# Bruno Maisonnier

> Bruno Maisonnier is a seed investor at Another Brain (Paris) backing AgTech and Hardware. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Another Brain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-brain)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bruno-maisonnier/1/7a5/661
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/brunomaisonnier

Bruno Maisonnier is a seed investor at Another Brain in Paris focused on AgTech and Hardware. French entrepreneur and innovator, Bruno founded AnotherBrain in Paris in 2017.In 2005, Bruno developed from scratch Aldebaran Robotics, which became the world category leader in consumer humanoid robotics and created the world renowned NAO, ROMEO and PEPPER humanoid companion robots. Aldebaran was sold to Japanese giant SoftBank and becameSoftBank Robotics. Prior to Aldebaran Bruno had been the CEO of several banks and international finance companies in France and internationally (Brazil, Portugal, Poland), managing 2,500 to 3,500 staff, in multicultural environments.Bruno is a graduate from Polytechnique and Telecom Paris.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 25% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INTERSTELLAR LAB | Interstellar Lab is a biotech company founded in 2018 that develops, manufactures and operates advanced bio-farming platforms to help its customer produce the cleanest plant-based ingredients. Its bio-farming technology combines automated farms (Biopods), AI and bioscience with a unique data-driven approach. Its considerably accelerates plantgrowth while optimizing plant molecular composition. Interstellar Lab provides sustainable plant-based ingredient solutions to large health, beauty and F&B companies. Its bio-farming technology has also convinced NASA and ESA, which contracted with the company to adapt the system for space deployment. The company counts 45 engineers, scientists and researchers located between its flagship 65,000SF BioPod Facility and Plant Lab in Ivry-sur-Seine (France), its SpaceLab at NASA KSC Florida (USA) and its Business Hub in San Francisco (USA). | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 21, 2020 |  |
| Aryballe Technologies | Aryballe Technologies was created in Grenoble/France by a team of scientists and entrepreneurs. As a technology platform their main objectives are to develop new generations of universal sensors which can be adapted to different applications.In parallel to their core hardware development activities they are also organized to handle thesoftware + database development and full manufacturing of their sensors and devices. | $3.4M | Seed | Nov 28, 2016 |  |
| HCVC | HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events. |  |  | Sep 22, 2015 |  |
| Novaquark | Dual Universe is a single-shard sandbox MMO focusing on emergent gameplay, and developed by Novaquark for PC.You believe in a future where games will become more than games, but rather places where meaningful adventures and learning will take place. They believe that these collective online experiences will fill more and more of their free time,becoming more and more real. They believe that fun is the future of work. | $1.4M | Angel | Mar 18, 2015 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Asahi Kasei](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-kasei) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [C4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c4-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daphni](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphni) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fast Forward](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fast-forward) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovacom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovacom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Another Brain

VC Fund · Paris, France

Another Brain is an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI in a way far beyond deep learning. This allows a large part of the calculations dedicated to the extraction and processing of the information sent by these sensors to be processed and to preserve the capacity of the main CPU. The company technologies offer new possibilities to amultitude of industries including healthcare, smart cities, industrial automation, automotive, smart homes, and more.Another Brain developed and invented a chip that can help automatize manufacturers control over the product line, these chips can do things are usually done manually without exhausted after working for eight hours straight and will also enable automatic and embedded pattern recognition with a broad range of application in smart sensors such as smart home, defense, robotics, IoT, drones, smart cars, biometrics, security, and big data.Another Brain was founded in 2017 and is based in Paris, France.

4 contacts available at Another Brain.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bruno Maisonnier | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruno-maisonnier |
| Guillaume Pinto | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-pinto |
| Patrick Pirim | Chief Scientific Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-pirim |
| Petra Koudelkova Delimoges | Head of Public Affairs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petra-koudelkova-delimoges |

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## FAQ

### What does Bruno Maisonnier invest in?

Bruno Maisonnier invests primarily in AgTech, Hardware and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bruno Maisonnier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bruno Maisonnier closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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