# Calao Finance

> Calao Finance is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Robotics. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2735612
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/calaofinance
- Website: http://www.calaofinance.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calaofinance

CALAO Finance is an independent private equity company, specialized in financing European SME.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$5.2M |
| Series A | $1.9M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 19% |
| Robotics | 4 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |
| Big Data | 3 | 11% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 30% |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 11% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 20 | 74% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bernard Ochs | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernard-ochs |
| Rodolphe Herbelin | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodolphe-herbelin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zelok | Zelok is a rental platform for real estate professionals. They provide services for its development and are experts in rental real estate. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Acwa Robotics | Acwa Robotics is a company that develops amphibious autonomous devices to manage clean water infrastructures globally. | $5.2M | Seed | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| AquaTech Innovation | AquaTech Innovation is a GreenTech company that implements solutions to protect our water resources, both in quantity and quality, while also limiting the environmental impact of their use. Their modular and patented products cover the entire water cycle. | $2.1M | Seed | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| ISYBOT | ISYBOT is a designer and manufacturer of collaborative robots or "Cobots", that is to say, robots working in collaboration with workers. Its cobots work with workers and make it possible to: - reduce the arduousness of workstations - multiply their productivity - enhance manual workstations ISYBOT is based on a breakthrough technicalinnovation, resulting from 15 years of R&D carried out within CEA LIST . | $3.3M |  | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| ISYBOT | ISYBOT is a designer and manufacturer of collaborative robots or "Cobots", that is to say, robots working in collaboration with workers. Its cobots work with workers and make it possible to: - reduce the arduousness of workstations - multiply their productivity - enhance manual workstations ISYBOT is based on a breakthrough technicalinnovation, resulting from 15 years of R&D carried out within CEA LIST . | $3.2M |  | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| Kalray | KALRAY is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops, markets & sells a new generation of manycore processors for Imaging, Telecommunication infrastructures, Data Security & Network Appliances embedded applications. | $25.7M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 02, 2022 |  |
| Kalray | Kalray is an intelligent Data Processing from Cloud to Edge. | $26.8M |  | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| ISYBOT | ISYBOT is a designer and manufacturer of collaborative robots or "Cobots", that is to say, robots working in collaboration with workers. Its cobots work with workers and make it possible to: - reduce the arduousness of workstations - multiply their productivity - enhance manual workstations ISYBOT is based on a breakthrough technicalinnovation, resulting from 15 years of R&D carried out within CEA LIST . | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| ISYBOT | ISYBOT is a designer and manufacturer of collaborative robots or "Cobots", that is to say, robots working in collaboration with workers. Its cobots work with workers and make it possible to: - reduce the arduousness of workstations - multiply their productivity - enhance manual workstations ISYBOT is based on a breakthrough technicalinnovation, resulting from 15 years of R&D carried out within CEA LIST . | $2.2M |  | Apr 22, 2020 |  |
| Little Cigogne | Little Cigogne is reinvents the shopping experience for children. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2020 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Siparex Groupe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groupe-siparex) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Karot Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karot-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CEA Investissement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cea-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ACG Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viveris-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Arbevel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arbevel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Calao Finance invest in?

Calao Finance invests primarily in Software, Robotics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Calao Finance's check size?

Calao Finance typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$5.2M at Seed and $1.9M–$10M 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 Calao Finance participates in.

### How do I contact Calao Finance?

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### Who are the partners at Calao Finance?

The team at Calao Finance includes Bernard Ochs (Founder) and Rodolphe Herbelin (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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