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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in France in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Sports startups based in France. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sports companies from France. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in France in July 2025

Investor	Sports France investments
Julien Lemoine	2
Taavet Hinrikus	2
Denis Fayolle	2
Steven Alan	2
Nicolas Douay	2
John Maloney	2
Frederic Bruneteau	2
Declan Kelly	2
Wei Guo	2
Hubert Patricot	2
Marc Valerius de Beffort	2
Eduardo Ronzano	2
Olivier Thomas	2
Lee Linden	2
Ahmed Mhiri	2
Raphaël Varane	2
Edward Lando	2
Petitjean Patrick	1
Mario Götze	1
Thomas France	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1
Ronan Le Moal	1
Benjamin Kayser	1
Marc Simoncini	1
Damien Vincent	1
Arnaud Lecherf	1
Gerard Pique	1
Julien Lopizzo	1
Marie Outtier	1
Benjamin Griveaux	1
Bertrand Jacquelot	1
Nicolas Steegmann	1
Cyril Vermeulen	1
Tony Parker	1
Julien Codorniou	1
Patrick Weil	1
Frédéric Mazzella	1
André Schürrle	1
Samuel Guez	1
Gary Vaynerchuk	1
Rio Ferdinand	1
Chris Hitchen	1
Michael Benabou	1
Karim Irouche	1
William Bonnet	1
Stéphane Rossetto	1
Eric Dodin	1
Martin Jaglin	1
Simon Dawlat	1
Teddy Riner	1

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Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales.

Investment focus

Software, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Tailwarden — Tailwarden is an open source platform that empowers the next generation of developers to take control of their cloud infrastructure while building secure, scalable and cost-effective applications along the way.
Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
Inboxbooster — Test your email deliverability for free. See if emails go to spam or inbox with our patented technology.

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Meatable — Meatable is a food production company that produces real and guilt-free meat. With one cell, they are revolutionizing the meat industry's impact on climate change and animal welfare. At the same time they increase food security, without compromising the culinary experience of eating tasty, real meat. They aim to satisfy the world'sappetite for meat without harming people, animals, and the planet.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Open Cosmos — Open Cosmos design, build and operate space missions, providing straightforward access to high quality satellite data and insights on a global scale.
Unearthly Materials — Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company focused on delivering practical room-temperature superconductors and powering the century of superconductivity.

Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Angel, Seed, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Singulart — At Singulart, They are convinced that the digital space is an invaluable tool for bringing transparency and equity to the art market.They provide artists with the tools that enable them to independently manage the sale of their works. Their team is working around the clock, committing their energy to promoting Singulart artists to a globalaudience.In showcasing artists around the world, they also hope to allow art lovers and collectors alike to explore new artistic horizons, to embrace new cultures and to be inspired by the works of talented artists that they never would have come across if it wasn't for Singulart.
Next Station — Next Station is a smart recruiting platform.
Adrenaline Hunter — Live unforgettable moments! Book among hundreds of the best outdoor activities on manawa.com. Best service and best prices guaranteed.

Steven Alan - FOUNDER & CEO @ Steven Alan

Investment focus

Wellness, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, France

Portfolio highlights

PICT — By using PICT, you're able to turn a normal photo into a content-rich, eCommerce-enabled photo. With PICT, fans, followers and potential customers discover the 'who, what and where' about your products on the spot. And, through its beautiful, interactive photos, PICT makes it possible to blend commerce into discovery.
Peptalk — Listen to thousands of epic motivational speeches; get the inspiration you need to achieve your everyday goals!
Maude — Maude is a modern sexual wellness brand created to simplify sex with body-safe essentials like vibrators, condoms, lubricants and other personal care goods.

Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor @ Better Angle

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United Kingdom, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Bealy health — Bealy is a prevention and health solution dedicated to employees to improve their daily health and well-being.
Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
underdog — underdog is a simplified & refurbished household appliances.

Managing Partner @TerrapinBale, Former President @Tumblr, @Circa, Co-founder UrbanBaby, angel investor

Investment focus

Education, Software, Video
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Svrf — Svrf was founded with the vision to empower people to see the world differently. Today, the Svrf platform does this by making 3D searchable, shareable, and accessible on all platforms.Svrf's iOS app enables anyone to create and share 3D filters on their phone. No prior 3D or game engine knowledge required!Svrf's API supercharges yourcamera or messaging application with the largest cross-platform database of 3D face filters, objects, and more: developers.svrf.com.
SIMULATE — Upgrading the world to a positive food system.
Pandascore — Stop worrying about collecting data and computing odds. Start building your esports project. PandaScore API provides everything you need from live scores to live odds through a wide selection of matches, leagues and tournaments for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, Overwatch.

Frederic Bruneteau is the founder and Managing Director of PTOLEMUS Consulting Group, an international strategic advisory firm focused on location-based services (LBS), navigation and telematics. Frederic assists all leading players in the field in designing effective strategies and value propositions around location. He has gained 15 years ofstrategic and operational experience in 10 countries, mostly in the mobility ecosystem. He is expert at designing strategies in LBS and is a frequent speaker at mobility and LBS conferences.Previously, he was Product Line Manager in charge of Content & Services with TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL in Amsterdam. He defined the companyâ€™s worldwide strategy and product development for maps, traffic, points of interests, local search, speed cameras, etc. He also defined its geographic expansion strategy towards new markets. Frederic has been instrumental in designing and launching revolutionary services such as the world's first complete connected navigation suite (LIVE Services) in 5 countries.Before TOMTOM, Frederic worked with VODAFONE / SFR in Paris for 7 years. He assumed several management responsibilities including Director of WiFi / WiMax Marketing & Sales and Head of Multimedia Strategy & Programme Management.Mr. Bruneteau has also worked as a Senior Consultant specialized in mobile telecommunications with ARTHUR D. LITTLE in London and as a Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst with BNP PARIBAS in New York.Mr. Bruneteau is a graduate of HEC Paris and the University of Cologne (CEMS).

Investment focus

Diving, Software, Logistics
Seed, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

CORE FOR TECH — Core for Tech is a Deep Tech company who measures and predicts Drowsiness while driving thanks to Heart Rate Variability. Our mission ? Your safety. We detect drowsiness at a very early stage, before it's visible, and predict the driver's upcoming sleepiness level to make the right safety decisions at the right time.

Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Werk — Werk is building a construction labor marketplace, that matches workers internationally to any country, all while automating the paperwork and HR. Our community provides trade union benefits, globally. Think of it as a mix of Deel & LinkedIn, but for construction that disrupts the European gray economy. Werk is building a digital identity forthe workers building our homes and offices.
Payable — Scale your business with our payment operations API and dashboard. Track, reconcile and make payments instantly.
Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.

Hubert Patricot - Executive Vice President and President, European Group @ Coca-Cola Enterprises

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Kipli — Re-think sleep, naturally. Kipli is a luxury natural mattress company operating exclusively online. Our 100% natural latex mattress and its unique conception give you a great comfort and perfect natural nights. Kipli mattresses are handcrafted in Italy to create the best natural mattress possible. And because of our low overhead, we are able tooffer high-quality luxury natural mattresses for about twice less expensive than you'd pay anywhere else.
Feed. — Feed. is a French foodtech that designs nutritionally perfect meals, in formats suitable for active people. It is developed by a team of dieticians-nutritionists, agri-food engineers and chefs, the recipes contain natural ingredients that provide 100% of the necessary contributions of a balanced meal.
Mium Lab — Les Miraculeux is specializing in food supplements in the form of vitamin-enriched fruit gummies.

Marc Valerius de Beffort

Investment focus

Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition
Angel, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Mium Lab — Les Miraculeux is specializing in food supplements in the form of vitamin-enriched fruit gummies.

Eduardo Ronzano is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolet. He previously worked at The Bradery as a Pre-Seed Investor. Eduardo Ronzano attended ESCP Business School.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
Frak Labs — Manage your unified web identity, earn rewards, and interact seamlessly with partner websites using our passkey-first blockchain smart wallet.
Poolside — We are software's leading AI research lab.

Olivier Thomas

Investment focus

Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition
Angel, Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Mium Lab — Les Miraculeux is specializing in food supplements in the form of vitamin-enriched fruit gummies.

Lee is a Managing Partner at Quiet Capital. He is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor.Previously, he lead Facebook's emerging initiatives in commerce, including Gifts and the Facebook Card.Lee founded Karma, a breakthrough mobile commerce platform that allowed smartphone users to instantly send real gifts to others without the burdenof physical mailing addresses. Karma was acquired by Facebook in early 2012. Prior to Karma, Lee founded Tapjoy and piloted the company to its position as a leading mobile advertising platform which today touches more than 1 billion devices. He began Tapjoy by co-creating multiple top mobile games for iOS/Android and subsequently unraveling the potential of mobile advertising and app distribution at scale.Earlier, Lee worked for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and helped launch the iFund, a $100M investment vehicle focused on smartphone application platforms. Lee originally began his career working in product development at Microsoft, where he co-created the Windows Home Server division and shipped the first version of that product to market.Lee holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a BA in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and today lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.Lee has been a featured speaker at universities, conferences, and panels worldwide and has received numerous awards for his work including 30 under 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Businessweek 2012, 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2012, and The Silicon Valley 100 by Business Insider 2013.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Kinema — A social cinema platform for filmmakers and community builders
Airhouse — Airhouse is the first all-in-one logistics platform for modern direct-to-consumer ecommerce companies. Launch a complex fulfillment operation in seconds.
Jupiter — Jupiter is a specialized manufacturer of hair, scalp care and dandruff products.

A visionary in mobility and a scale-up builder, Ahmed Mhiri combines deep tech expertise with bold entrepreneurial spirit. An engineer specialized in computer science and cybersecurity, he began his career leading major digital transformation and security projects across France and abroad. In 2012, he founded TravelCar, a pioneering car-sharingplatform for travelers. In just a few years, the company raised $25M, expanded to over 60 countries, and caught the attention of Stellantis, which acquired it in 2019 to build the foundation of Free2move. As CEO of Free2move, Ahmed has transformed the company into a global leader in flexible mobility, serving both individuals and businesses. Today, he is redefining the future of mobility: more autonomous, more sustainable, and more seamless — to meet the challenges of a world in motion.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, Tunisia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Jaylo — Jaylo.ai transforms your email experience by using AI. Automatically organize and prioritize your inbox, ensuring nothing important gets lost. Generate context-aware replies that perfectly match your tone and intent. Save you time and effort, allowing you to communicate efficiently and professionally. Free up your day for what really matters"high-impact, meaningful work."
Finovox — Finovox provides a solution for detecting false documents. They offer investigative tools to analyze, understand, and explain fraud. Additionally, they provide users with hard evidence of fraud.
Kare Partners — Kare Partners, LLC provides therapeutic rehabilitation and other ancillary services in the healthcare sector. The company offers physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation services through a network of outpatient therapy clinics in North Carolina and Arkansas. It also assists home health agencies by providing fully-trained therapy-teams tocomplement their in-house talent or add a new dimension to their service delivery. In addition, it provides a direct educational and credentialing path for therapy clinicians in India to gain employment in the United States healthcare system. Kare Partners, LLC was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Raphaël Varane is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team.

Investment focus

Sports, Apps, Soccer
Seed, Funding Round
France, Portugal, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kinvent — KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation.Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work... work with us.Our KFORCE solution is a range of torque measuring instruments for human strength, balance and motion. This system consists of six instruments with high-precision measuring equipment, which concentrate all the know-how of K-INVENT. The display of the data recorded by the device sensors is transcribed by the KFORCE software, installed on any iOS or Android terminal. This accessory capable of reading and re-transcribing the information given by all dynamometers of the entire range is usable on smartphones or tablets with Android and IOS operating system
ScorePlay — ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager dedicated to sports. The MAM centralizes assets in a single media workspace, with AI-tagging. Distribute to athletes and sponsors automatically through app. Amplify your brand.
Docent — Docent is the first AI-powered mobile application to offer a fully-personalized experience for discovering, accessing and collecting contemporary masterpieces.

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Superscale AI — Superscale AI is a marketing services company that helps the users to create content in social media platform.
Hidden Studios — Hidden Studios develops and advertises Fortnite Creative games, with 100M+ plays monthly. The company collaborated with prominent brands and creators, including Skydance, Snoop Dogg, and CaseOh, to deliver engaging gaming experiences. Hidden Studios maintains an active presence on YouTube, sharing content related to their Fortnite Creativeendeavors.
Swish Robotics — Embodied Intelligence for the Home

Patrick Petitjean is the ex-CEO of the April group and ex-CEO and co-founder of Utwin.

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Fyxer — Save 1 hour every day with an AI assistant. Fyxer AI organizes your inbox, drafts extraordinary emails and writes better-than-human meeting notes.
Lemni — Set up custom Ai agents in minutes
welevel — Building games with attitude

Entrepreneur, Investor

Investment focus

Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Woodoo — At Woodoo, we bring dead wood to life. We believe in a sustainable industrial future built on wood, using innovative, pioneering processes.
Crestal — Crestal offers a decentralized platform that meets the objectives of Web3 applications through modular service architecture. The Crestal blockchain monitors and scores services using a Proof of Performance (PoP) consensus process.
Mural — Mural enables financial teams to manage crypto payouts and invoices for employees, contractors, and vendors worldwide.

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bolk — Bolk provides autonomous bowl-making robotic canteen which producing warm meals, cold dishes and desserts from precooked ingredients.
Arkania — B2B API solution for brands to create and sell online NFTs directly on their platforms
Starton — Integrate blockchain technology this week. Focus on your vision, we handle blockchain complexity

Ronan Le Moal is the Founding Partner and Managing Director at Epopée Gestion. Ronan Le Moal attended HEC Paris.

Investment focus

Finance, Financial Services, Sports
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !
Vybe — Vybe is a provider of a digital platform used to develop a payment card for Gen Z. It helps in instant transfers, receives instant notification of each expense, and manages expenses securely that enable teenagers to manage their pocket money, pay with their smartphone and get cashback on a lot of transactions.It was founded in 2019, in Paris,France.
LaBienveillanceFinancière — RegTech, Fintech, Insurtech, wealth management, wealth planning, estate planning In an increasingly complex world, every family needs the type of wealth planning, estate planning, and wealth management advice up to now exclusively reserved for very high-net worth individuals. LaBienveillanceFinancière (LBF) provides professional wealth managementadvisers with an “augmented wealth advisory” platform that enables them to meet this need. LBF’s algorithms automate the production (data collection, analysis, calculations, solutions, reporting) of wealth management solutions personalized for each of its clients' customer. LBF's clients are banks’ financial advisers, insurance brokers, and wealth management adviser networks. The company has already conquered 3 institutional networks. LBF helps them provide higher quality, certified, global (tax, civil law, financial) wealth management advice in no time.

Investor, entrepreneur, formerly international rugby player

Investment focus

DIY, Insurance, Health Care
Series B, Series E
France

Portfolio highlights

Murfy — Murfy provides home appliances repair services, we aim to redefine the standards of this industry with a fully digital process, customer support and online content which promotes DIY.It is estimated that around 28 millions home devices (dishwasher, oven, fridge, dryer...) encountered a default in France in 2018. According to a report from thefrench agency "ADEME", only 2.4 millions of them were repaired. Murfy has been started to provide a simple and affordable answer to this huge amount of waste.In 2019, Murfy expects to launch a "Zero Waste" offer, dealing with any type of default at a fixed cost.
Alan — Alan is a digital health insurance platform that revolutionizes health insurance by focusing on user experience with an excellent price-quality ratio health plan. Alan started by creating a health insurance company for individuals and companies, that they can trust as a service and enjoy as an experience. Alan is the insurance company that makeshealthcare simpler, smarter, and better.It is the first new independent insurance licensed in France since 1986 by the French Prudential Supervisory Authority (ACPR) and it has raised more than €125m with leading investors such as Index Ventures, CNP, Partech, and Portage since its creation in 2016.
Anybuddy — Anybuddy is a sport booking marketplace, leader in racket sport in France

Marc Simoncini is the CEO, Co-Founder and Owner of Jaina Capital. He previously worked at MEETIC as a Founder, Owner and Ex-CEO. Marc Simoncini attended E.S.I.

Investment focus

Finance, Software, Audio
Seed, Angel, Series B
France

Portfolio highlights

ADN Skis — ADN Skis are developing a technology that integrates eco-design and composite material dismantling processes for the outdoor sports industry. The company shifted its business model to focus on technology licensing, transforming ADN into an ingredient brand, offering solutions for ski manufacturers and recycling players.
Shadow — Experience the power of cloud gaming with Shadow.tech. Dive into a world where high-performance gaming is accessible on any device. Enjoy features such as 4K resolution, VR compatibility, and seamless gameplay without the need for expensive hardware. Explore our comprehensive game store and start your ultimate gaming journey today
URBAN CUISINE — URBAN CUISINE develops connected indoor vegetable gardens.

Damien Vincent

Investment focus

Sports, Consulting, Communities
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Poteau — Krank is a social network that enables its users to connect with people who have the same interests in hobbies and sports. It enables its users to send invitations to the other users to play a sport with them. Users are able to find information about the people who are sending them invitations.Krank offers sports brands with advertising services.Krank was founded by Vincent Bucaille and Alexis Agahi in March 2015.
Alvo market — Alvo is a digital platform dedicated to the sale and takeover of businesses and assets.

Arnaud Lecherf

Investment focus

Internet, Outdoors, Sharing Economy
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Yescapa — Yescapa is a rental platform for motorhomes and travel vehicles between individuals founded in 2012 by Benoît Panel and Adrien Pinson. The company that began calling itself AlquilarMiAutocaravana has not gone through the hands of any accelerator but the French mentoring program 'The Family'. The results cannot be better, in just threeyears, Yescapa has85,000 registered users in France, Germany, and Spain.The proper functioning of the idea is due, in part, to its success in the two rounds of financing that it has closed to date. The first in 2014 for a value of 550,000 euros, and the last one in September 2016 for 3 million euros. In this last round it has been capitalized only by MAIF Avenir , an investment fund, belonging to the MAIF insurer, specialized in collaborative economics, the digital world and innovation. MAIF Avenir joins the capital of Yescapa's historical associates, which are Frédéric Mazzella and Damien Grulier (co-founders of BlaBlaCar ), Stéphane Romanyszyn (founder of Entreparticuliers.com), Thierry Vandewalle and Xavier Gury (WINDEST fund), Laurent Mouflin (Pax Corporate Finance), The Family, and Arnaud Lecherf.Yescapa has been recognized with several awards in France, for the originality and usefulness of the idea. In addition, its differential value lies in the rental of camper vans and camper vans between individuals in a simple and fast way through its web platform, allowing users to enjoy innovative and unique trips under the parameters of simplicity, trust, and safety.

Gerard Piqué Bernabéu is the President & Founder of Kosmos.He Previously worked at eFootball.Pro as the President & Co-Founder.

Investment focus

Gaming, Apps, Video
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Spain, France, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

GOALS — GOALS is our attempt to give football the game it deserves. Gameplay-first, free to play, cross-play, multiplayer-focused, and esports ready.
Sorare — Global Fantasy Football. Collect limited edition digital collectibles, Manage your team and earn prizes!
Kamleon — The first intelligent urine analysis platform seamlessly integrated into daily life. Immerse yourself in an unparalleled user experience while we lead the digital transformation in the bathroom industry.

Julien Lopizzo is the PDG at Major Corp. He attended emlyon business school.

Investment focus

Legal Tech, Advertising, Digital Media
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

AirCampus — Discover the best BBQ grills, tools, smokers, and accessories at BBQ House. Make every day a grilling day with our online marketplace. Shop now!
Major Corp — Economics & Strategic Intelligence Explorer
Keyop Média — Keyop Média développe des titres de presse experts.

Marie is a tech entrepreneur and investor. She co-founded and ran Aiden.ai, a B2B Saas that was acquired by Twitter in 2019. She served as Director of Product at Twitter until November 2022 and left as Twitter was becoming X. She is one of the most active angel investors in Europe with over 25 investments she made in the last three years alone inthe UK, France, the US. 56% of her portfolio has at least one female founder.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biofuel, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed
France, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

omena — Oména is working on a digital handbook to assist women as they transition through menopause.
Gigi — AI social app
EV Biotech — We design and optimise your precision fermentation strains and processes, tailored to your success.

Benjamin Griveaux is a former minister and an entrepreneur.

Investment focus

Apps, Sports, Education
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !
ExtraStudent — ExtraStudent is a free mutual help network for all students to openly share their knowledge and support one another.

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bolk — Bolk provides autonomous bowl-making robotic canteen which producing warm meals, cold dishes and desserts from precooked ingredients.
Arkania — B2B API solution for brands to create and sell online NFTs directly on their platforms
Starton — Integrate blockchain technology this week. Focus on your vision, we handle blockchain complexity

Co-founder of Replay, by Stupeflix.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

AniML — Generate outstanding 3D product videos with speed and ease.
Entroview — Entroview delivers innovative solutions for gigafactories, automotive, and recycling, using entropy-based diagnostics to optimize battery performance.
Kerys Software — Kerys Software is a Data Security Product Manufacturing firm developing secured virtualization tool for cases.

Cyril Vermeulen is a French web entrepreneur and angel investor. He co-founded the auFeminin.com Group, #1 women property online worldwide and was in charge of Business Development until the company was acquired by German media group Axel Springer. He was also in charge of SmartAdServer, the auFeminin adserving subsidiary, a european leader ofthe adserving technologies.Cyril has invested in a large number of start-ups in Europe and the US.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Homepilot — We revolutionize residential property management through the use of technology.
Symaps.io — Location intelligence platform. Decision-making tool for distribution network management and expansion. Catchment area, traffic & geomarketing data. Get a demo.
Notify — Notify is a real-time AI CRM platform that helps brands sustain, secure and develop their customer capital.

Tony Parker is a French-American former professional basketball player.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Sporting Goods
Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Colizey — Colizey is building a global sports marketplace, starting with France. It is connecting technical and inspiring brands (and edgy retailers) to passionate consumers. It is centralizing, simplifying and elevating the experience of shopping for sports equipment for men, women and children.
Wavo — Wavo provides debt-free inventory financing for SMEs, allowing them to grow without cash constraints.Unlike traditional financing, Wavo purchases inventory upfront, so businesses don’t have to immobilize cash or take on debt. Repayments are directly tied to sales, ensuring flexibility and preserving financial capacity. The solution is accessibleto fast-growing businesses, as it does not require balance sheet analysis or financial ratios.With Wavo, SMEs can seize new opportunities, optimize working capital, and scale faster—without financial constraints.

Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Anybuddy — Anybuddy is a sport booking marketplace, leader in racket sport in France
Zero — Buy verified cash app account at the best IT service provider smmsellshop at cost-effective price, we provide SSN, Bank & Selfie verified accounts.
Jolly — Jolly is a rewards platform for the workplace that incentivizes employee performance. It implements performance-based incentives to increase employees utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty.

Patrick Weil is the President of the Prunay Group and of Prunay Impact -Startup Studio.

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

Frédéric Mazzella is the Founder and President at BlaBlaCar. Frédéric Mazzella attended The Stanford University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Hungary

Portfolio highlights

La Vie — La Vie is developing a 100% vegetable edible fat with the ambition of offering different types of vegetable meats.
MentorShow — Mentor Show offers online course, Whether you want to improve your cooking, your football skills, your magic, or even your mental strength, you'll be able to learn from the very best, like Karim Benzema, Hélène Darroze, Kev Adams, and many more..
Deligo Vision Technologies — Simple and effective automation of checkout in contract catering.

André Schürrle

Investment focus

Software, Sports, Fantasy Sports
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

LANCH — LANCH is a startup that provides a virtual kitchen and food delivery service.
Virtex Apps — Virtex Apps, LLC is the creator of Virtex Arena, a multiplayer augmented reality competition hosted by sports teams to engage their fans in new ways. During half-time or other breaks in the sport, a new virtual competition can be started which fans can see on the field/court using an app on their own mobile devices. Audience members all seeand interact with the same virtual scene at the same time but from their own perspectives, as though the events were actually happening in front of them. The virtual world provides opportunities for increased advertising/sponsorship revenue, and fans will enjoy an innovative, memorable shared experience that can only occur at the team’s stadium.
Virtex Stadium — Take over the stadium with your friends and view the game live in 3D. You have never been closer to the game before! Join Virtex Stadium now and never miss the live show!

Samuel Guez is the founder of My Jolie Candle.

Investment focus

Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Mium Lab — Les Miraculeux is specializing in food supplements in the form of vitamin-enriched fruit gummies.

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.

Rio Ferdinand

Investment focus

Software, Logistics, Freight Service
Seed, Series A, Angel
United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Sokin — Sokin is a leading financial service provider that enables global payments for both consumers and businesses. Sokin believes in giving you the power to make payments and transfer money as many times as you want per month! Whether it’s sending money back home or transfers to friends or even settling with businesses using Sokin, our innovativeprocess makes the task quick and easy.Sokin delivers global payments for a fixed fee, is commission and hassle free!Transferring money internationally is complicated and expensive. Sometimes there is a lack of transparency in the fees you pay. With our transparent fixed monthly costs, for businesses and consumers, there are no hidden charges. You will not have to spend hours researching the best rates!Our cost effective solution is simple to understand: One Monthly Fee. This will to allow you to make payments in over 200 countries and the ability to exchange money in over 150 countries in over 35 different currencies. Sokin can also transfer any currency into any bank account in China within 2 hours excluding weekends and Chinese bank holidays.To find out more about the only payment provider to provide global payments for a fixed fee, commission free and hassle free – download our app and sign up to ensure you don’t miss out on key messages!
DeliveryApp — DeliveryApp solves long standing problems that exist in the logistics industry. Combining technology with a strong focus on ethical driver treatment, a more transparent customer experience and a strong focus on sustainability, DeliveryApp provides a solution which connects couriers and customers – providing all the delivery information at theirfingertips. A fully integrated tech platform with a large network of fully vetted drivers across the UK and growing rapidly everyday, DeliveryApp is quickly revolutionising and offering a scalable dynamic solution to the ever growing on demand logistics space.
Deliver E Hub — DeliveryApp is transforming the logistics industry by addressing long-standing challenges with innovative technology and a commitment to ethical practices. Our platform connects couriers and customers seamlessly, providing comprehensive delivery information and ensuring transparency. We prioritize ethical driver treatment and sustainability,offering carbon-neutral deliveries and incentives for electric vehicles. With a rapidly growing network of fully vetted drivers across the UK, DeliveryApp provides scalable, efficient logistics solutions for businesses and individuals. Join us in revolutionizing the logistics sector and driving positive change. Visit our website or connect with us on LinkedIn. #Logistics #Innovation #Sustainability #EthicalBusiness #DeliveryApp

Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
re:cap — re:cap enables companies in the subscription economy to trade future revenues for on-demand, non-dilutive capital. Fast, transparent and easy.
Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.

President at Financiere Saint James.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services
Series A, Seed, Angel
France, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Evy — Evy Merchants provides product protection services.
ExtraStudent — ExtraStudent is a free mutual help network for all students to openly share their knowledge and support one another.
Metafore — Metafore designs sustainable living spaces for team meetings, seminars, and events. They recycled fishing net carpets, used no single-use plastic, reduced water and energy consumption, and purchased local and organic products as part of their sustainable commitments. They offer modular spaces that adapt to all their needs.

Karim Irouche

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

William Bonnet participated in 10 Tour de France, 5 Tours of Spain and 3 Tours of Italy.

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

Stéphane Rossetto is a combatant of the Tour de France 2019.

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

Eric Dodin is the ex CEO of Europcar and CEO of AssurOne.

Investment focus

Sports, InsurTech
Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Sorius — Sorius wants to become the first solution that adapts in real time to the needs of the coachee according to his feelings ! His feelings, his health, his motivation, his sleep, his change of schedule, his/her sports results… Sorius is a link between health, wellness, Insurtech !

Martin Jaglin is the Co-Founder at MPG.

Investment focus

Events, Sports, Internet
Funding Round
France

Portfolio highlights

Anybuddy — Anybuddy is a sport booking marketplace, leader in racket sport in France

Simon Dawlat - CEO @ Batch

Investment focus

Software, EdTech, TV
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cognyx — Cognyx is a platform that enables manufacturers to design complex hardware at software speed using AI and graph databases. It creates a "collaborative super-BOM" that connects legacy systems, allowing designers, manufacturers, and buyers to collaborate on a single BOM. Cognyx reduces time-to-market, improves design reliability, and buildsstructured data for AI.
Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
wilgo.ai — Wilgo.ai strives to equip the future generation with the tools, mindset, and motivation to learn, grow, and flourish.

Teddy Riner is the three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion of judo.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Software
Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Colizey — Colizey is building a global sports marketplace, starting with France. It is connecting technical and inspiring brands (and edgy retailers) to passionate consumers. It is centralizing, simplifying and elevating the experience of shopping for sports equipment for men, women and children.
Climb — TacoTax offers an online platform that enables its users to file their taxes while automatically optimizing for the highest tax return and to talk to an expert in order to make financial investments TacoTax was founded by Aldric Emie and Rodrigue Menegaux in April 2016.

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