 100% of their data and optimise in real time for safer, faster, higher-performing decisions
PixCapital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
PixCapital is an early-stage venture capital fund entirely focused on gaming.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed
  • India
Portfolio highlights
  • iion — iion the only unified game advertising platform that unites brands and game publishers. Engage gamers, monetize effectively, and unlock infinite opportunities across gaming environments.
  • Stan — Stan has built a platform that allows esports fans to collect, play and trade digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their favorite esports players and content creators, through which they can win physical and virtual world perks and rewards such as getting a chance to meet their favorite players.
  • Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
Investessor VC Fund · Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Augmented Reality
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • France, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Corneille — Corneille is an educational entertainment platform where parents can subscribe to a sizable and regularly updated library of interactive stories and games for their children between the ages of Three to eight. Users' child is encouraged to gradually learn about this enjoyment thanks to their application.
  • 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.
Motier Ventures VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 20 investments in the past 12 months
Motier Ventures is the Family Office managing the investments in Tech start-ups made by the owners of the Galeries Lafayette Group.We are a value-added business angel. At scale.We provide agile and patient capital, investing up to €300k as Business Angel in your early days and following with up to €3m on next rounds. Our favorite investmentthemes include Future of Commerce, FinTech, Web3 Picks & Shovels, Creative Technologies and Cybersecurity.We bring for your business 125 years of experience in entrepreneurship and a wide network within our brands (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, BHV, Citynove...) and across many industries.If you are aiming at changing the game in your industry, we would be happy to connect.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
  • Ankar AI — Ankar AI operates as a next-generation AI Intellectual Property platform.
  • Pyannote AI — Pyannote AI develops speaker diarization technology that accurately identifies and segments speakers in audio recordings. This technology enables users to analyze conversations by providing detailed insights into who speaks when, facilitating effective communication in various contexts such as meetings and interviews. Pyannote AI offers tools thatintegrate seamlessly with existing workflows, allowing sales teams to enhance their understanding of customer interactions. The company focuses on empowering organizations to leverage conversational data for improved decision-making and strategy development. With its commitment to innovation, Pyannote AI continues to refine its solutions to meet the evolving needs of its clients.
Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 10 investments in the past 12 months
The Foundation for Technology Innovation gives financial assistance to creative and technological projects at various phases of development. FIT funds projects in energy and the environment, information and digital technology, life sciences and health, precision industries, and nutrition and agriculture.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
  • Switzerland, France
Portfolio highlights
  • INERGIO — This EPFL spin-off is developing faster, portable energy units that offer ten times the power at half the weight of current technology. Founder Mahmoud Hadad’s fuel cell innovation, which uses standard butane or propane that’s safe and available worldwide, offers high autonomy. INERGIO’s fuel cell geometry allows unlimited scaling, making thetechnology suitable for applications ranging from charging consumer electronics to auxiliary power for drones to automobile fuel cells. The team has a working prototype and is looking to have its minimal viable product by summer 2020 to start the pilot project with potential partners and customers.
  • Brightank — Catalyzing your Decarbonization. Brightank accelerates decarbonization with ammonia cracking catalysts, turning ammonia into fuel for heavy transport, hydrogen supply, and power. EPFL spin-off
  • DigeHealth — DigeHealth's approach to monitoring gut health using bowel noises and body measurements could provide some really valuable insights into digestive well-being.
Newfund VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • France, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Diagnoly — Diagnoly provides AI-powered ultrasound assistant that enhances fetal screenings with real-time analysis, instant insights, and zero workflow disruption.
  • PyxiScience — AI-enhanced adaptive math learning platform for students and teachers in higher and secondary education.
  • Oria Bioscience — Oria Bioscience purifies organelles (lysosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum) for Drug Discovery and other health applications. Oria provides high qulity organelles compatible with drug screening platforms in Europe, US and Asia, thanks to a high throughput microfluidics technology.
M Capital Partners VC Fund · Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Food and Beverage, Software
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • France, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Ellona — Ellona develops environmental intelligence solutions-based devices for outdoor and indoor spaces. Its solutions help decision-makers improve their environments through the use of sensors capable of analyzing and monitoring both air quality and nuisances.
  • Olino — Olino is the insurance for tomorrow's SME. A digital service, a turnkey solution tailored to VSBs and SMEs, meeting all insurance needs.
  • Therapixel — Therapixel is one of the leading French software companies specializing in artificial intelligence applied to medical imaging.
Turenne Capital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France : - Paris - Lyon - Marseilles - Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million. Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million. 32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement. Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à : - Paris - Lyon - Marseille - Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
  • France, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Sydev — Sydev is a publisher of management software and tariff databases for technical building trades in the construction industry.
  • Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
  • Antabio — Antabio is a private biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibacterial resistance-breakers to treat drug-resistant infections in areas of highest unmet medical need.
Nocturne Games VC Fund
We empower game studios to harness their creative freedom and build games that resonate with and engage communities. We focus on ensuring that these games are not only enjoyable for players but also financially rewarding for the creators.
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Investment focus
Portfolio highlights
  • Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
Societe Generale VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 16 investments in the past 12 months
Societe Generale is one of the European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive transformations of the world.Active inthe real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale employs over 149,000 members of staff in 67 countries and supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world. The Group offers a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions to secure transactions, protect and manage assets and savings, and help its clients finance their projects. Societe Generale seeks to protect them in both their day-to-day life and their professional activities, offering the innovative services and solutions they require. The Group’s mission is to empower each and everyone who wants to have a positive impact on the future.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Manufacturing
  • Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
  • France, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Odata Brasil — Odata Brasil S.A. operates a network of data centers. The Company provides colocation services, as well as infrastructure solutions for electronic equipment.
  • Ital Gas Storage — Ital Gas Storage is a gas storage company that offers storage services.
  • Fosun Tourism Group (FOLIDAY) — Fosun Tourism Group provides a one-price, all-inclusive leisure and vacation experience. Their tourist destinations include one-stop entertainment and comprehensive tourism and vacation destinations operated by a company that provides resort operations, tourism destination development, and other related services.
Super Capital VC VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Super Capital 1 in January 2021 with 100+ international investors to provide finance and support to high potential startups. They invest €25k to €100k per startup and do 1 to 2 investments per month in France, Europe and in the US.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • France, India, Guinea
Portfolio highlights
  • Finovox — Finovox provides a solution for detecting false documents. They offer investigative tools to analyze, understand, and explain fraud. Additionally, they provide users with hard evidence of fraud.
  • 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.
  • KalPay — KalPay is the largest Shariah Compliant Buy Now Pay Later in Pakistan, giving our customers easy access to credit and allowing them to purchase products in 3 monthly installments. We have a portfolio of hundreds of brands spread across multiple segments!
AXiomatic VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States
AXiomatic powers unforgettable esports experiences through sports and entertainment expertise. Its mission is to build a portfolio of dynamic company holdings in the esports and video gaming industry. Through strategic partnerships, investments, and acquisitions, the team connects esports groups with valuable resources including venues,technologies, media content, distribution partners, and investment capital.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Software, Video Games
  • Seed, Series A, Series C
  • United States, Canada, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Pandascore — Stop worrying about collecting data and computing odds. Start building your esports project. PandaScore API provides everything you need from live scores to live odds through a wide selection of matches, leagues and tournaments for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch.
  • Nifty Games — Nifty Games is reimagining innovative, authentic and competitive game experiences for the massive global audience of passionate sports fans, from casual gamers to seasoned aficionados. We develop and publish quick-session, head-to-head games for mobile devices, in partnership with the world’s largest sports licenses and backed by a contingent ofthe industry’s most powerful investors.
  • Mobalytics — The all-in-one gaming companion that analyzes your performance and gives you insights to level up your game.
Native Capital VC Fund · Panama City, Panama, Panama
Native Capital specialized in early-stage funding of start-ups in the blockchain industry.
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Investment focus
  • eSports, Blockchain, Web Development
  • Seed
  • France
Portfolio highlights
  • Icon.X World — IconX World, the future of Esport Racing, brings the compete-and-Earn concept to GAMES through the ICNX token. We are already live on Assetto Corsa.
F6 Ventures VC Fund · Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt · 13 investments in the past 12 months
F6 Ventures is a leading seed stage venture capital firm operating across emerging markets. We back exceptional founders from idea-stage all the way to Series A, combining early capital with strategic support and a commitment to long-term partnership. With deep ties across the Middle East, Africa, and beyond, we empower innovative startups to scalewith purpose and impact. We manage over $90M in AUM across more than 300 investments in seven countries. By investing early in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A rounds, we help founders cover initial costs, develop their product, and take it to market. This early capital acts as a launchpad, enabling startups to hit key milestones like securing first customers, attracting follow-on funding, and making significant strides forward.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Wuilt — Wuilt is a website builder where you can create your own Arabic website in under 5 minutes.
  • Olivery — Olivery is a comprehensive logistics platform designed to streamline logistics and delivery operations for businesses. It offers smart solutions including efficient route planning, real-time shipment tracking, automated insights, and seamless digital interactions to improve fleet performance and customer service. The platform integrates withleading tools to ensure smooth operations and enhanced customer satisfaction. Olivery focuses on making logistics more efficient, cost-effective, and reliable, empowering companies to save time, reduce expenses, and deliver faster. It also supports various delivery features such as zero-contact delivery via OTP, automatic photo/KYC capture, online payments for cash-on-delivery, and configurable driver information capture.
  • Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.
Entrepreneur Venture VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Entrepreneur Venture is a private equity firm based in Paris, France. The firm seeks to invest in the retail, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Europe.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • France, United States, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
  • Fairmoove — Fairmoove is a digital travel agency that promotes environmentally responsible tourism. Fairmoove is to ensure that tourists and local people have a satisfying and sustainable travel experience while minimizing the negative effects of travel and tourism on the environment and society.
  • Mosh — MOSH is a mission-focused, family-run company to get you thinking more about your brain health! Try our MOSH bars formulated with superfoods & vital brain nutrients.
  • Neocase Software — Neocase offers HR case management software and a collaborative platform to streamline HR processes and enhance employee engagement globally.
Pinou Capital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Pinou Capital is the investment fund for AdopteUnMec specialized in entertainment and fintech.
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Investment focus
  • Sports, eSports
  • Series A
  • France
Portfolio highlights
  • GamersOrigin — GamersOrigin is a club bringing together 24 professional players around 6 different licenses and having achieved many successes with 292 podiums to its credit since its creation. The club then established itself on various essential games like Overwatch, League of Legends or even on Fortnite in 2018.
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