# WeLikeStartup

> WeLikeStartup is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/welikestartup/
- Website: http://www.twitter.fr/WeLikeStartup
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WeLikeStartup

WeLikeStartup is a crowdfunding platform. WeLikeStartup brings startups their initial financing by the pre-sale or fundraising capital and provides investors to support entrepreneurship and job creation in France while providing services tailored to their security concerns and liquidity. Created by a recognized entrepreneurs and financeprofessionals team is WeLikeStartup Financial Investment Adviser, registered with ORIAS ( Unique Register of Insurance Intermediaries, Banking and Finance ), Member of the CNCIF ( National Chamber of Investment Advisers financial ) and Associate Partner of the first Business Angels network in France ( Investessor ).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $329k–$2M |
| Angel | $123k–$176k |
| Pre-Seed | $66k–$406k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 9% |
| Internet | 3 | 6% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 6% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 34 | 72% |
| Angel | 3 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 4% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Ilhe | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alain-ilhe |
| Benoît Vallet | Strategic Board Member and Shareholder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beno%C3%AEt-vallet-c31f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SeaBeLife | SeaBeLife is a biotechnology company that develops a range of drug candidates intended to block regulated necrosis (or regulated cell death of cells), from a family of patented molecules. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Artifeel | Established in January 2021, ARTIFEEL is a Fast-Growing French developer and manufacturer of Check'in, the first disruptive smart security product that recognizes all door events.The Check'in Box embeds systems to detect and dissuade potential intrusions and sends remote alerts through the newly standardized LTE-M network without anysingle user interaction to Monitoring Stations and/or Smartphones. It is fully autonomous: battery powered, no need for additional gateways, sirens, and even Wi-Fi or electricity, making it a cost-effective solution for currently unsecured and isolated sites markets. Its ‘always-on’ configuration eliminates false alarms, ideal when paired with a Central Monitoring Station subscription. The All-in-one design makes him very simple to use and avoid unnecessary installation time and costs. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| OuiLive | OuiLive is an application that provide event from catalogue and create a custom challenge to play, providing users with educational and interactive content. That also provide modularity of the tool charter, content logo, challenges, quizzes. | $1.6M |  | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| PraxySante | We are SaaS company providing healthcare professional with a AI suit to save time and improve therapeutic follow up. Our products include a consultation assistant that transcribe, summarizes, extracts and synchronize key data from your patient consultations | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 01, 2024 |  |
| Showplace | Showplace is a B2B company that allows brands to sell their products directly to rental companies and provides concierge services for short-term rentals. | $453.9K | Seed | Jun 07, 2024 |  |
| Proteme | Proteme is a food manufacturing firm that produces edible natural coating solutions for organically grown fruits and vegetables. | $658.8K | Seed | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| MyEasyFarm | MyEasyFarm is a cloud platform that manages all the data and activities of a farm in one place. They provide farm management information system services. Their services include plot management, materials management, automated documentation, real-time tracking, and more. | $300K | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Dr Milou | Dr Milou proposes a new service offering aimed at promoting and improving the experience of home veterinarians. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| CiviTime | CiviTime is a provider of a team-based business game designed to assess and enhance staff participation in a company's CSR strategy. Their firm provides services that can be modified for each client, giving businesses total visibility into the effects of their investment decisions. This enables corporations to refine their strategies and shareinformation about their CSR initiatives. | $2M | Seed | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Sensivic | Sensivic created a technique for audio detection. Their services include Intelligent audio detection, smart audio detection, artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing, detectors, applications, firmware, OEMs, security, safety, video protection, startup, innovation, and video surveillance. | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investessor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investessor) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Femmes Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/femmes-business-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Paris Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paris-business-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Les Business Angels des Grandes Écoles](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/les-business-angels-des-grandes-%C3%A9coles) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Angels Santé](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-sant) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does WeLikeStartup invest in?

WeLikeStartup invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is WeLikeStartup's check size?

WeLikeStartup typically joins rounds of $329k–$2M at Seed, $123k–$176k at Angel and $66k–$406k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds WeLikeStartup participates in.

### How do I contact WeLikeStartup?

Public channels for WeLikeStartup include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 WeLikeStartup?

The team at WeLikeStartup includes Alain Ilhe (Founder) and Benoît Vallet (Strategic Board Member and Shareholder). 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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