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Top 50 Recruiting VC (Venture Capital) Funds in France in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Recruiting startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Recruiting VC (Venture Capital) Funds in France in April 2025

Investor	Recruiting France investments
Ring Capital	5
Kima Ventures	5
Otium Capital	3
Breega	3
Alto Invest	3
Rebel Fund	3
Turenne Capital	3
Angelsquare	3
Kois Invest	3
Picus Capital	2
Idinvest Partners	2
Sofiouest	2
Bpifrance	2
INCO Ventures	2
Alven	2
Cabiedes & Partners	2
Financiere Saint James	2
Global Founders Capital	2
Banque des Territoires	2
Alter Equity 3P	2
Daphni	2
Région Sud Investissement	2
Frst	2
Purple	2
Finorpa	1
Mister Temp	1
Market One Capital	1
Kernel Investissements	1
Blossom Capital	1
IRIS	1
FJ Labs	1
Pumpkin	1
Credit Agricole Aquitaine Expansion	1
Elevation Capital Partners	1
Investessor	1
M Capital Partners	1
Uber	1
AQUITI Gestion	1
Crédit Mutuel Innovation	1
Speedinvest	1
Paca Investissement	1
Edenred Capital Partners	1
Ader Finance	1
Index Ventures	1
Partech	1
Kois	1
DST Global	1
Credit du Nord	1
Bridge to Growth	1
NACO	1

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Ring Capital is an international investment ecosystem dedicated to impact investing. Its mission is to actively direct capital towards vital solutions tackling major social and environmental challenges, and purposefully help entrepreneurs and companies grow by fostering both impact and business performance.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
France, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Edumapper — Edumapper is an educational platform providing tools to optimize learning experiences.
Moea — MOEA recrute ! Consultez toutes nos offres d'emploi (CDI, CDD) ainsi que toutes nos offres de stage et postulez en ligne.
OFFROAD — OFFROAD is a French company specializing in road maintenance and public space management.

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Opsima — Opsima is an automated platform that optimizes cloud spend and saves ~30% on cloud bills. Opsima is risk-free with zero impact on your infrastructure
Moonwatt — Moonwatt solves problems of the energy transition through innovative energy products hardware and software.
Edumapper — Edumapper is an educational platform providing tools to optimize learning experiences.

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

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

JUST — JUST is a company that specialises in ecommerce payment solutions.
Caats — Caats describes customized meals and their advantages for cat health. They offer answers for a variety of issues, including optimum weight, kidney hydration, strengthened immune system, silky coat, protection of the intestinal flora, and others. They provide monthly from 14.90€.
Comet Software — Comet Software is a business software publishing company that helps businesses achieve autonomy and independence.

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.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

InSpek — Next-generation chemical monitoring systems using Raman-on-a-chip integrated photonic sensors.
Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.

ALTO INVEST was founded by partners Antoine Valdes and Jean-FranÃ§ois 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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Funding Round, Convertible Note
France, Martinique, United States

Portfolio highlights

Unow — Unow delivers tutored training programs on project management, soft skills and business skills. With a portfolio of 50+ training programs and a network of 100+ field experts, our goal is to improve team collaboration and productivity. Unow is headquartered in Paris, France.
Karos — Karos transform available car seats into public transport networks, leveraging AI and mobile technologies.
Crème de la Crème — Crème de la Crème connects companies with the most talented freelancers in Europe. Crème de la Crème was launched by Jean-Charles Varlet, Théo Dorp and Romain Abidonn in April 2015.

Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Asha Health — Asha Health is a Health Care Hospital offering AI Support to patients between visits.
Pickle — Pickle lets your AI clone join zoom calls instead of you. It lip-syncs to your voice, so you don't have to turn on your camera. Create your Pickle and make your zoom call easy.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
France, Poland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sydev — Sydev is a publisher of management software and tariff databases for technical building trades in the construction industry.
Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
Antabio — Antabio is a private biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibacterial resistance-breakers to treat drug-resistant infections in areas of highest unmet medical need.

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…

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Pongo — Pongo has created for you the first intelligent marketing assistant that communicates with your customers and increases your Google referencing, without you having to lift a finger
Orosound — Superior headsets for work. Advanced quality signed by Orosound -the French expert in active noise control, audio intelligence, and durability.
Remotebase — Get thoroughly vetted software developers from all over the world with expertise in AI, ML, back-end, front-end and more. Risk-free trial available!

Kois Invest

Investment focus

B2B, Dental, Education
Series A, Series B, Series C
India, France

Portfolio highlights

Gojob — Our goal? To build a more inclusive future by offering anyone and everyone a job and the ability to progress regardless of age, gender, origin, education or experience. Gojob was ranked 18th in Europe among the fastest growing companies by the Financial Times and was ranked #1 as the fastest growing company in France! We love growth, but wenever forget our impact! Gojob is recognized by the French government as a Tech for Good company and is in the process of being listed as B Corp. We've enshrined our mission within our statutes, monitoring our activity with KPIs linked to our tangible impact on the labor market. So what makes us different? Our technological ecosystem and our algorithm – probably the most advanced in the world – which are revolutionizing the recruitment process and reinventing the way we support people. Sourcing, matching, management, onboarding, monitoring, training at Gojob, technology is everywhere! For our clients, this makes all the difference: more productive and motivated temps, better responsiveness, competitive prices and simplified temp management. Just 6 years after its creation, Gojob is continuing its rise on the job market by attracting new gojobbers, clients and employees every day. 150 employees 900 customers 500 000 gojobbers
Disprz — Transform your workforce with Disprz's Skills & Learning Platform. Drive learning, upskilling, & mobility with solutions built for the future of work.
Medikabazaar — Medikabazaar is an online B2B marketspace for medical supplies and equipment. They are a single point of contact for all product-based needs, enabling medical institutions and individual practitioners alike to cut down on operational costs and making the best global brands available locally, all aided with the miracle that goes by the name oftechnology. They are connected with more than 50,000 medical establishments, 1,50,000 Independent Practitioners, and have partnered with 13,000+ suppliers all over India including ones in Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, and remoter locations to establish a strong foothold in India and simultaneously earn the respect of our clients. With the power of technology, we organized a haywire market in a country with perhaps the largest and most complex geographical structure in the world for this purpose. Our last-mile delivery system and 26 strategically placed Fulfilment Centres across India enable us to deliver essential medical supplies to healthcare facilities and help them nurture quality and timely patient care. With our first international office in the Middle East, we are transcending boundaries to deliver care, everywhere.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Niko Energy — Niko is a Mexico-based provider of residential solar electricity and solar power services for homeowners. It is the first solar company in the country offering rent-to-own financing products on top leasing and cash payments. Fully focused on customer experience, Niko provides a 5-star journey owning each step of the value chain in-house, ensuringquality, security and peace of mind for its customers.
SmartSolar — SmartSolar is a Saigon-based EnergyTech company working to decarbonise Southeast Asia. With SmartSolar, businesses save on their electricity bill from day 1. SmartSolar is currently busy building the critical financing infrastructure to get SMBs equipped with solar energy. We help our customers save money and enable our partners to reach morecustomers. Renewable energy is at an inflection point across the region and we are on a mission to make it available for everyone.
Niva — Niva's business identity platform enables institutions across the globe to verify more businesses faster, safer, and smarter with AI. Scale your fraud and compliance teams with Niva.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
Stilla Technologies — Stilla Technologies is taking digital PCR to a whole new level with a unique 6-color target detection capability

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.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Information Technology, Human Resources
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Yespark — Trouvez le meilleur parking dans votre ville et abonnez-vous en quelques clics avec Yespark.
Eldo — Eldo helps professionals and brands in the home improvement industry digitalize their communication and commercial management.
Santé Académie — As a result of a lack of caregivers across the country, their tasks are evolving - doctors can be asked to practice a gynaecologist act, or a nurse to follow up on a patient under anticancer treatment. Meanwhile, medical knowledge is increasing all around the world - we estimate that 50% of it becomes useless after 7 years. Therefore how can weprovide continuous training to 2 million caregivers? Santé Académie rethinks Continuing Medical Education by offering educational videos with cinematographic quality accessible by web or mobile. Each course is divided into 5 to 15 min episodes to adequate caregivers' schedules. Doctors, pharmacists, nurses, care assistants, and chiefs nurses, can access a catalogue of high-quality courses on clinical and regulatory themes customized to their daily practice. These courses are certified by the ANDPC and produced by the best experts from prestigious institutions. Our goal? To educate health professionals as well as their engagement, with the top-end knowledge directly accessible from their phone, to improve patient care from prevention to follow-up. A new experience already approved by more than 20 000 professional and health institutions (GHU Paris psychiatrie & neurosciences, Service de Santé des Armées …) !

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Terratis — Terratis is a French company that uses the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to reduce the populations of tiger mosquitoes and agricultural pests. Their mission is to diminish harmful insect populations effectively on a large scale using a scientific, innovative, ecological, and efficient approach.
Ochy — Ochy is an app that uses AI to analyse running form and gait to identify weak points and provide recommendations on what to do to improve.
MB Therapeutics — MB Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical firm that provides patient-centric solutions for developing and producing tailored medicines.

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.

Investment focus

Training, EdTech, Marketplace
Seed, Funding Round
France, Guinea

Portfolio highlights

Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
Vulkam — Vulkam is an innovative microtechnology start up from the french research laboratories.
50inTech — 50inTech for talented women to meet inclusive companies. Only companies committed to DE&I are featured on 50inTech for a secure job search.

Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
Omnidoc — Omnidoc is a tele-expertise platform for healthcare professionals to exchange medical opinions.
Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Laagam — We craft attainable high fashion for your everyday special occasions. Bold fashion for dazzling people. Discover our collection. Drops every Wednesday. Instant shipping.
Shalion — Shalion enables ambitious brands to navigate their journey to digital shelf excellence with a unique, unified digital shelf & retail media insights solution.
Tutrocito — Tutrocito is an online store that sells decorative supplies and custom-made furniture.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
Freqens — Access real time market data for optimal buying conditions.
Linkup — Linkup connects large language models (LLMs) and AI agents to the internet. The platform enables AI systems to access, search, and interact with web content efficiently, enhancing their capabilities and reducing inaccuracies. By providing APIs, Linkup allows developers to integrate web content into AI applications seamlessly.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Distru — Seed-to-Sale Cannabis ERP that helps operators manage their inventory, orders and customers from a single interface, while staying compliant with Metrc.
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Scribe Health AI — HIPAA-compliant clinical documentation tool that seamlessly integrates with 50+ EMR systems including Epic, Cerner & Athena . Automates SOAP notes and medical coding while ensuring data security. Perfect for healthcare providers seeking efficient, compliant documentation workflows

Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hoji — Hoji is a startup studio focused on driving the environmental transformation of manufacturers. It develops companies that provide innovative technological solutions and decision-making tools designed to help manufacturers reduce their ecological impact, modernize operations, and adapt their business models to address environmental, energy, andsocietal challenges.
Kapsera — Kapsera bridges the gap between sustainability and productivity in agriculture, using cutting-edge, biosourced and biodegradable formulation technologies.Kapsera offers natural and innovative formulations for microbials based biofertilizers and biopesticides.
Auxo — Auxo Dynamics assists businesses in transitioning to a more sustainable business strategy. The technological platform automates data collecting from information systems and provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports in accordance with requirements. Auxo Dynamics also allows stakeholders to share reports, facilitating access tolong-term financing.

Alter Equity 3P specializes in growth capital and buyout investments.

Investment focus

Fashion, Energy, Management Information Systems
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Wealthcome — Wealthcome has created a technological ecosystem for all players involved in wealth management, private management, and personal finance management. Our objective is straightforward: to make all phases of asset monitoring, analysis, and optimization accessible, simple, enjoyable, and exact.
Elum Energy — Elum Energy is an energy and automation company that supplies efficient monitoring and control solutions for solar energy systems.
Circle Sportswear — Circle Sportswear is a Circular & Sustainable Premium Sportswear DNVB

Daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Stockly — We enable e-retailers to keep selling when out-of-stock, making the products shipped by other authorised retailers and brands.
Moonwatt — Moonwatt solves problems of the energy transition through innovative energy products hardware and software.
Edumapper — Edumapper is an educational platform providing tools to optimize learning experiences.

Région Sud Investissement is an investment Firm.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
France, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Interactive Autonomous DYnamic Systems — Iadys designs robotic and AI solutions like the Jellyfishbot for environmental preservation and oil spill response.
HEXANA — HEXANA is an energy platform that combines flexible sodium-cooled fast neutron reactors with a thermal management system.
Circle Safe — Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. The most effective way to prevent recurrence is to perform an interventional procedure: ablation. Most of these procedures are performed by Radiofrequency or by a more recent technique, the Cryoballoon. The latter has many advantages including speed and simplicity but has a complicationthat is specific to it: the risk of creating Diaphragmatic Paralysis. Circle Safe is developing a solution with the aim of permanently eliminating this complication.

Frst is a seed-stage VC firm focused on supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
France, United States, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Comand AI — Next generation command and control for defense & security operations
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Polar Analytics — Your Shopify Analytics. Effortless. Centralized. Smart. Connect your datasource in one clic, automatically calculate KPIs. Visualize them all in one place. Get alerts and recommendations in realtime

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).

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Freqens — Access real time market data for optimal buying conditions.
Welfaire — Welfaire is an insurance and health insurance startup for the self-employed.
JUST — JUST is a company that specialises in ecommerce payment solutions.

Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Construction, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Debt Financing
France, United States, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Niryo — Niryo creates collaborative robots. We supply 6-axis robotic arms for the education and industrial markets.
SPART — SPART, your company's sport and health partner. Improve the cohesion and well-being of your teams through physical activity.
NeoCem — NeoCem creates, manufactures, and promotes a variety of low-carbon cements for the building industry. They have developed a novel procedure that permits the utilization of raw materials sourced from recovery sectors.

Temporary Work

Investment focus

Finance, Recruiting, Employee Benefits
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

NessPay — NessPay is an employee benefit that allows employees to access a portion of their already earned salary with just a single click. The solution integrates with the majority of payroll and HRIS software, either by flat file or API, to make HR management easier.

Market One Capital | Seed fund empowering marketplaces and network effects platforms across Europe

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Poland, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.
Pathway — Python ETL framework for stream processing, real-time analytics, RAG, and LLM pipelines.
Connecty AI — Connecty AI is a contextual intelligence platform for vast data. It leverages Gen AI for an integrated solution for enterprise-specific context building, data prep and trusted insights, saving 100s of hours for data teams.

Founded in 2008, Kernel Investissements is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds enterprise software companies.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Salty — Salty is an aD2C producer of a furniture and decoration brand inspired by the world of surfing.
Sora — Sora promises to transform commercial real estate by providing a turnkey solution that unites an abundance of vacant offices with a demand for adaptable space.
Reveal — Map Accounts & identify Qualified Leads for Free. Save valuable time & say goodbye to spreadsheets with instant account mapping allowing you to drive & measure revenue.

Blossom Capital is a Series A venture capital firm that invests in European founders building global businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Qantev — Qantev is the leading AI claims platform for health & life insurance, enabling insurers to automate claims operations, reduce leakage, improve loss ratios, enhance data quality, and elevate customer experience.
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Harmonic — Harmonic builds mathematical superintelligence. The company develops Mathematical Superintelligence (MSI), a next-generation artificial intelligence based on mathematical principles that ensures accuracy and eliminate hallucinations.

Iris Capital is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. From Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Dubai, Iris Capital supports start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion with the unique support on its multi corporate partners, including Orange, Publicis, Valeo andBRED.Iris Capital invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, AdTech, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
France, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

WeeFin — WeeFin centralizes ESG data, customizes strategy, and automates reporting processes. Their solutions are ESG connect, hub expertise, and ESG advisory.
DGG — Reliably deliver impressive results, thanks to a single, standardized pipeline for 3D tooling and delivery.
Escape — Escape is the only API Security solution that combines the capabilities of API inventory, security testing, and business logic testing in CI/CD.

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Paro — A Paro fractional CFO/COO shares his strategies for aligning finance and operations in order to connect performance goals with financial impact.
ikas — Start selling online with the new generation e-commerce platform ikas. Increase your sales and experience international commerce.
Strike — Top quality cybersecurity for your business. Discover our range of products to keep your company safe, from Pentesting to Automated Scans. Set up your account in a few minutes and start getting your systems tested with Strike.

Payment

Investment focus

Finance, Recruiting, Employee Benefits
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

NessPay — NessPay is an employee benefit that allows employees to access a portion of their already earned salary with just a single click. The solution integrates with the majority of payroll and HRIS software, either by flat file or API, to make HR management easier.

Credit Agricole Aquitaine Expansion is an investment fund.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Marketing
Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Madeinvote — With its ultra-targeted online consumer research solution, Madeinvote provides key insights that will help brands and organizations in their strategic decision-making. It harnesses the power of the internet and social media to capture consumers right where they are to answer your questions. Thanks to the wide range of targeting methods, it has theability to reach only the audience that interests you and thus create your target sample according to ultra-precise geographical and marketing criteria.
ALOGIA Groupe — ALOGIA Groupe offers preventive health responses to senior people at home through care management and innovative services.

The management company of the Inter Invest Group.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Advertising
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
France, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Audion — Founded in 2018, Audion is an adtech company that develops proprietary technology to automate, customize and measure digital audio advertising. Our products are used by leading medias and podcasters on behalf of the world’s most iconic brands.
IMPACT Plus — IMPACT Plus offers technology-driven carbon footprint optimization services of digital campaign to various brands and advertising companies.
Smart Tribune — Smart-platform is a turnkey solution that allows a company / association / e-merchant to establish a conversational space directly with its user community. Present on the entire site of a company / association / e-merchant Smart Platform will enable to gather opinions, suggestions, problems, praise, and exploit them toimprove service, reduce cost of its customer service and increase its conversion rate. In the trend of Social CRM, Smart -tribune is based on a simple and intuitive interface for its users and allows great mastery thanks to an advertiser perspective administration interface. An effective way to better know your community, your customers in order to better the satisfy.

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Investment focus

Software, Internet, Augmented Reality
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Corneille — Corneille is an educational entertainment platform where parents can subscribe to a sizable and regularly updated library of interactive stories and games for their children between the ages of Three to eight. Users' child is encouraged to gradually learn about this enjoyment thanks to their application.
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.
Cogntivie Engines — Cognitive Engines is a robotics integrator using AI and real-time vision to control industrial robot arms, adapting to product size changes, and using a hand gesture interface for easy operation, compatible with various robotics brands.

M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM. A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth. In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Fasst — Fasst is involved in the creation, distribution, consulting, and connection of unique digital insurance solutions for brokers and insurers.
Hakbah — Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app.
Demether — Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains.

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ridesharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request that is routed to crowd-sourced partner drivers.Its smartphone application connects drivers with people who need a ride. Its application enables users to arrange and schedule transportation and/or logistics services withthird-party providers. They take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world. It also provides Windows Phone App, iPhone App, Blackberry App, and Android App. Uber serves customers in North, Central, and South Americas as well as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia PacificGarrett Camp, Oscar Salazar, and Travis Kalanick founded UberCab in March 2009 which became Uber Technologies in October 2010, with its headquarters in San Francisco California, and an engineering center in Bengaluru in India as well as a regional office in Singapore.

Investment focus

Transportation, Ride Sharing, Food Delivery
Series B, Corporate Round, Seed
United States, India, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Waabi — Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.
itselectric — Itselectric partners with city property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity supply while they earn passive income.
Delivery Hero — Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.

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€.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dionymer — dionymer creates endless opportunities for a multitude of industries. Replacing petrochemical polymers with a circular and biodegradable alternative.
Materrup — Materrup produces low-carbon earth concrete for construction and urban development. Materrup construction solutions meet the requirements of future RE2020 regulations and the urgent need to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry.
ALOGIA Groupe — ALOGIA Groupe offers preventive health responses to senior people at home through care management and innovative services.

Crédit Mutuel Innovation is the evergreen venture capital entity of Crédit Mutuel Equity (€3.5 billion in capital). We invest €1-20M in life science, digital and deeptech companies from seed to growth stages.We help bold and ambitious entrepreneurs to develop their strong growth potential with our worldwide enterprise ecosystem (our 350+portfolio companies, our abroad subsidiaries, 150+ largest global corporates and the best-in-class experts). Because it takes more than 5 years to build a Unicorn, we invest our own equity and ensure durable partnerships with visionary leaders.Today, the 350 companies in which we have invested generate a cumulative annual turnover of €50bn and create more than 250,000 jobs.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

UroMems — The device is developing an active implantable medical device based on the cutting edge technologyl in the field of embedded systems and micro-technologies for the development of its products.
Biomemory — Biomemory creates DNA Drives for large corporates and administrations.
Planity — Planity, a platform that allows you to book an appointment with a professional in the beauty sector in a few clicks and quickly find a hair salon, beauty institute, barber near you

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Gigs — Gigs is building Stripe for SIM cards. Providing platforms custom phone & data plans through an easy to use API in 180+ countries.
GetVocal AI — GetVocal AI is help companies automate customer service processes with the most advanced Conversational AI phone agent.
Astral Systems — Our compact multi-state fusion reactors offer high particle flux and exceptional lifetime performance, unlocking a wide variety of critical medical, industrial, and research applications today.

Paca Investissement is specializes in investing in startups and developmental stages. The fund invests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

GANGZ — Gangz is the first digital platform for talent recruitment: Models, hosts, extras and actors.
SailEazy — The SailEazy community offers all sailing enthusiasts the choice of freedom. A shared professional fleet, bases between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ... discover a disruptive and innovative way of navigation. Throughout the year, 7 days / 7 and 24 hours a day, you can book and discover the high-performance sailboats of a professionalfleet, entirely managed by SailEazy. Subscriber, or punctual browser, autonomous or not, you have the choice. You freely determine your niche of reservation, without constraint time or duration, you choose your base of departure and your sailboat, according to your program (short exit, cruise, regatta, coastal, wide ...). Hourly pricing includes a 360 ° service keychain beyond the cost of the lease, including insurance, fuel, cleaning and equipment. Compulsive veiled, expert or contemplative, all members of the community have their way of navigating.
C4Diagnostics — C4Diagnostics developed a fast, reliable detection of microorganisms. Our Click-chemistry technology is at the core of our portfolio of diagnostic tests.

Edenred Capital Partners is the Venture Capital investment arm of Edenred group. Employee Benefits, Payment, Mobility, Human Resources, and Retail.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
Banked — Banked : Real time payments for consumers, businesses and banks.
Beekeeper — Beekeeper is the employee app built for frontline success. Connect frontline teams, boost engagement, and make every shift more productive.

Founded in 2003, Ader Finance is a Paris, France-based financing advisory firm. The firm offers services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and capital raising.

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Recruiting
Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Agorize — The leading Enterprise innovation management software connected to 10 million startups and innovators, to launch your next innovation programs.

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Taktile — Taktile's no-code platform enables you to easily build automated decision flows and iterate on them in a data-driven way leveraging backtests and A/B testing.
Cartesia — Cartesia provides real-time multimodal intelligence for all devices. Its objective is to develop the next generation of AI: pervasive, interactive intelligence that operates everywhere.
Dorsia — Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaurants in major cities. The platform utilizes technology to enhance experiences for both operators and members, ensuring smooth booking without stress. Dorsia operates in various cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, and San Francisco, making it a versatile choicefor food enthusiasts.

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.

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Investment focus

Medical, Hospital, Recruiting
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
India, France

Portfolio highlights

Gojob — Our goal? To build a more inclusive future by offering anyone and everyone a job and the ability to progress regardless of age, gender, origin, education or experience. Gojob was ranked 18th in Europe among the fastest growing companies by the Financial Times and was ranked #1 as the fastest growing company in France! We love growth, but wenever forget our impact! Gojob is recognized by the French government as a Tech for Good company and is in the process of being listed as B Corp. We've enshrined our mission within our statutes, monitoring our activity with KPIs linked to our tangible impact on the labor market. So what makes us different? Our technological ecosystem and our algorithm – probably the most advanced in the world – which are revolutionizing the recruitment process and reinventing the way we support people. Sourcing, matching, management, onboarding, monitoring, training at Gojob, technology is everywhere! For our clients, this makes all the difference: more productive and motivated temps, better responsiveness, competitive prices and simplified temp management. Just 6 years after its creation, Gojob is continuing its rise on the job market by attracting new gojobbers, clients and employees every day. 150 employees 900 customers 500 000 gojobbers
Regency Healthcare — Regency Healthcare which started as Regency Hospital was the first, Multi-Specialty Tertiary Care Corporate Hospital in Uttar Pradesh. The Hospital was established in 1995 with a view to fill the wide gap between the demand of high quality medical services and actually available services on ground.In a span of 20 years, the hospital has been ableto establish a distinct identity for delivering super specialty medical services to Kanpur, surrounding cities & rural areas.

DST Global is an investment firm that focuses on late-stage ventures in the Internet sector. The firm has invested in several rapidly growing companies. Its offices are in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Series C, Series B, Series D
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Tomo — Tomo: Mortgages made simple
Zolve — Best neo bank in India offering international banking & financial services online. Apply for a US bank account, credit card & student education loan with Zolve!
Mercor — Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next team members.

Credit du Nord is a France based regional ban

Investment focus

Winery, Internet, Consulting
Funding Round, Debt Financing
France

Portfolio highlights

Talan — Accelerate your transformation so you can meet your challenges of resilience, efficiency and innovation
CELESTE — CELESTE operates as an Internet provider for different companies. The company offers a range of solutions which covers Internet access, MPLS interconnection and fiber optics, IP telephony or ecological data center hosting. CELESTE was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Champs-sur-marne, Ile-de-France.
Les Halles de Quercamps — Les Halles de Quercamps is specialized in medium / high-end positioning, the wine store boasts prestigious wines and more affordable productions from major French wine regions. With 3,400 referenced wines, the Halles de Quercamps have maintained a loyal clientele of fine wines in a radius of more than 200 km, including to Great Britain. 60% ofits activity is carried out in stores and 40% wholesale and export (wine shops, restaurants, distribution).

Bridge To Growth provides Venture Debt for young, fast growing technology companies in Germany and the rest of Europe in need of short/medium term capital and not being bankable yet.

Investment focus

Internet, Rental, Car Sharing
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Lykon — Empower people to live a healthy life. This is not only the vision of our founder Tobias Teuber, but of the entire team. We are a digital health company that was founded in 2015 and will change the healthcare system for the longterm. Our vision is to empower people to take their health into their own hands. We currently offer a wide range ofDNA and blood tests. A few drops of blood or saliva are enough for us to provide customers with tailored nutrition and action recommendations to help them achieve their health goals. With our product, we are active in innovative and exciting fields, such as personalized nutrition and personalized medicineHow does it work?You order these tests online, perform them easily at home and send them back to us by post. After our certified partner laboratories have successfully analyzed the blood and DNA samples, you will receive the test results in your private Lykon profile presented in a clear and easy-to-understand way, and at the same time, you will receive recommendations on how to improve your blood values if necessary.Lykon does not replace medical advice, however, we enable you to control your health - without long waiting hours at the doctor's office.
i2x — For teams - Improve your communication skills on the phone with the i2x app, a communication trainer for Android and the web. i2x makes sure your calls are clear, on-brand and effective - through instant and personalized feedback.
FreewayCamper — FreewayCamper offers the new digital platform with a large selection of top campers and additional services, with a direct booking option. They have the latest models to rent - fully equipped, fully covered, directly available, and easy to book. They give it at fair price guarantee & all kilometers included. They have short-term and long-termrentals and, it is flexible and offers to rebook.

NACO is a co-investment fund for start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). NACO is a regional co-investment fund backed by Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine and managed by M/Capital Partners.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

inHEART — inHEART is a spin-off from IHU Liryc and Inria, two top-tier research centers respectively in cardiac electrophysiology and digital science and technology, that develops software solutions for medical image analysis and cardiac modeling in heart rhythm disorders. inHEART vision is to make the bridge between radiology and cardiology to become aworldwide leader in image-guided diagnosis, therapy planning and navigation software solutions for heart rhythm disorders.
Pony — Instant city bike hire
Touch Sensity — Touch Sensity is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of IoT and sensors.

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