# RAISE

> RAISE is a VC fund in Paris backing FinTech, Software and Financial Services. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Fund size: $70M
- Last fund: Sep 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/raise-france
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RAISE_France
- Website: http://www.raise.co/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raisefrance

RAISE is a unique and innovative organization driven by a vision of helping companies realize their full growth potential. RAISE is built around 2 complementary entities: RAISE Investment (RAISE Investissement), a growth capital investment company and RAISE Endowment (Fonds de Dotation RAISE), a non-profit institution dedicated to entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for RAISE. Shizune tracks 11 team members at RAISE. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/raise-france?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.8M–$7.5M |
| Private Equity | $20M–$424M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 10% |
| Retail | 2 | 7% |
| Banking | 2 | 7% |

67 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 17% |
| Seed | 4 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 4 | 13% |
| Series A | 3 | 10% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 23 | 77% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clara Gaymard | Co-founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clara-gaymard |
| Angelique Elize | Associate | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelique-elize |
| Chloé Vallois | Partnerships, Communication & Events Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chlo%C3%A9-vallois |
| Edouard Trucy | Laureate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edouard-trucy |
| Maria RABIN BELOQUI | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-rabin-beloqui |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pearltrees | Pearltrees is a place to organize interests. This free service lets you organize, explore and share everything like. Save web pages, files, photos or notes and organize them naturally. Explore amazing collections that relate to interests and subscribe to their updates. Access account anytime and share anything from computer, mobile and tablet. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Esports Virtual Arenas | Esports Virtual Arenas provides virtual reality equipment, unique games developed by the studio, software, and equipment support, as an online booking and payment system, allowing arcades and other entertainment venues to open virtual reality sports. | $40.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Omniscient | Omniscient is a Paris-based AI-powered decision intelligence platform designed for boards and C-suite executives. It aggregates data from over 100,000 sources like media, social channels, and internal systems to deliver real-time, contextualized insights on corporate reputation, geopolitical risks, narrative strategy, and more. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2026 |  |
| Alinia AI | Alinia AI is an alignment platform that allows enterprises to implement generative AI in a safe and controlled manner, governed by their rules and operations. | $7.5M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Kelvin | Comment réussir à multiplier par 10 le nombre de rénovations énergétiques performantes des logements individuels ?Entre les aides compliquées à comprendre et la multitude des possibilités de travaux (isolation par l'intérieur, par l'extérieur, installation d'une VMC, d'une PAC, etc.), les projets sont coûteux, risqués, etparfois peu efficaces.kelvin permet aux professionnels des travaux et de l’immobilier d’accompagner efficacement les projets de rénovation énergétique des particuliers grâce à des études énergétiques fiables et pertinentes.A partir d’une adresse et des photos d’un logement, kelvin estime à distance la performance énergétique d’un logement et génère des recommandations travaux chiffrées et adaptées pour une amélioration du DPE garantie.Basée sur un moteur d’IA et de la reconnaissance visuelle par ordinateur, le logiciel kelvin propose une expérience révolutionnaire pour qualifier les projets de rénovation énergétique.Découvrez comment nous transformons la rénovation énergétique sur go-kelvin.com. | $5.4M | Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Kor | Kor is a company that offers both a personalized check-up and the resulting action plan for achieving maximum health. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Kor | Kor is a company that offers both a personalized check-up and the resulting action plan for achieving maximum health. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Equitable Earth | Wildsense monitors forest health using satellite imagery to help foresters better adapt to climate change-related risks like insect outbreaks and drought. | $5.3M | Seed | Mar 09, 2023 |  |
| Equitable Earth | Wildsense monitors forest health using satellite imagery to help foresters better adapt to climate change-related risks like insect outbreaks and drought. | $5.3M | Seed | Mar 09, 2023 |  |
| Children Worldwide Fashion | Children Worldwide Fashion is in high-end children's fashion and licensed luxury, partner of world-renowned brands for girls and boys. | $152.5M | Debt Financing | Jan 24, 2023 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does RAISE invest in?

RAISE invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is RAISE's check size?

RAISE typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$7.5M at Seed and $20M–$424M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds RAISE participates in.

### How do I contact RAISE?

Public channels for RAISE include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at RAISE?

The team at RAISE includes Clara Gaymard (Co-founder), Angelique Elize (Associate) and Chloé Vallois (Partnerships, Communication & Events Manager), among 11 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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