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.

Laurent Arthaud

Managing Director

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

Edouard Combette

Investment Director

Charlotte Corbaz

Deputy Director of the Large Venture Fund and Deputy Managing Director

Nicolas Dardenne

Senior Investment Director, Normandy (Caen Rouen)

Arnaud Despoisse

Director of Occitanie Participations

Philippe Dutheil

Investment Director

Mailys Ferrere

Director of Large Venture Investments

Jean-Marie Fougeray

Senior Investment Director, Brittany

Paul-Francois Fournier

Executive Director, Innovation Department

Pierre Gillet

Investment Director

Vanessa Giraud

Managing Director

Gwenaël Hamon

Senior Investment Director

Laurent Higueret Ph.D

Senior Investment Director

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

Chahra Louafi

Senior Investment Director

Elyssa Maufras du Châtellier

Investment Director

Quentin Mayolle

Senior Investment Officer

Serge Mesguich

Director of FIT

Laure Michel

Investment Director

Louis Molis

Investment Director

Jean-Francois Morin

Investment Director

Sébastien Moynot

Director

Adrien Muller

Investment Director

Adrien Néel

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 Director

Claire Waché

Senior Investment Officer

Past deals in Crowdfunding

Kriptown

Series A in 2024
Kriptown is a platform facilitating equity financing for regional startups and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). It uses advanced technology and innovative strategies, allowing members to participate by contributing digital assets. These assets can later be stored, used, or traded on Kriptown's secondary market.

Crowdaa

Seed Round in 2024
Crowdaa is a mobile-first music platform that empowers music producers to control their content distribution and monetization strategies. It offers a user-friendly, no-code platform that enables businesses to engage with their audience without the need for extensive coding knowledge. The platform provides features like live streaming, interactive elements (polls, comments), user restrictions, push notifications, and robust security measures, fostering a community-oriented environment.

ANKA

Debt Financing in 2023
ANKA is an e-commerce platform dedicated to the discovery, buying, and selling of African fashion, arts, and crafts. Founded with the mission to connect creators and enthusiasts of African culture, ANKA enables users to engage with a diverse range of products, including clothing, jewelry, and art. The platform serves as a marketplace that facilitates direct transactions between buyers and sellers globally, ensuring a user-friendly and secure experience. ANKA aims to support African creators by providing them with opportunities to thrive in their crafts while allowing customers worldwide to appreciate and acquire unique African creations. Based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ANKA has established itself as a significant player in promoting and celebrating African artistry.

ANKA

Seed Round in 2023
ANKA is an e-commerce platform dedicated to the discovery, buying, and selling of African fashion, arts, and crafts. Founded with the mission to connect creators and enthusiasts of African culture, ANKA enables users to engage with a diverse range of products, including clothing, jewelry, and art. The platform serves as a marketplace that facilitates direct transactions between buyers and sellers globally, ensuring a user-friendly and secure experience. ANKA aims to support African creators by providing them with opportunities to thrive in their crafts while allowing customers worldwide to appreciate and acquire unique African creations. Based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, ANKA has established itself as a significant player in promoting and celebrating African artistry.

Dogami

Seed Round in 2022
Dogami is a web3 entertainment company developing a blockchain-based game centered on 3D NFT dog avatars. The platform combines non-fungible token gaming with ownership and monetization, enabling players to adopt, raise, and interact with their virtual dogs within a shared environment called the Petaverse. The game emphasizes play-to-earn mechanics, allowing participants to earn the native cryptocurrency DOGA through in-game activities as they aim to breed rare and desirable dogs. By integrating NFT ownership with a mass-market gaming experience, Dogami seeks to provide a digital pet world where users can socialize, collect unique canine companions, and participate in an emerging ecosystem around virtual pets.

Lita.co

Venture Round in 2022
Lita.co is an impact investing platform that connects individuals with social entrepreneurs and enables online investments in companies pursuing social, environmental, or other positive impacts. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Paris, France, the platform operates as a crowdfunding and investment portal offering services across angel investing, debt, venture capital, equity crowdfunding, product crowdfunding, and seed rounds. It serves sectors including healthcare, energy, information technology, media, retail, software, and agriculture, supporting access to finance for ventures delivering measurable social and environmental benefits.

Heroic sante

Seed Round in 2022
Heroic Sante is a virtual platform. They offer patients the chance to have their questions answered by qualified carers and learn from other patients. Their community works to create useful projects for patients and finances them thanks to statements on applications.

Pixpay

Series A in 2020
Pixpay is a company focused on financial education for teenagers, offering a banking application that facilitates online banking services tailored to the younger generation. The application is integrated with a mobile bank account and provides a single payment card along with mobile payment options. This enables teenagers to effectively manage their finances by monitoring and tracking their spending. Additionally, Pixpay encourages responsible consumption and financial literacy, empowering teenagers to pay, receive payments, save money, and enjoy discounts on their favorite brands. Through its platform, the company aims to motivate young individuals to pursue their financial goals and develop essential budgeting skills.

Mipise

Seed Round in 2019
Mipise develops a fintech platform that digitizes asset management activities and facilitates collaborative finance. It specializes in creating white-label solutions, combining technological tools with financial expertise to enhance efficiency and adapt to evolving client needs.

Miimosa

Venture Round in 2018
MiiMOSA is a crowdfunding platform focused on the agriculture and food sectors. It provides an alternative financing solution for project developers seeking quick and straightforward funding from a community of contributors. The platform allows users to create customized fundraising projects while enabling the public to financially support initiatives that resonate with them. In addition to monetary contributions, MiiMOSA offers unique donation options, including products like cheese, yogurt, whiskey, and ice cream, enhancing the engagement between project developers and supporters. This approach fosters a collaborative environment aimed at revitalizing the agriculture industry and promoting sustainable food practices.

Sparkup

Debt Financing in 2017
Sparkup is a fundraising platform based in Paris, France, founded in 2013. It offers users the ability to create investment-oriented websites and provides tools for capital collection. The platform specializes in crowdfunding, equity funding, and capital investment, catering to startups, small and medium enterprises, and publicly listed companies. Sparkup facilitates capital raising and initial public offerings, while also supporting asset and wealth managers with upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

Sparkup

Debt Financing in 2016
Sparkup is a fundraising platform based in Paris, France, founded in 2013. It offers users the ability to create investment-oriented websites and provides tools for capital collection. The platform specializes in crowdfunding, equity funding, and capital investment, catering to startups, small and medium enterprises, and publicly listed companies. Sparkup facilitates capital raising and initial public offerings, while also supporting asset and wealth managers with upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

Unilend

Venture Round in 2015
Unilend, established in Paris, France in November 2013 by Nicolas Lesur, operates a crowdlending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with credit institutions for financing. The platform facilitates direct lending between SMEs seeking capital and investors, without the need for collateral, insurance fees, or personal deposits. This streamlined approach enables businesses to access funds more efficiently.
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