# Red River West

> Red River West is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-river-west/
- Website: http://www.redriverwest.com/

Red River West is a VC fund in Paris focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Red River West promotes the international take-off of outstanding European Tech companies by providing significant financial firepower and game changing hands-on support in EU & the US

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $11M–$44M |
| Series B | $10M–$158M |
| Series C | $29M–$75M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 16% |
| SaaS | 3 | 12% |
| Health Care | 3 | 12% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 12% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 40% |
| Series B | 8 | 32% |
| Series C | 2 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 11 | 44% |
| Germany | 2 | 8% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
| Belgium | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alfred Vericel | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfred-vericel |
| Antoine Boulin | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-boulin |
| Dan Vogel | Senior Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-vogel |
| Luc-Emmanuel Barreau | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luc-emmanuel-barreau |
| Olivier Huez | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-huez |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hypr Space (Hybrid Propulsion for Space) | Get ready for the next technology leap in space industry. We develop engines and vehicles that are cheaper, quicker and greener for earth to space and space to space transportation systems. Our patented innovation is based on brand new architecture for hybrid propulsion engines, unlocking previously unreachable capabilities. | $24.3M | Series A | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Veesion | Real-time gesture recognition algorithm to automatically detect shoplifting behaviors. | $43M | Series B | May 21, 2025 |  |
| Okeiro | Okeiro offers an AI platform for chronic disease and transplant care, enabling early detection, monitoring, and treatment. | $11.3M | Series A | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Jiko | Jiko is a new type of bank built on US Treasury bills to unlock unprecedented yield, safety, and scale through direct products and an embedded finance API. Jiko removes the limits of traditional banking to create a new paradigm for building financial success at the scale and speed of today’s economy. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices inNYC and Reykjavik, Jiko's vertically integrated financial institution combines its nationally chartered bank and registered broker-dealer to hold cash as T-bills – all in safe custody. Learn more at www.jiko.com. | $29M | Series C | Dec 12, 2024 |  |
| The Exploration Company | The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates modular and reusable spaceships called Nyx, designed for space stations near Earth and the Moon. Nyx can be refueled in orbit and utilizes green propellants. The company also provides an open-source operating system for these spaceships. | $158M | Series B | Nov 17, 2024 |  |
| Otera (previously DeepOpinion) | DeepOpinion is a No-Code B2B SaaS platform empowering every business user to create their own automation applications - their own “AI Co-Workers” - to free their time from repetitive cognitive tasks that previously required human intelligence. In our code-less DeepOpinion Studio, new automation applications can be easily created within minutesoffering fast time-to-value. Customers from various industries are already using DeepOpinion to automate various cognitive tasks. Use cases include automated classification and routing of incoming messages in customer support, automated requirements management in tendering processes, automated analysis of customer satisfaction across different touchpoints, automated error management, and more. | $12.3M | Series A | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Resilience | Resilience Care is building a software-based solution for cancer treatment providers and patients. By integrating a mobile application with a Remote Patient Monitoring platform, Resilience enhances care by personalizing, humanizing, and improving the care pathway. The mobile application aids individuals affected by cancer in managingtreatment-related side effects and promoting self-care. Simultaneously, the Remote Patient Monitoring platform, classified as a Class IIa medical device, allows healthcare professionals to better understand and improve patient care. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Robovision | Robovision serves as the adaptive engine and central platform for image-to-action AI solutions, allowing seamless AI integration into dynamic environments without the need for specialized AI expertise. It operates both in the cloud and on the edge, offering users a comprehensive control center for their AI vision technology. For customers,Robovision ensures the ability to centrally manage AI vision, significantly reduces downtime in critical automations, and facilitates global scalability of AI solutions. It also enables independence from third-party implementations for enhancements and maximizes the return on investment in AI technologies. | $42M | Series A | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Worldia | Worldia is an online travel agency. | $25M | Series B | May 11, 2023 |  |
| The Exploration Company | The Exploration Company develops, manufactures, and operates modular and reusable spaceships called Nyx, designed for space stations near Earth and the Moon. Nyx can be refueled in orbit and utilizes green propellants. The company also provides an open-source operating system for these spaceships. | $43.9M | Series A | Feb 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Red River West invest in?

Red River West invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Red River West's check size?

Red River West typically joins rounds of $11M–$44M at Series A, $10M–$158M at Series B and $29M–$75M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Red River West participates in.

### How do I contact Red River West?

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### Who are the partners at Red River West?

The team at Red River West includes Alfred Vericel (Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Antoine Boulin (Partner) and Dan Vogel (Senior Advisor). 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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