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.
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 Design
Belledonne
Venture Round in 2024
Belledonne is a fashion brand that designs, makes, and develops sneakers that are well-designed and comfortable.
Kickmaker
Venture Round in 2023
Kickmaker is an industrialization agency operating in Europe and Asia, focused on transforming prototypes into market-ready products. The company employs an innovative contracting model that supports partners in achieving industrial success. With a strong emphasis on design to manufacturing expertise, Kickmaker assists in developing industrialization strategies, optimizing product designs, and implementing DFX methodologies. Their skilled team also prepares manufacturing processes, enhances product quality, and manages product life cycles. Through these services, Kickmaker aims to ensure that its partners' products reach their intended markets effectively.
Ligerio
Seed Round in 2022
Ligerio is the benchmark for interior and exterior planning and decoration of cozy homes! Ligerio.fr is the promise to find on a single platform a wide and rigorously selected offer of materials and decorative elements.
Specify
Seed Round in 2022
Specify is a design data platform founded in Paris in 2018 by a team of former designers, product managers, and developers. The company assists organizations in managing their brand identity by automatically collecting, storing, and distributing design tokens and assets. This capability enables clients to maintain brand consistency across various products and platforms. After successfully onboarding over 1,000 international teams and two years of bootstrapping, Specify secured a pre-seed investment of $1 million. The company has positioned itself as a leader in the DesignOps and Design Systems sectors, being the first to offer a dedicated Design Data Platform. Additionally, Specify is an active member of the Design Tokens Community Group, which aims to establish standards for sharing design elements across tools and products at scale.
dessIA
Series A in 2021
DessIA is a developer of augmented engineering software that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline product development. The company's platform assists engineers and architects by automating tasks in the early stages of design, generating numerous architectural options, and identifying optimal configurations that align with sustainability and profitability goals. By addressing complex engineering challenges, DessIA enables automotive and mechanical engineers to enhance their efficiency and explore innovative solutions, ultimately reducing lead times and increasing profit margins.
Carré d'artistes
Venture Round in 2018
Carré d'artistes operates contemporary art galleries in the Netherlands, with locations in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht. The galleries showcase a diverse collection of original artworks from nearly 50 international artists, encompassing a wide range of styles, techniques, and formats to cater to various tastes and spaces. Each artist is carefully selected by the curators for their unique and assertive style, ensuring that visitors can experience a rich artistic palette. In addition to displaying art, Carré d'artistes also offers framing services, allowing customers to have their chosen pieces framed on-site. The galleries aim to create a welcoming environment for art enthusiasts and collectors alike.
Pitchy
Series A in 2017
Pitchy is a video creation platform that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, allowing users to produce professional videos quickly and easily, without needing technical skills. Users can select from a range of ready-to-use templates tailored for various scenarios, such as investor pitches or product descriptions. By uploading their own text, images, logos, and videos, users can generate a finished video in just a few minutes. Pitchy provides the option to purchase individual videos or opt for a monthly subscription, during which the company hosts the videos on its Vimeo account. The platform incorporates motion design templates crafted by Pitchy's designers using Adobe After Effects, enabling businesses to create engaging and interactive content that helps drive customer acquisition and enhance sales.
AD Education
Venture Round in 2016
AD Education is a service platform focused on supporting higher education institutions that specialize in creative training. Operating in France, the organization encompasses seven institutions across 11 campuses, including one in Italy. The platform offers a variety of courses aimed at preparing students for careers in fields such as fashion design, communication strategy, design, graphic arts, media, digital, audiovisual, culture, and luxury. Through its diverse educational offerings, AD Education aims to foster talent and innovation within the creative industries.
Tunetoo
Venture Round in 2016
Tunetoo is an online platform specializing in personalized fashion and handmade clothing items. The company emphasizes the importance of individuality by allowing consumers to express their unique styles through a diverse range of customizable products, including clothing, mugs, and bags. Tunetoo collaborates with professional artists, who can earn commissions by offering their designs on the platform. This approach enables customers to select products tailored to their preferences in design and material, all while maintaining affordability. By prioritizing creative diversity, Tunetoo aims to provide a distinct and authentic shopping experience.
Archionline
Venture Round in 2016
Archionline is an architecture and planning company that operates an online platform designed to connect local individuals with architects and craftspeople specializing in various construction services. Their offerings encompass a wide range of projects, including the design and planning of individual houses, extensions, and renovations for apartments and offices. The platform facilitates the acquisition of architect plans, building permits, and site supervision, as well as providing assistance with property damage insurance. Users can easily submit inquiries through an online form on the company's website, streamlining the process of initiating architectural projects.
Archionline
Debt Financing in 2015
Archionline is an architecture and planning company that operates an online platform designed to connect local individuals with architects and craftspeople specializing in various construction services. Their offerings encompass a wide range of projects, including the design and planning of individual houses, extensions, and renovations for apartments and offices. The platform facilitates the acquisition of architect plans, building permits, and site supervision, as well as providing assistance with property damage insurance. Users can easily submit inquiries through an online form on the company's website, streamlining the process of initiating architectural projects.
Maugin
Private Equity Round in 2015
Maugin is a manufacturer based in Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins, France, specializing in building products. The company produces a range of items including aluminum joinery, custom woodwork, PVC windows, roller shutters, entrance doors, and various decorative accessories. Maugin focuses on the polymerization of vinyl chloride and the manufacturing of plastic materials, ensuring that its products are designed to meet specific configurations for home fittings. The company's offerings aim to provide optimal thermal and acoustic comfort, while also adapting seamlessly to diverse architectural styles.
USINE IO
Seed Round in 2015
USINE IO is a unique space to move from idea to prototype and to prepare for industrialization. No selection. Not making capital. Prototyping Workshop High-tech. Experts full time (electronic, CAD, design for manufacturing). Coworking.
Chaumeca
Venture Round in 2015
Chaumeca specializes in the design and manufacture of compressed air and gas processing equipment for various industries. The company focuses on delivering customized solutions tailored to client projects, utilizing the expertise of application engineers and design teams to meet specific requirements. Chaumeca's product offerings include non-heat adsorption dryers, external regeneration adsorption dryers, refrigerant dryers, separators, filters, refrigerants, water washers, and membrane scrubbers. Additionally, the company provides comprehensive customer support that encompasses maintenance, upgrading, and renovation of equipment, ensuring long-term operational efficiency for its clients.
COMPIN
Private Equity Round in 2015
COMPIN is an Interior Architect for train passenger carriages and city buses.
Oree
Seed Round in 2012
We are the Hermes of high tech: We craft emotional consumer tech products with the finest natural materials. We create emotions in technology by bringing French design and the finest materials to the world of high tech. We offer a radical alternative to the impersonal tech products made from cheap plastics or aluminum. We do so through a proprietary combination of handcrafting know-how and advanced technologies we developed to offer customized yet affordable products made from the finest materials.
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