AQUITI Gestion

AQUITI Gestion, established in 1998 and headquartered in Bordeaux, France, is a private equity firm focused on supporting early-stage technology startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Greater South-West region of France. The firm specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments, as well as providing honor loans and development capital to growing businesses. Since its inception, AQUITI Gestion has successfully invested in over 200 operations, contributing to the establishment and growth of approximately 150 companies and creating thousands of jobs. Its current portfolio includes around 50 companies with revenues ranging from early-stage to 30 million euros. The firm benefits from the backing of both public and private influential shareholders and sponsors, enhancing its capacity to foster innovation and economic development in the region.

Thomas Bernard

Associate Director, PE and Partner

François Cavalié

President

Cindy Charlot

Director of Investments, PE

Nicolas Delaunay

Associate Director, PE

Fabienne Mazeau

Director of Investments, Honor Loan and VC

Lydia Seraline

Associate Director, PE

53 past transactions

Speeral

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Speeral is a technological solution for user to access second-hand market and products.

Materrup

Series A in 2024
Materrup is an industrial start-up focused on producing low-carbon earth concrete for the construction and urban development sectors. By utilizing a unique rupture technology, the company transforms excavated earth and clay into sustainable concrete, significantly reducing the carbon footprint associated with construction activities. Materrup's solutions are designed to comply with future regulatory requirements, such as the RE2020 regulations, addressing the urgent need for environmentally responsible practices in the construction industry. This innovative approach enables developers to implement decarbonization strategies on-site, contributing to the establishment of sustainable urban environments.

ALOGIA Groupe

Venture Round in 2024
ALOGIA Groupe offers preventive health responses to senior people at home through care management and innovative services.

Dionymer

Seed Round in 2023
Dionymer is a biotechnology company focused on transforming industrial organic waste into high-performance biodegradable polymers known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). Utilizing a biomimetic technology, the company employs microorganisms to convert organic waste, such as grape pomace, through a bacterial fermentation process. This innovative approach allows for the creation of customizable PHA polymers, providing farmers and manufacturers with low-carbon alternatives to traditional petrochemical plastics. By investing in the circular economy, Dionymer aims to address waste management challenges while offering sustainable solutions for various industries.

Le Train

Series A in 2023
Le Train is a French railway company focused on establishing the first private high-speed rail service in France. The company aims to enhance inter-regional rail travel by offering frequent train services that significantly reduce journey times between major metropolitan areas. Emphasizing a customer-centric approach, Le Train is committed to providing a clear and straightforward pricing structure, ensuring that passengers enjoy a sustainable and efficient mode of transport.

Flovea

Venture Round in 2023
FLOVEA performs a constant technological watch on its core business and is committed to creating innovative technologies through partnerships with research centers and laboratories.

NGX Robotics

Venture Round in 2023
Generation Robots is the distributor of personal and service robots for corporate, education, research and makers all over Europe in 3 languages.

Pony

Venture Round in 2023
Pony Bikes Ltd, established in 2017 and based in Oxford, United Kingdom, specializes in bike and e-scooter rental services through a mobile application. The company distinguishes itself by decentralizing ownership of its vehicles, allowing users to acquire and share bikes and scooters. This innovative approach enables local vehicle owners to earn profits from rentals, fostering a community-focused economy. Pony aims to enhance micro-mobility solutions while ensuring that the benefits of shared transportation remain within the local environment.

Eklo Hotels

Venture Round in 2023
Eklo Hotels is an independent French group that operates a chain of eco-friendly hotels and youth hostels, primarily located in Bordeaux. The company focuses on providing a warm and design-oriented living space accessible to all guests, featuring 24/7 reception services. With an environmentally conscious approach, Eklo Hotels offers affordable accommodations that cater to budget-conscious travelers seeking to explore various destinations in France.

Little Worker

Series A in 2023
Little Worker is SaaS-enabled marketplace between homeowner wishing to renovate their home and local contractors.

Emulseo

Seed Round in 2022
Emulseo is a startup based in Pessac, France, that specializes in the development and supply of surfactant formulations for droplet-based microfluidics. Founded in 2018, the company offers FluoSurf, a fluorinated surfactant optimized for stabilizing aqueous droplets in fluorinated oil, which is crucial for various biotechnological applications. These applications include DNA amplification, single-cell analysis, enzyme or protein screening, and bacterial isolation. Emulseo's surfactants are designed to be biocompatible, highly stable, and leak-proof, catering to the needs of the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industries. The company's expertise in microfluidics supports innovation in these sectors, enhancing their processes and applications.

TEHTRIS

Series B in 2022
TEHTRIS is a cybersecurity company founded in 2010 and based in Pessac, France. It specializes in developing and deploying the TEHTRIS XDR Platform, a SaaS-based solution designed to detect and neutralize cyber threats such as espionage and sabotage in real time. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including threat intelligence, security orchestration, incident detection and response tools, and cloud workload protection. TEHTRIS also provides services encompassing security operations centers, consulting, and training tailored for various sectors, including manufacturing, banking, retail, healthcare, and public administration. With expertise in countering advanced cyber threats, TEHTRIS serves a diverse clientele, from multinational corporations to small businesses, making its solutions accessible and easy to implement.

Germitec

Venture Round in 2022
Germitec is a healthcare company focused on developing ultraviolet light disinfection systems aimed at improving hospital hygiene. The company specializes in high-level disinfection using UV-C technology, which is designed to effectively reprocess non-lumen medical devices. By simplifying safety protocols and reducing the time and responsibility of healthcare professionals, Germitec's systems help transform clinical practices and minimize the risk of cross-infection within medical facilities.

Lita.co

Venture Round in 2022
LITA.co is an innovative impact investing platform that connects individuals with social entrepreneurs, facilitating investments in companies that prioritize social, environmental, and positive impacts. The platform enables both retail and professional investors to fund start-ups and small to medium enterprises, offering a streamlined avenue for investors to allocate surplus funds while assisting companies in raising necessary capital. By focusing on sustainable projects, LITA.co promotes ethical financial management and aims to foster a community of conscious investors and impactful businesses.

K-Ryole

Series B in 2022
K-Ryole is a privately held company that specializes in the manufacture of smart electric bike trailers designed for cyclists. These innovative trailers can be attached to any bicycle and are capable of carrying heavy loads, making them suitable for urban transportation. By offering a practical solution for goods transport, K-Ryole aims to help riders reduce their carbon footprint while also lowering logistics costs.

CarbonWorks

Series A in 2022
CarbonWorks is specialising in the use of microalgae to capture and utilise carbon dioxide.

Elicit Plant

Series A in 2022
Elicit Plant is an agro-biotech company focused on enhancing the resilience of crops to water stress and developing phytosterol-based solutions. By leveraging proprietary technology, Elicit Plant aims to address the challenges posed by climate change on agriculture. The company’s products are designed to improve plant stress resistance and activate natural defenses, which has been validated through extensive field trials across three continents. These trials demonstrate that Elicit Plant's biosolutions provide farmers with consistent and significant returns on investment, positioning the company as a leader in the ecological transition within the agricultural sector.

Sunbooster

Venture Round in 2021
Sunbooster specializes in photovoltaic installations. It adapts to solar power stations installed on photovoltaic carports, photovoltaic roofs, photovoltaic greenhouses, and ground-mounted photovoltaic power plants. Those services include installation analysis, engineering, commissioning, maintenance, design, and sizing.

Dyameo

Seed Round in 2021
Dyameo develops single-use endoscopic probes for the instant detection of cancer cells.

TreeFrog Therapeutics

Series B in 2021
TreeFrog Therapeutics is a developer of stem cells intended to secure cell production and quality, fasten clinical development and facilitate market access. The company's offerings include a proprietary technology platform that provides an end to end 3D scalable solution that will dramatically reduce treatment costs, enabling patients to access the medical revolution of cell therapies by overcoming current critical manufacturing issues.

Dubos

Venture Round in 2021
Dubos is engages in manufacturing of linen products.

Fineheart

Series B in 2021
Fineheart is a France-based medical device company that specializes in innovative technologies aimed at addressing cardiovascular diseases. The company is developing an implantable cardiac device that is wirelessly powered and fully implantable, designed to provide mechanical circulatory support. This novel device optimizes cardiac output while preserving the heart's natural contractility, thereby enabling patients with heart failure to restore normal cardiac function and improve their quality of life. Fineheart's focus on advanced medical solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cardiovascular care.

Amédia Solutions

Venture Round in 2021
Amédia Solutions is an IT service provider and telecom operator. It is a local player specializing in B to B IT and telecoms. It has thus been able to forge various strong partnerships with publishers, manufacturers, infrastructure operators, security specialists to offer the best of IT and telecommunications.

Luos

Seed Round in 2021
Luos is a developer of an open-source architecture aimed at enhancing the design, testing, and deployment of embedded applications. The company's innovative software facilitates the use of microservices in embedded systems by integrating all components and functions of electronic devices into a cohesive system image. This approach allows for the creation of drivers and embedded applications through a straightforward embedded C/C++ code API. By streamlining the development process, Luos enables developers and CTOs to efficiently design and implement embedded solutions, making hardware development as agile as software.

Lucine

Seed Round in 2020
Lucine has the ambition to transform and improve patient’s health. Their main therapeutic area is pain. The product, a digital therapeutic is able to relieve patient’s pain in 5 minutes through active substances allowing an analgesic neurostimulation. Customized, their solution is adapted to each patient thanks to an instantaneous measurement and analysis of the pain by facial, vocal and postural recognition.

TreeFrog Therapeutics

Series A in 2019
TreeFrog Therapeutics is a developer of stem cells intended to secure cell production and quality, fasten clinical development and facilitate market access. The company's offerings include a proprietary technology platform that provides an end to end 3D scalable solution that will dramatically reduce treatment costs, enabling patients to access the medical revolution of cell therapies by overcoming current critical manufacturing issues.

Dronisos - drone shows

Seed Round in 2018
Dronisos is a pioneering drone entertainment company specializing in the creation of indoor and outdoor drone shows using autonomous drones. Dronisos provides custom-designed indoor, outdoor, one-time and recurring drone shows that can be seen at major international events and theme parks around the world. Dronisos is founded by Jean Dominique Lauwereins in 2016 and is located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

OnCrawl

Venture Round in 2018
OnCrawl is a technical SEO platform that specializes in enterprise SEO audits and daily monitoring. Serving over a thousand clients across 66 countries, including notable companies such as Vistaprint, Canon, and Forbes, OnCrawl aims to enhance organic traffic, search rankings, and revenue by demystifying Google's algorithms. The platform provides search marketers with user-friendly dashboards and actionable reports, facilitating the entire SEO process. With a strong focus on data-driven insights, OnCrawl has garnered recognition in the industry, winning the Best SEO Tool award at the European Search Awards for three consecutive years and the Best Search Software Tool at the US Search Awards in 2019. The company has also successfully completed two funding campaigns to solidify its position as a leading SaaS provider in the SEO sector.

Life Design Sonore

Venture Round in 2018
Life Design Sonore designs and manufactures sound systems which turn furniture in sound systems. Wirelessly connected to the source, they offer an immersive sound, with managed content and unique sound experience. It offers mart sound system producing sound by vibrating furniture or other parts of our environment with a cloud based content/play management.

Conecteo

Venture Round in 2017
Conecteo offers Kiamo, the native multi-channel software solution for contact center and customer service.

Osmia

Venture Round in 2017
Osmia SAS provides crop pollination services to improve yield and quality of agricultural production. Osmia intervenes in the context of specific problems on entomophilous or anemophilic pollination. Methodological approach and experience enables the company to find relevant solutions. It offers pollination studies and services for pre-base, base or multiplication seeds. It also offers simple and efficient pollination services for arboriculture and optimize the yields and the quality of the productions of fruit trees. Osmia SAS was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in France.

AirInt' Services

Series B in 2017
AirInt' Services specializes in aircraft maintenance management, providing comprehensive solutions that include cabin consulting, maintenance process reviews, and inventory management. The company focuses on enhancing cabin asset management and equipment reliability, while also offering software engineering services. Its flagship product, AirInt' Software, leverages cloud computing to facilitate efficient aircraft maintenance and information flow, accessible through both mobile devices and web applications. Founded in 2010 and based in Mérignac, France, AirInt' Services aims to deliver cost-effective maintenance solutions by ensuring timely access to critical information.

Actual Systemes

Venture Round in 2016
Actual Systemes operates in the field of indirect B to B distribution of IT hardware and software at national level. The company strength lies in our value strategy through their ability to support their clients in project mode to provide them with advice and services. Strategy increased by the acquisition of a host allowing to propose a CLOUD By ACTUAL offer in phase with our ecosystem. In a world where competition is fierce, the development strategy of ACTUAL Systèmes since its recovery in 2007, confers it in a spirit of a start-up with the advantage of a reputation gained and recognized by world leaders in the field. IT. Actual Systemes was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Merignac, France.

Fineheart

Series A in 2016
Fineheart is a France-based medical device company that specializes in innovative technologies aimed at addressing cardiovascular diseases. The company is developing an implantable cardiac device that is wirelessly powered and fully implantable, designed to provide mechanical circulatory support. This novel device optimizes cardiac output while preserving the heart's natural contractility, thereby enabling patients with heart failure to restore normal cardiac function and improve their quality of life. Fineheart's focus on advanced medical solutions positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of cardiovascular care.

Osmia

Venture Round in 2015
Osmia SAS provides crop pollination services to improve yield and quality of agricultural production. Osmia intervenes in the context of specific problems on entomophilous or anemophilic pollination. Methodological approach and experience enables the company to find relevant solutions. It offers pollination studies and services for pre-base, base or multiplication seeds. It also offers simple and efficient pollination services for arboriculture and optimize the yields and the quality of the productions of fruit trees. Osmia SAS was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in France.

Yooji

Venture Round in 2015
Yooji offers delicious meals in frozen portions for babies. Their recipes are prepared with organic ingredients or sustainable peaches, no additives, no added salt, no gluten. Thanks to a gentle cooking and fast freezing, the nutritional qualities and tastes are preserved. Regulate baby and help him grow well? A child's play with their small pebbles easy to dose.

Rediv

Series A in 2015
Rediv operates an e-commerce platform that facilitates the buying and selling of second-hand clothing for all age groups and genders. Based in the southwest of France, the platform allows users to renew their wardrobes by purchasing like-new clothing at significantly reduced prices. Customers can send quality used clothing in a prepaid bag, earning cash for items selected for resale. This model not only promotes sustainable fashion but also offers parents an affordable way to shop for their children's clothing. Launched in 2013, Rediv has established itself as a trusted marketplace for second-hand apparel. The company benefits from the guidance of prominent investors and industry experts.

easylive.io

Seed Round in 2014
Easylive.io is a developer of a cloud-based video production platform that simplifies live broadcasting. The platform allows video producers to mix various types of content into live stream videos and distribute them to audiences globally. Key features include a control room for managing streams, scheduling tools, publishing options, clipping capabilities, and digital video recorder monitoring. This comprehensive suite of tools enables users to create high-quality live streams from virtually any location.

Sunna Design

Venture Round in 2014
Sunna Design is a France-based company established in 2011 and headquartered in Blanquefort. The firm specializes in designing and producing LED and solar lighting solutions, focusing primarily on integrated solar street lights for both isolated and urban environments. Sunna Design aims to provide reliable and sustainable public lighting, particularly in areas with limited or no access to electricity. Their products facilitate the use of renewable energy sources, helping clients reduce pollution and save costs. Additionally, the company offers design solutions and smart grids powered by solar energy, contributing to more efficient public lighting infrastructure.

Voxeet

Seed Round in 2014
Voxeet, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing innovative conference call solutions, aiming to enhance communication through its advanced real-time collaboration platform. Founded in 2012 and based in Sausalito, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley and Bordeaux, the company offers a unique TrueVoice technology that delivers a 3D surround sound experience for conference calls. Its application supports a variety of features, including web conferencing, messaging, file sharing, call recording, and mobile presentation modes, and is compatible with a wide range of devices, including iPhones, iPads, Android devices, Macs, and PCs. Voxeet serves diverse industries such as technology, advertising, insurance, legal, healthcare, and utilities, providing tools that help businesses enhance their communication capabilities and generate new revenue streams through advanced voice communication applications.

BMIA

Seed Round in 2013
BMIA is a consulting firm based in Le Bouscat, France, that specializes in computer engineering and automation for the transport, industry, and energy sectors. Founded in 1999, the firm provides a range of services, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for collective performance, interactive 3D simulators for training, and support for operations and maintenance. BMIA conducts preliminary studies and audits to offer tailored solutions that enhance business performance. Its software management platform facilitates project management and document handling, enabling clients to improve efficiency in areas such as intelligent mobility, water treatment, and energy distribution.

LNC Therapeutics

Series B in 2012
LNC Therapeutics is developing gut microbiota directed drugs to target obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases. All projects encompass fundamental research, preclinical studies and clinical trials. Backed by leading venture capital investors, such as Seventure Partners (with the microbiome dedicated vehicle Health for Life Capital) and Family Offices, the company cultivates worldwide collaborations with renowned medical experts to ensure the highest level of standards in the development of innovative drugs. With a total of € 16.5 million raised so far including € 1.5 million grants from French BPI and Aquitaine Region, LNC Therapeutics will pursue its research programs to bring the next generation approach to treat obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.

Conecteo

Series B in 2012
Conecteo offers Kiamo, the native multi-channel software solution for contact center and customer service.

SATMOS

Venture Round in 2012
SATMOS is an independent company founded in 2009 and based in Billere, France, specializing in satellite communications services for various sectors, including monitoring and environmental control. The company focuses on providing secure Machine to Machine (M2M) communication systems that enable real-time data acquisition and remote management of sensitive facilities and industrial installations. SATMOS offers solutions tailored for applications such as water monitoring, telemetry of energy transport networks, remote maintenance, environmental monitoring, and security. Its services are designed to ensure reliable and cost-effective data transmission, particularly for remote or isolated sites. SATMOS serves a diverse clientele across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and initially collaborated with the European Space Agency to enhance its technology offerings.

Conecteo

Series A in 2009
Conecteo offers Kiamo, the native multi-channel software solution for contact center and customer service.

Stantum

Series A in 2007
Stantum, Inc. designs and manufactures multitouch surface controllers. Its products include Lemur, which is a control surface for audio and media applications; and DEXTER, a laptop sized control surface, which is used for controlling digital audio workstations. The company’s products are used by musicians, composers, discjockies, media artists, researchers, and developers. It offers its products through distributors and retailers internationally. The company was formerly known as JazzMutant SAS and changed its name in 2007. Stantum, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Bordeaux, France with a liaison office in Tokyo, Japan.

AS Industries

Venture Round in 2006
AS Industries is a specialist in subcontracting mechanical parts management in Asia. They select for their customers the best suppliers, in order to answer their industrial purchasing problems in the field of mechanics, foundry, plastic injection, and electronic products. From small to large series, AS Industries manufactures industrial parts on the plan. AS Industries was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Merignac, France.

ASP France

Series A in 2005
ASP France is designs, develops, and markets software solutions for information security applications. Its products include DataPack, MicroPack, ArchiPack, NasPack, and InfraPack. The company’s solutions assists in data security and warehousing, network management, messaging, time management, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications. ASP64 was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bidart, France.

MitoProd

Seed Round in 2005
MitoProd SA is a young biotech company based in Bordeaux, France, which has developed an innnovative technology for the production of ribonucleic acids (RNA). MitoProd's patented technology enables the in vivo synthesis of RNA without limitation of length or quantity. The MitoProd team is comprised of highly qualified technicians, guaranteeing high quality in each phase of production. MitoProd's client portfolio is a testament to its expertise and includes companies in research, diagnostic and therapeutic fields.

Ademtech

Seed Round in 2001
Ademtech is developing and manufacturing superparamagnetic nanoparticles for in vitro diagnostic and life sciences applications. The association of complementary skills such as physicochemistry, polymer chemistry, immunology, cellular biology, molecular biology, and virology leads to the development of novel nano-objects with unique characteristics. Ademtech offers magnetic media, instruments (thermoshaker, an electronic pipette with variable spacing) and automata (extraction and pipetting). It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Pessac, France.
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