# Unigrains

> Unigrains is a VC fund in Paris backing Food and Beverage and Agriculture. See 75 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 75
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Fund size: $47M
- Last fund: Jun 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unigrains/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/unigrainsgroup
- Website: http://www.unigrains.fr/en/food-and-agri-business-specialist.html

Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Unigrains. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Unigrains. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/unigrains?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7M–$19M |
| Private Equity | $55M–$768M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 31 | 41% |
| Agriculture | 29 | 39% |
| Farming | 18 | 24% |
| Food Processing | 18 | 24% |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 21% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 46 | 61% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 27% |
| Series A | 3 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 3% |
| Seed | 1 | 1% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 64 | 85% |
| Spain | 3 | 4% |
| Belgium | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maxime Vandoni | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxime-vandoni |
| Alfredo Cicognani | Founder and Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfredo-cicognani |
| Sébastien Essioux | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s%C3%A9bastien-essioux |
| Virginie Boutrouille | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virginie-boutrouille-94f4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haricaman | Haricaman is a distribution company that offers organic wheat flour, flakes, seeds, grits, breadcrumbs, and breakfast cereals. |  | Private Equity | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| AgreenCulture | We develop and market a low-cost hybrid weeding robot to help farmers improve their profitability. The company specializes in precision farming, AI, robotics | $7M | Series A | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Maison Duprez | Maison Duprez manufactures and sells cookies. |  |  | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Maison Duprez | Maison Duprez manufactures and sells cookies. |  | Private Equity | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Ñaming | Ñaming is to develop and distribute fresh prepared ready-to-eat foods that meet the new needs of consumers, with a growing demand for healthy, innovative, tasty and easy-to-prepare products. |  | Private Equity | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| SEEDERAL Technologies | Seederal Technologies produces electric tractor. | $7.6M | Series A | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| RED Horticulture | RED Horticulture specializes in horticulture LED lighting systems, photobiology research, and indoor and greenhouse lighting. | $18.6M | Series A | Nov 21, 2023 |  |
| Biobest | Biobest N.V. develops and supplies natural crop care systems. It specializes in bumblebee pollination and sustainable crop management. The company offers biological pollination products, such as bumblebees; biological control products, which include beneficial insects and mites, beneficial nematodes, and biopesticides; and monitoring and scoutingproducts, including sticky traps and rolls, pheromone traps, and pheromone lures and attractants to growers. | $391.2M | Private Equity | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Leygatech | Leygatech provides flexible film packaging, equipped with functionalities compatible with the requirements of the circular economy and intended for the agri-food, pharmaceutical, and pharmaceutical markets. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| HUILERIE CAUVIN | HUILERIE CAUVIN is a manufacturer of natural vegetable oils, both organic and conventional. |  | Private Equity | Oct 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 75 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Unigrains invest in?

Unigrains invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Agriculture and Farming startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 75 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Unigrains's check size?

Unigrains typically joins rounds of $7M–$19M at Series A and $55M–$768M 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 Unigrains participates in.

### How do I contact Unigrains?

Public channels for Unigrains 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 Unigrains?

The team at Unigrains includes Maxime Vandoni (CEO), Alfredo Cicognani (Founder and Investment Director) and Sébastien Essioux (Deputy Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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