# CIC

> CIC is a VC fund in Paris backing Software, Consulting and Information Services. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cic-en-ile-de-france
- Website: https://www.cic.fr

CIC is a bank that specializes in financing solutions for businesses that provide market solutions and payment services.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Consulting | 2 | 25% |
| Information Services | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H'ability | H'ability offers therapeutic exercises in immersive virtual reality, complementary to conventional rehabilitation. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Hexa | Hexa is home to startup studios eFounders (SaaS), Logic Founders (fintech) and 3founders (web3).It all started in 2011 with startup studio eFounders, which pioneered a new way of entrepreneurship, became a reference in the B2B SaaS world, and launched over 30 companies including 3 unicorns (Front, Aircall, Spendesk).Now, eFounders is part ofHexa, alongside startup studios Logic Founders (fintech) and 3founders (web3) With Hexa, we’re on a mission to democratize a new way for entrepreneurship, one centered around building companies in teams. We do this in two ways, by supporting our existing startup studios, and by creating additional ones.In numbers? We’re an entrepreneurial ecosystem made up of:- +30 companies launched - +2800 jobs created - 3 unicorns (Spendesk, Aircall, Front) - +$5 billion combined companies valuation | $31.6M | Debt Financing | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Wellow | Freeing up vacant large apartments in the city center and set it back to the market to provide comfortable living spaces and address the housing crisis is the mission of Wellow. Wellow is committed to tackling the housing crisis among young people and is developing a new model of collective and urban housing to offer them an immersive andinteractive lifestyle, bridging the gaps within and between cities. Wellow empowers its community with access to fully-equipped rooms within shared spaces, creating a sense of home and belonging.But the Wellow experience doesn't stop there. It extends into the heart of the city, where a vibrant social tapestry weaves around culture, social and charitable events offered every week.For private and institutional property owners, Wellow not only mitigates rental risks but also actively addresses the challenges of vacant properties, asset maintenance, and unpaid rents in large residential spaces.Today, Wellow stands tall with over 500+ young individuals finding their place in the heart of Paris. Discover our mission at www.wellowhouse.com | $750K | Debt Financing | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Melia | Melia is a start-up specializing in the production of pallets from non-forest wood. | $1.9M | Seed | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| My Digital Buildings | My Digital Buildings is a software platform for producing and analyzing geographical building data, including 3D point clouds, 2D blueprints, BIM models, and virtual tours. | $889.8K | Debt Financing | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Aprex Solutions | Aprex Solutions is a company that offers software and hardware solutions to transfer images and video into technical and scientific data. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 05, 2024 |  |
| Kikleo | Kikleo provides smart solutions for monitoring the food waste in restaurants and collects and analyzes the data to implement solutions. |  | Debt Financing | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Wheel of Work | WheelOfWork offers the most prestigious missions in technology, consulting, and engineering. They choose to meet the needs of freelancers and their pursuit of excellence, a personalized career strategy, and ultimate simplification of their working life. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 08, 2023 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crédit Industriel et Commercial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-industriel-et-commercial) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [BNP Paribas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [YEAST](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yeast-2c3a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agrivalor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agrivalor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CIC invest in?

CIC invests primarily in Software, Consulting and Information Services startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did CIC last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for CIC closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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