# Isai

> Isai is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Information Technology. See 173 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 173
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 36%
- Fund size: $196M
- Last fund: Jan 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/isai-gestion/
- Website: https://www.isai.fr/

Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $878k–$8M |
| Series A | $2.2M–$25M |
| Series B | $7.3M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 35 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 21 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 11% |
| Internet | 16 | 9% |
| SaaS | 14 | 8% |

163 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 50 | 29% |
| Seed | 47 | 27% |
| Series B | 24 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 78 | 45% |
| United States | 17 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Poupinel | Operating Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-poupinel |
| Francois Collet | Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-collet |
| Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux | Co-Founder | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffroy-roux-de-bzieux |
| Jean-David Chamboredon | Co-founder & CEO | 32 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-david-chamboredon |
| Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet | Co-Founder & Chairman | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-kosciusko-morizet |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panora | Panora's goal is to provide a clear and structured perspective of their business, files, and opportunities. | $5.1M | Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| APL Datacenters | APL is the leading consulting and engineering firm specializing in the design and construction of data centers in France. |  | Private Equity | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Kestra Technologies | Kestra is an infinitely scalable orchestration and scheduling platform, creating, running, scheduling, and monitoring millions of complex pipelines. | $25M | Series A | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Foresight Works | Foresight Works is dedicated to dramatically amplifying an organisation’s ability to manage and execute megaprojects of any complexity.It is all about data. We turn “gut feel” and habits into hard numbers and evidence-based decisions.Our proprietary tools use Nobel Prize winning analytical techniques, data science, and knowledge management toimprove performance on cost, time, and benefit realisation of capital projects.Geared towards construction and infrastructure, any large capital project can benefit from our tools and insights.Our expertise stems from peer-reviewed rigorous research which brings a fresh perspective to boards, entrepreneurs and the C-suite. | $25M | Series A | Mar 17, 2026 |  |
| Naboo | Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need | $70M | Series B | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| GoCanopy | GoCanopy specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence to transform the real estate investment landscape. The company's technology focuses on extracting and analyzing real estate data to provide actionable insights, aiming to enhance decision-making processes for investors. GoCanopy's solutions are designed to streamline operations,improve accuracy in investment evaluations, and unlock the full potential of real estate assets. By combining automated data extraction with human verification, GoCanopy ensures the reliability and relevance of the information provided to its clients, catering to the needs of the commercial real estate sector. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Revibe | We are a team of French engineers on a mission to change the way we buy Tech Because devices don't have to be new to feel like new! | $17M | Series B | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| Beside | Beside is an app that provides users with a dedicated second phone number for calls and texts. It includes AI-driven voicemail transcription, call summaries, and actionable to-dos for conversations. It also supports integration with tools like CRM systems and automation platforms to sync call data and notes. | $20M | Series A | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Temelion | Temelion leverages AI to automate and simplify complex technical documentation and deliverables for building design engineers, ensuring precision, compliance, and faster project delivery. | $3.8M | Seed | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Carbyon | Carbyon is a Netherlands-based company that develops direct air capture (DAC) technologies. The company's fuels help to replace fossil hydrocarbons with electrical batteries or hydrogen (H2), alternative energy carriers that are used to store renewable electricity and make major changes to transportation facilities, energy grids, and gastransportation networks, filters CO2 from the air and supply it in a purified form to make kerosene for aircraft, enabling existing fossil industry to re-use and repurpose these storage and transport facilities for renewable hydrocarbons. |  | Series A | Jul 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 173 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Serena](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serena-capital) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Eurazeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurazeo-com) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Isai invest in?

Isai invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 173 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Isai's check size?

Isai typically joins rounds of $878k–$8M at Seed, $2.2M–$25M at Series A and $7.3M–$50M 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 Isai participates in.

### How do I contact Isai?

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### Who are the partners at Isai?

The team at Isai includes Christophe Poupinel (Operating Partner), Francois Collet (Partner) and Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux (Co-Founder), among 17 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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