Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in France (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Bpifrance
VC Fund
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108 | France, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $757k–$34M |
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Kima Ventures
VC Fund
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61 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $589k–$16M |
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Founders Future
VC Fund
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32 | France, United States, Italy | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1M–$25M |
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Angelsquare
VC Fund
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26 | France, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Internet, SaaS | $400k–$6.1M |
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Daphni
VC Fund
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24 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $2.4M–$23M |
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Isai
VC Fund
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23 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $878k–$50M |
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M Capital Partners
VC Fund
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22 | France, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage | $1.1M–$6.8M |
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XAnge
VC Fund
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22 | France, Germany, Belgium | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$75M |
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360 Capital
VC Fund
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22 | France, Italy, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.1M–$44M |
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Motier Ventures
VC Fund
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22 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software | $1.6M–$27M |
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Elaia
VC Fund
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21 | France, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.1M–$50M |
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Thibaud Elziere
Angel
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19 | France, United States, Belgium | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $743k–$16M |
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Partech
VC Fund
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19 | United States, France, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $1.1M–$55M |
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Alven
VC Fund
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18 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $900k–$53M |
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Otium Capital
VC Fund
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18 | France, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $1.2M–$17M |
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Newfund
VC Fund
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17 | France, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$15M |
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Crédit Agricole
VC Fund
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15 | France, United States, Italy | Debt Financing, Seed | Energy, Health Care, Software | $837k–$1.3B |
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AA Sons
VC Fund
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15 | France, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $1.1M–$74M |
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FJ Labs
VC Fund
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14 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1.4M–$68M |
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Financiere Saint James
VC Fund
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14 | France, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $975k–$28M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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14 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $500k–$32M |
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CapHorn Invest
VC Fund
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14 | France, United States, Spain | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$27M |
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Xavier Niel
Angel
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14 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1M–$70M |
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BNP Paribas Développement
VC Fund
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13 | France, Germany, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $2.2M–$24M |
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MAIF Avenir
VC Fund
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12 | France, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Internet, SaaS | $1.1M–$36M |
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Serena
VC Fund
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12 | France, United States, Switzerland | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $1.6M–$33M |
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Marc Menasé
Angel
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12 | France, United States, Spain | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet | $384k–$8.4M |
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Aster
VC Fund
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12 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Energy, Software, Manufacturing | $1.6M–$27M |
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Evolem Start
VC Fund
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12 | France, Italy, Senegal | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$21M |
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Hexa
VC Fund
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11 | France, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $197k–$69M |
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Headline
VC Fund
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11 | United States, Germany, Brazil | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.1M–$87M |
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Paca Investissement
VC Fund
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11 | France | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Manufacturing | $329k–$9.2M |
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A Plus Finance
VC Fund
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11 | France, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Telecommunications | $1.3M–$13M |
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Siparex Groupe
VC Fund
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10 | France, United States, Italy | Private Equity, Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $658k–$27M |
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BREEGA
VC Fund
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10 | France, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$24M |
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Demeter
VC Fund
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10 | France, Germany, Slovenia | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, AgTech | $1.6M–$27M |
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UI Investissement
VC Fund
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10 | France, Spain, Canada | Private Equity, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Health Care | $1.5M–$49M |
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Karista
VC Fund
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10 | France, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Biotechnology, Health Care | $713k–$33M |
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Finorpa
VC Fund
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10 | France, United States, Belgium | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Industrial | $219k–$25M |
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NCI Gestion
VC Fund
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9 | France, Italy, Martinique | Seed, Series A | Internet, Manufacturing, Retail | $439k–$16M |
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Ahmed Mhiri
Angel
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9 | France, Tunisia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $549k–$1.1M |
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Banque des Territoires
VC Fund
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9 | France, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.4M–$30M |
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Axeleo Capital
VC Fund
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9 | France, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $700k–$21M |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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9 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6.4M–$230M |
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Seventure Partners
VC Fund
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9 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $3.3M–$63M |
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GO CAPITAL
VC Fund
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9 | France, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $549k–$13M |
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Naxicap Partners
VC Fund
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9 | France, Belgium, United States | Private Equity, Series A | Manufacturing, Software, Retail | $2M–$56M |
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ACG Management
VC Fund
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8 | France, Madagascar | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Biotechnology | |
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Frst
VC Fund
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8 | France, United States, Luxembourg | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $116k–$40M |
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IRIS
VC Fund
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8 | France, Germany, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $2.4M–$33M |
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Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1459
- Round size: Seed $757k–$6.3M; Series A $3M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Cofarco — Official COFARCO twitter account. Commodity finance and trade credit insurance specialist.
- Hiqute Diamond — High quality diamond plates for high-end applications
- Tribun Health — Tribun Health provides a complete digital pathology platform for diagnosis, prognosis and biomarker analysis.
Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 633
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6M; Pre-Seed $589k–$3.8M; Series A $1.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hoora — Hoora is a mobile gaming platform that offers an instant, scrollable feed of over 200 casual and arcade mini-games playable without downloads or waiting.
- Shiplong — Shiplog gives every customer a live profile and decides the next best action in real time, so you expand, retain and grow revenue from the customers you already have.
- Explora Project — Explora Project is specializing in adventure travel and expeditions to the 4 corners of the planet and all environments.
Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a transatlantic tech investment platform supporting a new generation of AI-first entrepreneurs driving major transformations. Backed by entrepreneurs, leading European families, and institutional investors, the platform manages nearly $400 million and ranks among the most activeearly-stage players in Europe.As part of its expansion into the United States, Founders Future strengthened its shareholder base in 2025 with long-term partners such as MACSF, the Dassault family, and the CMA CGM Group. With over 120 investments, Founders Future is actively supporting companies like Databricks, Perplexity, Function Health, Waterdrop, Veesion, Riot, Conduktor and Raidium.Its strategy focuses on high-impact sectors - AI, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare - with a clear ambition: to empower the most ambitious entrepreneurs in scaling breakthrough technologies on a global scale.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 142
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5.8M; Series A $6.2M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Linc — Linc is a platform that delivers data retrieval and analysis services tailored to business needs. The company offers solutions supporting bookkeeping and payroll workflows alongside information management capabilities. Linc offerings streamline data management processes and enable organizations to operationalize their data more effectively.
- Bohr Energy — Bohr Energy is an artificial intelligence firm that aims to make the energy market accessible to independent producers.
- Pramaana Labs — Building the verification layer of AI for accelerated trust and super-intelligence.
Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds…
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2.1M; Series A $2.1M–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
- Orosound — Orosound is a French startup committed to improving your well-being at work. The company design breakthrough Noise Control Technologies. The company's earphone brand Tilde has noise-filtering technology that facilitates selective filtering of ambient noise, enabling office workers to filter disturbing noise while they are working.
- Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!
daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$13M; Series A $6.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Shine.fr — Shine is a mobile bank that provides an administrative and financial management platform for freelance workers. It offers freelancers a multitasking solution platform that combines online banking with contract and invoice management, streamlining administrative and financial tasks for those who work independently.The company was established inyear 2017 in Paris, France.
- Certo — Certo is an agentic AI company that offers a product compliance platform for regulatory management.
- Logistica OS — Logistica OS helps logistics teams get more done through AI. Our AI agents automate load carrier management, returns and other backoffice processes in logistics.
Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Round size: Seed $878k–$8M; Series A $2.2M–$25M; Series B $7.3M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $196M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kestra Technologies — Use declarative language to build simpler, faster, scalable and flexible workflows
- Panora — Panora's goal is to provide a clear and structured perspective of their business, files, and opportunities.
- APL Datacenters — Organic Design, des #datacenters en symbiose avec leur environnement
M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM. A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth. In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.4M; Series A $3.3M–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Haiku — L'IA et la data au service des du droit
- The Sanctuary Group — The Sanctuary Group provides aqua-cycling, indoor cycling, boxing bootcamp, yoga, dance cardio, HIIT workouts, and kids’ swim classes.
- Ascendance — Sustainable flight solutions for today & tomorrow... because cleaner aviation can't wait. With Ascendance, Fly quieter, cleaner, further.
XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages €450 million and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.It is the innovation brand of the Siparex group, a major player in French private equity. XAnge is a key European investor in early-stage startups and is looking for game-changing startups and entrepreneurswho rock the code[s].The Paris, Ile-de-France-located company was founded in 2004.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, Germany, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 233
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Series A $3M–$22M; Series B $6.6M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $234M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- HABX — habx provides real estate developers with a digital solution enabling the personalization of new housing units
- ELDIM — Eldim proposes photometric and calorimetric products of instrumentation allowing to qualify the ergonomic parameters and the quality of the image of the flat screens. Its customers (manufacturers of components or sreen-Sharp, Sony, Samsung, -or integrators-IBM, Apple, Valeo, Honeywell, Nokia, Motorola-) are mainly foreigns.
- SunaCare — SunaCare specializes in the nationwide placement of private nurses from the (adjoining) EU-countries.The company's services offer care-supporting senior care at home, enabling people to get cares from Germany and neighboring countries that provide 24-hour care on-site.
As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Series A $3.3M–$19M; Series B $6.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Klaro — Klaro is an AI platform that assists small businesses with credit and improves cash flow management.
- Talentware — Talentware is the platform that lets you manage your company and people by putting skills first: boosting engagement, talent retention, and productivity.
- Circular Materials — Scopri Circular Materials: immagina una tecnologia che tratta le acque reflue e, allo stesso tempo, recupera metalli preziosi.
Motier Ventures is the Family Office managing the investments in Tech start-ups made by the owners of the Galeries Lafayette Group.We are a value-added business angel. At scale.We provide agile and patient capital, investing up to €300k as Business Angel in your early days and following with up to €3m on next rounds. Our favorite investmentthemes include Future of Commerce, FinTech, Web3 Picks & Shovels, Creative Technologies and Cybersecurity.We bring for your business 125 years of experience in entrepreneurship and a wide network within our brands (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, BHV, Citynove...) and across many industries.If you are aiming at changing the game in your industry, we would be happy to connect.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 212
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$17M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$3.4M; Series A $11M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bondio — Connect instantly to 1000+ networks in 200+ countries, with 0 commitments
- Linc — Linc is a platform that delivers data retrieval and analysis services tailored to business needs. The company offers solutions supporting bookkeeping and payroll workflows alongside information management capabilities. Linc offerings streamline data management processes and enable organizations to operationalize their data more effectively.
- Concord — Concord is the agentic infrastructure for media buying, turning media plans into governed campaign execution across advertising platforms.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9.9M; Series A $2.2M–$26M; Series B $4.2M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Hema.to — Hema.to provides fully automated, AI-powered blood cancer detection suggestions based on flow cytometry data.
- Ornikar — Ornikar is an online driving school that offers radically cheaper, uncomplicated and faster offer to obtain a driving license.Ornikar relies on a network of state-qualified teachers to offer an apprenticeship in mobile driving at reduced prices. The cmpany is an an online driving school more in tune with the demand of current and futuregenerations.The company's mission is to make the driver's license exam cheaper and its learning more enjoyable.
- Stanley Robotics — Stanley Robotics is a DeepTech business helping the transportation and logistics industries digitalise and robotise outdoor operations.
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: 114
- Round size: Seed $743k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $1M–$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.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 559
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $4.2M–$28M; Series B $9M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Prysm Systems — An interactive video wall is a powerful digital display option that sees your message. touch screen display designed for application commercial grade retail.
- EcoVadis — Ratings platform to assess corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement. Solutions include risk monitoring, audit management and sustainability ratings.
- Brevo — Brevo is a developer of a cloud-based digital marketing platform used to meet the demand of businesses to engage with customers. Its platform encompasses the entire chain, from the creation of a newsletter to analysis and reporting tools to targeting modules that enable businesses, eCommerce sellers, and agencies to build customer relationshipsthrough digital marketing campaigns, transactional messaging, and marketing automation.Unlike other marketing solutions built for enterprise-level budgets and expertise, Sendinblue tailors its all-in-one suite to suit the marketing needs of growing SMBs in tough markets.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $900k–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$20M; Series B $7.3M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $384M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Stoïk — Stoïk is a cyber insurance company that integrates cybersecurity software with insurance protection, helping businesses manage their cyber risks effectively. Stoïk empowers brokers by offering clients comprehensive insurance policies and protection against cyber risks. Its mission is to equip brokers with the tools to help their clients insure andsafeguard against cyber threats.Stoïk's unique product simplifies the underwriting process using automated tests, replacing traditional questionnaires. It also provides continuous risk prevention through integrated cybersecurity tools and ensures swift, effective incident response with an in-house team of crisis management experts.
- Generare — Generare is a biotech startup that discovers next-generation medicines and high-value molecules hiding in soil bacteria.
- Attention — Attention is a powerful conversational intelligence software that helps you coach and ramp up your sales reps into top performers.
In 2015, two independant investment teams were created in Paris inside Otium Capital, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's family office:* Otium Venture, focused on Seed investments in Tech companies (€40m invested in 14 companies among which Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)* Otium Brands, focused on Seed & Series A investments in Consumer GoodscompaniesIn 2019, the two teams spun off to become independant investment firms:* Otium Venture became frst* Otium Brands became Eutopia
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.2M; Series A $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $204M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- PayFit — Simplify payroll with UK payroll software that automates tasks, saving time and reducing stress.
- Comet — Comet is a platform that connects organisations with skilled independent consultants in technology, data, and AI. It enables companies to access expertise for digital projects by combining talent screening with AI-powered matching. It also fosters innovation through its AI lab, supporting businesses in navigating complex technologicaltransformations.
- Source{d} — source{d} provides the technology for large-scale code analysis and machine learning on code.
Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 188
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6M; Series A $2.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zinier — Zinier builds customizable field service management software that enables you to create the field service workflows you need, without touching a line of code.
- Moodwork — Moodwork is the digital solution for Quality of Life at Work. Numerous scientific research around the quality of life at work has led to a better knowledge of the professional world.
- AI-Stroke — Developer of an artificial intelligence-powered mobile application designed to assist in pre-CT/MRI stroke diagnostics. The company offers a platform that guides first responders and patients through relevant exercises for stroke detection, captures and analyzes video data, and leverages the world's largest proprietary stroke patientvideo dataset (20,000 videos and 6 million images), enabling patients with a diagnosis and outcomes by reducing delays in treatment for stroke, increasing the number of treatment procedures, and recuding the rehab costs.
Credit Agricole is a banking corporation with focuses on corporate and investment banking, retail banking, and savings management. Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, helpful bank serving 49 million customers, 7.4 million mutual shareholders, and 1.2 million shareholders. Crédit Agricole Group supports its customers in their plans and projectsin France and around the world, through its operations in all segments of the market including insurance, real estate, payment systems, asset management, leasing and factoring, consumer finance, and corporate and investment banking. Crédit Agricole also stands out for its dynamic, innovative corporate social responsibility policy serving the economy. This policy is based on a pragmatic approach that permeates throughout the entire Group and engages all its employees. Its recent inclusion in the Vigeo-NYSE Euronext extra-financial indices is recognition of this engagement.
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- Industry: Energy, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 181
- Round size: Seed $837k–$6M; Debt Financing $2.1M–$1.3B
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
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- Bohr Energy — Bohr Energy is an artificial intelligence firm that aims to make the energy market accessible to independent producers.
- Brenus Pharma — Brenus Pharma is an allogeneic platform to generate immune therapy ambitioning to harness patient immune system & prevent cancer resistance over treatment.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 105
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $5.8M–$36M; Series B $18M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HUG — Join our global creative community to showcase & sell your art, connect with others, and access creator-friendly grants and education.
- Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
- Multiwave Technologies — More than 2/3 of humanity has no access to medical imaging Our mission is to make MRI available globally, through our ultra-low field mobile device.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1441
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $12M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
- Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
- Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
Financiere Saint James is the Family Office of Michaël Benabou, vente-privée.com's co-founder. We invest in digital startups bringing disruptive services to the market. Financiere Saint James invested in companies such Welcome to the Jungle, Glovo, Alma, WeMaintain, Spendesk. Financiere Saint James also invests in PE/VC funds.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $975k–$6.9M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$4.3M; Series A $4.6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CardNexus — CardNexus provides a digital platform for managing, trading, and selling trading card collections.
- Cleo Labs — AI-powered product compliance platform covering 106 countries and 3,700+ regulatory sources. The Deel of product compliance.
- Revibe — Buy refurbished & used electronics (Smartphones, Laptops) in UAE at Revibe. Free delivery & 12 months warranty. Certified tech by our experts. Order Now!
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Browse database — It's Free!Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 971
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
- Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
- Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
CapHorn Invest is an independent Venture Capital Firm launched in 2010. The company invests in B2B digital companies. CapHorn Invest currently manages 180 million euros across two funds and has a portfolio of more than 20 companies. They invest in B2B startups that drive digital transformation. They mainly focus on Series A & B in roundsranging from 2 to 20M€.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.1M; Series A $1.6M–$21M; Series B $3.3M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $155M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- nPlan — AI that forecasts project outcomes, creates scenarios of the future and helps mitigate risk across single projects and portfolios. Trained on over 750,000 past programmes.
- Hummink — Dream Smaller Now : Experience a revolution with Hummink's world's smallest fountain pen. Redefine micro-scale writing with our innovative technology.
- Agriodor — Agriodor is to provide concrete and effective alternatives to insecticides to help farmers produce more sustainably.
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: 136
- 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.
BNP Paribas Développement is the investment arm of BNP Paribas that specializes in SME development. It specializes in second stage, mezzanine, bridge, acquisition, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalization, special situations, and privatizations transactions.The firm considers investments in manufacturing, service industries,medicine, electronics, energy, chemistry, new materials, industrial automations, industrial goods and services, transportation, consumer goods, commerce and distribution, buildings and public works, wholesale retail, biotechnology, telecommunications, and information technology sectors.BNP Paribas Développement was established in 1988 and is based in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, Germany, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$7M; Series A $3.9M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Primo1D — Primo1D was founded in August 2013 and has his headquarters in the heart of the MINATEC Campus in Grenoble, France. The company offers solutions for embedding sparkles of intelligence in objects and materials using the E-Thread® yarn, a yarn containing electronics. We love explaining our customers what this yarn can do for them.
- Proteor — Proteor offers a complete range of high quality products and services to the O&P world, through more than 60 clinics.
- Ostrea — OSTREA is a pioneering company in the creation of high-performance materials based on bio-minerals: seashells.
MAIF Avenir is a French VC firm investing in post-seed to series B startups founded by French entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series A $4.4M–$13M; Series B $9.8M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
- HomeExchange (formerly GuestToGuest) — Welcome to the #1 home exchange community. For 24/7 assistance, please reach us at contact@homeexchange.com
- Iceberg Data Lab — Iceberg Data Lab is a fintech firm that develops assessment tools and provides environmental data solutions to financial institutions.
Serena is one of Europe's leading venture capital funds, with $750m under management. Founded in 2008, Serena invests at early stages, from seed to series B, and supports the success of innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to service a better world. Born of the profound conviction that a venture capital fund should be at the service of itsportfolio companies, Serena has set up the largest operational support team in Europe and the most active startup community, the Serena Squad, with more than 550 active C-levels. Serena has a strong focus on AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. Serena has invested in more than 100 startups with several international success stories such as Dataiku, Malt, The Fork, Electra, Descartes Underwriting, Accenta, Lifen, and AramisAuto. Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Serena's DNA.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$16M; Series A $3.3M–$25M; Series B $6.6M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Odaseva — Odaseva enterprise data security platform protects Salesforce data, ensures business continuity, and helps meet compliance requirements. Get a demo today.
- OpsMill — Infrahub from OpsMill is the AI-ready data management platform for powering reliable network and infrastructure automation at scale.
- iContainers — Instant freight rates with leading cargo freight forwarders offering top freight forwarding services. Get the best freight shipping rate & quotes in just a few clicks!
Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $384k–$8.4M; Angel $658k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $686k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Elyn — Elyn is a developer of an automated and unified sales platform designed to facilitate try-before-you-buy sales. As orders are shipped and returned through the same logistics channels as a standard order, the company's platform easily integrates with the online store and automates the shopping experience from payment to returns management,allowing e-commerce companies to give their customers the freedom to try their items before paying for them, increasing average baskets and conversion rates.
- Omi — Omi turns products into pixel-perfect 3D Digital Twins that global teams use to power visuals across commerce, marketing, retail, and AI. No technical skills required.
- Luna Food — Luna Food is a Food and Beverage company.
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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- Industry: Energy, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$22M; Series B $6.6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $281M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Easybike — Easybike designs and manufactures a range of bikes that run on electricity. It offers its clients two major ranges of bikes which includes Liberty range and Infinity range.The company is driven by a vision to democratize innovative mode of travel. Easybike was known as one of the first brands in France to have specialized in electric bikes andtailor-made solutions. Easybike was founded in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.
- Iceotope — Iceotope develops liquid cooling technology for data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and high-performance computing environments. The company designs precision liquid cooling systems that use dielectric fluids to manage heat generated by GPUs, CPUs, memory, storage, and power components within server infrastructure. Its platformreplaces or reduces dependence on traditional air cooling by using sealed liquid-based thermal management architectures for rack-scale and edge computing deployments. The company provides cooling solutions for AI workloads, hyperscale data centers, telecommunications infrastructure, industrial edge computing, and enterprise computing systems. Its product portfolio includes liquid-cooled server systems, rack infrastructure, thermal management platforms, and integrated cooling architectures compatible with existing data center environments.Iceotope also develops thermal management technologies focused on energy efficiency, heat reuse, and reduced water consumption in compute-intensive environments. The company collaborates with hardware manufacturers, semiconductor companies, and infrastructure providers to support the deployment of liquid-cooled computing systems for AI, analytics, and high-density computing applications.
- Aether Fuels — Enabling a net zero world through sustainable liquid fuels.
Evolem is an evergreen fund sponsored by an entrepreneur with net worth > 850m€ (Bruno Rousset, Founder of April, listed insurance broker with 1B€ market cap). No external LP's, quick process and no exit deadline. We invest from 100k to 3M€ in french startup raising 500k€ to 10M€.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Italy, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.6M; Series A $3.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fungu'it — A new generation of flavor ingredients for healthy, sustainable, and accessible food.
- Kimialys — Kimialys provides a patented and disruptive surface chemistry for biosensors, enabling the development of innovative rapid diagnostic assays.
- Innovorder — Founded in 2014, Innovorder is the leader in digital solutions for the food service industry and services some of the largest players in the commercial and institutional catering sectors.Innovorder’s comprehensive SaaS software suite enables the deployment of new order channels, the management of both a restaurant networks and single points ofsale, the acceleration of order and kitchen preparation while optimizing production management, sales monitoring and customer loyalty. 6 years after its creation, Innovorder has more than 800 customers and thousands of points of sale using the Innovorder solution, including industry leaders such as KFC, Big Fernand, Quick, Bagel Corner, Courtepaille, Agapes, Amorino, and Poivre Rouge. Innovorder also provides its solution to the largest Contract Catering companies such as Elior, Compass, Api Restauration, Convivio and Dupont Restauration. Based in Paris, France, the company acquired the start-up La Caisse Tactile in October 2016. It employs more than 60 people and has completed two major rounds of fundraising, the latest in July 2019, for a total of more than 10 million euros.
eFounders partners with talented co-founders to build the future of product-led SaaS.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $197k–$4.4M; Series A $3.3M–$20M; Series B $1.1M–$69M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Filiz — Filiz provides a SaaS ERP platform for training centers, automating alternance contracts, billing, and integration with financing agencies. The company offers digital forms, e-signatures, and dashboards to manage internships and work-study documentation. Its platform also supports API integrations to streamline administrative workflows foreducational institutions.
- Aircall — AI-powered customer communications platform to unify channels, automate tasks, & provide insights. Integrate with CRM & helpdesk. 250+ integrations like Hubspot, Salesforce.
- Yousign — Yousign, soon Youtrust, is a complete digital trust platform combining eSignature, identity verification and KYC services.
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Browse database — It's Free!Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 501
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$12M; Series A $4.4M–$30M; Series B $7.7M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Cameo — Cameo is a marketplace where fans can book personalized video shoutouts from their favorite people.Cameo's mission is to create the most personalized and authentic fan experiences in the world. We're a marketplace where users can book personalized video shoutouts from their favorite people. We currently partner with thousands of talentacross all verticals. Cameo’s offices are in 1871 and we are proud to be part of Chicago’s thriving technology and startup community.
- Getta — We partnered with danisauto.com, to give you the best car buying experience.
- Fonoa — Manage your sales tax, VAT, and GST obligations seamlessly through our API, globally. For internet businesses around the world, we make taxes simple, automated, borderless, and accessible via our API.
Paca Investissement is specializes in investing in startups and developmental stages. The fund invests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $329k–$1.6M; Series A $411k–$9.2M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
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- GANGZ — Gangz is the first digital platform for talent recruitment: Models, hosts, extras and actors.
- SailEazy — The SailEazy community offers all sailing enthusiasts the choice of freedom. A shared professional fleet, bases between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ... discover a disruptive and innovative way of navigation. Throughout the year, 7 days / 7 and 24 hours a day, you can book and discover the high-performance sailboats of a professionalfleet, entirely managed by SailEazy. Subscriber, or punctual browser, autonomous or not, you have the choice. You freely determine your niche of reservation, without constraint time or duration, you choose your base of departure and your sailboat, according to your program (short exit, cruise, regatta, coastal, wide ...). Hourly pricing includes a 360 ° service keychain beyond the cost of the lease, including insurance, fuel, cleaning and equipment. Compulsive veiled, expert or contemplative, all members of the community have their way of navigating.
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A Plus Finance, which is headquartered in Paris (France), is an independent trust company specialising in the management of Common Investment Fundsfor Innovation (FCPI) and Proximity Investment Funds (FIP). A Plus Finance is involved in all innovative sectors, particularly in the IT, media and security fields.The A Plus Finance team includesfinanciers and entrepreneurs, thus providing companies with both an awareness of the daily constraints of management and a long-term perspective on the development of their business. Managing funds amounting to nearly €220m, A Plus Finance invests between €1 million and €4 million per project.per
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Telecommunications
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$12M; Series B $3.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009
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- Uzaje — Uzaje offers solutions that enable food service professionals and food manufacturers to eliminate packaging and consumption waste through container cleaning and change management.
- AlephD — The programmatic performance company
- WEEZEVENT — Weezevent is a French start-up that provides online event registration and ticketing services to event organizers. Event organizers can start selling tickets in just minutes for a 2.5% fee on each ticket sold, with no extra expenses.Previously working in the events industry, the 3 founders encountered difficulties in selling tickets over theInternet, and devised a simple solution to solve this problem.
Siparex, France,s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France's regions, listed the shares of the original company one of its main vehicles on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of theindependent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Round size: Seed $658k–$6.4M; Private Equity $6M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cofarco — Official COFARCO twitter account. Commodity finance and trade credit insurance specialist.
- DESTIA Group — DESTIA Group is a provider of personal services to different aged people.
- Ekoscan Integrity — Ekoscan Integrity is an innovative solution for the integrity and sustainability of industrial products through the implementation of innovative technology.
VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 149
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $165M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- reciTAL — First Intelligent Document Processing player with a Deep Tech label, reciTAL automates your extraction, classification and search processes, for all types of document and email flows.
- BeOpinion — BeOpinion is offering a unique experience of content enrichment using questions and social levers allowing you to increase and retain your users.
- Libeo — Libeo is a unique platform to collect, manage and pay all your supplier invoices. Without IBAN and in one click. We are reinventing how companies pay and connect with their business partners. No more hours spent manually entering invoices, answering to angry reminder emails from supplier and owing fees for late payments.* Automated invoiceentry, bulk or individual uploads. * Payments of supplier invoices, one clic no IBAN. * Team work: personalized approval workflow, on-the-go notifications. * Your finances in real time with consolidated financial indicators. Libeo is supported by the Ordre des Experts-Comptables of Ile-de-France, La Banque Postale, La Société Générale, La French Tech, Wilco, Finance Innovation and BNP Paribas.
Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the energy and ecological transition. They invest from 500 K€ to 30 M€ to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Germany, Slovenia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6M; Series A $6.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jay&Joy — Jay&Joy is the first plant-based creamery in France engaged in manufacturing alternatives to cheese made from almond milk and cashew nuts.
- Quideos — Quideos is an agriculture based platform that ensures secured purchase and sale of agricultural raw materials.
- Phase One Lionheart — VER GEO LIO GmbH ("PhaseOneCo") is an indirect subsidiary of Vulcan Energy Resources Limited.
Since 1967, the UI brand embodies a partnership with companies. Actor of the economy, UI has accompanied more than 120 SMEs over the last fifteen years, investing more than 550m € and giving substance to their development projects. Combining experience and corporate culture, UI has established itself as an involved and independent partner, able tocount on its shareholder leaders to favor, independently, the sustainable performance of the SMEs it accompanies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Spain, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.8M; Series A $3.2M–$33M; Private Equity $3.2M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $37M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Eclore — Eclore utilizes origami-inspired designs to produce cylindrical and flat protective bellows, as well as specific protection kits for SCARA robots. These components are constructed from materials resistant to solvents, oils, ultraviolet rays, and high-pressure cleaning while maintaining compliance with international standards. The products functionthrough compression and expansion cycles to safeguard equipment from environmental contaminants and mechanical wear. By reducing the total number of parts and overall bulk, the folding technology creates lightweight protective barriers suitable for various industrial diameters.
- Brenus Pharma — Brenus Pharma is an allogeneic platform to generate immune therapy ambitioning to harness patient immune system & prevent cancer resistance over treatment.
- B Capital Partners — B Capital Partners is a financial services firm offering investment advisory solutions with a focus on infrastructure and clean energy.
Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001 investing in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $713k–$6.3M; Series A $1.2M–$18M; Series B $2.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tricares — TRiCares is a medical device company, devoted to developing a catheter-based valve replacement system for minimal invasive treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation.
- Advestigo — Advestigo S.A., a technology company, provides digital assets protection solutions. It offers theraography technology, which analyses digital content to generate content-based fingerprints; AdvestiCHECK, a software package that allows companies to monitor information technology networks and workstations; and AdvestiGUARD, a software package thatallows companies to monitor communication channels. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Saint-Cloud, France. As of March 9, 2009, Advestigo S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Hologram Industries SA.
- Physikron — Physikron is a developer of mass spectrometry technologies used to improve the performance of tandem spectrometry. Its technologies offer proteomic analysis and dramatically improves the number of peptides and proteins identified during an LC/MS/MS acquisition that enable researchers to research in an enhanced way.
Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Industrial
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Belgium
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $219k–$2M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2004
Portfolio highlights
- Extensee — Extensee is a French company that specializes in providing comprehensive drone solutions tailored for civil, industrial, and governmental applications. Their offerings include drones (UAVs) and sensors, airworthiness management, maintenance services, logistics support, expert personnel deployment, and supply of spare parts. This enables clients toeffectively implement drone-based operations across various sectors, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Beyond Green — Beyond Green is an agri-food group specializing in agricultural transition and sustainable food.
- Sophie Lebreuilly — Sophie Lebreuilly is a traditional pastry bakery, kneading and bread making on the spot, all day long. A gourmet artisan pastry shop and a fast food place: pizza, burger, pasta, salads, sandwiches, breakfast.
NCI is a private investor company that offers their skills for investing in the public and private markets.
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- Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Italy, Martinique
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $439k–$2.5M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $117M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- ZEWAY — ZEWAY is a developer of mobility solution intended to help people switch to electric scooters for mobility. The company operates on a subscription model that allows access to a network of stations with electric scooters along with insurance, assistance and maintenance services, helping customers move within Paris without causing air pollution.
- Eelway — Luggage storage and delivery available 7 days a week. Discover the Eelway luggage services. Finally you're going to travel your hands-free.
- Optoprim — Optoprim is a machinery manufacturing company that specializes in the distribution of lasers, optics and optic electronic instruments.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: France, Tunisia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $549k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.6M; Series A $3.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Semeia — Semeia provides software that helps in medical follow-up and consultation.
- Aquassay — Aquassay assists you with improving the industrial and environmental performance of all your water usage (supply, production, discharge).
- Click&Care — Click&Care is a caregiver marketplace empowers families to easily find, manage and pay licensed caregivers online. Click&Care is a transformation in quality homecare that contribute to make it more affordable and accessible.
AXC is a European Venture Capital Fund, supported by a large community of tech entrepreneurs. We back startups from pre-seed / seed.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $700k–$3.2M; Series A $4.4M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- InUse — A proactive services solution dedicated to equipment manufacturers who want to accelerate their transition to innovative services while controlling their...
- Check & Visit — In Brittany, in Rennes Check & Visit was born from the desire to help the owners of the whole world to realize the conditions of their apartment. In France each year, there are over 3,400,000 inventories made. For the 2,500,000 owners, which they are part of it is not always easy to make the inventory of his apartment. Whether due to lack ofavailability, legal knowledge, or the reliability of paper status reports. The inventory quickly becomes a tedious and time-consuming task that any owner would like to do without.
- DataHawk Technologies — DataHawk software platform provides eCommerce analytics tools for sellers and vendors to increase sales, optimize margins, gain insights, and boost productivity.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2068
- Round size: Series A $6.4M–$50M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$230M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Despegar — Despegar operates as an online business-to-consumer travel agency that focuses on the Portuguese and Spanish speaking markets. It enables people to research travel plans, check flight availability, book airline, and hotel and car rental reservations online, as well as offer travel-related services, including access to airlines, car rentalcompanies, and hotels and vacation packages. The company serves the leisure and corporate travelers. It operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Miami, Florida.
- Faire — A wholesale technology platform empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
- Mercury — Everything you do with money. All in one place. Apply in 10 minutes for business banking that transforms how you operate.
Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in Tech/Digital and Life Sciences companies. It funds innovation and participates in the entrepreneurial adventure, alongside entrepreneurs and sharing their passion.Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of the European leaders in venture capital, with € 1 billion undermanagement as of December 31, 2023. It is an active partner of innovative companies that, according to the management team, show strong growth potential and evolving in two fields of activity: Digital Technologies and Life Sciences. With more than 20 employees, including some 15 investors, Seventure Partners has a proven track record and in-depth expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, and various private equity operations.Seventure's goal is to identify and support the development of tomorrow's European leaders in order to accelerate their growth. To do this, the firm provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks, and know-how of its internal team of investors.The different funds/verticals on which Seventure Partners are focusing on today: - Life Sciences : Biotech, Healthcare, Nutrition - Tech/Digital : B2B SaaS, Fintech, Retailtech, Cybersecurity - Sports & Wellbeing - Blue Economy
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 247
- Round size: Series A $3.3M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ekstere — Ekstere facilitates selling and purchasing verified-quality used bicycles at a reasonable price.
- Pitchy — Create professional videos without technical expertise. Our online video editor helps you easily make business videos.
- Presto Engineering — We enable companies imagine and implement microelectronics solutions in high-value markets such as Industrial, Automotive, Communication and Medical.
GO Capital is an independent management company and a major player in regional Seed and Venture Capital since 2003. With offices in Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Normandy, Centre-Val de Loire and the South of France, GO Capital contributes to the financing of responsible innovation in these regions. With a team of investors with complementarysectoral experience, we have a solid track-record in DeepTech. GO Capital has nearly 400 million euros under management, and mainly finances technology leaders in the digital and healthcare sectors and in the industry of the future.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 139
- Round size: Seed $549k–$6.3M; Series A $2.1M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Lifeaz — Lifeaz saves lives by developing a new generation of connected, simpler, more reliable and smarter defibrillators.
- Axomove — Axomove specializes in the prescription of video-based physical exercises. The company's movement knowledge is used by health professionals to improve remote monitoring of their patients and to avoid Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) at work.
- NeoXperiences — NeoXperiences develops technological solutions that bring audiences together around fun and interactive experiences.
Naxicap Partners is a financial partner responsible, active and present along with its holdings. Their concept of partnership is to provide their participants and their managers substantial support in periods of expansion as in times of difficulty, with lines of action to be effective and practical.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Retail
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: France, Belgium, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$22M; Private Equity $2M–$56M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1B in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- MYRE — With 17 years of professional experience, Deborah (founder) has devised a tailor-made tool adapted to the new challenges of an industry still waiting to be modernized, allowing real estate players to focus on tasks with high added value. MYRE help Asset Managers in taking the control of their datas (financials, legal,...) in the asset lifecycle.We provide Financials analysis and modeling capabilities, advanced dataroom, Debt management, Real Estate Master data management in an inclusive way with all the stakeholders (PM, brokers, bank, ...)MYRE is based on twofold expertise of both technology and real estate business needs.
- Dog Chef — Dog Chef is an exhibit supplier of homemade and natural food for dogs across the region.
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Smalt Capital anciennement ACG Management, est un acteur majeur depuis plus de 20 ans
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Madagascar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Kamp'n — Partenaire de croissance Facebook Ads & Google Ads
- Little Cigogne — Little Cigogne is reinvents the shopping experience for children.
- My Coach Football — My Coach Football allows you to manage and organize the daily operations of your football team, day after day, season after season. Designed to answer amateur and professional coaches’ needs, the platform centralizes all of your squad’s information and allows to gain time and efficiency. In a single click, you can manage players and their personalinformation, the preparation of training and games, but also individual and collective statistics. Season after season, you keep all those data and hence enjoy an optimum tracking of your team’s progression.
Frst is a seed-stage VC firm focused on supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$18M; Pre-Seed $116k–$4.3M; Series A $6.6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $76M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Fakto — Fakto's AI audits every supplier contract, catches billing errors and missed rebates, and protects your margins. Built for procurement, finance and operations leaders.
- KelAI — The AI Quant. Autonomous investment intelligence.
- Uncovr — Surgical video is the biggest dark data in medicine. We turn it into operative reports, billing codes, and clinical intelligence automatically
Iris Capital is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. From Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Dubai, Iris Capital supports start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion with the unique support on its multi corporate partners, including Orange, Publicis, Valeo andBRED.Iris Capital invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, AdTech, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: France, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$16M; Series B $4.4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $38M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- OpsMill — Infrahub from OpsMill is the AI-ready data management platform for powering reliable network and infrastructure automation at scale.
- Hopia — Hopia is a scheduling solution that optimizes human and material resources for healthcare institutions. Hopia centralizes the management of doctors' and nurses' schedules and uses constrained optimization and prediction algorithms to propose the most optimal organization for all stakeholders.
- Nala Earth — Nala empowers companies to measure, manage and report their impact and dependency on nature - compliant with regulation.
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