# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in France in June 2026 ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business. ## M Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage 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. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways. ## XAnge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages €450 million and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.It is the innovation brand of the Siparex group, a major player in French private equity. XAnge is a key European investor in early-stage startups and is looking for game-changing startups and entrepreneurswho rock the code[s].The Paris, Ile-de-France-located company was founded in 2004. ## Partech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS 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. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds… ## Capagro - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce The First European Independent Venture Capital fund dedicated to AgTech and Food Tech ## Founders Future - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet 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. ## Otium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce In 2015, two independant investment teams were created in Paris inside Otium Capital, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's family office:* Otium Venture, focused on Seed investments in Tech companies (€40m invested in 14 companies among which Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)* Otium Brands, focused on Seed & Series A investments in Consumer GoodscompaniesIn 2019, the two teams spun off to become independant investment firms:* Otium Venture became frst* Otium Brands became Eutopia ## Sylvain Zimmer - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Food and Beverage Sylvain is a French software developer turned entrepreneur, conference organizer and angel investor. ## Daphni - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition. ## UI Investissement - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care Since 1967, the UI brand embodies a partnership with companies. Actor of the economy, UI has accompanied more than 120 SMEs over the last fifteen years, investing more than 550m € and giving substance to their development projects. Combining experience and corporate culture, UI has established itself as an involved and independent partner, able tocount on its shareholder leaders to favor, independently, the sustainable performance of the SMEs it accompanies. ## Demeter Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Information Technology Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects. ## Seventure Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care 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 ## Financiere Saint James - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet 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. ## Newfund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## 360 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now. ## Stride.VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Stride.VC is a London-based seed-stage tech fund; a small team of dedicated venture investors backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs. We favour prototypes over powerpoints and whiteboards over boards. We love our craft. ## Evolem Start - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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€. ## Astanor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years ## Anaxago - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, SaaS Anaxago is a brand new crowdfunding platform dedicated to innovative companies. Anaxago aims at changing the traditional equity capital investment model. Their goal is to forget about the capitalistic-only and go for a truly sharing and participative investment model. Thanks to Anaxago, entrepreneurs can benefit from the financial support oftheir investors but also learn from the shareholders' experience, expertise and network. Each investor can take an active part to the company life and so be a part of a lively entrepreneurial adventure.They offer a small range of companies each month to their investors community. Startups and small companies are chosen with good care and have to go through a whole process of financial analysis. They also prefer to select companies with a real innovative value added. With Anaxago, young and small companies can find funding and support to grow and develop. They give them a chance to be the actors of tomorrow's growth and reboost their economy.Since its launch, Anaxago gathered 100 000 members and invested more than 130M€ funding more than 200 businesses. ## Banque des Territoires - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm. ## Id4 ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Id4 is an asset manager, designed for family offices and private investors, committed to unearth valuable and outstanding tech opportunities in Europe ## Bertrand Jacquelot - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Information Technology Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee. ## WeLikeStartup - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce 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 ). ## Isai - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet 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. ## Wind - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, E-Commerce Wind Capital is a venture capital firm that offers support and funding to European innovators. ## Senseii Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Cannabis, Messaging Senseii Ventures is an accelerator and a venture capital investment firm that focuses on digital disrupting ideas and projects. It provides strategic assistance, industrial capital, and capital funding to startups. The firm was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France. ## Teampact ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology Teampact is a business Partner & Sport inspired toolbox, community and funding for people first startups. ## Marc Menasé - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor ## Hubert Patricot - Type: Angel - Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness Hubert Patricot - Executive Vice President and President, European Group @ Coca-Cola Enterprises ## Demeter - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, AgTech Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the energy and ecological transition. They invest from 500 K€ to 30 M€ to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects. ## Crédit Agricole - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Energy, Software, Health Care Credit Agricole is a banking corporation with focuses on corporate and investment banking, retail banking, and savings management. Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, helpful bank serving 49 million customers, 7.4 million mutual shareholders, and 1.2 million shareholders. Crédit Agricole Group supports its customers in their plans and projectsin France and around the world, through its operations in all segments of the market including insurance, real estate, payment systems, asset management, leasing and factoring, consumer finance, and corporate and investment banking. Crédit Agricole also stands out for its dynamic, innovative corporate social responsibility policy serving the economy. This policy is based on a pragmatic approach that permeates throughout the entire Group and engages all its employees. Its recent inclusion in the Vigeo-NYSE Euronext extra-financial indices is recognition of this engagement. ## Finorpa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Industrial Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises. ## Frst - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Frst is a seed-stage VC firm focused on supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin. ## Investisseurs privés - Type: VC Fund - Location: Blanquefort, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Investisseurs privés is a private investment firm. ## Starquest Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology High Tech, Low Carbon: crafting tomorrow, today. We finance innovation to make tomorrow happen today. Starquest is a Montefiore Company. ## Bertrand Jelensperger - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Apps, Organic Food, Software Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork. ## Crédit Industriel et Commercial - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Information Services CIC Lyonnaise De Banque offers commercial banking services. CIC is the fourth largest banking group in France, consisting of seven regional banks which operate across France through a network of 1,844 branches employing 24,000 staff. CIC's customer base includes 2.7 million retail clients. ## BREEGA - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours. ## Blue Horizon Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Blue Horizon is accelerating the transition to a sustainable food system that delivers outstanding returns for the planet and people. ## Siparex Groupe - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology Siparex, France,s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France's regions, listed the shares of the original company one of its main vehicles on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of theindependent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years. ## Galia Gestion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Biotechnology Galia Gestion is a private equity and venture capital firm. GALIA Gestion is a “management company” approved by the AMF, with majority shareholder Alliance Entreprendre. ## Beyond Impact - Type: VC Fund - Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, News, Seafood Beyond Impact is your trusted Managed Service Provider (MSP), delivering tailored IT solutions like managed IT services, cybersecurity, cloud computing, IT help desk support, and data backup. Our expert team aligns your IT with business goals, providing proactive monitoring and network security. Contact us today to streamline your IT operations for a secure, agile, and future-ready business. Beyond Impact: Empowering your IT success. ## Unigrains - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Food Processing Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector. ## Quadia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Quadia is a regulated investment manager specialized in social and environmental finance. With more than CHF 70 million invested in over 20 companies, Quadia is a leading and pioneering impact investor. Our core investment thesis centers on sustainability as a pillar of risk management and economic valuation. It targets significantly impactfulcompanies which have positioned their products and services to meet a growing demand which is influenced by an irreversible paradigm shift. This paradigm shift is driven by worldwide interdependent social, environmental and economic stakes. ## Sofilaro - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Sofilaro is an investment arm of Crédit Agricole S.A. specializing in late venture, mature, growth capital, buyouts, and middle market investments. ## Headline - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.