# Sofimac Innovation

> Sofimac Innovation is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Health Care. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 24%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/i-source-gestion/
- Website: https://www.sofimacpartners.fr/

Sofimac Innovation is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Health Care. Sofimac Innovation, formerly iSource is a French venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.8M–$11M |
| Series B | $23M–$34M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 24% |
| Health Care | 4 | 19% |
| Electronics | 3 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 14% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 14% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 29% |
| Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 17 | 81% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mario Caria | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-caria |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nestwave | Nestwave SAS provides advanced, IoT geolocation solutions to IoT modem and DSP vendors. Nestwave's patented, hybrid-signal technology significantly improves localization accuracy in critical indoor and dense urban environments while greatly reducing power consumption and solution footprint compared to existing solutions. | $2.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| GLIMPS | GLIMPS is a developer of artificial intelligence-powered cyber security software that identifies malware and threats. GLIMPS' next-generation scanning platform and investigation automation address the most sophisticated threats effectively. The GLIMPS technology is intended to read and comprehend the binary elements. This technology enablesbinary analysis and threat detection to be automated in the blink of an eye. | $7.2M | Series A | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| AcuSurgical | AcuSurgical is a startup developing a robot for vitreo-retinal surgery. | $7M | Series A | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Stirweld | STIRWELD is a spin-off of from ENS of Rennes and the Maupertuis institute. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 17, 2021 |  |
| ELWAVE | ELWAVE is a manufacturer of electromagnetic detection systems for underwater and industrial robotics. It was created in 2018 to promote more than 10 years of research work by the biorobotics laboratory of the Institut Mines-Telecom Atlantique on “electric sense” technology. The “electric sense” is a mode of perception used by tropical fish livingin muddy, heavily congested waters with branches in which vision and acoustics are ineffective. Natural evolution has led these fish to acquire this alternative mode of perception adapted to their environment. | $2.2M |  | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| ELWAVE | ELWAVE is a manufacturer of electromagnetic detection systems for underwater and industrial robotics. It was created in 2018 to promote more than 10 years of research work by the biorobotics laboratory of the Institut Mines-Telecom Atlantique on “electric sense” technology. The “electric sense” is a mode of perception used by tropical fish livingin muddy, heavily congested waters with branches in which vision and acoustics are ineffective. Natural evolution has led these fish to acquire this alternative mode of perception adapted to their environment. | $2.4M | Seed | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| Antaios | Antaios develops innovative memory technology. Antaios is fully engaged in bringing the technology to the market to help chip manufacturers solve the critical issue of exploding power requests in advanced semiconductor systems. | $11M | Series A | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| Vulkam | Vulkam is an innovative microtechnology start up from the french research laboratories. | $3.9M | Series A | Feb 04, 2020 |  |
| Beekast | Beekast is an online platform that helps you create, lead and track your meetings and training sessions. The platform’s activities are easy to learn and use. Lead effective and collaborative meetings. It’s easy, even when you’re remote. Engage your audience with digital and interactive activities directly inserted into your slides. Whatever yourskills, Beekast assists you in all your meetings thanks to a set of advanced but incredibly simple features. Facilitating collaboration, getting feedback, and interacting with your participants has never been easier. | $5.5M | Series A | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Diabeloop | Diabeloop is a medical device company for diabetes and closed-loop system. It also develops disruptive technological innovations to automate the treatment of diabetes.The company mission is to make accessible disruptive technological innovations that will allow people with type 1 diabetes to live the life they want. Diabeloop was founded in 2015and is headquartered in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. | $34M | Series B | Dec 02, 2019 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [BNP Paribas Développement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas-developpement) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Crédit Agricole](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-agricole) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Supernova Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supernova-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Breizh Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breizh-up) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LITTO INVEST](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/litto-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sofimac Innovation invest in?

Sofimac Innovation invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Electronics startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sofimac Innovation's check size?

Sofimac Innovation typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$11M at Series A and $23M–$34M 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 Sofimac Innovation participates in.

### How do I contact Sofimac Innovation?

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### Who are the partners at Sofimac Innovation?

The team at Sofimac Innovation includes Mario Caria (Venture Partner). 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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