# CNRS Innovation

> CNRS Innovation is a VC fund in Boulogne backing Water and Jewelry. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boulogne, France
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnrsinnovation/about/
- Website: http://www.cnrsinnovation.com/

CNRS Innovation is a VC fund in Boulogne focused on Water and Jewelry. CNRS Innovation supports the creation of value for the benefit of the Company. we are at the service of your projects: from the evaluation of your technologies to the development of the operating strategy through intellectual property analysis.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $513k–$4.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| Jewelry | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 33% |
| Precious Metals | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jules Meunier | Start-up Division Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jules-meunier |
| Miranda Delmotte | Project Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miranda-delmotte |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ilion Water Technologies | Ilion Water Technologies specializes in innovative water treatment solutions, ensuring clean and sustainable water for communities. | $4.4M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Daumet | DAUMET is a materials science company dedicated to growing the future of gold and making a tangible contribution to a more sustainable future. The latter are becoming increasingly scarce, expensive, and in high demand, while their extraction is harmful to living organisms. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| G Lyte | G Lyte Offers electrolytes solutions improving the stability and efficiency of DSSC. | $512.5K | Seed | Mar 13, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Demea Sustainable Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/demea-sustainable-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Research Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-research-council) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finhalfa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finhalfa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finovam Gestion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finovam-gestion) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PSL Research University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psl-research-university) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does CNRS Innovation invest in?

CNRS Innovation invests primarily in Water, Jewelry and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CNRS Innovation's check size?

CNRS Innovation typically joins rounds of $513k–$4.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds CNRS Innovation participates in.

### How do I contact CNRS Innovation?

Public channels for CNRS Innovation include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at CNRS Innovation?

The team at CNRS Innovation includes Jules Meunier (Start-up Division Director) and Miranda Delmotte (Project Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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