# Top 50 InsurTech Startup Investors in France in June 2026

## Elaia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Elaia is French venture capital firm focused on European digital and deep tech startups, from early stage to growth developpement. We back tech disruptors.

## Evolem Start
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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€.

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Accel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

## BlackFin Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading pan-European Financial Services PE Platform. The team consists of +35 experienced professionals from several nationalities.

## astorya.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Financial Services

Scope .  
New technologies enable insurance, to change its status quo, business models and way of serving customers in the age of continuous change. We are investing in visionary founders eager to build this next generation of insurance and capable to take their vision off-the-ground.

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more.
From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster.
Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together.
Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.

## BREEGA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Hi Inov - Dentressangle
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

Hi inov is a regulated Venture capital management company dedicated to early stage investment in B2B digital start-ups. We have €165M under management. They are 7 investors based in Paris, Lyon and Munich and also have an operating team.Hi Inov supports young and innovative digital BtoB companies from their very beginnings, and stimulates theirlong-term growth to help them become tomorrow’s leading companies.

## Serena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Serena is one of Europe's leading venture capital funds, with $750m under management.
Founded in 2008, Serena invests at early stages, from seed to series B, and supports the success of innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to service a better world. Born of the profound conviction that a venture capital fund should be at the service of itsportfolio companies, Serena has set up the largest operational support team in Europe and the most active startup community, the Serena Squad, with more than 550 active C-levels.
Serena has a strong focus on AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. Serena has invested in more than 100 startups with several international success stories such as Dataiku, Malt, The Fork, Electra, Descartes Underwriting, Accenta, Lifen, and AramisAuto. Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Serena's DNA.

## MAIF Avenir
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

MAIF Avenir is a French VC firm investing in post-seed to series B startups founded by French entrepreneurs.

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Christophe Eberle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: InsurTech, Auto Insurance

Christophe Eberlé is Founding President of Optimind, I have been managing the company since it was founded in 2000. An independent consulting company, Optimind assists insurers, banks and large companies in targeting opportunities to increase their performance. We provide advice and solutions to meet the major challenges of competitiveness,transformation and regulation.

## Laurent Ritter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, InsurTech

Laurent Ritter - Founder @ Voodoo

## 42CAP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

We are peers amongst entrepreneurs helping the brave to build game-changing companies, just like we have done ourselves.

## Raphael Vullierme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Cloud Security

Raphael Vullierme is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Luko.

## 360 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Didier Valet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Didier Valet

## 5M Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Recruiting

5M Ventures is a unique Start-Up accelerator that has a complete ecosystem that meets all the needs of entrepreneurs: Fundraising, Consulting, Media For Equity, Purchase of Space and an Investment Fund dedicated to Products Consumer Goods.The founders and shareholders of 5M Ventures, investors in over 250 Start-Up companies, are convinced thatbusiness creators need tailor-made support to succeed in the world of Venture Capital.5M Venture is an innovative model for capital risk investment, offering B2C companies experiencing rapid growth the possibility to advertise in top quality media space in exchange for shares in the said companies.

## Karim Irouche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Karim Irouche

## Andreas Neuber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: InsurTech, Service Industry

Andreas Neuber is the Professor of Practice at Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Finance and Decision Science.

## Chris Varelas
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Enterprise Software, Software, Internet

Chris Varelas is a Co-founding Partner of Riverwood Capital. Prior to establishing Riverwood, Chris worked at Salomon Brothers/Citi as Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking, Head of Citi’s National Investment Bank, member of Citi’s Global Operating Committee and Culture Czar for all of Citi.
Chris earned an MBA fromthe Wharton School of Business and a BA from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California for which he serves on the Board of Trustees. He is a moderator for the Aspen Institute for which he recently founded the Aspen Finance Fellows program created to produce effective enlightened leaders in the financial services industry.

## Martin Hartley
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, InsurTech

Martin Hartley is the Chief Operating Officer at PURE Group of Insurance Companies. Martin Hartley attended Swansea University.

## Maxime Brousse
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software

Maxime Brousse is a co-founder at Selency.
Prior to founding Selency, Brousse worked as analyst at Réseau Entreprendre Paris, intern at Ardian, and business development intern at Ergum.
Brousse finished Msc Entrepreneurship at EDHEC Business School in 2011.

## Sequoia Scout
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Sequoia Scout is an investment firm operating in stealth mode.

## Thomas Clozel
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

Thomas Clozel co-founded Owkin with Gilles Wainrib and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Clozel attended Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

## Ventech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

On-the-ground expert investors in early-stage digital. Ready to meet you, wherever you are.

## Frenchfounders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software

FrenchFounders provides its members with a networking platform for premium business profiles.

## Adrien Montfort
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Hospital

Adrien Montfort is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sorare.

## Philippe Mangematin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, InsurTech, E-Learning

Philippe Mangematin is the Co-founder at Seyna.

## Omnes Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Omnes VC is the Venture Capital arm of Omnes Capital, a leading private equity firm dedicated to energy transition and innovation with €4.8 billion in assets under management and a 20 year + experience in: venture capital, buyout & growth capital, private debt, renewable energy, co-investment, secondary funds of funds. Omnes Capital is fullyindependent.With 65 business sales including 14 IPOs carried out in 16 years, Omnes VC is one of the key players in France in financing innovative SMEs with expertise in both Technology and Healthcare sectors. Omnes VC has supported 120 companies and has invested more than €500M in businesses such as Scality, Novaled, BioVex, arGEN-X, Pixium, Blablacar.

## XAnge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Acuity Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Acuity Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based family of venture capital funds that provide investment capital and strategic guidance to early stage and emerging growth companies. The Fund currently investing is Acuity Ventures III LP, formed in 2004. Acuity provides capital through convertible preferred debt, direct equity investments and otherinvestment participations.

## SIDE Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Smart Investment for Disruptive Entrepreneurs Fonds d'investissement early-stage pour les start-ups tech & digitales

## Wind
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Wind Capital is a venture capital firm that offers support and funding to European innovators.

## Benjamin Griveaux
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Education

Benjamin Griveaux is a former minister and an entrepreneur.

## HDS Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Retail

Launched in New York City in 2003, HDS Capital is dedicated to investing, mentoring and providing corporate access and contacts to startups and early stage companies at the intersection of technology, retail and fashion.We are pleased to assist and mentor the entrepreneurs and companies we invest in. We believe in winning teams, not just ideas,and we invest in people. We provide access to our vast network in the retail, fashion and consumer product space.Managing partner and co-founder Haim Dabah is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in successfully building brands and businesses, with deep relationships in the retail and fashion worlds. The HDS team and its advisors include other entrepreneurs, marketers, and industry insiders…an all around wise and fun bunch of leaders.We look forward to sharing our joint experience to serve our portfolio companies, and to help you facilitate building a large, successful business.

## Myrtus Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Security

Myrtus Venture provides financing and support for startups.

## Baptiste Hamel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, InsurTech

Baptiste Hamel

## P1 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Payments, Software

P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.

## Stéphane Rossetto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Stéphane Rossetto is a combatant of the Tour de France 2019.

## Guillaume Lestrade
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, SaaS

Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto.

## OneRagtime
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps

OneRagtime is a venture capital platform that finances and scales early-stage startups. Join our investor community and discover unique opportunities.

## Macif
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, FinTech

Macif is a mutual insurer provides car insurance services.

## Olivier Legrain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Sports

Olivier Legrain - CEO @ IBA

## BNP Paribas Développement
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## William Bonnet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

William Bonnet participated in 10 Tour de France, 5 Tours of Spain and 3 Tours of Italy.

## Petitjean Patrick
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Patrick Petitjean is the ex-CEO of the April group and ex-CEO and co-founder of Utwin.

## Cathay Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

A Global Venture Capital Platform Connecting Innovators Everywhere

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