# CEA Investissement

> CEA Investissement is a VC fund in Paris backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last fund: Jan 2013
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cea-investissement/about/
- Website: http://www.cea-investissement.com

CEA Investissement is a VC fund in Paris focused on Manufacturing and Energy. CEA Investissement (SA), founded (as CEA Valorisation) in 1999, is a subsidiary of the CEA, a major player in technological research, development and innovation. The central mission of CEA Valorisation is to create economic value based on technological innovations. To fulfill this mission, they have developed two main activities: Investmentin seed capital in innovative start-ups / start-ups active in the technology areas of CEA. The Licensing of advising companies and public laboratories of innovation in creative strategy development and marketing rights to patent or know-how belonging to the CEA, other research organizations or innovative companies. In addition, CEA contributes to the financing of national investment in seed technology (activity "Fund of Funds"), this activity is developed through particular Emertec management and funds managed by this company (FCPR Emertec 2 Emertec Energy and Environment), the FCPR managed by ACE Security Management SA, an investment company in seed priming Minatec SAS. Their areas of technological expertise are mainly micro-and nanotechnology, health technologies, the New Technologies for Information and Communication (NTIC), advanced materials and technologies for energy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $796k–$21M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 10 | 22% |
| Energy | 7 | 16% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 16% |
| Semiconductor | 7 | 16% |
| Electronics | 6 | 13% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 33% |
| Series A | 11 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 20% |
| Series B | 4 | 9% |
| Series D | 2 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 35 | 78% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Desrumaux | Investment Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-desrumaux |
| Francois Breniaux | Investment Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-breniaux |
| Laurent Lelait | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurent-lelait |
| Martin Savaris | Cleantech & Energy Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-savaris |
| Regis Saleur | Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rgis-saleur |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iNGage | iNGage pushes the boundaries of high-performance inertial MEMS navigation sensors for autonomous mobility. Leveraging a breakthrough M&NEMS technology protected by more than 30 patents, iNGage aims to make high-performance inertial navigation sensors—essential for GPS-free navigation—accessible to high-volume applications such as industrialrobotics and automotive. | $7M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| STELLARIA | Stellaria is a 200 MWe molten salt reactor with 20-year autonomy, delivering safe, sustainable nuclear power without refueling. | $26.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 18, 2025 |  |
| STELLARIA | Stellaria is reimagining sustainable rapid neutron nuclear energy. | $26.7M | Seed | Jul 17, 2025 |  |
| HEXANA | HEXANA is an energy platform that combines flexible sodium-cooled fast neutron reactors with a thermal management system. | $15.6M | Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Otrera | Otrera provides customizable solutions for delivering low-carbon energy to industries and local communities. | $2.6M | Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Blue Capsule Technology | Blue Capsule Technology is a nuclear power company that specializes in the development of advanced innovative reactors to produce industrial-grade heat for industry. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| Aledia | Aledia develops and manufactures innovative light-emitting diodes based on a unique 3D architecture using gallium-nitride on-silicon microwires.The technology uses standard silicon wafers with diameters of 8 inches (200 mm) and existing CMOS wafer-fabrication processes and tools, enabling the production of LED chips at 25 percent of the cost oftraditional planar LED chips. The process and tools help develop both mobile displays and microdisplays for AR/VR applications, enabling users to use them for direct-view displays such as for smartphones, smartwatches, tablets, and laptops. In 2011, Giorgio Anania, Philippe Gilet, and Xavier Hugon co-founded the Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes-based company. | $122.6M |  | Sep 23, 2023 |  |
| Quobly | Quobly create and market a universal large-scale quantum computer, using tried-and-true semiconductor industry procedures. | $20.8M | Seed | Jul 12, 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 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does CEA Investissement invest in?

CEA Investissement invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CEA Investissement's check size?

CEA Investissement typically joins rounds of $796k–$21M at Seed and $1.4M–$13M 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 CEA Investissement participates in.

### How do I contact CEA Investissement?

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### Who are the partners at CEA Investissement?

The team at CEA Investissement includes Christophe Desrumaux (Investment Director), Francois Breniaux (Investment Director) and Laurent Lelait (Investment Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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