# Bernard Maître

> Bernard Maître is a seed investor at Demeter (Paris) backing Mobile and Payments. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Demeter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/demeter-1e8a)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-maitre-96b3b436

Bernard Maître is a seed investor at Demeter in Paris focused on Mobile and Payments. Bernard MAITRE. With a degree from the HEC, Bernard Maître began his career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand. After three years as management controller of SMT- Goupil, one of the first French start-ups, he became a co-founder and Managing Director of BLUE SA, a company specialising in local networks and telecommunications gateways, whichhe sold in 1988. After this experience as an entrepreneur, he joined Banexi, a subsidiary of the BNP group, as Director of lnvestments, where he Iaunched and managed Banexi Ventures, BNP’s Ieading technology venture capital arrn, with around €20 million in capital. He put the Banexi Ventures team together and managed a highly profitable technology portfolio (which included Soitec, Saari, llog, Adi and Digigram), a portfolio which ensured Banexi Ventures‘ staying power and development. Between 1996 and 1998, he Iaunched and managed CDC-lnnovation, a multi-sector venture- capital company with capital of €65 million. The major success stories for which he was personally responsible were lntegra and Netgem. He Iaunched the I-Source seed capital fund, which is linked to the French National Institute for Information Technology Rese arch (INRIA), thanks to the capital gains realised on ILOG. Between 1998 and 2002, he was the Chief Executive of Galileo Partners, one of the largest independent venture-capital companies in France at the time. After successfully raising €75 million and then €250 million, and establishing the management company’s business flow and reputation, he was responsible, in particular, for the investments in Liberty Surf, auFéminin, Netgem and Esterel Technologies. Between September 2003 and October 2006, he was Head of investments in the energy sector at the French Government investments Agency (and therefore the French Government's representative on the Board of Directors of Gaz de France, Cogema, EDF-RTE, SNPE and La Française des Jeux) before being appointed Chairman of CEA Valorisation in October 2006 and becoming Chairman of the Emertec Board of Directors in September 2008. He is EMERTEC Gestion’s permanent representative on the Supervisory or Management Boards of MCPHY ENERGY and INSITEO.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Payments | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enition | Enition designs and markets network-centric payment technology and systems for the valuation and payment of information and services over the Internet in the United States and France. The company offers NetToll system, an Internet protocol based infrastructure solution that enables content, content distribution, and network service providers toprice and sell digital content and services. It serves various markets, including business information services, entertainment, e-learning, application service provider services, and digital storage. |  | Seed | Jul 06, 2000 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reuters Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reuters-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Demeter

VC Fund · Paris, France

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.

5 contacts available at Demeter.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Lamothe | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-lamothe |
| Bernard Maître | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernard-matre |
| Céline Charvin | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c%C3%A9line-charvin |
| Corinne Roussel | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corinne-roussel |
| Olivier Bordelanne | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-bordelanne |

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## FAQ

### What does Bernard Maître invest in?

Bernard Maître invests primarily in Mobile, Payments and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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