# Ambroise Fayolle

> Ambroise Fayolle is a debt financing investor at European Investment Bank backing Biotechnology. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [European Investment Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-investment-bank)
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 87%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambroise-fayolle

Ambroise Fayolle is a debt financing investor at European Investment Bank focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Ambroise Fayolle - Vice-President @ European Investment Bank

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 21% |
| Health Care | 7 | 18% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 18% |
| Software | 6 | 15% |
| Medical Device | 6 | 15% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 22 | 56% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 10 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 18 | 46% |
| France | 12 | 31% |
| Mali | 1 | 3% |
| Togo | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cailabs | Cailabs is a global leader in free-space optical communications. Its dual-use Optical Ground Stations (OGS) are deployed worldwide by leading satellite operators and agencies such as SES, ESA and Contec. The company is among the very few globally to have demonstrated satellite-to-ground links fully compliant with the US Space Development Agency(SDA) standard, confirming its unique technological position.It also plays a central role in European sovereignty/defense programs such as Keraunos, developing secure OGS for next-generation optical satellite links.Founded in 2013, Cailabs has raised over €100M and grown to 170 employees (as of Dec 2025). Cailabs has a global presence with 3 offices : its HQ based in Rennes (Brittany, France), 1 office in Paris (France) and 1 office in Washington DC (Arlington, VA). | $43.5M | Debt Financing | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Wandercraft | Wandercraft develops autonomous walking exoskeletons and robotic systems designed to restore upright mobility to individuals with walking impairments. The company offers devices such as Atalante X, a hands‑free, self‑balancing exoskeleton used in rehabilitation centers, and a Personal Exoskeleton prototype that leverages AI‑driven balance tosupport walking in daily life. Their systems incorporate real‑time adaptive gait algorithms and powered joints to facilitate multidirectional movement and support early intensive rehabilitation. Wandercraft collaborates with healthcare institutions and has initiated clinical trials to evaluate safety and effectiveness in managing spinal cord injuries and stroke rehabilitation. | $27.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Husk Power Systems | Husk Power Systems ("Husk") owns, builds and operates solar-hybrid microgrids that serve off-grid and weak-grid communities in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It provides its business and residential customers with 100% renewable electricity and access to energy efficient appliances. In the process, it is contributing to climateresilience while also avoiding a significant amount of emissions from diesel generation. Husk has more than 200 minigrids in operation, the largest fleet in the world.The company is a catalyst for economic growth and social well-being, helping rural communities increase incomes and create employment by starting or expanding microenterprises and running electricity-operated machines that increase productivity. It also provides reliable power to local clinics and schools and education, improving healthcare and educational outcomes. Husk Power Systems was founded by co-founded by CEO Manoj Sinha in 2008 and is based in the United States, with operations in India and Nigeria. | $20M | Debt Financing | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Cofina Ivory | Cofina Ivory is a savings and credit institution that operates in the sector of mesofinance. | $17M | Debt Financing | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| COFINA Senegal | Cofina Sénégal is a microfinance group focusing its activities on income-generating loans and guarantees to unbanked MSMEs. In 2016, it started to deploy retail activities providing current accounts, savings accounts, notes, bank cards, online transfer services, and insurance products to its clients who were usually excluded from formal financialservices. | $10.6M | Debt Financing | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| VoltStorage | VoltStorage develops and produces solar energy storage systems based on the eco-friendly Redox Flow technology to store surplus solar energy by day and use it during periods of low sunshine. With its sustainable energy storage solutions, VoltStorage follows the vision of making 100 percent renewable energy available around the clock – and thusmaking the world cleaner and fairer for future generations. | $33.1M | Debt Financing | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| Wingcopter | Wingcopter is an award-winning German developer, manufacturer, and operator of unmanned eVTOL fixed-wing aircraft dedicated to improving the lives of people worldwide through meaningful commercial and humanitarian applications. The start-up focuses on the delivery of goods such as medicines to remote health facilities, packages, and food to privatehouseholds. With their unique, patented tilt-rotor mechanism, the electrically powered Wingcopters far exceed the range and payload capabilities of commercial multicopter drones. Taking off and landing vertically like multicopters, Wingcopters fly long distances as efficiently and quickly as fixed-wing aircraft, reaching ranges of up to 75 miles (120 kilometers) and a Guinness world record speed of 150 mph (240 km/h). Even in strong winds of up to 44 mph (71 km/h) or inclement weather, Wingcopters fly autonomously and reliably.Wingcopters are also used for the efficient inspection of public infrastructure and for long-range mapping applications.In 2020, Wingcopter was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. | $43.9M | Debt Financing | May 10, 2023 |  |
| Smart Reporting | Smart Reporting offers a digital health solution for structured medical reporting. Smart Reporting offers an intelligent software for physicians which improves quality and efficiency. The first platform was launched in radiology and supports radiologists in generating high-quality medical reports by applying guideline-compliant criteria in theirreports. | $16.4M | Debt Financing | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| SiPearl | SiPearl is the French semiconductor company designing the high-performance, low-power microprocessor for exascale supercomputers. It will commercialize Rhea, its first range of microprocessor, early 2024 based on a roadmap closely aligned with the European Union’s goals. Rhea is based on Arm Neoverse V1 architecture. SiPearl has already committedto producing it using N6 or better processes from TSMC.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France with R&D centers in France (Grenoble, Maisons-Laffitte, Massy, Sophia Antipolis), Germany (Duisburg) and Spain (Barcelona). | $81.8M | Series A | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| GeNeuro | GeNeuro is a biotechnology company that develops therapeutic drugs for diseases associated with the expression of pathogenic proteins of the human endogenous retroviral origin. The company is primarily focused on nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. Its products include GNbAC1, a therapeutic monoclonal antibody forthe treatment of multiple sclerosis. It also develops diagnostic tests to dose the multiple sclerosis-associated retrovirus-ENV proteins in patients.GeNeuro was founded in 2006 and is based in Plan-Les-Ouates, Switzerland. | $7.4M | Post-IPO Debt | Mar 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Opera Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opera-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Triodos Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triodos-investment-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [African Development Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/african-development-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ally Bridge Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ally-bridge-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arm Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About European Investment Bank

VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg

The European Investment Bank (EIB) offers lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily within the European Union. It provides project loans for public and private sectors, loans to banks and intermediaries, structured finance products, guarantees, and securitization instruments for debts. Additionally, EIB offers equity and fund investmentproducts, including infrastructure and environmental funds, as well as venture capital funds. EIB also supports microfinance and risk-sharing finance for research and innovation, and provides technical expertise for sustainable energy projects. Its services include infrastructure advisory, urban development support, guarantees for transport infrastructure, and funding for public-private partnerships and small- to medium-sized enterprises. The bank serves various sectors, including transportation, energy, health, education, and agriculture.

5 contacts available at European Investment Bank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gelsomina Vigliotti | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gelsomina-vigliotti |
| Myriam Rouis | Senior Investment Manager/Advisor - EIC Fund - Venture Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/myriam-rouis-cf67 |
| Alexander Stubb | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-stubb |
| Ambroise Fayolle | Vice-President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambroise-fayolle |
| Andrus Ansip | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrus-ansip-7132 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ambroise Fayolle invest in?

Ambroise Fayolle invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Debt Financing and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ambroise Fayolle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ambroise Fayolle closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 39 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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