François Robinet
Managing Director @ AVP
Paris, France
François Robinet is a Series A investor at AVP in Paris focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. François Robinet - Managing Director @ AVP
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 76%
Last updated:
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Industries François Robinet invests in
Stages François Robinet invests in
Countries François Robinet invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (43%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (19%)
- Information Technology 3 (14%)
- SaaS 2 (10%)
- Internet 2 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 10 (48%)
- Series B 3 (14%)
- Seed 2 (10%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
- Series D 1 (5%)
Country
- France 8 (38%)
- United Kingdom 4 (19%)
- Switzerland 2 (10%)
- United States 1 (5%)
- The Netherlands 1 (5%)
Investments
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Isometric is a carbon removal registry and science platform. | $40M / Series A / Jun 22, 2026 | |
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deskbird is the workplace management app that puts employees first. The platform provides a smooth and user-friendly experience, allowing users to easily check the office's occupancy and adjust their schedule accordingly. With just 2 clicks, you can book a desk on a mobile, desktop, Slack or MS Teams app. That's why employees love it!Over 5,000 offices are already using deskbird globally. Clients like AON, Unicef, Vitra, Heineken, and ThyssenKrupp trust deskbird to implement desk booking, coordinate employees returning to the office more often, optimize the office space, and save costs on lease and energy. | $23M / Series B / Sep 24, 2025 | |
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AxonIQ is the proven platform for rapidly building resilient, AI-native backend systems. With Axon Framework, Axon Server, and the AxonIQ Console, teams can design, scale, and monitor event-driven microservices with ease. Native support for the Multi-Context Protocol (MCP) makes Axon the perfect foundation for agentic AI, enabling systems that areboth explainable and adaptable. Trusted in industries like healthcare, finance, and logistics, AxonIQ powers mission-critical applications with confidence. | Series A / Sep 03, 2025 | |
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Alice&Bob build Universal, Error-free, Quantum Computers to help industries and researchers solve the hardest problems. | $104.3M / Series B / Jan 28, 2025 | |
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Veesual is on a mission to help fashion shoppers better project into the garments they buy online. We help them to answer their 2 questions: will it fit me? what will it match with? With Veesual, fashion brands and retailers enhance their customer journey with Augmented Shopping Experiences like Mix&Match, Switch Model and Virtual Try-On.All are fueled by dynamic content thanks to a proprietary 2D-based Image Generation Technology developed in-house.Impact for the brands? Double the conversion. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 17, 2024 | |
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Bene Bono is an organic producer that offers a variety of seasonal products from their fields. They purchased cheap vegetables directly from farmers, allowing farmers to sell their rejected product in exchange for money, offering customers access to reasonably priced organic produce, and reducing overall food waste. | $10.9M / Series A / Mar 05, 2024 | |
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CryptoNext is a spin-off from Inria Paris and Sorbonne University. The quantum computer disruption is an opportunity, a source of progress for many fields, but also a serious threat to the security of electronic communications. A large-scale quantum computer will break the cryptography that permits to secure Internet. Their vision is that quantumcomputers is a risk that we cannot ignore. | $12M / Series A / Nov 30, 2023 | |
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deskbird is the workplace management app that puts employees first. The platform provides a smooth and user-friendly experience, allowing users to easily check the office's occupancy and adjust their schedule accordingly. With just 2 clicks, you can book a desk on a mobile, desktop, Slack or MS Teams app. That's why employees love it!Over 5,000 offices are already using deskbird globally. Clients like AON, Unicef, Vitra, Heineken, and ThyssenKrupp trust deskbird to implement desk booking, coordinate employees returning to the office more often, optimize the office space, and save costs on lease and energy. | $13M / Series A / Sep 06, 2023 | |
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Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools for forward-thinking companies that really care about candidate experience. Founded in 2018, Zinc has a unique approach to background checking, that's redefining industry standards. Zinc is headquartered in London, England. | $6.3M / Series A / Jul 03, 2023 | |
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Geomiq is an intelligent platform that provides Instant quotes and Instant ordering of custom manufactured parts. | $8.4M / Series A / Jul 26, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About AVP
AXA Venture Partners (AVP) is a venture capital fund investing in high-growth, technology-enabled companies. AVP has built a unique investment platform specialized in tech investments with $600 million of assets under management through three pillars of investment expertise: Early Stage Fund, Growth Stage Fund and Fund of Funds. To date, AVP hasinvested in 40 Early and Growth equity deals and 6 Fund investments. AVP team operates globally backed by offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong. Beyond investments, AVP provides access to business development opportunities helping portfolio companies to scale globally and accelerate their growth.
AVP Contacts
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Alex Scherbakovsky
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François Robinet
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Imran Akram
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Manish Agarwal
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Marc Lewden
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FAQ
What does François Robinet invest in?
François Robinet invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did François Robinet last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for François Robinet closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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