# IRD INVEST

> IRD INVEST is a VC fund in Marcq-en-baroeul backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Marcq-en-baroeul, France
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ird-invest
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/groupeird
- Website: https://ird-invest.fr

IRD INVEST is a VC fund in Marcq-en-baroeul focused on Software and Food and Beverage. IRD assists start-ups, SMEs, and mid-sized businesses in their development. They help clients achieve their goals and accelerate their transitions.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Bakery | 1 | 13% |
| Drones | 1 | 13% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Extensee | Extensee is a French company that specializes in providing comprehensive drone solutions tailored for civil, industrial, and governmental applications. Their offerings include drones (UAVs) and sensors, airworthiness management, maintenance services, logistics support, expert personnel deployment, and supply of spare parts. This enables clients toeffectively implement drone-based operations across various sectors, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with regulatory standards.​ | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Nxtfood | Nxtfood offers a range of food products, including vegetarian irish pie, vegetarian shepherd's pie with sweet potato, vegetarian meatballs, vegetarian mushroom pie, vegetarian pithiviers, welsh vegetarian, vegetarian stuffed cabbage, vegetarian stuffed butternut, and more. | $57.6M | Series B | Sep 19, 2025 |  |
| Sophie Lebreuilly | Sophie Lebreuilly is a traditional pastry bakery, kneading and bread making on the spot, all day long. A gourmet artisan pastry shop and a fast food place: pizza, burger, pasta, salads, sandwiches, breakfast. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 07, 2025 |  |
| BiblioOnDemand | BiblioOnDemand is a provider of digital library services that offer a diverse selection of ebooks and audiobooks. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 05, 2024 |  |
| Nestor | Nestor is a digital assistant that simplifies document collection, providing a secure third party to enhance professional exchanges. Nestor allows companies to securely communicate with customers, transmit documents, and automatically delete data when legal retention periods expire. Nestor's innovative vision aims to protect companies'information systems by eliminating the need to store personal data. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 22, 2024 |  |
| Inodesign group | Inodesign group is an integral part of the whole production of an electronic technology product, including engineering, PCB manufacture, test benches, and cable harness production. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2024 |  |
| Niryo | Niryo is a provider of educational robots intended to help in prototype industrial case studies. | $2.9M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Charlie solutions | Charlie solutions offers the traceability system technologies to optimize their management system of the equipment. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 04, 2023 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Finorpa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finorpa-gie) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Finovam Gestion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finovam-gestion) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nord France Amorcage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nord-france-amorcage) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AMC Aviation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amc-aviation-b02b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NextStage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurel-nextstage) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Autonomie et Solidarité](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autonomie-et-solidarit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does IRD INVEST invest in?

IRD INVEST invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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.

### What is IRD INVEST's check size?

IRD INVEST typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.6M 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 IRD INVEST participates in.

### When did IRD INVEST last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for IRD INVEST closed in Oct 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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