# Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in France in June 2026 ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways. ## Ring Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail Tech for Good VC investing in Series A and Series B ## Otium Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce In 2015, two independant investment teams were created in Paris inside Otium Capital, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's family office:* Otium Venture, focused on Seed investments in Tech companies (€40m invested in 14 companies among which Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)* Otium Brands, focused on Seed & Series A investments in Consumer GoodscompaniesIn 2019, the two teams spun off to become independant investment firms:* Otium Venture became frst* Otium Brands became Eutopia ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school. ## Daphni - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Since its launch in 2016, Angelsquare has supported more than 500 startups from all sectors in their Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A & Series B fundraising. From the implementation of the operation to the final negotiations, we have developed unique expertise that we put at the service of entrepreneurs to advise them throughout their fundraisingoperation and help them convince the right investors. : Business Angels, Family Offices, investment funds… ## Rebel Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders ## Kois Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: B2B, Dental, Education Kois Invest ## Jean-Baptiste Rudelle - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting Jean-Baptiste Rudelle is based out of Paris, Île-de-France, and is the Executive Chairman at The Galion Project and also a Board of Director at Lemrock. Jean-Baptiste previously served as the Founder and CEO at Criteo. ## Turenne Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Medical Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France : - Paris - Lyon - Marseilles - Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million. Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million. 32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement. Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à : - Paris - Lyon - Marseille - Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers. ## BREEGA - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours. ## Alto Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Versailles, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology ALTO INVEST was founded by partners Antoine Valdes and Jean-François Paumelle, who have worked together since 1994 for one of Europe's largest financial institutions. Their team has managed several portfolios on behalf of institutional and private clients, and made more than 50 private equity investments in Europe, North America and Asia. ## Founders Future - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a transatlantic tech investment platform supporting a new generation of AI-first entrepreneurs driving major transformations. Backed by entrepreneurs, leading European families, and institutional investors, the platform manages nearly $400 million and ranks among the most activeearly-stage players in Europe.As part of its expansion into the United States, Founders Future strengthened its shareholder base in 2025 with long-term partners such as MACSF, the Dassault family, and the CMA CGM Group. With over 120 investments, Founders Future is actively supporting companies like Databricks, Perplexity, Function Health, Waterdrop, Veesion, Riot, Conduktor and Raidium.Its strategy focuses on high-impact sectors - AI, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare - with a clear ambition: to empower the most ambitious entrepreneurs in scaling breakthrough technologies on a global scale. ## Picus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin. ## Flavien Kulawik - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care Flavien Kulawik ## INCO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, EdTech, Wellness INCO Ventures is an AMF-licensed fund manager, specialised in venture capital and pioneer in impact investing. INCO Ventures manages or advises more than €500M of assets to invest in the most promising start-ups and companies that are shaping the new inclusive and sustainable economy, and advises funds on their investments or on impactmeasurement. ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Idinvest Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primaryinvestments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more. ## Denis Fayolle - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds. ## SGPA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Neuilly-sur-seine, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics SGPA is a family and independent company that invests in the long term in PME, ETI, and Start-ups. They support, finance and accompany leaders for the development of their business. ## Alter Equity 3P - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Energy, Fashion, Renewable Energy Alter Equity 3P specializes in growth capital and buyout investments. ## Romain Niccoli - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet Romain Niccoli is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Pigment. ## Cabiedes & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services. Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence Independent early-stage VC firm for 25 years ## Banque des Territoires - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm. ## Franck Le Ouay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Banking Franck Le Ouay is a French engineer and entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Criteo in Paris, which became one of the global leaders in digital advertising. Today Criteo is listed on Nasdaq, has over 2000 employees worldwide and generates over €1B in annual revenue. Criteo is a big data powerhouse with billions of user events tracked and analyzedevery day.In 2015, Franck co-founded Honestica, a company dedicated to accelerate the digital revolution of Healthcare. ## Loic Le Meur - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Hardware Loic Le Meur - Founder & CEO @ Leade.rs ## Purple - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Bringing together knowledge, people, best practices and capital, we invest from pre-seed to series A in companies we share values and vision. Venture capital arm of Laurent Ritter (co-founder of Voodoo). ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business. ## Frst - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Frst is a seed-stage VC firm focused on supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions. ## Financiere Saint James - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet Financiere Saint James is the Family Office of Michaël Benabou, vente-privée.com's co-founder. We invest in digital startups bringing disruptive services to the market. Financiere Saint James invested in companies such Welcome to the Jungle, Glovo, Alma, WeMaintain, Spendesk. Financiere Saint James also invests in PE/VC funds. ## Sofiouest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Recruiting, Information Technology, Internet Sofiouest is an investment and participation company that invests in “late stage start-ups”, companies with high potential in the field of innovation having proven their business model and wishing to boost their growth. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Région Sud Investissement - Type: VC Fund - Location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing Région Sud Investissement is an investment Firm. ## Alain Thibaut - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Freelance, Recruiting, Virtual Workforce Alain Thibaut ## Thierry Petit - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to: • Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic). Today Showroomprive.com is: • A team of 500 employees • A community of 20 million members in Europe • A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development: Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi Health : Feeli, Lifen, May, Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot, Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor, FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE. More info : http://www.made-for-all.com ## Capital Croissance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Advertising, Health Care Capital Croissance makes equity investments in French SMEs through transfer or growth capital transactions with a dual objective: to accelerate their growth and make them bigger by offering tailor-made support to management teams for their strategic projects. ## Nord Création - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Agriculture, Information Technology An Investment Firm. ## AQUITI Gestion - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care Floated in 1998, thanks to the local authority "Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine" and the "Caisse des dépôts", our venture, growth and LBO funds (Aquitaine Amorçage, ACI, Aqui-Invest) now benefit from the support of public and private influential shareholders and sponsors.Up to now, AQUITI GESTION has invested in more than 200operations contributing to the creation and development of about 150 companies and thousands of jobs.Currently, ACI and Aqui-Invest manage a portfolio gathering 50 companies which revenues scale from 0 € (early stage) to 30 M€. ## Olivier Bonnet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Real Estate, CRM Bonnet joined BlaBlaCar in 2017 following a leadership role at Apple, where he spent more than a decade as a software engineer manager. In 2012, he made the move from Paris to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, leading the Operating System teams charged with the development of iCloud. Bonnet joined Apple in 2004 as an engineer afterearning a master’s degree in engineering from École Polytechnique and Telecom ParisTech. ## Leap Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS Global tech from MENA ## GSO Innovation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketing, Mobile GSO Innovation is an Investment Firm. ## Seventure Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in Tech/Digital and Life Sciences companies. It funds innovation and participates in the entrepreneurial adventure, alongside entrepreneurs and sharing their passion.Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of the European leaders in venture capital, with € 1 billion undermanagement as of December 31, 2023. It is an active partner of innovative companies that, according to the management team, show strong growth potential and evolving in two fields of activity: Digital Technologies and Life Sciences. With more than 20 employees, including some 15 investors, Seventure Partners has a proven track record and in-depth expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, and various private equity operations.Seventure's goal is to identify and support the development of tomorrow's European leaders in order to accelerate their growth. To do this, the firm provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks, and know-how of its internal team of investors.The different funds/verticals on which Seventure Partners are focusing on today: - Life Sciences : Biotech, Healthcare, Nutrition - Tech/Digital : B2B SaaS, Fintech, Retailtech, Cybersecurity - Sports & Wellbeing - Blue Economy ## Pascal Lorne - Type: Angel - Location: Cabriès, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: News, Video, Journalism Pascal Lorne is the co-founder and CEO of Gojob.Before Gojob, he founded Let.com a social netwok for teenagers.Before Let.com, in 2003, he co-founded and was CEO of Miyowa which developed the very first Facebook and Twitter clients running on mobile phones. The technology was deployed on more than 200 million phones by 2011 when Miyowa wasacquired by Synchronoss.Pascal lives in Cabriès - France. He studied mechanical engineering in Germany, Genetics in Berkley and holds a MBA from EM Lyon.He is angel in several IT companies. ## Gonzalo Manrique - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Recruiting, Information Technology Gonzalo Manrique is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at IronHack. ## Paul Duan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources, Staffing Agency Paul Duan - Co-Founder & President @ Bayes Impact ## Michael Benabou - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, B2B President at Financiere Saint James. ## Jonathan Widawski - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence Jonathan Widawski is the Founder and CEO of Maze. He previously worked at Bam. tech as a UX Lead. Jonathan Widawski attended EMLV - École de Management Léonard de Vinci. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co