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Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in France in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in France in July 2025

Investor	Manufacturing France investments
Roxanne Varza	2
Sake Bosch	2
Karim Kaddoura	2
Alexandre Yazdi	2
Florent Couty	2
Cédric Delorme	2
Thibault Chassagne	2
Eric Carreel	2
Thomas France	2
Mehdi Ghissassi	1
Thomas Clozel	1
Arthur Waller	1
Nicolas Douay	1
Simon Dawlat	1
Sebastien Gallice	1
Nicolas Morin-Forest	1
Gabriela Hearst	1
Philippe du Mesnil	1
Antoine Leconte	1
Benoit Charles-Lavauzelle	1
Stephan Rohr	1
Chris Anderson	1
Rayyan Islam	1
Nikolaj Deichmann	1
Alexis Bonillo	1
Christophe Raynaud	1
Emeric d'Arcimoles	1
Reza Joomun	1
Bertrand Thomas	1
Julien Chaumond	1
Andreas Wiele	1
Mathilde Thomas	1
Nicolas COSON	1
Emmanuelle Brizay	1
Ahmed Mhiri	1
Ning Li	1
Gabriel Caillaux	1
Philippe Varin	1
Catherine Dunand	1
Pablos Holman	1
Eric Bergé	1
Paul-Henri Mathieu	1
David Sloo	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Vincent Deltrieu	1
Ombeline Choupin	1
Vincent Thomas	1
Ali Shaaban	1
Xavier Niel	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1

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Roxanne Varza is currently Director of STATION F, the biggest startup campus in the world with more than 1,000 startups, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor (companies include Claap, Folk, Resilience.care, Moka.care, Colette and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital (and was previously a scout at Atomico).Before joining STATION F, sheled Microsoft Ventures Paris and was Editor of TechCrunch France. She also worked for several London-based startups and cofounded StarHer (now part of SISTA), Tech.eu and Failcon France. She has also been a member of the French Government's Conseil National du Numérique (CNNum) and the European Commission's European Innovation Council (EIC).Roxanne is trilingual and holds degrees from UCLA, Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Freqens — Access real time market data for optimal buying conditions.
Pruna AI — Pruna is the AI Optimization Engine - a frictionless solution to help you optimize and compress your ML models for efficient inference.
Thunder Code — Transform your QA process with Thunder Code's AI-powered test automation platform. Create, manage, and run automated tests without coding - perfect for QA teams seeking efficiency, reliability, and seamless integration.

Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Series B
The Netherlands, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Faircraft — A sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather.
FononTech — FononTech specializes in impulse printing.It is used to print small electronic circuits for electronic devices.
Mermade Seafoods — Mermade is a pioneering cellular aquaculture company, bringing a novel approach and mindset for the production of cell based seafood.

Karim Kaddoura - Co-Founder @ Virtuo

Investment focus

Retail, Security, Software
Seed, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
Electra — Electra is a platform that provides Charging stations Ultrafast for electric vehicles.
Sharelock — Sharelock is the first shared locks network in the world. They develop, deploy and operate an innovative secured shared lock infrastructure in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators to massively enable active mobility. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, they also develop disruptive insurance products.

Alexandre Yazdi - Co-Founder and CEO @ Voodoo

Investment focus

Software, Real Estate, Residential
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
France, Turkey, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

ScorePlay — ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager dedicated to sports. The MAM centralizes assets in a single media workspace, with AI-tagging. Distribute to athletes and sponsors automatically through app. Amplify your brand.
Zamp — We take care of sales tax, so you don't have to.
Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about

Florent Couty is the former Chief Innovation of IAD.

Investment focus

Retail, Automotive, E-Commerce
Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.

Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, CRM
Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
France

Portfolio highlights

Bet4Fun — Bet4Fun is the new Competitive Mobile Gaming App allowing players to challenge each other and earn rewards by instantly playing against other players or their friends around the world, in 1v1 or in Tournaments, for Free or in Real Money, on a variety of partner games, in intense matches !
Courtigo — Courtigo is a CRM and comparator software for insurance brokers (SaaS)
uvoji by T.zic — uvoji designs, develops, manufactures and markets all-in-one solutions for the treatment and disinfection of water at points of use and of surfaces by UV LEDs.To meet the major challenges of access to drinking water and provide technological solutions to the urgent needs of point-of-use water treatment, we launched the Oji Safe, Oji Pure and OjiReuse products. Our solutions are used notably by the French Red Cross for its operations.In response to the Covid pandemic, we developed the Uvo Care. Uvo Care is the disinfection box, Made in France, for all types of masks and everyday objects. The essential ally for resuming your professional activities in complete safety. It has been tested and approved by independent laboratories and kills over 99.999% of viruses and bacteria in just seconds (including SARS-COV2 virus).

Thibault Chassagne - Co-Founder @ Virtuo

Investment focus

Retail, Security, Software
Seed, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
Electra — Electra is a platform that provides Charging stations Ultrafast for electric vehicles.
Sharelock — Sharelock is the first shared locks network in the world. They develop, deploy and operate an innovative secured shared lock infrastructure in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators to massively enable active mobility. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, they also develop disruptive insurance products.

Eric started his career in institutional research as a researcher in the field of radio.He then co-founded Inventel and remained its President from 2002 to 2005, being recognised as one of the major architects of Triple Play in Europe. After Thomson bought Inventel, Eric became technical director of Thomson's domestic products divisionwhile creating and managing the Advanced Product Development group.Eric is an Engineer from the Industrial Physics & Chemistry Grande Ecole in Paris (ESPCI) and has a PhD in engineering from the University of Paris VI. He is the author of over fifty patents and directs the vision and innovation at Withings.

Investment focus

Ride Sharing, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Biomemory — Biomemory creates DNA Drives for large corporates and administrations.
Smoove Fifteen — Smoove designs, installs and manufactures self-service bike solutions and mobility services, integrated in a multimodal and digital offer for cities and companies. Smoove is the only company to offer ultra-innovative bikes, with on-board technology and a patented security system that makes their bikes highly secured.
Spore Biotechnologies — Lighting up microbiology

Entrepreneur, Investor

Investment focus

Blockchain, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, Cayman Islands

Portfolio highlights

Keplr — Introducing the first, and leading, IBC-enabled wallet for Cosmos and beyond
Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
Prodia — Prodia is a multimedia design software and developer of artificial intelligence that creates APIs and images.

Mehdi Ghissassi serves as the Head of Product Management at DeepMind.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MarvelX — Transform Your Operations With Trusted AI Agents. MarvelX AI Agents take care of repetitive, high-stakes workflows so your team can focus on the exceptions, not the routine. Built for insurance and beyond.
Qevlar AI — SOARs are limited and complex to manage. Level-up your SOC with 100% autonomous alert investigation. No playbook required.
ai|coustics — ai|coustics is pioneering innovative audio algorithms based on AI and Deep Learning models and fundamentally improving the capabilities of Speech Audio Enhancement in digital communication and media content.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Genetics, Hospital
Seed, Pre-Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Grâce — Grâce offers innovative insurance solutions to enhance customer experience and improve process efficiency.
Callyope — Callyope is building the first speech-based foundational model to monitor mental health symptoms through low-touch smartphone interactions.
altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials

Arthur Waller is a co-founder of PriceMatch, a start-up aiming to industrialize and democratize yield management.Arthur studied economics and econometrics at Ecole polytechnique and Sciences Po. He first worked in economic research at the IMF and at Goldman Sachs before creating his start-up, PriceMatch, with some friends. Using theirskills in economics, econometrics, software engineering, they developed a SaaS platform offering revenue management solutions to companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
France, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Obat — Obat is a saas solution provider that uses software for contractors and self-employed for invoicing.
Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
RockFi — RockFi is a private management company offering wealth management services.

Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor & VP @ Entrepreneur First Paris

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, United Kingdom, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Bealy health — Bealy is a prevention and health solution dedicated to employees to improve their daily health and well-being.
Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
underdog — underdog is a simplified & refurbished household appliances.

Simon Dawlat - CEO @ Batch

Investment focus

Software, EdTech, TV
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cognyx — Cognyx is a platform that enables manufacturers to design complex hardware at software speed using AI and graph databases. It creates a "collaborative super-BOM" that connects legacy systems, allowing designers, manufacturers, and buyers to collaborate on a single BOM. Cognyx reduces time-to-market, improves design reliability, and buildsstructured data for AI.
Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
wilgo.ai — Wilgo.ai strives to equip the future generation with the tools, mindset, and motivation to learn, grow, and flourish.

Sebastien Gallice

Investment focus

Medical, 3D Printing, Pharmaceutical
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

MB Therapeutics — MB Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical firm that provides patient-centric solutions for developing and producing tailored medicines.

Nicolas Morin-Forest is the Co-Founder & CEO at GOURMEY. He attended Sciences Po.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Product Research, Consumer Research
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

baCta — We produce high-quality, carbon negative natural rubber from engineered microorganisms and renewable feedstocks.
Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.

Gabriela Hearst - Co-Founder and Creative Director @ Gabriela Hearst

Investment focus

Retail, Jewelry, Textiles
Series A, Series B
France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Tipa — Tipa has developed breakthrough 100% biodegradable and compostable flexible packaging solutions for food and beverages. Imitating nature’s and just like an orange peel, their packaging solutions bring a new generation of packaging that easily biodegrade post-consumption and reduce dramatically their impact on the environment.Ranging from simpleone-ply films to complex multi-layer products, their packaging solutions offer a combination of superior properties in almost every aspect including high yield, flexibility, transparency, impact strength, and barrier properties.
Destree — Destree is a ready-to-wear and accessories label.

Philippe du Mesnil, a private investor

Investment focus

Medical, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Ilasis — Ilasis is an innovative player in medical devices by applying frugal innovation to the challenges of ophthalmology. We designed Helix, a patented and unique laser solution, the first femtosecond laser of its kind, dedicated to capsulorhexis for cataract surgery

Antoine Leconte is the founder of Cheerz.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.

Benoit Charles-Lavauzelle is the Co-founder and CEO at M33.tech. He is a former CEO of Allomatch. Benoit Charles-Lavauzelle attended École Polytechnique.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, B2B
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
Notify — Notify is a real-time AI CRM platform that helps brands sustain, secure and develop their customer capital.
Little Worker — Little Worker is SaaS-enabled marketplace between homeowner wishing to renovate their home and local contractors.

Founder & Co-CEO @ TWAICE.

Investment focus

Software, GreenTech, Recycling
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

einwert — first European hybrid appraiser reimagining real estate valuation as a whole new ESG-compliant value experience. With digital technology that empowers our appraisers and tools that offer unparalleled market transparency & sustainability insights, we help real estate investors to boost smarter and future-oriented real estate decisions.
Riverse — The impact monetization platform enabling European green-techs finance their growth by valorizing their impact
Recyda GmbH — All-in-one Packaging Recyclability Management

I'm the CEO of 3DR, founder and chairman of the Linux Foundation's Dronecode Project, and founder of the DIY Drones and DIY Robocarscommunities, including the ArduPilot autopilot project. From 2001 through 2012 I was the Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine. Before Wired I was with The Economist for seven years in London, Hong Kong and NewYork. I'm the author of the New York Times bestselling books The Long Tail and Free as well as Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. Awards include: Editor of the Year by Ad Age (2005). Named to the "Time 100," the newsmagazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2007). Loeb Award for Business Book of the Year (2007). Wired named Magazine of the Decade by AdWeek for my tenure (2009). Time Magazine's Tech 40 -- The Most Influential Minds In Technology (2013). Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers (2013) I founded GeekDad, BookTour and a few other companies now lost in the mists of time. My background is in science, starting with studying computational physics and doing research at Los Alamos and culminating in six years at the two leading scientific journals, Nature and Science. In my misspent youth I was a bit player in the DC punk scene and, amusingly, a band called REM (not that one). I live in Berkeley, California, with my wife and five kids.

Investment focus

Shoes, Medical Device, Mechanical Engineering
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, France, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Curative — Get on-the-go COVID-19 testing and other essential health services, wherever you are.
OceanWings — Ayro is a shipping wind power company which designs and delivers wind propulsion systems such as Oceanwings, for maritime transport.
Candela Speed Boat — We build electric hydrofoil boats and ferries for leisure and commercial use. Explore Candela C-8, C-8 Polestar Edition, Candela P-12.

Rayyan Islam is the Co-Founder and General Partner at 8090 Industries. As serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor focused on industrial technology and the low-carbon economy, the companies Rayyan's invested in, sourced and advised have grown to over $8B in market value and have gone to raise further financing from the likes of SequoiaCapital, Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Venrock, Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Rayyan previously spent time helping source technology investments for multiple family offices globally, particularly focused towards industrialists based in the Texas and American midwest region and began his VC career at leading East Coast seed stage venture firm, Romulus Capital, where he sourced the firm’s most valued investment, EquipmentShare.A product manager by trade, he worked stints at Spotify, was on the founding team of a subscription airline and began his career supporting M&A transactions for industrial clients at Deloitte as well as economic developments efforts for Deloitte Consulting’s Emerging Markets Practice. Rayyan is a Forbes 30U30 Fellow, served as a United Nations Youth Delegate and is a recipient of the Outstanding Youth Delegate Award.Influenced by his family upbringing in Bangladesh, he personally witnessed energy security issues and the ramifications of climate change at a young age and its impact on communities around the world. Determined to make a serious dent on the issue, Rayyan supports a cadre of climate solutions, drafted policy recommendations to President Joe Biden’s climate transition team and is the editor of Decarbon Weekly, a decarbonization focused newsletter which counts leading climate scientists, members of state and local governments, climate tech founders and ESG focused investors and foundations amongst its subscription base. Rayyan co-founded the industrial decarbonization fund at 8090 Partners, in partnership with prominent industrial and energy families from around the world to invest, support and accelerate breakthrough technology companies decarbonizing every industrial sector driven by radical economic advantages.Rayyan and his work has been featured on Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post and Forbes.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Biotechnology, Energy
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, France, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Pipe — Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly contracts. Scale your business without dilution or debt.
Cache — Biomolecules are the next bits of the 21st century. So we're developing the first wet operating system for storing, accessing, and computing biomolecules at scale to make them widely accessible and useful. We're enabling the storage and access to the whole data universe—digital and biological—forever so that we don't have to deleteor dispose of anything ever again.
Renaissance Fusion — Renaissance Fusion is a high-temperature superconductor and stellarator company.

Nikolaj Deichmann

Investment focus

Advanced Materials
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials

COO & Co-founder @ Zenly Retired Pole Vaulter

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Internet
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
France, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Swaive — Swaive operates a financial firm that invests in risk-free instruments. The organization allows you to park your money without risk.
Omi — Omi is where marketing teams generate and publish stunning product photos and videos. Generate eCommerce banners, Social Media visuals, Ads creatives, CRM bundles and Print materials.
Luna Food — Luna Food is a Food and Beverage company.

Christophe Raynaud is the founder and general Manager of ISAI, the french internet founder's fund (120 entrepreneurs, Eur150M undermanagement).Previously, Christophe managed Paris Business Angels (the leading angel network in France).He gained great exposure to startups and venture through an executive education at HBS and a workexperience with Saeed Amidi and his team (AMIDI group and also Amidzad partners/PlugandPlayTechCenter).Before funding and backing early stage startups, christophe has been a web entrepreneur from 1999 until 2005 (chateauonline, netboussole, samaris). He graduated from HEC school of management in 1998

Investment focus

Software, Hospitality, Online Portals
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cognyx — Cognyx is a platform that enables manufacturers to design complex hardware at software speed using AI and graph databases. It creates a "collaborative super-BOM" that connects legacy systems, allowing designers, manufacturers, and buyers to collaborate on a single BOM. Cognyx reduces time-to-market, improves design reliability, and buildsstructured data for AI.
GROWL — Discover GROWL: the smart boxing bag blending cardio, strength, and gaming. Experience an immersive home boxing coach and step up your performance.
Groupcorner — Groupcorner is the first European site that allows all types of groups to find the ideal accommodation. Present in 30 countries, this service combining technology and human support, is aimed at businesses as well as associations, travel agencies and individuals. The simple and intuitive platform allows you to book accommodation for groups needingmore than 10 rooms. Today Groupcorner already offers more than 11,500 listed accommodations in Europe, from the most luxurious to the most economical. This extended offer makes it possible to find a tailor-made solution, adapted to each request, even complex. The service responds to group requests as well as hotel needs, rarely structured to meet a broad target.

Emeric d'Arcimoles is an individual investor.

Investment focus

CAD, 3D Printing, 3D Technology
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Lynxter — Lynxter is a 3D machine manufacturing firm that develops standard and customized models.

Reza Joomun is the Global Head of Transaction Services at Mazars.

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.

Bertrand Thomas is a founder of Caudalie.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Personal Care and Hygiene
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Skin and Out — Skin and Out is a French acne-care brand.

Julien Chaumond is the Co-founder at Hugging Face.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ankar AI — Ankar AI operates as a next-generation AI Intellectual Property platform.
Sourcetable — Analyze data in seconds with Sourcetable's AI data analyst. Clean, filter, research, visualize, and build spreadsheet models effortlessly.
Yutori — Yutori is part of a slew of AI startups creating autonomous agents, or systems that use AI to perform actions on their own.

Andreas Wiele is the President of Marketing and Classified Ad Models at Axel Springer SE since April 2014. Andreas was in born 1962, he studied law at Dijon, Salzburg and Munich Universities. Andreas worked first of all as an editor at Hamburger Morgenpost, before he became assistant to the Chairman of the Gruner + Jahr management board in1988. In 1990 Andreas took over responsibility for the "Capital" project at the Prisma Presse publishing company in Paris, where he became publishing manager of "Capital" and "Geo" in 1991. In 1994, Andreas moved to New York to join Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, initially as Senior Vice President and General Manager of "Family Circle" and "McCall's" and from 1997 onwards as executive vice-president and chief operating officer for the publishing company as a whole. Andreas Wiele was appointed member of the Executive Board responsible for International Affairs in October 2000 and has been head of the Magazines and International Affairs Division since November 2000. In January 2008, he was appointed President BILD Group and Magazines, since April 2014 he is President Marketing and Classified Ad Models. Andreas' key mandates in supervisory bodies: Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), B.Z. Ullstein GmbH (Advisory Board), meinestadt.de GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Stepstone GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Zanox AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Immoweb SA, Belgium (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Aufeminin S.A., France (Board of Directors), Axel Springer Digital Classifieds France SAS, France (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Seloger.com SAS, France (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Corall-Tell Ltd., Israel (Board of Directors), Prinovis Ltd., UK (Board of Directors).

Investment focus

B2C, Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Riverse — The impact monetization platform enabling European green-techs finance their growth by valorizing their impact
HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core
Kitt — Your whole office journey, all in one place. We keep your office running smoothly, you stay focused on your team, goals, and culture.

Mathilde Thomas is a founder of Caudalie.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Personal Care and Hygiene
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Skin and Out — Skin and Out is a French acne-care brand.

Nicolas COSON is the CTO at Adot.

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.

Emmanuelle Brizay is Co-Founder at Panoply City SAS.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.

A visionary in mobility and a scale-up builder, Ahmed Mhiri combines deep tech expertise with bold entrepreneurial spirit. An engineer specialized in computer science and cybersecurity, he began his career leading major digital transformation and security projects across France and abroad. In 2012, he founded TravelCar, a pioneering car-sharingplatform for travelers. In just a few years, the company raised $25M, expanded to over 60 countries, and caught the attention of Stellantis, which acquired it in 2019 to build the foundation of Free2move. As CEO of Free2move, Ahmed has transformed the company into a global leader in flexible mobility, serving both individuals and businesses. Today, he is redefining the future of mobility: more autonomous, more sustainable, and more seamless — to meet the challenges of a world in motion.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, Tunisia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Jaylo — Jaylo.ai transforms your email experience by using AI. Automatically organize and prioritize your inbox, ensuring nothing important gets lost. Generate context-aware replies that perfectly match your tone and intent. Save you time and effort, allowing you to communicate efficiently and professionally. Free up your day for what really matters"high-impact, meaningful work."
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.
Kare Partners — Kare Partners, LLC provides therapeutic rehabilitation and other ancillary services in the healthcare sector. The company offers physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation services through a network of outpatient therapy clinics in North Carolina and Arkansas. It also assists home health agencies by providing fully-trained therapy-teams tocomplement their in-house talent or add a new dimension to their service delivery. In addition, it provides a direct educational and credentialing path for therapy clinicians in India to gain employment in the United States healthcare system. Kare Partners, LLC was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Ning was born in China, in the city of Foshan, which is the country’s major manufacturing base for furniture. It was the experience of setting up his own flat in Paris that inspired Ning and a business partner to use their connections to help source furniture directly from the factories in China. Aftern having business success with his firstbusiness Myfab.com, he met Brent Hoberman of MyDeco and lastminute.com. Together they decided to improve on the Myfab.com model by launching Made.com in the UK in April 2010. Ning Li tells us about his experiences of doing business in the furniture manufacturing industry.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Cognyx — Cognyx is a platform that enables manufacturers to design complex hardware at software speed using AI and graph databases. It creates a "collaborative super-BOM" that connects legacy systems, allowing designers, manufacturers, and buyers to collaborate on a single BOM. Cognyx reduces time-to-market, improves design reliability, and buildsstructured data for AI.
Moka.care — Moka.care is a firm that provides a complete solution, allowing your employees to take care of their mental health through one-on-one sessions.

Gabriel Caillaux is Head of Climate, Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in EMEA. He is also a member of the firm’s Executive, Investment and Portfolio Committees. Since joining the firm in 2004, Gabriel has helped expand the firm’s investment focus across the greater European region to include Eastern Europe andthe Middle East. He focuses on investments in the Financial Services and Technology sectors. Before joining General Atlantic, Gabriel worked in the telecoms, media & technology division at Merrill Lynch in London and New York.Gabriel serves on the boards of portfolio companies Argus Media and ISS STOXX. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the ESCP EAP European School of Management in Finance. Gabriel also serves as a trustee for Parasol Unit.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, DIY, Restaurants
Private Equity, Series A, Series B
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Clipway — Clipway is a global private equity secondaries firm that leverages proprietary technology to optimize its investment decisions.
Fabriq — Fabriq is a SaaS startup whose mission is to improve the daily operational efficiency of shop floor teams. About 1 in 6 jobs today is in the manufacturing sector today and a vast majority of factories have to take their performance tracking tools digital. By providing a intuitive and collaborative app on which shop floor workers can rely on, Fabriqdelivers efficiency gains of 2% to 3% by allowing users to solve operational issues faster, make information flow freely and leverage operational data to augment daily decision making.
Partners Capital — Partners Capital provides Outsourced Investment Office (OCIO) services for endowments and foundations, family offices and private clients.

Born on 8 August 1952 in Reims (France), Philippe Varin is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris. Philippe joined the Péchiney group in 1978 as a researcher, and went on to hold various executive positions within the group (management control, strategy, project management) before being appointed Vice-Chairman ofthe Rhenalu division in 1995, then Head of the Aluminium Sector and a member of the group's Executive Board in 1999. In 2003, Philippe joined Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus as Chief Executive Officer. Philippe was President of the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) from 2006 to 2008. Philippe was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PSA Peugeot Citroën in June 2009, and left the group in June 2014. Philippe is Knight of the National Order of the Merit, Officer in the national Order of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the British Empire. Philippe also holds the following positions: Member of the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain, Member of the Supervisory Board of AREVA SA, Chairman of Le Cercle de l’Industrie, Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development for the countries of ASEAN, Member of the Board of Directors of EDF. During the last five years, he also held the following positions: Chief Executive Officer of PSA Peugeot Citroën (from June 2009 to March 2014), Chairman of the Board of Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA (from August 2009 to March 2014), Chairman of the Board of GEFCO SA (from April 2009 to December 2012), Member of the Board of Banque PSA Finance SA (from June 2009 to March 2014), Member of the Board of Faurecia SA from April 2009 to March 2014), Member of the Board of PCMA Holding BV (from June 2009 to April 2014), Member of the Board of BG group Plc (from May 2006 to February 2013).

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Cognyx — Cognyx is a platform that enables manufacturers to design complex hardware at software speed using AI and graph databases. It creates a "collaborative super-BOM" that connects legacy systems, allowing designers, manufacturers, and buyers to collaborate on a single BOM. Cognyx reduces time-to-market, improves design reliability, and buildsstructured data for AI.

Catherine Dunand

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Medical, Consulting
Series A, Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Oso — Oso is a business that focuses on ambient intelligence for careers and persons in vulnerable situations. Oso is healthcare and well-being from human noises.
Avicenna.ai — Avicenna.ai develops new generation of algorithms dedicated to the detection of life threatening lesions. For detecting these pathologies affecting a large number of patients worldwide, Avicenna.ai offers healthcare professionals new tools of unrivalled effectiveness, enabling them to improve patient care, in particular by helping specialists to identify faster the patients who need to be treated as a priority in an emergency context.
Aryballe Technologies — Aryballe Technologies was created in Grenoble/France by a team of scientists and entrepreneurs. As a technology platform their main objectives are to develop new generations of universal sensors which can be adapted to different applications.In parallel to their core hardware development activities they are also organized to handle thesoftware + database development and full manufacturing of their sensors and devices.

Pablos Holman

Investment focus

Fashion, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Komposite — Next generation apparel company.

Eric Bergé is a founding director at peachtree.

Investment focus

GreenTech, Manufacturing, Environmental Engineering
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Riverse — The impact monetization platform enabling European green-techs finance their growth by valorizing their impact

Paul-Henri Mathieu is a French former tennis player.

Investment focus

Textiles, Manufacturing
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Syntetica — Syntetica is a nylon recycling startup that addresses pollution in the fashion industry by transforming discarded nylon products into high-quality, reusable materials. Their innovative processes help reduce waste, conserve resources, and promote sustainability within the fashion sector.

He works with Future Shape LLC.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Content
Seed, Angel, Series A
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Posterous — Posterous emerged from With the launch of Posterous Spaces, the company is bringing its trademark simplicity to help people share smarter with intuitive privacy controlsto share selectively across multiple platforms.
Beem Energy — Beem Energy is a manufacturer of home energy efficiency and energy management systems such as solar kits.
URBAN CUISINE — URBAN CUISINE develops connected indoor vegetable gardens.

Bashar Hamood is the Managing Director and co-founder of FasterCapital and attended Heriot-Watt University. He has broad experience across various organizational domains, including marketing strategy, branding, direct marketing, product launches, analysis, and reporting. As an entrepreneur, he has expertise in brand development and communityoutreach. Bashar is skilled in optimizing team dynamics, aligning diverse agendas, and leveraging strategic and operational drivers to achieve results. He also has a strong analytical approach, carefully studying each case and parameter variation.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, India

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Tikkno — Tikkno is a dynamic and innovative company offering an extensive portfolio of 100 high-quality services across key sectors such as technology, marketing, education, training, management, and design. Our mission is to empower businesses and individuals by providing cutting-edge solutions tailored to their unique needs.In technology, Tikknodelivers comprehensive IT services that streamline operations, boost efficiency, and enhance digital transformation. From software development to cybersecurity, our solutions are built to keep businesses ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.In marketing, we craft data-driven strategies designed to maximize brand visibility, engagement, and growth. Our team excels in digital marketing, SEO, social media management, and advertising, helping businesses connect with their target audiences effectively.Our education and training services focus on upskilling teams and individuals through tailored programs that combine industry-leading knowledge with practical application. We offer specialized training to ensure that clients stay competitive in today’s fast-paced environment.Management and design services from Tikkno ensure that businesses operate efficiently while presenting a strong visual identity. Our management consulting aids in optimizing workflows and strategic planning, while our design services deliver creative, visually compelling solutions that resonate with audiences.Investing in Tikkno means investing in a forward-thinking company that is dedicated to delivering measurable value, innovative solutions, and long-term growth. With a commitment to excellence and a proven track record of success, Tikkno is positioned to become a key player in driving business success across various industries.
Accel Growth — Accel Growth has created an amazing super oxygenation machine that uses a radical technique to supersaturate water with oxygen by forming new chemical interactions with the minerals in the water.
Intech Research Group — Welcome to the world of TROT FTRs. Empowering the world like never before. Opens up many new business opportunities. And opportunities for the businesses. The opportunities you can’t afford to miss. An ideal for investors. TROT FTRs enjoy huge potential to become a trillion-dollar business. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Robust, sustained revenuestreams. Saves on future inflation for the global households. Year after year, Plan your budget without worrying. Hedge your costs or sell the rights for a good profit. Save big on your vacation, buying a home, children's education, healthcare. And many more. Why not earn while hedging? Good returns. Anytime liquidity, High Safety. Buy, sell, redeem, gift – all from your home comfort. No brokers. FTRs sold by vetted, reputed businesses. Blockchain registered. Legally compliant. Many Govt. corporations may soon offer their FTRs. Tourism, healthcare, agriculture, real estate, education, lifestyle, and many others. Freely tradable on TROT Exchange. ideal investment for households and businesses alike. FTRs for HNIs as the Market Makers. Multiply your returns. Minimal risk. One platform to weave the world's largest and the best network of all the participants – from businesses to households to the service providers An ideal solution for businesses. Meet all your finance needs. No ownership sharing. Think big. Plus, a huge marketing boost. Market Maker support as the up-front buyers.

Vincent Deltrieu joined Innovacom in 2004 where he has been involved on Innovacom5, Innovacom6 and Technocom2 investment funds.Vincent started his career as an engineer in Energy sector R&D where he developed digital signal processing techniques and electronic devices dedicated to oil and gas exploration and electricity managementapplications.He then moved to the telecom industry where he held engineering management positions within Ericsson across France and Scandinavia. There he focused on wireless communications and mobile internet solutions for leading mobile operators worldwide.Vincent contributed to the development of startups in the digital industry both on B2B and B2C markets.His areas of investment include among others technology, hardware, software and digital media.Vincent currently sits on the boards of C4MProd (mobile gaming), Intersec (services platforms for telcos), Insiteo (indoor geolocation systems provider), 21Net Ltd (multimedia and broadband access solutions for railway industry), IS2T (embedded software provider) and Olea Medical (medical imaging software provider).

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Electronics, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Oso — Oso is a business that focuses on ambient intelligence for careers and persons in vulnerable situations. Oso is healthcare and well-being from human noises.
Avicenna.ai — Avicenna.ai develops new generation of algorithms dedicated to the detection of life threatening lesions. For detecting these pathologies affecting a large number of patients worldwide, Avicenna.ai offers healthcare professionals new tools of unrivalled effectiveness, enabling them to improve patient care, in particular by helping specialists to identify faster the patients who need to be treated as a priority in an emergency context.
Aryballe Technologies — Aryballe Technologies was created in Grenoble/France by a team of scientists and entrepreneurs. As a technology platform their main objectives are to develop new generations of universal sensors which can be adapted to different applications.In parallel to their core hardware development activities they are also organized to handle thesoftware + database development and full manufacturing of their sensors and devices.

Ombeline Choupin is the Product Manager at Theodo.

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.

Vincent Thomas

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.

Ali Shaaban has been a pioneer in the digital advertising and communications industry for more than 18 years, founding the award-winning full-fledged creative digital agency Icon Creations back in 2003 when the industry was at its infancy stage. Since then, Ali Shaaban has built strong long-term relationships and a strategic network with most ofthe leading automotive brands in Egypt and the Middle East, where he established a solid track record of delivering top-notch digital products & services that stood the test of time. Driven by passion for excellence and an always-on personalized approach to satisfying his partners, Ali Shaaban is the quintessential digital partner to have on your side in the automotive industry today.His automotive portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Bentley, BMW, Castrol, Citroën, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, JAC, Jaguar, Jeep, KIA, Land Rover, Maserati, Mazda, MINI, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Pirelli, Renault, Seat, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and more. Aside from being a digital pioneer, Ali Shaaban is also an angel investor and serial supporter of emerging innovative startups and fresh business ideas, venturing into several sectors to contribute in making a sustainable impact on the local and regional economies. His latest investments have tapped into the Fintech sector with rising companies such as Paynas (https://Paynas.com), Oxygen (https://oxygen.us/), Dfin Holding (https://www.dfinholding.com/) , and Kiwe wallet (https://kiweapp.com/) as well as the Media and AI sector with Speakol (https://speakol.com/) , NU Digital Awards (https://nudigitalawards.com/) and Nanotronics (https://nanotronics.co/ ).Ali Shaaban believes in always taking the next step forward in his extensive career, and using his core values and commanding personality as motivation, he has paved an impressive path over the years that will certainly lead towards an even more diverse and fruitful future.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
QuadriBot — QuadriBot is an engineering company specializing in the design and development of electronics and automation technology, real-time systems and the development of IT and electronic solutions around smart transportation issues. We focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles as well as any mobile platfo.
Nanotronics Imaging — At Nanotronics we provide customized solutions for automated optical inspection, process control, and security. Learn more about what we can do for you.

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, United Kingdom

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Cure51 — Cure51 mission is to create a database of cancer survivors to leverage their exceptional biological features and find new drugs to cure Cancer.
Cube AI — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bolk — Bolk provides autonomous bowl-making robotic canteen which producing warm meals, cold dishes and desserts from precooked ingredients.
Arkania — B2B API solution for brands to create and sell online NFTs directly on their platforms
Starton — Integrate blockchain technology this week. Focus on your vision, we handle blockchain complexity

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