# Pertinence Invest

> Pertinence Invest is a VC fund in Villeurbanne backing Biotechnology and Medical. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Villeurbanne, France
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pertinence-invest-sas
- Website: http://www.pertinence-invest.com

Pertinence Invest is an investment Firm that works with tech start ups.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $110k–$4.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 40% |
| Medical | 2 | 20% |
| CRM | 1 | 10% |
| SaaS | 1 | 10% |
| Beauty | 1 | 10% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 90% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stirweld | STIRWELD is a spin-off of from ENS of Rennes and the Maupertuis institute. | $6.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Mablink Bioscience | Mablink Bioscience is a biotechnology company specialized in the development of a new class of cancer drugs, called Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC). | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 27, 2021 |  |
| Skinjay | Skinjay presents you with an opportunity to combine a priceless moment of well-being with a daily ritual: SHOWERING.Thanks to a concept that offers an innovative and particularly effective method for diffusing essential oils into shower water, Skinjay helps you benefit from the positive effects of Aromatherapy and Aromachology directly on yourbody and through inhalation, all the while you enjoy an intense moment of well-being in the shower.Adopt Skinjay, install the Module in your shower very easily, and choose the essential oil shower capsules depending on your wishes and needs on the day.The Aromachology capsules from the ODYSSEY collection will stimulate your senses and take you on an intense emotional journey to the heart of your memories, while the Aromatherapy capsules from the MISSION collection.Will ease the minor ailments of your daily life thanks to the recognised beneficial qualities of essential oils. | $790K | Seed | Sep 03, 2015 |  |
| BIOMAE | BIOMAE provides biomonitoring tools to measure contamination and toxicity of aquatic environments. The company presents tools for measuring and monitoring the quality of aquatic environments from markers of effects on a pollutant invertebrate transplanted directly into the environment. The biomonitoring tools come from years of research, making itpossible to analyze the bioavailability of the contaminants and the degree of toxicity, directly in the medium. The company operates a methodological breakthrough to identify the issue of diagnosis for environmental quality monitoring.BIOMAE was founded on 2014 and is based in Gaillard, France. | $932K | Seed | Mar 13, 2015 |  |
| Olikrom | Olikrom is a designer and producer of intelligent pigments able to respond reversibly or irreversibly to the action of temperature, light and pressure. | $329K | Seed | Feb 25, 2015 |  |
| AI4R | AI4R engages in digital real-time autoradiography, a new-generation imaging solutions for preclinical studies. | $110K | Seed | Nov 01, 2014 |  |
| Tilkee | Tilkee is a cloud based app that increases sales team's closing rate and optimizes prospect follow-up by tracking business proposals. In a few clicks, you can upload your sales documents, create a branded online proposal, generate a unique link for you prospect, and track all his or her reading behavior. As soon as you receive the real-timenotification telling you who has read your documents, what they have focused on, for how long, and how many times... Call back your prospect and close the deal. | $549K | Seed | Sep 12, 2014 |  |
| Mathym | Mathym is a biomedical company that develops and supplies colloidal nanomaterials for dental applications. | $658K | Seed | Jun 30, 2014 |  |
| Argolight | Argolight is a specialist in fluorescence quality, designs, develops and markets a patented technology unique in the world of ultrastable structured fluorescence. | $406K | Seed | Nov 20, 2013 |  |
| Freemens SAS | Freemens provides solutions adapted for the management of the electrochemical storage and develops advanced technology based on a new approach and analysis of the real-time flow of energy within a battery cell. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KREAXI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhne-alpes-cration) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alps Capital innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alps-capital-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aquitaine Creation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquitaine-creation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axeleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axeleo-sas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Breizh Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breizh-up) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pertinence Invest invest in?

Pertinence Invest invests primarily in Biotechnology, Medical and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pertinence Invest's check size?

Pertinence Invest typically joins rounds of $110k–$4.8M 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 Pertinence Invest participates in.

### When did Pertinence Invest last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pertinence Invest closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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