# Saint-Gobain NOVA

> Saint-Gobain NOVA is a VC fund in Courbevoie backing Energy, Software and Construction. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Courbevoie, France
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saint-gobain/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sgnova
- Website: https://www.nova-saint-gobain.com/

Saint-Gobain NOVA is a VC fund in Courbevoie focused on Energy and Software. Saint-Gobain NOVA is the ventures arm of Saint‑Gobain.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$7M |
| Series A | $3M–$12M |
| Series B | $4.2M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 5 | 20% |
| Software | 5 | 20% |
| Construction | 5 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 12% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 32% |
| Series B | 5 | 20% |
| Series A | 4 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 32% |
| Germany | 2 | 8% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| Iceland | 1 | 4% |
| Argentina | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solar Materials | Solar Materials primarily engages in the development of technologies for the sustainable and economical recycling of solar modules. | $17.6M | Series B | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| LIGHTYX | LightYX has developed BeamerOne‏‏™, a robotic system that utilizes a precise laser to project any 2D/3D digital plan onto construction surfaces, whether they are flat or curved. This innovation allows construction workers to view the blueprint, accurately scaled, directly on the work surface. This capability enables them to quickly comprehendthe necessary actions with minimal errors.Additionally, the BeamerOne‏‏™ by LightYX facilitates the identification of inconsistencies between the digital plan and the actual construction ("as built") through a mobile app. Workers can effortlessly align the projected plans with the "as built" conditions. Once the adjustments are complete, the worker can save the updated drawing and seek approval from architects or share it with other stakeholders involved in the project.By offering this solution, LightYX ensures that construction workers can accurately implement 2D and 3D plans right from the start, while providing managers with the ability to continually monitor the progress of the layout implementation process. | $11M | Series A | Sep 02, 2025 |  |
| Noble Gas Systems | Noble Gas Systems develops gas storage and delivery systems with conformable tank technology. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Novi, Michigan. | $4.2M | Series B | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| FibreCoat | FibreCoat GmbH produces thermoplastic-coated glass fibres for use in fibre composites on rented glass fibre drawing machines. Direct coating enables new process steps, lower costs and cycle times while at the same time improving technical specifications. The target markets are the automotive and consumer sectors. | $21M | Series B | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Treble | Treble develops advanced acoustic simulation and spatial audio technology that enables engineers and researchers to model, analyze, and optimize sound in both physical and virtual environments.The company provides a cloud based platform that combines wave based acoustic simulation with scalable computing to deliver high fidelity, physicallyaccurate sound modeling. Treble’s technology supports applications across industries including architecture and the built environment, robotics, automotive, consumer electronics, gaming, XR, and audio AI, enabling virtual prototyping, synthetic audio data generation, and faster development of next generation audio systems. | $12.2M | Series A | Sep 03, 2024 |  |
| Fortera | Fortera develops a process for recreating the natural material that provides significant economic savings. It Founded in 2017 and is based in Campbell, California. | $85M | Series C | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| ION Storage Systems | Ion Storage Systems is focused on developing the most energy dense, safest batteries that can be deployed in any environment. Breakthroughs in solid state battery technology have led to a battery that meets the mission critical needs for the defense and aerospace industries; and safer more efficient for consumer electronics and electric vehicles. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 13, 2023 |  |
| Plantformance | Plantformance provides high-performance for manufacturing, with a secured hardware, software & services solution on-site or into the Cloud. |  | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Enteligent | Enteligent is a clean energy product company focused on accelerating the adoption of Electric Vehicles by providing a lower cost and higher efficiency charging infrastructure solution for residential, commercial, and fleet applications. By utilizing DC-powered energy sources, Enteligent DC chargers have the highest efficiency EV chargingoperation. Enteligent also focuses on harnessing more solar energy from solar panels with its high-performance optimizer products. Enteligent's products reduce conversion losses and other inefficiencies that result in up to a 25% loss of solar rooftop electrical generation. Enteligent is on a mission to increase the effectiveness of solar electricity and provide homeowners and businesses with energy independence. | $7M | Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Enteligent | Enteligent is a clean energy product company focused on accelerating the adoption of Electric Vehicles by providing a lower cost and higher efficiency charging infrastructure solution for residential, commercial, and fleet applications. By utilizing DC-powered energy sources, Enteligent DC chargers have the highest efficiency EV chargingoperation. Enteligent also focuses on harnessing more solar energy from solar panels with its high-performance optimizer products. Enteligent's products reduce conversion losses and other inefficiencies that result in up to a 25% loss of solar rooftop electrical generation. Enteligent is on a mission to increase the effectiveness of solar electricity and provide homeowners and businesses with energy independence. | $6M | Convertible Note | Feb 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Saint-Gobain NOVA invest in?

Saint-Gobain NOVA invests primarily in Energy, Software and Construction startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Saint-Gobain NOVA's check size?

Saint-Gobain NOVA typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7M at Seed, $3M–$12M at Series A and $4.2M–$25M 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 Saint-Gobain NOVA participates in.

### When did Saint-Gobain NOVA last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Saint-Gobain NOVA closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 25 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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