Top 10 Life Science Angel Investors in France in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Life science startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Life Science Angel Investors in France in May 2025

Investor	Life Science France investments
Sylvain Zimmer	2
Andrew Nutter	2
Sebastian Lombardo	1
Jacques Lewiner	1
Irwan Bello	1
Fidji Simo	1
Xavier Niel	1
Christophe Ricard	1
Bernard Majoie	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1

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Sylvain is a French software developer turned entrepreneur, conference organizer and angel investor.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GOURMEY — We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation.
Waldo — The codeless way to quickly build a comprehensive test suite for teams who don't compromise on speed and quality.
TOTEM — A Totem is a place of sharing and conviviality in your office. This is an opportunity for your colleagues to get to know each other better, celebrate victories and defeats together, and build a solid culture.

Andrew Nutter is a Co-Founder at Gama. He attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Yavin — Yavin provides modern point-of-sale solutions for European merchants
Gama — Thanks to cheap, reliable and scalable solar sails, we are redefining deep space access.
EV Biotech — We design and optimise your precision fermentation strains and processes, tailored to your success.

Sebastian Lombardo - CEO @ Valtech

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Lifestyle
Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Jop — A one-stop-shop for urban residents, Jop offers a variety of on-demand services in one convenient, easy-to-use platform. Customers can tap a screen and connect with a professional in their city, whether they are an expert at cleaning apartments, trimming mustaches, walking dogs, doing makeup, DJing, or mixing drinks. Instead of paying a company’soverhead, customers pay a Jopper. Once booked, Joppers arrive right at the customer’s doorstep, ready to work.Founded by Canel Frichet and Sebastian Lombardo, Jop was born as a platform to give people the opportunity to work directly for each other, as opposed to hiring through a company. Joppers set their own pricing and hours. Something else that sets JOP apart from other platforms in the on-demand space is that Joppers earn company equity, which is granted based on level of activity and performance on the platform.
Smart Immune — Smart Immune is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing the next generation of hematopoietic stem cell-based biotherapies to change the prognosis and life quality of patients with devastating diseases. The company's first cell therapy program is based on T cell progenitors or ProTcellsTM (CD7+/CD34-; CD5- cells)curative power to enable a short, polyclonal, and safe post-transplantation immune recovery. This program be completed by integrative developments from targeted conditioning to gene therapy and genome editing enabling clinicians to access new-generation treatments for a wide variety of inherited blood disorders and blood cancers.

Jacques Lewiner - Member of the Board of Directors @ Axilum Robotics

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
Seed, Series C
France

Portfolio highlights

Cytoo — CYTOO focuses on innovative products for the life science research market with an emphasis in cell based assays, high content analysis and cell screening.They develop, manufacture, and distribute products that make cellular analysis robust and reliable by dramatically decreasing cell variability.There new micropattern-based products aredesigned to meet the needs of all clients whatever their research goals. They are open to suggestions or specific requests that can improve and spread the scope of this breakthrough in quantitative cell analysis.
Okomera — Automated 3D model drug testing of cancer biopsies prior to treatment. For precision and personalized medicine. The "test before you treat" solution for every oncologist and patient.

Irwan Bello is an individual investor.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Life Science
Seed, Pre-Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Okomera — Automated 3D model drug testing of cancer biopsies prior to treatment. For precision and personalized medicine. The "test before you treat" solution for every oncologist and patient.
Lutra AI — Lutra AI is to simplify complex tasks that specializes in workflows, created by the platform.
Twin — Agentic AI, made actionable.

Fidji Simo is the CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors of Instacart. She previously worked at Facebook as a Head of the Facebook App. Fidji Simo attended HEC Paris.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Somite — Somite.ai is on a mission to transform the lives of millions of people by leveraging AI to produce human tissue for cell-based therapies.
Owner — Owner gives you the same tools that major national brands use to drive sales. Online ordering proven to grow sales. Mobile app with rewards. And more.
Orchid — Orchid is a reproductive technology startup that is capable of detecting rare genetic disorders. Orchid’s preconception system analyzes both partners’ genomes and assesses genetic predispositions to common diseases, including heart disease, stroke, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, and diabetes. Orchid results are developed withworld-class experts in reproductive medicine and genetics to give its clients the most accurate results.Orchid offers a “Couple Report” that utilizes an at-home saliva test to analyze each person’s genomes to detect the probability of genetic risks, then models how their DNA together will combine in a future child. If elevated risk is detected, Orchid provides insights to help couples monitor biomarkers, adapt their diet or elect for procedures, such as in vitro fertilization. It was founded by Noor Siddiqui in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Xavier Niel is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. He previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.