# BNP Paribas Private Equity

> BNP Paribas Private Equity is a VC fund backing Software. See 99 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 99
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last fund: Jul 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bnp-paribas-investment-partners
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bnpparibas
- Website: http://www.bnpparibas-ip.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bnppip

BNP Paribas Private Equity is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Information Technology. BNP Paribas Private Equity brings together the third party private equity teams of BNP Paribas Investment Partners. As of September 2008, this activity has EUR 817 million of assets under management, spread out over five different types of vehicles: funds of funds and investment management mandates, innovation funds (FCPI), local investment funds(FIP ISF), unlisted small cap funds and feeder funds.The asset management activities are supported by:- A strategy and development arm dedicated to the creation of new activities both in and outside France using BNPP IP's global network.- A comprehensive fund administration service.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$2.2M |
| Series A | $2.6M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 18 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 12 | 12% |
| Finance | 8 | 8% |
| Energy | 7 | 7% |

150 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 23 | 23% |
| Series A | 14 | 14% |
| Seed | 11 | 11% |
| Series B | 10 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 9 | 9% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 49 | 49% |
| United States | 19 | 19% |
| Belgium | 4 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| China | 2 | 2% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chodron de Courcel | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chodron-de-courcel |
| John Keith | Managing Director & Head of Financial Institution Coverage, Australia | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-keith |
| Pierre André de Chalendar | Board Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-andr-de-chalendar |
| Thierry Laborde | Head of BNP Paribas Personal Finance | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thierry-laborde |
| Frédéric Janbon | Head of Fixed Income | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frdric-janbon |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anima Research Center | Anima Research Center specializes in treatments for sleep disorders, heart disease, lung disease, skin conditions, and mental disorders. |  | Private Equity | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Credem Banca | Credem Banca provides banking services. | $548.5M | Post-IPO Debt | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| Pollen Robotics | Pollen Robotics develops humanoid service robots specialized in the interaction and manipulation of objects. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2023 |  |
| Santexpat.fr | Santexpat is a health insurance platform for French expatriates in more than 200 countries. It allows users to analyze more than 100 health insurance solutions and subscribe to them directly. The company also offers teleconsultations with French-speaking doctors 24/7. Santexpat was founded in 2020 and is based in Paris, France. | $3.2M | Series A | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| MICA | MICA is a medical artificial intelligence support system that assists radiologists in mammography image comparison and analysis. | $3M | Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Thrasos A.I. | Thrasos A.I are revolutionizing biosecurity management in industry. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| MASAN Group | They are one of Vietnam’s largest private sector companies with a focus on the consumption and resources sectors. They have a track record of actively building, acquiring and managing large-scale operating platforms that capitalize on Vietnam’s structural consumption and resources stories. They believe that substantial value can be created fortheir shareholders through professional management, global partners and a commitment to serving Vietnam’s emerging middle class.Their vision is to become Vietnam’s local private sector champion in terms of scale, profitability, and shareholder return and to become the country’s growth partner and employer of choice. In order to achieve this vision, they operate in sectors where a local private sector company can be a market leader and can develop scale through focus and consolidation.Their management team comprises professionals with global risk management and capital allocation expertise, Vietnamese managers with local execution experience and, at their operating businesses, senior industry executives with a track record at multinational corporations. | $600M | Debt Financing | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Aerospacelab | Aerospacelab is a company established near Brussels aiming at tackling some of the most challenging problems with a completely different paradigm. | $45.5M | Series B | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Origin Materials | Origin is the carbon negative materials company. The Origin platform turns the carbon found in biomass into useful materials, while eliminating the need for fossil resources and capturing carbon in the process. Origin has developed a platform for turning the carbon found in inexpensive, plentiful, non-food biomass such as sustainable wood residuesinto useful materials while capturing carbon in the process. Origin’s patented technology platform can help revolutionize the production of a wide range of end products, including clothing, textiles, plastics, packaging, car parts, tires, carpeting, toys, and more with a ~$1 trillion addressable market. | $200M | Post-IPO Equity | Jun 25, 2021 |  |
| Purecontrol | Purecontrol is artificial intelligence at the service of continuous improvement. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 99 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does BNP Paribas Private Equity invest in?

BNP Paribas Private Equity invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 99 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BNP Paribas Private Equity's check size?

BNP Paribas Private Equity typically joins rounds of $658k–$2.2M at Seed and $2.6M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BNP Paribas Private Equity participates in.

### How do I contact BNP Paribas Private Equity?

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### Who are the partners at BNP Paribas Private Equity?

The team at BNP Paribas Private Equity includes Chodron de Courcel (Chief Operating Officer (COO)), John Keith (Managing Director & Head of Financial Institution Coverage, Australia) and Pierre André de Chalendar (Board Member), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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