Top 10 Oil and Gas VC Funds in France

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 10 VC funds that invest in Oil and gas startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Oil and gas companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Oil and Gas VC Funds in France

Investor	Oil and Gas France investments
Index Ventures	1
IRIS	1
Seventure Partners	1
Karista	1
Ouest Croissance	1
Blue Oceans Partners	1
Polytechnique Ventures	1
ODYSSEE VENTURE	1
Demeter Partners	1
CM-CIC Capital Prive	1

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Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

badshahbook.club — DataSnipper is an intelligent audit platform within Excel that improves the speed and quality of your audit.
Pomelo — At Pomelo we build state-of-the-art fintech infrastructure. Our technology enables you to launch and scale your financial services business.
Agrawal's AI initiative — Agrawal's AI initiative operates as an AI company to create software for LLM developers. Parag Agrawal formerly held the position of Twitter's CEO before Elon Musk's takeover now venturing into artificial intelligence as the venture's name and product details have not been revealed.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
France, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

WeeFin — WeeFin centralizes ESG data, customizes strategy, and automates reporting processes. Their solutions are ESG connect, hub expertise, and ESG advisory.
DGG — Reliably deliver impressive results, thanks to a single, standardized pipeline for 3D tooling and delivery.
Escape — Escape is the only API Security solution that combines the capabilities of API inventory, security testing, and business logic testing in CI/CD.

Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in information and communication technology, 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€ 660 million under management as of December 31, 2016. 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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
France, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sinay — Use the full potential of your data with intelligent solutions. Become more efficient on a daily basis and reduce your environmental impact.
Allozymes — Allozymes, Pte. Ltd. is a leading deep technology company applying innovative ultrahigh-throughput microfluidics technology to accelerate enzyme evolution and development. We developed sensitive, accurate, and generic assays for the detection of enzymatic reactions, proprietary microfluidic chips and proteomics technologies to take enzymedevelopment to the next level.
Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and

Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001 investing in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
France, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

constellr — Smart Farming and Climate Monitoring from Space. At constellr, we are using cutting-edge beyond-visual imaging technology to revolutionise the way we assess crucial aspects of our planet's health.
Look Up Space — Lookup space is the next global leader for space safety, security and sustainability
Kranus Health — Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.

Partner companies not listed, Western Growth is specialized for over 20 years in operations mobility of capital and financing needs of growing businesses. Player in capital investment in the Far West, they offer the leaders of financial solutions to support the major stages in the life of the company - reclassification, transmission anddevelopment. The aim of West Growth: create long-term value for shareholders and executives.More than an investor, the Western philosophy of growth is based on partnerships with businesses. They act without constraint of time and are invested with managers in the strategic thinking, the study of growth and external financing, the optimization of the financing solutions required means and the establishment of better systems of motivation and 'shares. Since its inception, more than 400 partner companies have regional trust West Growth.

Investment focus

Software, Water, Home and Garden
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
France

Portfolio highlights

Lhyfe — Lhyfe is a producer of renewable hydrogen whose production emits zero CO2. Hydrogen solutions adapted to your needs: mobility, industry...
Placeshaker — Placeshaker publishes and designs specialized project management software for renovation and rehabilitation sites.
Lantana Paysage — Lantana Paysage offers garden maintenance services. Lantana Paysage is involved in creation and development on all aspects of the private garden : from the portal to the terrace (wood, natural stone, concrete imitation wood, ...), going through the fence, concrete, decorative concrete, deactivated concrete, emulsion, gravel stabilizer, etc.),garden, sprinkler system, low consumption lighting, basins, etc.

Blue Oceans Partners invests in and supports companies scaling up innovations that help address the most critical threats to our ocean, while seizing structural market opportunities. Our primary focus is currently on solutions to overfishing and plastic pollution.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Water, Aerospace
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spinergie — Unlock Sustainable Energy with Spinergie: Transform operational and maritime data into actionable insights to reduce your carbon footprint and increase efficiency. Start your maritime green journey today!
NatureMetrics — NatureMetrics is the World-Leading provider of Biodiversity monitoring data, using eDNA surveys, metabarcoding & more. Book your demo today!
Nature Metrics — NatureMetrics is a world-leading provider of biodiversity monitoring data, using environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys, metabarcoding and more.

Polytechnique Ventures support entrepreneurs from the School's ecosystem.

Investment focus

SaaS, Energy, Robotics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Airthium — Airthium builds a new kind of energy storage system, that stores electricity as heat - reversibly - and in the form of ammonia.The system relies on a high-temperature heat pump/heat engine to heat molten salt to 540°C ( 1000°F), and then convert the heat back into electricity, with a 70% roundtrip efficiency.Airthium's units can beused to store and deliver solar and wind energy, starting at 100 kW and up to GW scale (Utility).Moreover, an ammonia generation unit and an external ammonia burner can be added to the system, to provide uninterruptible power, or go off-grid, even after several days of bad weather (no sun/wind).
Jimini AI — Cutting-edge AI for next generation law firms and companies.
Docent — Docent is the first AI-powered mobile application to offer a fully-personalized experience for discovering, accessing and collecting contemporary masterpieces.

ODYSSEE VENTURE is a private equity firm. The Company provides independent financial advisory services to management companies, family office, and major institutional networks. It was founded by Mathieu Boillet and Sébastien Sassolas in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Interstis — Interstis is a software tool that allows its users to collaborate with the team to share information, project tracking and communication.
Leader Print — LEADER PRINT GROUP is a company that specializes in large format digital printing. The company offers a range of printing services, including the production of visual solutions for communication purposes. The company's offerings are designed to meet the needs of various industries, with a focus on manufacturing. With a team of dedicatedprofessionals, LEADER PRINT GROUP is committed to providing innovative and tailored solutions to its clients, ensuring their printing needs are met with precision and efficiency.
eXplain — Explain provides market intelligence solutions to companies who do Business with Governments. Explain leverage proprietary technology to collect and analyze unique datasets to help companies identify and understand local events, local stakeholders, local opinions and local regulation.Previously known as Liegey Muller Pons, Explain developed aleading campaign targeting software used by more than a thousand campaigns across Europe, including the last two French winning presidential bids. Over the past two years, Explain has successfully diversified its portfolio of clients and now mostly works with private companies.

Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.