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 Geospatial

My Digital Buildings

Debt Financing in 2024
My Digital Buildings is a software platform for producing and analyzing geographical building data, including 3D point clouds, 2D blueprints, BIM models, and virtual tours.

TerriFlux

Seed Round in 2024
TerriFlux develops an environmental resource management platform for managing material, energy, monetary, and environmental flows, providing modeling and simulation services to inter-municipal bodies and associations.

Aldoria

Series A in 2024
Aldoria specializes in space situational awareness, focusing on the collection, processing, and utilization of data to protect critical assets in space. The company addresses the growing challenges of space sustainability caused by increasing amounts of space debris and traffic. Its services encompass the detection, tracking, cataloging, and risk assessment of artificial satellites and space debris. By actively monitoring these elements, Aldoria helps operators and space organizations avoid potential hazards and adjust orbital paths, ultimately contributing to safer and more sustainable space operations. The company also provides users with a modern situational awareness platform and detailed sustainability reports.

Outsight

Series B in 2022
Outsight SA, founded in 2019 and based in Paris, France, specializes in developing 3D Semantic Camera technology that enables simultaneous perception and understanding of environments in three dimensions. This technology detects the material composition of objects and is applicable in commercial and off-road vehicles, as well as in monitoring large areas in real-time. The company's Spatial AI solutions utilize 3D LiDAR data to track and digitize the movements of people and vehicles. They provide transportation hubs, such as airports and train stations, along with sports venues and industrial sites, with accurate and anonymous spatial intelligence data. This information aids in enhancing operational efficiency, improving visitor experiences, and bolstering safety and security measures.

Syslor

Venture Round in 2022
Syslor is an information technology and services company. They developed solutions for the digitalization of underground networks. The company's contact information is by mail, phone, and physical address.

Preligens

Series A in 2020
Preligens develops advanced artificial intelligence technology aimed at enhancing operational decision-making for defense and intelligence sectors. By automating the analysis of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) workflows, the company leverages machine learning and computer vision to aggregate data from multiple intelligence sources, including imagery, electromagnetic signals, and open-source information. This approach enables intelligence agencies to gain critical insights into mission areas, facilitating rapid decision-making and improving situational awareness. Preligens' innovative solutions empower analysts to take informed actions, ultimately contributing to a safer world.

Skipper NDT

Grant in 2019
Skipper NDT specializes in contactless magnetic inspection technology aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of oil and gas pipelines. The company employs a high-precision magnetic inspection system combined with advanced algorithms to locate and map buried steel pipelines, effectively identifying risk zones and detecting anomalies in metallic structures. This innovative approach allows pipeline operators to optimize maintenance costs while addressing safety and environmental challenges associated with non-scraping pipelines. Additionally, Skipper NDT offers a UAV-based pipeline mapping service that provides centimeter-level precision, ensuring access to remote locations while improving overall operational safety standards.

Syntony GNSS

Venture Round in 2019
Syntony GNSS specializes in software-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, leveraging over 15 years of research and development in collaboration with industry leaders. The company was established to meet the demand for customized projects that require advanced GNSS expertise, particularly in developing simulators using software-defined radio. This innovative approach offers notable advantages, including flexibility, upgradability, and cost-effectiveness. Syntony's product lineup includes simulators, recorders, and players, as well as software-based GNSS receivers. Their technology is designed to provide precise location services for autonomous vehicles and is adaptable to meet the evolving needs of clients in aeronautics, space, and defense sectors, facilitating the location of satellites, aircraft, launchers, and trains, as well as emergency call location services.

e-attract

Funding Round in 2018
E-attract develops software and data solutions related to residential mobility. As data and territories experts, we help public and private operators such as regional government, cities, employers, but also actors from real estate, energy, transport and bank sectors. In response to our vision, our mission is to help tomorrow’s territories to become user-centric, and especially: • Durably improve citizens’ life and help them in their key choices. In a word: make their life easy. • Create a personalized citizen-territory relationship thanks to data, in order to develop smarter territories and to put citizens at the core of territorial decision making. The first application developed by e-attract is vivrou.com. This web application accompanies the citizens in their choice for the best place to live, giving them access to all necessary and relevant information so they can make better choices according to their needs. Each of us has constraints, desires and needs, based on their age, personality or family situation. Vivrou.com will match the detailed description of the territories and the user’s profile.

Qucit

Venture Round in 2018
Qucit, also known as Quantified Cities, focuses on enhancing urban living through data and artificial intelligence. Recognizing the challenges posed by growing urban populations, the company develops a logistics optimization platform that supports shared mobility systems. By utilizing a data-driven approach, Qucit automates vehicle deployment and rebalancing, thereby optimizing operational costs and resource allocation for urban operators. The platform also models human behaviors using diverse urban data, helping to streamline shared mobility solutions. Ultimately, Qucit aims to empower cities to manage the increasing demand for services effectively, contributing to more livable and sustainable urban environments.

ffly4u

Venture Round in 2018
ffly4u is a low frequency european locating service for reusable assets based on a new low cost technology. ffly4u is on the European leaders of embedded information on B2B mobile assets. ffly4u solution consists of 3 independent pilars: a device to fix to the mobile asset, a LPWAN connectivity (wireless and low speed) as SIGFOX and LoRa for data transmission and a platform-data powered by ThingWorx (PTC) for data recovery.

Connected Cycle

Debt Financing in 2018
Connected Cycle specializes in geolocation solutions designed for bicycles and industrial assets. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio that includes sensors and a fleet management platform, which enables real-time monitoring and tracking of both bikes and containers. By offering metrics and reports on service usage and availability, Connected Cycle ensures that clients can effectively manage their outdoor tracking needs in a cost-effective manner.

OnTracks

Seed Round in 2018
onTracks is a French company, established in 2016 and headquartered in Marseille, that specializes in designing and developing innovative navigational devices tailored for outdoor sports enthusiasts such as runners, mountain bikers, and hikers. The company's primary offering consists of two wrist-worn bracelets connected to a mobile application, which together facilitate navigation without the need for traditional maps or GPS systems. Once a user selects a route and begins their activity, the bracelets vibrate to provide directional cues, ensuring that users can remain focused on their performance while exploring new paths. The mobile application also features a community-driven platform that shares thousands of routes and offers suggestions, enhancing the overall outdoor experience. This intuitive guidance solution promises to enrich outdoor sports practices and urban exploration, while significantly reducing the chances of getting lost.

Mapwize

Seed Round in 2017
Mapwize is an indoor mapping platform for guiding people inside every building. The platform offers various benefits, including improved visitor experience, precise directions across multiple floors and multiple buildings, customized maps, restricted access to confidential information, and more. Mapwize was launched in 2014 by Mederic Morel and Mathieu Gerard. It is operated from Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Apitrak

Venture Round in 2017
Apitrak is a provider of tracking and geolocation services aimed at various sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, mining, and aviation. The company specializes in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) that utilize diverse data acquisition technologies such as active and passive RFID, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, and GPS. Apitrak's flagship product, the H-tag, is a geolocation device designed for easy attachment to medical equipment like stretchers, wheelchairs, and syringe pumps. This system allows users to customize the locating frequency and access levels for staff, facilitating efficient indoor tracking of medical devices within healthcare institutions. By offering solutions that enhance asset tracking and inventory management, Apitrak helps organizations reduce unnecessary capital expenditures, lower operating costs, and improve logistical efficiency.

Chronotruck

Venture Round in 2017
Chronotruck aims to establish itself as a leader in Europe by minimizing empty journeys for transport carriers and serving as a primary platform for shippers to arrange shipments. The company offers logistics services with geo-tagged vehicles, enabling real-time tracking of shipments. By connecting shippers with delivery offers near available vehicles, Chronotruck enhances profitability for shippers and fosters a marketplace that facilitates direct interactions between customers and service providers. This approach not only streamlines the logistics process but also contributes to reducing inefficiencies in transportation.

Preligens

Seed Round in 2016
Preligens develops advanced artificial intelligence technology aimed at enhancing operational decision-making for defense and intelligence sectors. By automating the analysis of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) workflows, the company leverages machine learning and computer vision to aggregate data from multiple intelligence sources, including imagery, electromagnetic signals, and open-source information. This approach enables intelligence agencies to gain critical insights into mission areas, facilitating rapid decision-making and improving situational awareness. Preligens' innovative solutions empower analysts to take informed actions, ultimately contributing to a safer world.

Wemap

Venture Round in 2016
Wemap is a developer of an online platform that focuses on creating interactive maps designed for mobile use. The platform allows publishers to build and embed live maps alongside their content, enhancing user engagement and expanding brand reach. By leveraging augmented reality technology, Wemap provides a unique service that enables companies to deliver richer experiences to their audiences, positioning itself as a turnkey solution for leading brands seeking to enhance their customer interactions in the real world. With millions of users already engaged, Wemap aims to transform how businesses connect with their customers through innovative mapping solutions.

Connected Cycle

Grant in 2015
Connected Cycle specializes in geolocation solutions designed for bicycles and industrial assets. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio that includes sensors and a fleet management platform, which enables real-time monitoring and tracking of both bikes and containers. By offering metrics and reports on service usage and availability, Connected Cycle ensures that clients can effectively manage their outdoor tracking needs in a cost-effective manner.

Geolid

Series C in 2015
Geolid is a company that specializes in online local advertising, focusing primarily on the needs of French consumers. It has developed a web advertising platform aimed at enhancing the communication practices of local businesses. The platform provides a suite of tools for geolocalized advertising and referencing services, enabling major brands to digitize their networks and streamline their online presence. This approach allows franchisees and small businesses to effectively engage with their customers through a unified platform, ultimately supporting local business growth and visibility.

GAIDDON

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2010 by 4 entrepreneurs, GAIDDON Software SAS is a simplified joint-stock company registered under French law with a share capital of 161,100 Euros. It is based in Toulouse, south of France. GAIDDON Software is integrated within the Toulouse Metropole business incubator since its creation. In 2011, the company gained the french label “Jeune Entreprise Innovante” from the ministry of higher education and research. It indicates that most of the work done by the company is an innovative research and development. This innovative work is our 3D environment builder technology from aerial/satellite imagery.

Connected Cycle

Grant in 2014
Connected Cycle specializes in geolocation solutions designed for bicycles and industrial assets. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio that includes sensors and a fleet management platform, which enables real-time monitoring and tracking of both bikes and containers. By offering metrics and reports on service usage and availability, Connected Cycle ensures that clients can effectively manage their outdoor tracking needs in a cost-effective manner.

Plyce

Venture Round in 2014
Plyce is a geolocalized shopping platform that enhances the shopping experience by helping users discover attractive deals in their vicinity. The service replaces traditional plastic loyalty cards with a mobile application, enabling users to manage their shopping rewards digitally. Available through both a website and mobile applications on iPhone, Android, and Nokia, Plyce serves as a social network where users can share their favorite shopping spots, post pictures, and provide feedback. Currently, the service is exclusively available in France, focusing on improving consumer engagement and satisfaction in shopping.
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