Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in France (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nicolas Douay
Angel
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3 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $500k–$14M |
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Sake Bosch
Angel
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3 | The Netherlands, France, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology | $1.3M–$77M |
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Julien Chaumond
Angel
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2 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.6M–$20M |
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Edward Lando
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $125k–$37M |
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Roxanne Varza
Angel
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2 | France, United States, Austria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $560k–$9M |
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Xavier Niel
Angel
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2 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1M–$70M |
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Cédric Delorme
Angel
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2 | France | Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding | Software, Biotechnology, CRM | $36k–$3.3M |
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Thomas France
Angel
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2 | France, United States, Cayman Islands | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology | $400k–$31M |
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Jacques-Antoine Granjon
Angel
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2 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $325k–$23M |
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Alex Macdonald
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $327k–$50M |
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Marie Outtier
Angel
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2 | France, United States, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $876k–$4.9M |
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Thibault Chassagne
Angel
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2 | France | Seed | Retail, Security, Software | $538k–$16M |
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Florent Couty
Angel
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2 | France | Retail, Automotive, E-Commerce | ||
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Karim Kaddoura
Angel
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2 | France | Seed | Retail, Security, Software | $538k–$16M |
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Eric Carreel
Angel
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2 | France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Data Center, Electronics, Data Storage | |
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Thomas Clozel
Angel
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2 | France, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $2.4M–$10M |
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Andrew Nutter
Angel
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2 | France, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $550k–$4.9M |
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Thibaud Elziere
Angel
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2 | France, United States, Belgium | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $417k–$16M |
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Alexandre Yazdi
Angel
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2 | France, Portugal, Turkey | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$31M |
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Marc Simoncini
Angel
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1 | France | Seed, Angel, Series A | Finance, Software, Audio | $219k–$10M |
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Jean de La Rochebrochard
Angel
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $500k–$13M |
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Gabriel Caillaux
Angel
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, SaaS, Finance | |
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Pierre-Antoine Pluvinage
Angel
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1 | France | Video, Manufacturing, Audio/Visual Equipment | ||
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Cyril Paglino
Angel
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1 | France | Seed, Angel | Finance, Tobacco, Manufacturing | |
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Vincent Thomas
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Manufacturing | |
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Gokul Rajaram
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $2.1M–$55M |
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Reese Witherspoon
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Series A, Series C | Family, Retail, Jewelry | |
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Stephane Richard
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Manufacturing | |
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Michael Benabou
Angel
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1 | France, Spain | Seed, Series A, Angel | Financial Services, Real Estate, Artificial Intelligence | $549k–$57M |
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Gerard Hascoet
Angel
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1 | France | Series C, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $33M–$43M |
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SERRA Claude
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Manufacturing | |
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Rajat Khare
Angel
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1 | France, Switzerland, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Drones, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Amirhossein Malekzadeh
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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Sebastien Gallice
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Medical, 3D Printing, Pharmaceutical | |
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Angel
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1 | United States, France | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Retail, Fashion | $4.8M–$50M |
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Ombeline Choupin
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Manufacturing | |
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Christophe Raynaud
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Hospitality, Online Portals | |
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Bertrand Thomas
Angel
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1 | France | Angel | Manufacturing, Personal Care and Hygiene | |
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Alexandre Cadain
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Textiles | |
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Mehdi Ghissassi
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, France, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | |
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Simon Dawlat
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, EdTech, TV | |
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Stephan Rohr
Angel
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1 | Germany, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, GreenTech, Recycling | |
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Chris Anderson
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Sweden | Series A, Seed | Shoes, Medical Device, Mechanical Engineering | |
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Alexis Bonillo
Angel
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1 | France, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Finance, Internet | |
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Ahmed Mhiri
Angel
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1 | France, Tunisia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Philippe Varin
Angel
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Patrice Lafargue
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Logistics, Transportation | |
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Cyril Berdugo
Angel
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1 | United States, France, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Real Estate, Trading Platform, Real Estate Investment | |
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Bertrand Jacquelot
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage | |
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Julien Lemoine
Angel
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1 | France, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing | |
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $768k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$8.6M; Series A $6.8M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bealy health — Discover personalized healthcare at Bealy Medical. Our expert physicians deliver tailored consultations, comprehensive treatment plans, and innovative medical solutions, ensuring optimal health outcomes through patient-centered care and advanced medical expertise.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: The Netherlands, France, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.2M; Series A $6.9M–$29M; Series B $7.1M–$77M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
- TerraSpark — TerraSpark Energy specializing in software solutions for renewable energy asset management. The product, TerraSpark Hub, provides comprehensive oversight of commercial and technical data for green energy assets like solar and wind projects.
- Recupere Metals — Recupere Metals focused on recycling copper scrap into high-quality electrical wires. It uses a patented mechanical process enhanced by AI to boost conductivity from impure scrap, bypassing energy-intensive smelting.
Julien Chaumond is the Co-founder at Hugging Face.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $2M–$20M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$9M; Series A $14M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ankar AI — Your AI Operating System for Patents
- altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials
- Yutori — Automating busywork, so you can focus on what matters to you. https://t.co/Kv4EFtciCF
Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 575
- Round size: Seed $950k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.3M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
- Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
- Heywa Labs — Two products, one engine. Heywa Studio for businesses, Heywa for anyone with a question worth following.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, United States, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $3M–$9M; Pre-Seed $560k–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MITO AI — Create professional AI videos on an infinite collaborative canvas. Scene breakdown, visual design, real-time collaboration, and the best AI models. Start free.
- fonio.ai — Founded in Vienna in 2024, fonio.ai provides AI-powered phone assistants that automate customer communication 24/7. The platform answers calls, forwards inquiries, books appointments, and integrates with CRM and ERP systems, while every interaction is transcribed and can be stored, shared, or connected to existing tools.
- Upstream — The first inbox designed for humans and agents.
Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $1M–$70M; Series A $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qutwo — We unite Qutwo OS and world-class AI and quantum scientists with the most forward-looking enterprises to develop competitive edge through classical AI, hybrid, and full quantum systems. We tackle the most challenging problems in AI computing.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- Advanced Machine Intelligence — AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence - builds world-model-based AI that understands the real world. We develop safe, controllable intelligent systems for industry, robotics, healthcare, and beyond.
Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $455k–$3.3M; Angel $36k–$896k; Equity Crowdfunding $462k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
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 uses several tools, including CRM, marketing, management, electronic signatures, visio, and comparator, which is CRM software for insurance brokers. For inquiries, email addresses and telephone numbers are available on their website.
- 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).
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- Industry: Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Cayman Islands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $400k–$7.2M; Series A $2.8M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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
- Belfort — Enabling Fully Homomorphic Encryption through Hardware Acceleration
Jacques-Antoine Granjon is the Founder and Group CEO of Veepee. He attended EBS University of Business and Law.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $325k–$8.3M; Series A $1.6M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.
- Memo Bank — Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale.
- Mabel — The power of Functional mushrooms and Microdosing Mushrooms
Alex Macdonald is the Co-Founder and CEO Sequel. He previously Co-Founded Velocity Black. He attended The University of Manchester.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $327k–$2.5M; Series B $11M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kalder — Kalder is a unified web3 brand loyalty platform for brands and creators to drive meaningful engagement, onboard new users, and reward superfan communities.
- Stelia — Stelia builds distributed AI platforms that scale globally. Research-driven intelligent systems for healthcare, education, and enterprise operations worldwide
- Aurora — The Operating System for High Performance Living
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Browse database — It's Free!Marie is a tech entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded and ran Aiden.ai, a B2B Saas that was acquired by Twitter in 2019. She served as Director of Product at Twitter until November 2022 and left as Twitter was becoming X. She is one of the most active angel investors in Europe with over 25 investments she made in the last three years alone inthe UK, France, the US. 56% of her portfolio has at least one female founder.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $876k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- omena — Oména is working on a digital handbook to assist women as they transition through menopause.
- Gigi — Discover withava.ai, the AI launch platform offering cutting-edge AI tools and digital solutions for innovative machine learning applications.
- EV Biotech — DANU strain engineering creates Precision Biopolymers For High-Performance Applications through strain engineering and AI.
Thibault Chassagne - Co-Founder @ Virtuo
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- Industry: Retail, Security, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $538k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Florent Couty is the former Chief Innovation of IAD.
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- Industry: Retail, Automotive, E-Commerce
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Karim Kaddoura - Co-Founder @ Virtuo
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- Industry: Retail, Security, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $538k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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- Industry: Data Center, Electronics, Data Storage
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Biomemory — Biomemory creates DNA Drives for large corporates and administrations.
- Fifteen — AkongCuan menghadirkan portal blog toto online serta link login bandar slot gacor resmi 2026 dengan sistem aman dan update terbaru setiap hari.
- Spore.Bio — Lighting up microbiology
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grâce — Grâce offers innovative insurance solutions to enhance customer experience and improve process efficiency.
- altrove AI — Altrove - Sustainable Alternatives to Critical Materials
- Modern Relay — Modern Relay provides context graph for enterprise AI.
Andrew Nutter is a Co-Founder at Gama. He attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $902k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yavin — Yavin provides modern point-of-sale solutions for European merchants. Yavin is a tool to receive payments, sell smarter, and grow the business.
- Gama — Thanks to cheap, reliable and scalable solar sails, we are redefining deep space access.
- EV Biotech — DANU strain engineering creates Precision Biopolymers For High-Performance Applications through strain engineering and AI.
Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $822k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $417k–$3.4M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OnParty — OnParty is a digital platform and mobile app designed for organizing, discovering, and managing parties and nightlife events. Users can easily create event pages, invite friends, and access exclusive nightlife experiences. The app also connects users with vetted professionals such as DJs, influencers, and artists to enhance event planning andexecution.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- DotBlocks — The first no-code simulation platform designed to accelerate your innovation workflow.
Alexandre Yazdi is the CEO at Voodoo.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Portugal, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$3.5M; Series A $2.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
- Alpa — Alpa connects to your till and bank to give restaurants a live P&L, cash flow, delivery commissions, supplier spend and a plain-English Monday briefing.
- Revox — Revox appelle vos prospects, les qualifie, prend les rendez-vous et synchronise tout dans votre CRM.
Marc Simoncini is the CEO, Co-Founder and Owner of Jaina Capital. He previously worked at MEETIC as a Founder, Owner and Ex-CEO. Marc Simoncini attended E.S.I.
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- Industry: Finance, Software, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Angel $219k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ADN Skis — ADN Skis are developing a technology that integrates eco-design and composite material dismantling processes for the outdoor sports industry. The company shifted its business model to focus on technology licensing, transforming ADN into an ingredient brand, offering solutions for ski manufacturers and recycling players.
- Shadow — Experience the power of cloud gaming with Shadow.tech. Dive into a world where high-performance gaming is accessible on any device. Enjoy features such as 4K resolution, VR compatibility, and seamless gameplay without the need for expensive hardware. Explore our comprehensive game store and start your ultimate gaming journey today
- URBAN CUISINE — URBAN CUISINE develops connected indoor vegetable gardens.
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Browse database — It's Free!In charge of Kima Ventures, the venture capital arm of Xavier Niel (founder of Free, 42, Station F). Investing in about 100 new startups every year, managing a portfolio of 600+ companies to date. Board Member at Zenly, Sourced, Ibanfirst, Forest Admin, Payfit and Side.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4.2M; Series A $1.4M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Montvel — Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- Yope — Salo is a discussion platform that erases the borders for people with diverse opinions to let anyone speak up and be heard.
Gabriel Caillaux is Head of Climate, Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in EMEA. He is a member of the firm’s Executive and Portfolio Committees, in addition to the Global Growth Equity and BeyondNetZero Investment Committees. Since joining the firm in 2004, Gabriel has helped expand the firm’s investment focusacross the greater European region to include Eastern Europe and the 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, ISS STOXX, and Partners Capital. 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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Finance
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kyriba — Kyriba treasury software is comprised of a set of powerful products that span treasury, risk, payments and working capital. Try Now!
- 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.
- Wireless Logic — Secure, reliable global IoT connectivity with SIM & eSIM solutions, backed by local support worldwide. Powered by Conexa - our core mobile network built for the Internet of Things.
Pierre-Antoine Pluvinage is a Directeur Général Associé de Cambox // Cambox Associate CE.
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- Industry: Video, Manufacturing, Audio/Visual Equipment
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cambox — Cambox develops, manufactures, and assembles cutting-edge on-board cameras. Cambox products' proprietary and patented mechanism allows for a flawless restitution of what the viewer is watching while viewing, providing a feeling of total immersion.
Cyril Paglino is the Founding Partner of Shift. He previously worked at The Garage Paris as a Founder.
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- Industry: Finance, Tobacco, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Clopify — Premier club #premium de #ecigarette
- Klub — Klub operates as a private wealth and private services platform.
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- Industry: Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and Board of Director of Niural.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 296
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$14M; Series A $6.5M–$35M; Series B $12M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
- Hermetiq — Automated builds for AI-native startups. Hermetiq establishes, operates and optimizes your build system with AI, managed Bazel cache and remote execution.
- Hypercubic — Hypercubic is agentic AI for mainframe modernization, helping enterprises and governments preserve institutional knowledge and modernize COBOL.
Reese Witherspoon is an American actress and producer who is also the founder of Draper James.
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- Industry: Family, Retail, Jewelry
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: France, United States
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Destree — Destree is a ready-to-wear and accessories label company. The company focuses on a Parisian design yet different style, drawing its beauty from the visual dissonances it evokes and which it translate through a graphic and structured aesthetic. Destree is a women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand created in Paris, France.
- Maven Clinic — Maven helps companies retain diverse talent, improve health outcomes, and reduce maternity and fertility costs. We support every path to parenthood: Pregnancy, Fertility, Egg Freezing, Adoption, Surrogacy, Infant Care, Breastmilk Shipping, and Manager Training.
Stéphane Richard, 50, has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Orange since March 1, 2011. Stephane joined the Group in September 2009 and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for French Operations on October 5, 2009. Stephane became a corporate officer as Chief Executive OfficerDelegate on January 1, 2010 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Orange on March 1, 2010. Between 1992 and 2003, Stéphane was Deputy to the Chief Financial Officer of Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Immobilière Phénix and Chairman of the Board of Directors at CGIS (Compagnie Générale d’Immobilier et de Services), now Nexity. From 2003 to 2007, Stephane was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Environnement and Chief Executive Officer at Veolia Transport and was a Member of the Board of Directors of France Telecom-Orange during this period. Between 2007 and 2009, Stéphane was Chief of Staff to the French Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment. Stephane is a Graduate of École des Hautes Études Commerciales and École Nationale d’Administration. Stéphane is a French national.
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- Industry: Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
President at Financiere Saint James.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Real Estate, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $549k–$6.5M; Angel $560k–$15M; Series A $3M–$57M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lemrock — Lemrock powers agentic commerce infrastructure for brands and retailers, connecting product catalogs to LLM platforms like OpenAI and Perplexity.
- Dialog — Dialog is a startup transforming e-commerce with a brand agent that can represent a company, guide customers, and interact with AI agents.
- ExtraStudent — Landing page for an app startup featuring hero, features, and CTA with neumorphism style.
Gerard Hascoet is the Executive Chairman of MD Start.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series C, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series C $33M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Corwave — The CorWave LVAD utilizes an undulating disc wave pumping mechanism, replacing the high speed, high shear impeller of current continuous flow rotary pumps. The result is much less trauma to the blood, reducing clotting and bleeding complications. The high frequency actuation of the Corwave pump provides for pulsatile flow that mimics the action ofthe native heart. Current LVADs provide only continuous flow with no significant pulsation, due to the high inertia of their rotors. Its low power consumption and small size will facilitate totally implantablity with the incorporation of a wireless energy transfer system.
- LimFlow SA — When all Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) treatment options have been exhausted, LimFlow is designed to restore blood flow to the ischemic foot.
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- Industry: Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
An Internet-age investor and a serial entrepreneur, Rajat Khare is the founder of the European (luxembourg based) investment firm -Boundary Holding. A prominent investment fund with presence in France and Luxembourg, Boundary Holding invests globally in spaces related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and allied fields such as Data Analytics andMining, Machine learning and Predictive Analytics.Each field contributes significantly to the development of various industries. Data Analytics optimizes business decisions, enhances healthcare, and fortifies cybersecurity. Machine Learning propels autonomy, refines user experiences, and advances predictive maintenance. Predictive Analytics revolutionizes finance, streamlines supply chains, improves healthcare, and tailors customer relations.Boundary Holding primarily acts as a Bridge fund for startups and organizations, facilitating funds across Safe cities, Internet of Things, Algorithmic trading, AI and Analytics. The company has a network of startup programs around the world.Rajat khare holds a Computer Science degree from IIT-Delhi, and has interned at RUCA, University of Antwerp in the Department of Mathematics. He has been a keynote speaker in over 20 major conferences and events across the globe. His work as an investor has also been cited as a case study in the course of Entrepreneurship run by Professor Patrick Turner in INSEAD Business School. He has authored various research papers published in international conferences and books, such as Data Mining V by WIT press. Rajat has co-authored Make the Move on entrepreneurship and Science of Achievement on education. Both the books reflect Rajat’s inclination towards promoting entrepreneurship and a holistic incubation of innovative solutions around the world.An active member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), the IIT Delhi alumni association and the Indian angel network, Rajat proactively supports and encourages entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures around the world. For his efforts to promote entrepreneurship, he was appreciated by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at the President’s house in 2006, spotlighting his significant role in promoting entrepreneurship on a global scale.
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- Industry: Drones, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: France, Switzerland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CYSEC — Secure your sensitive data in the cloud and in the edge with ARCA Trusted OS and open the door to innovation with confidential computing.
- Scewo — Scewo is a medical technology platform that develops stair-climbing wheelchair. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.
- EdallSystems — EdallSystems provide Educational Service (Aerospace Engineering Training), UAV development, Engineering Service(Lab Development) and consulting in INDIA. Their moto is to become a major Product Development company in the filed of Aerospace In India and to support and Develope Aerospace products in India.
Amirhossein Malekzadeh is the CEO at logmatic.io
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, United States
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- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Ewake — Ewake.ai is your AI Production Teammate that seamlessly integrates with your production environment to bring reliability proactively and reactively. Never miss the heartbeat of your systems with our ambient agent for production reliability.
- Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
- Kerys Software — Your Isolated Workplace is Just One Swipe Away
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- Industry: Medical, 3D Printing, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- MB Therapeutics — MB Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical firm that provides patient-centric solutions for developing and producing tailored medicines.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is an acclaimed singer and actress from Barbados. She founded the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012.
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- Industry: Health Care, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $4.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Destree — Destree is a ready-to-wear and accessories label company. The company focuses on a Parisian design yet different style, drawing its beauty from the visual dissonances it evokes and which it translate through a graphic and structured aesthetic. Destree is a women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand created in Paris, France.
- Therabody — Therabody is a developer of medical devices for targeted vibration therapy and pain relief. The company is the maker of the massaging device Theragun. Therabody is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
- Partake Foods — Gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and free of the top 14 allergens, our super delicious cookies are made with real, healthy, and safe ingredients that everyone can share and enjoy. Choose from multiple flavors including carrot oat, chocolate chip, double chocolate, and sweet potato millet.
Ombeline Choupin is the Product Manager at Theodo.
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- Industry: Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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
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- Industry: Software, Hospitality, Online Portals
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Bertrand Thomas is a founder of Caudalie.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Personal Care and Hygiene
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Skin and Out — Skin and Out is a French acne-care brand.
Alexandre Cadain is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alpha Star. Alexandre previously worked at AI Commons as a Director. Alexandre Cadain attended Paris-Sorbonne University.
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- Industry: Textiles
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Reekom — Reekom is a textile reconditioning start-up that gives each product a new life and each brand the opportunity to act.
- Matis — Matis is a company that create innovative club deals.
Mehdi Ghissassi serves as the Head of Product Management at DeepMind.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Qevlar AI — SOARs are limited and complex to manage. Level-up your SOC with 100% autonomous alert investigation. No playbook required.
- Forgent AI — Forgent uses AI agents to draft tender proposals, find opportunities and coordinate teams.
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, TV
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Founder & Co-CEO @ TWAICE.
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- Industry: Software, GreenTech, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, France
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- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
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- Industry: Shoes, Medical Device, Mechanical Engineering
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Sweden
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- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
COO & Co-founder @ Zenly Retired Pole Vaulter
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, The Netherlands
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- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, Tunisia, United States
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- Total investments: 37
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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.
Patrice Lafargue is the Founder and President of Groupe IDEC.
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- Industry: Logistics, Transportation
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
- Eyesee Drone — Simplify your Cycle Counting or Annual wall-to-wall inventory with our Warehouse Drone. No more lifts and stock errors in your WMS.
Cyril Berdugo is the founder of Landis, the company he founded to fulfill the mission of helping Americans reach homeownership. He is a graduate of Emory University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Trading Platform, Real Estate Investment
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Mexico
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- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Swsh — Swsh is a social app that aims to strengthen true friendships rather than superficial relationships with followers.
- Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 250,000 trade shows and conferences.
- Vocca — Vocca manages your patient calls, bookings, and reminders 24/7 so your team spends less time on admin and more time on care. Tailored to all specialties. Trusted by thousands.
Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, United States
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- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
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
Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales.
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- Industry: Software, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, United States
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- Total investments: 18
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tailwarden — Tailwarden is an open source platform that empowers the next generation of developers to take control of their cloud infrastructure while building secure, scalable and cost-effective applications along the way.
- Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
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Manufacturing Angel investor funding in France at a glance
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