Bpifrance

Bpifrance is a financial institution dedicated to supporting companies throughout their development stages, particularly those preparing for stock market listing and seeking credit equity. The organization provides a range of financial solutions, including financing, innovation assistance, and capital investment. By integrating various entities such as OSEO and CDC Entreprises, Bpifrance aims to deliver tailored financial support that addresses the specific needs of businesses. The institution is committed to fostering innovation and helping companies transition toward sustainable growth, ensuring they are well-equipped to face future challenges.

Marion Aubry

Investment Director

Emmanuel Audouard

Director of Transverse Venture Capital Investments Division

Benoit Barteau Ph.D

Investment Director

Nicolas Berdou

Investment Director, Defense Expert

Clarisse Blandin

Investment Director

Elyssa Maufras du Châtellier

Investment Director

Edouard Combette

Investment Director

Charlotte Corbaz

Investment Drector - Large Venture

Sofia Dahoune

Associate

Nicolas Dardenne

Senior Investment Director, Normandy (Caen Rouen)

Arnaud Despoisse

Director of Occitanie Participations

Nicolas Dufourcq

CEO

Mailys Ferrere

Director of Large Venture Investments

Romain Fourcade

Investment Director

Paul-Francois Fournier

Executive Director, Innovation Department

Vanessa Giraud

Director of Environmental Impact Funds

Alessandro Gonella

Director

Gwenael Hamon

Investment Director

Laurent Higueret

Senior Investment Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences - Large Venture Fund

Veronique Jacq

Head of Digital Venture team

Louis Janneau

Investment Director and Fund Manager

Magali Joessel

Director of Funds

So-Yeon Koo

Senior Investment Manager

Jérôme Langlade

Investment Director Aquitaine / Limousin / Poitou-Charentes

Eric Lefebvre

Director

Stephane Lefevre-Sauli

Senior Investment Director

Arnaud Legardeur

Investment Director

Olivier Martinez

Investment Director

Serge Mesguich

Director of FIT

Louis Molis

Investment Director

Jean-Francois Morin

Investment Director

Sébastien Moynot

Director

Adrien Muller

Investment Director

Adrien Neel

Investment Director

Axel Piriou

Director of Investments

Olivier Rameil

Senior Investment Director / VC seed

Vincent Roque

Director

Thibaut Roulon Ph.D

Investment Director

Gilles Schang

Deputy Managing Director

Bruno Villeneuve

Associate

Jean-Marie Fougeray

Senior Investment Director, Brittany

Laure Michel

Investment Director

Past deals in Business Development

Frenchfounders

Venture Round in 2023
FrenchFounders, Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, specializes in serving the needs of French-speaking entrepreneurs and executives through a comprehensive networking platform. The organization facilitates business intermediation, investment opportunities, and career coaching, connecting a community of over 7,000 founders, including 4,000 club members, across four continents and 15 cities. FrenchFounders hosts more than 450 events annually, providing a physical and digital meeting space for individuals and companies. By fostering collaboration among startups, large corporations, investment firms, and other businesses, FrenchFounders enables its members to exchange ideas, forge valuable connections, and enhance their business growth.

Rentabrut

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Rentabrut is a tailor-made growth accelerator agency that increases customer acquisition and boosts turnover. Rentabrut develops tailor-made plans to propel your business to the top of its sector. They develop a tailor-made acquisition strategy, based on AI, innovative tools, and proven commercial strength. The company provides clients with a proven and immediately replicable business engine and supports the sales team in its implementation.

Swan

Series B in 2023
Swan is a European fintech company that specializes in embedded finance, providing an online banking platform for businesses to create and manage their bank accounts. Founded in 2019 and based in Paris, Swan enables companies to integrate banking features, such as accounts, cards, and payments, into their own products through simple APIs. The platform processes over 200 million euros in transactions monthly for more than 60 companies across ten European countries. As a licensed financial institution and a principal member of Mastercard, Swan is regulated by the ACPR. The company was co-founded with the startup studio eFounders and has received growth capital from prominent venture capital investors. Swan is led by a team of fintech experts with extensive industry experience.

Topo.io

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Topo.io is a B2B SaaS company that develops digital salesrooms and customer collaboration platforms.

Kanopee

Seed Round in 2023
Kanopee operates a start-up studio that specializes in the construction and real estate sectors, as well as in developing SaaS solutions and trusted third-party services. The company focuses on creating and investing in early-stage start-ups while offering tailored support to help these ventures succeed. Kanopee fosters a community of diverse entrepreneurs, including institutional investors, construction industry experts, and SaaS professionals, as well as family offices. This collaborative environment enables clients to access solutions that align with market demands and supports their transition into entrepreneurship by providing guidance in establishing independent and low-risk businesses.

Welcome to the Jungle

Series C in 2023
Welcome to the Jungle is a multi-channel media company focused on enhancing professional lives through a variety of high-quality content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and events. The company aims to inspire young professionals to rethink their relationship with work while providing valuable resources for job seekers. Its content-rich website features over 3,300 detailed company profiles, offering insights such as employee demographics and company statistics to aid prospective candidates in their job searches. Additionally, Welcome to the Jungle operates an innovative job platform designed to assist small and medium enterprises in their hiring processes. This platform includes tools for resume screening and application tracking, helping employers find and onboard both skilled and unskilled workers effectively.

Imagination Machine

Venture Round in 2022
Imagination Machine Imagination Machine is a startup studio.

locallyteams

Seed Round in 2022
locallyteams ensure the seriousness of the companies present on the platform. They help in expanding new skills, which make it possible to meet specific needs. They help in taking advantage of the offers of the partner-suppliers who equip the interventions of the second work of the building, during the mission.

CiviTime

Seed Round in 2022
CiviTime specializes in a collaborative business game aimed at assessing and enhancing employee engagement in corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. The company offers customizable services tailored to meet the specific needs of each client, allowing organizations to gain comprehensive visibility into the impacts of their investment decisions. This approach enables businesses to refine their CSR strategies and effectively communicate their initiatives, ultimately fostering a more engaged workforce and promoting responsible corporate practices.

Bird Office

Venture Round in 2022
Bird Office, founded in December 2013 by Arnaud Katz, Michael Zribi, and Kevin Dréno, offers a comprehensive service for businesses seeking to organize meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences. The platform allows companies to select from a range of carefully curated venues that accommodate between 2 and 400 attendees. With the capability to hire spaces for varying durations, from just an hour to several weeks, Bird Office streamlines the event planning process. In as little as ten minutes, users can identify their ideal venue and arrange necessary additional services, primarily catering, ensuring a successful event execution.

SPART

Seed Round in 2022
SPART supports companies in the process of improving quality of life at work by offering solutions to activate health and well-being practices each day in a professional environment. They are partners for corporate sporting challenges. They enable everyone to achieve their full potential through innovative physical activities within the company.

Collectif Énergie

Venture Round in 2022
Collectif Énergie is the partner of professional networks as part of their energy optimization. Real concern of today's companies both financially and ecologically, it is with the help of an energy referent that it is possible to optimize its energy budget. For us, the key is the collective approach: it is by coming together that we obtain a positive impact for each and everyone. We offer a turnkey energy management service for businesses. It promotes the action of professional networks with their members, by uniting companies around group purchases of energy in their image. We also have energy consumption optimization and monitoring services for members. - Purchase of electricity and gas online - We organize, in partnership with professional networks, group purchases two to three times a year. Pooling provides access to price conditions adapted to their business. - Collectif Énergie solutions - Thanks to a multidisciplinary team, Collectif Énergie adapts to the needs of each profession. More than 70 partners already trust Collectif Énergie. Individual brokerage services allow companies to buy their energy well throughout the year. Collectif Énergie also offers its members the opportunity to benefit from optimization services: tax reduction (CSPE or TICGN), bill optimization and energy consumption monitoring and auditing. Pooling provides access to price conditions adapted to their business. - Collectif Énergie solutions - Thanks to a multidisciplinary team, Collectif Énergie adapts to the needs of each profession. More than 70 partners already trust Collectif Énergie. Individual brokerage services allow companies to buy their energy well throughout the year. Collectif Énergie also offers its members the opportunity to benefit from optimization services: tax reduction (CSPE or TICGN), bill optimization and energy consumption monitoring and auditing. Pooling provides access to price conditions adapted to their business. - Collectif Énergie solutions - Thanks to a multidisciplinary team, Collectif Énergie adapts to the needs of each profession. More than 70 partners already trust Collectif Énergie. Individual brokerage services allow companies to buy their energy well throughout the year. Collectif Énergie also offers its members the opportunity to benefit from optimization services: tax reduction (CSPE or TICGN), bill optimization and energy consumption monitoring and auditing. More than 70 partners already trust Collectif Énergie. Individual brokerage services allow companies to buy their energy well throughout the year. Collectif Énergie also offers its members the opportunity to benefit from optimization services: tax reduction (CSPE or TICGN), bill optimization and energy consumption monitoring and auditing. More than 70 partners already trust Collectif Énergie. Individual brokerage services allow companies to buy their energy well throughout the year. Collectif Énergie also offers its members the opportunity to benefit from optimization services: tax reduction (CSPE or TICGN), bill optimization and energy consumption monitoring and auditing.

Silvr

Series A in 2022
Silvr is a business financing platform that aims to transform how entrepreneurs secure funding. By addressing the limitations of traditional financing methods, Silvr provides an alternative for e-commerce businesses and marketplaces that often struggle to obtain bank loans. The platform utilizes digital business data to forecast future revenues, allowing it to offer funding within 24 hours. This approach not only provides much-needed financial resources but also supports marketing expenditures, with repayments tied to the entrepreneurs' sales performance. Headquartered in Paris, Silvr is backed by ISAI and Eurazeo and facilitates millions of euros in funding for European entrepreneurs each month, enabling them to enhance their productivity and growth without relinquishing equity.

Groupe SFC

Venture Round in 2022
• A team of 200 employees including 18 associates, providing daily guidance to more than 5000 clients • 9 locations in France • Our policy is geared towards quality and customer satisfaction • Understanding of technology which guarantees the use of high-performance and specialised solutions • Experts to drive forward your performance, at all stages of your company’s life • In 2012, turnover of close to €14.5m

Mindee

Series A in 2021
Mindee specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions tailored to enhance business operations. The company has developed an API platform that automates workflows by standardizing the document processing layer. Utilizing machine learning, Mindee's technology automatically detects and extracts information from various document types, adapting to diverse workflows to address document-based use cases in real-time. Their expert team supports clients throughout the entire process, from prototyping to production and training, ensuring a seamless integration of advanced technologies into existing business structures.

Swan

Series A in 2021
Swan is a European fintech company that specializes in embedded finance, providing an online banking platform for businesses to create and manage their bank accounts. Founded in 2019 and based in Paris, Swan enables companies to integrate banking features, such as accounts, cards, and payments, into their own products through simple APIs. The platform processes over 200 million euros in transactions monthly for more than 60 companies across ten European countries. As a licensed financial institution and a principal member of Mastercard, Swan is regulated by the ACPR. The company was co-founded with the startup studio eFounders and has received growth capital from prominent venture capital investors. Swan is led by a team of fintech experts with extensive industry experience.

JVWEB

Debt Financing in 2021
JVWEB is a digital marketing agency that specializes in search engine advertising (SEA), search engine optimization (SEO), and social media advertising. The company provides a variety of services designed to enhance online visibility and profitability for organizations. These services include Google search and shopping, lead generation, social ads, display ads, and web marketing training. By utilizing advanced methods and tools, JVWEB aims to optimize search results and improve advertisement effectiveness, helping clients strengthen their branding and expand their customer base.

JVWEB

Venture Round in 2021
JVWEB is a digital marketing agency that specializes in search engine advertising (SEA), search engine optimization (SEO), and social media advertising. The company provides a variety of services designed to enhance online visibility and profitability for organizations. These services include Google search and shopping, lead generation, social ads, display ads, and web marketing training. By utilizing advanced methods and tools, JVWEB aims to optimize search results and improve advertisement effectiveness, helping clients strengthen their branding and expand their customer base.

1Kubator

Venture Round in 2021
1Kubator is an innovation network designed to support start-up companies in France. With a presence in cities such as Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Lille, and Strasbourg, the organization provides a range of services including training, incubation, acceleration programs, and open innovation initiatives. These offerings aim to empower young entrepreneurs and help them develop their start-ups effectively. By fostering a supportive environment for innovation and entrepreneurship, 1Kubator plays a crucial role in enhancing the capabilities of new business ventures in the French-speaking market.

Ekimetrics

Venture Round in 2020
Ekimetrics is a global consulting firm based in Paris, France, specializing in industrialized corporate data science solutions. The firm combines consulting expertise with advanced data science and technology to enhance company performance, growth, and profitability. Ekimetrics develops tailored solutions that deliver significant impact in under six months, focusing on areas such as data transformation, marketing performance, customer intelligence, pricing strategies, process optimization, and broader data solutions. Through its team of data scientists, the company emphasizes ethical and conscious practices in data and artificial intelligence, enabling clients to improve their marketing and operational performance while revitalizing their business models.

Swan

Seed Round in 2020
Swan is a European fintech company that specializes in embedded finance, providing an online banking platform for businesses to create and manage their bank accounts. Founded in 2019 and based in Paris, Swan enables companies to integrate banking features, such as accounts, cards, and payments, into their own products through simple APIs. The platform processes over 200 million euros in transactions monthly for more than 60 companies across ten European countries. As a licensed financial institution and a principal member of Mastercard, Swan is regulated by the ACPR. The company was co-founded with the startup studio eFounders and has received growth capital from prominent venture capital investors. Swan is led by a team of fintech experts with extensive industry experience.

Comet Meetings

Series B in 2020
Comet offers new generation meeting venues that stimulate productivity, creativity and well-being. In central Paris. At a faire price. Because meetings are way too often associated with the idea of a loss of time, fairly fast turning into collective social-network-checking sessions, in -most of the time- gloomy locations, they introduce Comet. They at Comet offer companies wishing to gather their teams for a one-day meeting, the first locations aiming at stimulating productivity, creativity and well-being, thought all the way from physical space to customer experience. And because they think that this luxury of having great meetings should not be granted to only a minority of companies, they offer this experience at a very fair price. Because they all deserve it.

Didomi

Series A in 2020
Didomi is a consent and preference management platform for collecting and leveraging user consents and preferences for businesses.The company's cloud-based suite of tools includes automated websites/apps scanning and auditing, privacy compliance assessment, privacy and cookie policy generation, and consent management, enabling businesses of all sizes to comply with privacy requirements and build consumer trust.

Tinubu Square

Venture Round in 2020
Tinubu Square SAS specializes in providing SaaS solutions for managing trade credit risk, targeting various sectors including credit insurers, multinational corporations, and receivables financing institutions. The company's flagship offerings include the Tinubu Risk Management Center, a cloud-based platform that standardizes credit risk management across multiple business functions, and Tinubu Credit Intelligence, which assesses the creditworthiness of potential buyers. Additionally, Tinubu Square offers consulting services, including risk analysis, technical due diligence, and process improvement, as well as business services like risk underwriting and international debt collection. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Tinubu Square has expanded its operations to include offices in the UK, the US, Singapore, and Canada, focusing on helping businesses mitigate financial risks and streamline operations.

Spellz

Seed Round in 2020
Spellz is a developer of a sales assistance platform that enhances customer operations and facilitates deal closures for sales leaders, account executives, and sales directors. The platform enables integration with various customer data sources and tools, allowing users to centralize feedback, calls, claims, and requests into structured data. This structured information can then be pushed to selected systems, thereby improving customer support and overall experience. Additionally, Spellz offers solutions for remote and asynchronous learning, helping teams to create, organize, and share knowledge efficiently.

Welcome to the Jungle

Series B in 2019
Welcome to the Jungle is a multi-channel media company focused on enhancing professional lives through a variety of high-quality content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and events. The company aims to inspire young professionals to rethink their relationship with work while providing valuable resources for job seekers. Its content-rich website features over 3,300 detailed company profiles, offering insights such as employee demographics and company statistics to aid prospective candidates in their job searches. Additionally, Welcome to the Jungle operates an innovative job platform designed to assist small and medium enterprises in their hiring processes. This platform includes tools for resume screening and application tracking, helping employers find and onboard both skilled and unskilled workers effectively.

iSYBAY

Venture Round in 2019
IBAT specializes in providing digital solutions that enhance the management of construction site expenses, focusing on three key areas: purchases, subcontracting, and labor. Through its web platform and mobile applications, IBAT enables real-time tracking and management of these expenditures, allowing teams to focus on their core tasks and complete projects efficiently. In addition to its construction-specific solutions, IBAT also offers a supplier relationship management software that simplifies purchasing activities for mid-sized businesses. This platform features a Source-to-Pay system that integrates supplier relationship management, e-procurement, and invoice-to-pay functionalities, aimed at streamlining the purchasing process for its clients. By tailoring its offerings to the needs of the construction and public works sectors, IBAT addresses the unique challenges faced by these industries.

Whyse

Seed Round in 2019
Whyse has created an online platform designed to facilitate feedback and knowledge sharing among professionals within the same industry. This platform enables businesses to connect employees from various companies, enhancing their ability to exchange insights and experiences. By fostering collaboration and building a trust network, Whyse aims to empower communities to provide and receive peer feedback, ultimately increasing the likelihood of success for participating organizations.

Yeeld

Venture Round in 2019
Yeeld is a Berlin-based company founded in 2006 by David Turnbull, specializing in financial solutions for both individuals and the hospitality industry. It offers a mobile application designed to help users save money effortlessly by rounding up their expenses and providing a smart savings service that analyzes account data to recommend weekly savings goals. Additionally, Yeeld Solutions caters to the hospitality sector by delivering revenue management, distribution, and online marketing services, including a central reservations system that integrates hotel reservation services. This dual focus allows Yeeld to support personal financial goals while enhancing operational efficiency in the hospitality industry.

Marietton Development

Private Equity Round in 2018
Marietton Development specializes in travel and tourism services such as tour operators, events and business trips.

Welcome to the Jungle

Series A in 2018
Welcome to the Jungle is a multi-channel media company focused on enhancing professional lives through a variety of high-quality content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and events. The company aims to inspire young professionals to rethink their relationship with work while providing valuable resources for job seekers. Its content-rich website features over 3,300 detailed company profiles, offering insights such as employee demographics and company statistics to aid prospective candidates in their job searches. Additionally, Welcome to the Jungle operates an innovative job platform designed to assist small and medium enterprises in their hiring processes. This platform includes tools for resume screening and application tracking, helping employers find and onboard both skilled and unskilled workers effectively.

Tinubu Square

Venture Round in 2017
Tinubu Square SAS specializes in providing SaaS solutions for managing trade credit risk, targeting various sectors including credit insurers, multinational corporations, and receivables financing institutions. The company's flagship offerings include the Tinubu Risk Management Center, a cloud-based platform that standardizes credit risk management across multiple business functions, and Tinubu Credit Intelligence, which assesses the creditworthiness of potential buyers. Additionally, Tinubu Square offers consulting services, including risk analysis, technical due diligence, and process improvement, as well as business services like risk underwriting and international debt collection. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Tinubu Square has expanded its operations to include offices in the UK, the US, Singapore, and Canada, focusing on helping businesses mitigate financial risks and streamline operations.

Plussh

Venture Round in 2017
Plussh is a French company that specializes in live streaming video applications designed for the business-to-business (B2B) market. The company provides tailored live-streaming solutions that cater to various sectors, including emergency services and internal communications. With a user-friendly interface, Plussh enables customers to easily create and manage live HD video content through their smartphones, facilitating effective real-time communication and engagement.

Appvizer

Seed Round in 2017
Appvizer is a software comparator for professionals. The BtoB applications database covers 506 categories such as CRM software , payroll software , accounting software ... and reference over 10,000 packages and software.Most of the proposed solutions are Software as a Service (SaaS) software that does not require installation. These solutions are hosted in the Cloud and the user subscribes to a monthly or annual subscription. With SaaS solutions, you avoid maintenance, update and license issues and benefit from advanced collaborative features.

BizMeeting

Seed Round in 2016
BizMeeting is an online booking platform that specializes in facilitating seminars and professional meetings. The company offers two primary products: a public website for general customers and a dedicated booking platform for repeat clients. BizMeeting features an extensive database, referencing approximately 20,000 venues across France, including hotels, business and conference centers, and unique locations such as museums. The platform is designed to streamline the process of finding suitable spaces for various events, including workshops, trade shows, and business lunches, while also helping clients centralize and optimize costs associated with their meetings and seminars.

SequoiaSoft

Private Equity Round in 2016
SequoiaSoft is a software development company that specializes in creating business management solutions for the hospitality, restaurant, outdoor accommodation, and wellness sectors. The company focuses on designing and marketing software that addresses both internal operations and commercial needs within these industries. By providing comprehensive tools for managing various aspects of operations, SequoiaSoft enables its clients to enhance efficiency and effectively manage the daily functions of their businesses.

Wildmoka

Venture Round in 2015
Wildmoka is a French company located in Sophia Antipolis that specializes in technologies designed to enhance the interaction between audiovisual content and users. Its platform enables real-time transformation of any video source into enriched, navigable, and interactive content, facilitating video creation and publishing. The company focuses on developing innovative digital marketing and monetization models, producing a higher volume of content, and exploring new user experiences and monetization opportunities within the digital landscape.

Gymlib

Venture Round in 2015
Gymlib, founded in 2014 by entrepreneurs Sébastien Bequart and Mohamed Tazi, with Grégoire Veron joining as a co-founder in 2016, operates a fitness marketplace designed to enhance people's lifestyles through sports. Initially aimed at individuals seeking unlimited access to fitness activities, Gymlib has since expanded its services to cater to businesses, focusing on employee engagement and preventive healthcare. The company offers a transparent and flexible package that allows users to access a network of gyms, fitness studios, swimming pools, and boot camps without the commitment of a traditional membership. Gymlib has successfully partnered with numerous startups and established companies, providing them with innovative gym benefit programs to promote employee well-being and strengthen employer branding.

JVWEB

Venture Round in 2014
JVWEB is a digital marketing agency that specializes in search engine advertising (SEA), search engine optimization (SEO), and social media advertising. The company provides a variety of services designed to enhance online visibility and profitability for organizations. These services include Google search and shopping, lead generation, social ads, display ads, and web marketing training. By utilizing advanced methods and tools, JVWEB aims to optimize search results and improve advertisement effectiveness, helping clients strengthen their branding and expand their customer base.

Vocalcom

Private Equity Round in 2014
Vocalcom, founded in 1995 and based in Paris, France, specializes in developing innovative contact center software that enhances customer interactions and sales effectiveness. With over 3,500 clients, including notable companies like McDonald's and Disney, Vocalcom's solutions are designed to improve productivity and streamline operations across various communication channels, such as voice, text, email, social media, and video. Their cloud-based technology offers a user-friendly interface that supports efficient customer engagement, allowing businesses to provide personalized service while minimizing operational costs. Key products include Hermes .Net for video call management, predictive dialer algorithms for optimizing outbound campaigns, and Natural Language speech recognition software for managing voice dialogues. Vocalcom also offers consulting, training, and support services, making it a comprehensive solution for contact centers in various industries, including telemarketing and sales force management. The company's international presence extends through subsidiaries in several countries, enhancing its ability to serve diverse markets.

Xivo

Series A in 2012
XiVo is a business expert in the field of IP telephony and unified communications. The company has developed a solution for call centers that is interoperable with other information system bricks and enables strong customer relationship development. The company was founded in 2009 as Avencall.
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