# French Partners

> French Partners is a VC fund in Geneva backing E-Commerce and Software. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frenchpartners/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/frenchpartners
- Website: https://frenchpartners.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frenchpartners/

French Partners is a VC fund in Geneva focused on E-Commerce and Software. French Partners is the first co-investment club dedicated to qualified investors wishing to accompany and finance companies led locally by French entrepreneurs. French Partners targets start-ups and growing SMEs with revenues of up to several tens of millions of euros, who already have or wish to accelerate their international presence, as well asinnovative investment funds. French Partners invests from €1 million to €5 million, often on a minority basis, alone or in co-investment, in the capital of companies founded and managed by french entrepreneurs internationally.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$24M |
| Series A | $2.7M–$30M |
| Series B | $15M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 21% |
| Software | 7 | 16% |
| SaaS | 6 | 14% |
| Payments | 5 | 12% |
| FinTech | 4 | 9% |

86 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 28% |
| Seed | 11 | 26% |
| Series B | 5 | 12% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 21% |
| France | 5 | 12% |
| China | 2 | 5% |
| Mexico | 2 | 5% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emilie Loyer Buttiaux | Co-founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilie-loyer-buttiaux |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Umiami | Umiami is a French food-tech startup that develops plant-based food technology to reduce meat consumption. It also offers plant-based whole-cuts that contain plant proteins helping consumers to have alternatives that mimic the taste, texture, and smell of meat. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Paris, France. | $28.9M | Series A | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Umiami | Umiami is a French food-tech startup that develops plant-based food technology to reduce meat consumption. It also offers plant-based whole-cuts that contain plant proteins helping consumers to have alternatives that mimic the taste, texture, and smell of meat. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Paris, France. | $30M | Series A | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Reebelo | Reebelo operates as an online marketplace specializing in refurbished and pre-owned electronics. The company offers a selection of certified devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, aiming to provide alternatives to new products through a sustainable approach. Reebelo manages quality assurance processes to ensure device functionalityand condition. The platform facilitates buying and selling while providing warranties and customer support related to its products. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses seeking refurbished technology solutions. | $20M | Series A | Feb 14, 2022 |  |
| Cheaf Technologies | Cheaf is a mobile marketplace that connects food stores with surplus food with users willing to acquire it for a large discount | $3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| GAIA | GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices. | $50M | Series C | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| Greenly | In this new era where C02 emissions management has gone mainstream, Greenly allows companies to become frontrunners of the energy transition, building in-house capacity to track and reduce their emissions, more precisely and more simply. In stark contrast to one-shot consulting services, Greenly offers the first comprehensive carbon accounting& management platform, allowing companies to track and reduce their GHG emissions and set a course for Net Zero. Greenly combines technology and expertise to deliver simple and reliable GHG protocol compliant carbon disclosure reports, Net Zero strategies in line with SBTi. We help procurement departments implement sustainable purchasing policies, score and engage their suppliers on their Net Zero strategy, and decarbonize their supply chain. Greenly's unique product offering is to offer an industry-specific approach to tracking emissions, rolling-out activity based tracking apps for key verticals: freight, electricity, cloud, inventory management, financed emissions, etc... Learn more on www.greenly.earth | $3M | Seed | Sep 09, 2021 |  |
| Kwali | Kwali is an AI-first company that allows food franchises to improve their productivity, target HR training, automate marketing, and make delivery services work seamlessly. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| Sundayapp | Sundayapp is a fintech company that provides a fully integrated solution built for restaurants, bars, pubs, cafés, and hotels for customers to pay for their food via a QR code. It is built by restaurateurs for restaurateurs to connect the front- and back-of-house operations and to deliver the fastest payment method. | $24M | Seed | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Lendable | Lendable is a lending platform. When you borrow money, it comes straight from an investor. Unlike banks, who hand out loans from piles of cash they look after on behalf of savers. Their platform is super-fast (you’ll see in a moment), and makes lending as hassle- free as possible. It’s a matter of a few clicks and you get your quote. Unlike banks,who require paperwork and run expensive branch networks. |  | Secondary Market | Apr 04, 2021 |  |
| The Hokus Platform | The Hokus Platform is a SaaS-based life insurance distribution platform for private banks. | $2.9M | Series A | Apr 03, 2021 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KSR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ksr-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does French Partners invest in?

French Partners invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is French Partners's check size?

French Partners typically joins rounds of $2M–$24M at Seed, $2.7M–$30M at Series A and $15M–$22M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds French Partners participates in.

### How do I contact French Partners?

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### Who are the partners at French Partners?

The team at French Partners includes Emilie Loyer Buttiaux (Co-founder and Managing 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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