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 Hardware

Alice & Bob

Series B in 2025
Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing hardware company founded in 2020. It develops universal quantum computers designed to enable industries and researchers to tackle complex problems. The company focuses on integrating error correction into its hardware, using cat qubits with built-in error resilience, and provides a platform with cloud access for remote testing and expert support. This combination aims to deliver early quantum computational advantages for practical applications in science and industry.

Keysom

Seed Round in 2024
Keysom is a technology company that specializes in developing RISC-V based processor architectures. Their core product is a no-code architectural exploration tool, designed to facilitate the creation of customizable processor designs. This tool automatically builds processor architectures from application source code and allows for dynamic reconfiguration, enabling industries to design custom processors without extensive technical expertise.

Eyco

Series A in 2024
Eyco is a manufacturer specializing in the design and production of smart circuits and hardware elements for the digital applications sector. Operating within the European microelectronics industry, the company focuses on creating innovative industrial machinery that minimizes environmental impact. By ensuring efficient mass production tailored to client specifications, Eyco enables secure digital applications while promoting sustainability in technology. Its commitment to advancing the high-tech ecosystem of electronics positions Eyco as a key player in the development of environmentally responsible solutions in the digital landscape.

52 Hertz

Seed Round in 2024
52 Hertz specializes in underwater communication technology. Its flagship product, Talkie-Divy, enhances safety and enjoyment for scuba divers by incorporating adaptable technologies into diving regulators.

Alice & Bob

Grant in 2024
Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing hardware company founded in 2020. It develops universal quantum computers designed to enable industries and researchers to tackle complex problems. The company focuses on integrating error correction into its hardware, using cat qubits with built-in error resilience, and provides a platform with cloud access for remote testing and expert support. This combination aims to deliver early quantum computational advantages for practical applications in science and industry.

Scalinx

Series B in 2024
Scalinx is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in the design and supply of Signal Conversion ASICs and ASSPs for various markets, including Test & Measurement, MilAero, and Communications. With its headquarters in Paris, the company operates design facilities in Caen and Grenoble, where it develops innovative semiconductor technologies aimed at wideband and low-power signal conversion applications. Scalinx's components are industrialized in Caen, where a team of 20 employees manages the process before production is outsourced to a network of subcontractors. The company's solutions are designed to help clients reduce costs and accelerate the development time for signal conversion technologies across diverse applications such as wired and wireless communications, test and measurement equipment, and radar systems.

Quandela

Series B in 2023
Quandela is a company focused on advancing quantum computing technology, specifically in the realms of communication networks and optical computers. It specializes in manufacturing photonic quantum computers, which it supplies to industrial clients. A key innovation from Quandela is its single-photon source device, which integrates photonics with semiconductor quantum dots. This device enables the efficient collection of emitted single photons at high rates, significantly reducing charge noise decoherence and facilitating the emission of identical photons with high fidelity. Such capabilities are essential for the development of advanced quantum applications in communication, computation, and sensing, positioning Quandela as a pivotal player in the quantum technology landscape.

Quobly

Seed Round in 2023
Quobly develops semiconductor-based technologies for large-scale quantum computing, aiming to unlock the full potential of quantum technologies. The company focuses on a fault-tolerant approach using established semiconductor fabrication methods.

Microoled

Series B in 2023
Founded in 2007, Microoled specializes in the design, production, and marketing of OLED microdisplays for near-eye applications. These displays are used in outdoor optical equipment, night vision glasses, medical devices, and augmented reality (AR) glasses.

Exotrail

Series B in 2023
Exotrail, established in 2015 and based in Palaiseau, France, specializes in developing electric propulsion systems and flight software for small satellites and constellations. The company's key products are ExoMS, a propulsion system enabling small satellite constellations to access new orbits, and ExoOPS, a cloud-based software for mission operation planning. Exotrail's electric thrusters cater to nano and micro-satellites, serving applications in telecommunication, earth observation, and space science.

Miraxess

Venture Round in 2023
Miraxess is a French technology company that develops a plug‑in device called the Mirabook, which extends a smartphone into a full‑featured laptop. The device connects to the phone, providing a larger display, keyboard, and mouse input, thereby enabling users to perform work and entertainment tasks with greater productivity and comfort. By converting mobile phones into portable computing platforms, Miraxess offers a mobile convergence solution that addresses the growing reliance on smartphones for daily digital needs.

Devialet

Venture Round in 2022
Devialet is an audio technology company based in Paris, Ile-de-France, founded in 2007. It specializes in acoustic engineering and offers a range of audio equipment, including advanced sound amplification solutions that integrate both digital and analog technologies. The company aims to make its innovative audio technology universally accessible, enhancing the listening experience for users. Among its notable products is the Gemini, a pair of wireless earbuds designed to deliver high-quality sound. Devialet is also recognized for its robotized production line, which contributes to the efficient manufacturing of its audio devices.

Sensivic

Seed Round in 2022
Sensivic is a developer of advanced audio detection technologies aimed at enhancing security and video surveillance systems. The company specializes in real-time intelligent audio detectors that can identify various sound events, including power tools, audible incivilities, and gunshots. These products are designed for integration into existing security systems, thereby improving their efficiency and effectiveness in monitoring indoor and outdoor environments. Sensivic's innovative solutions leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge computing, catering to the needs of communities, businesses, and institutions seeking robust safety measures. Through its focus on intelligent audio detection, Sensivic aims to provide cutting-edge tools that significantly boost the performance of security systems.

UnitySC

Venture Round in 2022
UnitySC is a globally recognized leader in inspection and metrology, specializing in advanced technologies such as automated optical inspection and 3D imaging. By offering customized solutions tailored to specific industrial requirements, UnitySC empowers customers to enhance yields and accelerate time to market. Through innovative techniques like high depth of focus line scanning and spectrometry, UnitySC enables a new era in process control, facilitating efficient and precise manufacturing operations.

Alice & Bob

Series A in 2022
Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing hardware company founded in 2020. It develops universal quantum computers designed to enable industries and researchers to tackle complex problems. The company focuses on integrating error correction into its hardware, using cat qubits with built-in error resilience, and provides a platform with cloud access for remote testing and expert support. This combination aims to deliver early quantum computational advantages for practical applications in science and industry.

Kinvent

Venture Round in 2021
KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation. Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work... work with us. Our KFORCE solution is a range of torque measuring instruments for human strength, balance and motion. This system consists of six instruments with high-precision measuring equipment, which concentrate all the know-how of K-INVENT. The display of the data recorded by the device sensors is transcribed by the KFORCE software, installed on any iOS or Android terminal. This accessory capable of reading and re-transcribing the information given by all dynamometers of the entire range is usable on smartphones or tablets with Android and IOS operating system

Quandela

Venture Round in 2021
Quandela is a company focused on advancing quantum computing technology, specifically in the realms of communication networks and optical computers. It specializes in manufacturing photonic quantum computers, which it supplies to industrial clients. A key innovation from Quandela is its single-photon source device, which integrates photonics with semiconductor quantum dots. This device enables the efficient collection of emitted single photons at high rates, significantly reducing charge noise decoherence and facilitating the emission of identical photons with high fidelity. Such capabilities are essential for the development of advanced quantum applications in communication, computation, and sensing, positioning Quandela as a pivotal player in the quantum technology landscape.

Primo1D

Venture Round in 2021
Primo1D, established in 2013 and based at MINATEC Campus in Grenoble, France, specializes in embedding intelligence into objects and materials using its proprietary E-Thread® yarn technology. This yarn contains electronics that enable companies to trace and monitor their products for anti-theft and anti-counterfeiting purposes, thereby enhancing product value.

Tekyn

Series A in 2021
Tekyn develops a production management platform for textile and apparel manufacturing. The platform integrates real-time production tracking, data-driven decision-making, and automated workflow management to help manufacturers reduce waste, boost operational efficiency, and adapt to on-demand production needs. By enabling seamless data exchange and connectivity among digital tools across the supply chain, Tekyn supports greater transparency and sustainability in textile production, aligning processes and stakeholders from design to delivery.

Exotrail

Series A in 2020
Exotrail, established in 2015 and based in Palaiseau, France, specializes in developing electric propulsion systems and flight software for small satellites and constellations. The company's key products are ExoMS, a propulsion system enabling small satellite constellations to access new orbits, and ExoOPS, a cloud-based software for mission operation planning. Exotrail's electric thrusters cater to nano and micro-satellites, serving applications in telecommunication, earth observation, and space science.

FAB'ONE

Grant in 2019
KAPTREK is the first French & European proprietary HW / SW platform declined on several markets : Outdoor sports, Industry 4.0, E-Mobility, Health & Care, Army, Sportech. KAPTREK is an all in one electronic product, allowing customized devs.

Exotrail

Seed Round in 2018
Exotrail, established in 2015 and based in Palaiseau, France, specializes in developing electric propulsion systems and flight software for small satellites and constellations. The company's key products are ExoMS, a propulsion system enabling small satellite constellations to access new orbits, and ExoOPS, a cloud-based software for mission operation planning. Exotrail's electric thrusters cater to nano and micro-satellites, serving applications in telecommunication, earth observation, and space science.

Nextmind

Seed Round in 2018
NextMind SAS, established in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in the development of non-invasive wearable devices that interpret neural signals from the brain. Their innovative technology combines neural networks with these signals, enabling users to interact with computers, mobile devices, and virtual/augmented reality headsets using thought commands alone.

Notilo Plus

Series A in 2018
Notilo Plus SAS, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Grenoble, France, specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous underwater drones, particularly the iBubble. This innovative product is the first of its kind, capable of autonomously following divers and capturing high-quality footage hands-free. The iBubble utilizes patented underwater localization technology, allowing it to film entire diving sessions from various angles, enhancing the experience for scuba divers, freedivers, spear fishers, and diving professionals. The drone features a user-friendly wireless bracelet for remote control and offers multiple filming modes, thus enabling users to create stunning underwater visuals that were previously only achievable through professional equipment. With its robust battery life and ability to operate at significant depths, Notilo Plus aims to revolutionize underwater filming for both enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Funky Sound Studio

Seed Round in 2017
Funky Sound Studio is an international startup based in Haute Savoie, France and San Francisco, California. Fueled by the passion for beautiful Sound and innovative technologies, Funky Sound Studio's mission is to "serve the music" by creating beautiful, and even smarter, listening objects designed for the modern world. This disruptive audio-focused startup has launched the first intelligent luxury headphone brand at CES in Las Vegas in 2018. Prepare for Funky Sound Studio’s "Debussy", Intelligent Sound Art.

Famoco

Series B in 2017
Famoco specializes in secure mobile device management for enterprises. It designs corporate-owned devices with zero street value, running on a privacy-focused Android OS for Enterprise. These devices are remotely manageable via Famoco's SaaS platform and facilitate secure application deployments for use cases like mobile payments, public transport, identity verification, and workforce management. With over 250,000 devices deployed across 35 countries, Famoco is expanding globally.

Devialet

Series C in 2016
Devialet is an audio technology company based in Paris, Ile-de-France, founded in 2007. It specializes in acoustic engineering and offers a range of audio equipment, including advanced sound amplification solutions that integrate both digital and analog technologies. The company aims to make its innovative audio technology universally accessible, enhancing the listening experience for users. Among its notable products is the Gemini, a pair of wireless earbuds designed to deliver high-quality sound. Devialet is also recognized for its robotized production line, which contributes to the efficient manufacturing of its audio devices.

Conscious Labs

Grant in 2016
Conscious Labs specializes in developing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology for research purposes. They focus on creating EEG sensors that can be integrated into consumer electronics such as headphones, VR/AR devices, and wearables.

PKparis

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in Paris in 2013, PKparis specializes in designing and manufacturing premium storage solutions for laptops, tablets, smartphones, and homes. Their product range includes smart keychains, USB keys, microSD cards, and multi-purpose storage kits.

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.

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 aluminium joinery, custom woodwork, vinyl chloride windows, roller shutters, entrance doors, handles, hinge covers, and decorative accessories. Maugin focuses on creating products that enhance thermal and acoustic comfort while ensuring compatibility with various architectural styles. Their offerings are designed to meet the specific needs of construction projects, emphasizing quality and customization.

Ledger

Grant in 2015
Ledger is a prominent company specializing in security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications, established in 2014 and headquartered in Paris, France. The company has become a leader in the market with over one million hardware security devices sold across more than 165 countries. Its flagship products, including the Ledger Nano S and Ledger Nano X, are designed for secure management of cryptocurrencies, featuring built-in displays and connectivity options for ease of use. For enterprises, Ledger offers Ledger Vault, a fully managed SaaS solution that safeguards substantial amounts of multiple cryptocurrencies while addressing physical and IT security threats. Additionally, Ledger is actively engaged in the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) sector, utilizing its secure hardware technology to connect sensors and machines to blockchain-based assets. The company also operates a production facility in Vierzon, France, and maintains offices in San Francisco.

Famoco

Series A in 2015
Famoco specializes in secure mobile device management for enterprises. It designs corporate-owned devices with zero street value, running on a privacy-focused Android OS for Enterprise. These devices are remotely manageable via Famoco's SaaS platform and facilitate secure application deployments for use cases like mobile payments, public transport, identity verification, and workforce management. With over 250,000 devices deployed across 35 countries, Famoco is expanding globally.

USINE IO

Seed Round in 2015
USINE IO is a Paris-based company that provides technical and consulting services tailored for inventors, start-ups, and established businesses. Founded in 2013, USINE IO facilitates the transition from idea to prototype, offering access to high-tech prototyping workshops and a co-working space. The company emphasizes industrialization preparation and provides a range of support services, including training and expert guidance in areas such as electronics, CAD, and design for manufacturing. With a commitment to fostering innovation, USINE IO operates without selection barriers, making its resources accessible to a wide array of clients.

Delfmems

Series C in 2014
Delfmems SAS is a French company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, and licensing of radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF MEMS) switching technology. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq, Delfmems produces stand-alone single pole double throw RF switches designed for various applications, including automatic test equipment, instrumentation, telecommunications infrastructure, military, and space sectors. The company's technology also enables the creation of digital and variable capacitors. Delfmems focuses on enhancing connectivity and meeting the growing data demands of next-generation 4G and 5G devices by offering low voltage RF MEMS solutions that provide high performance and efficient hot switching operations.

Groupe Ermic Developpement

Private Equity Round in 2014
Groupe Ermic Developpement has design and manufacture of microcomputer, electronic, electrical, and mechanical equipment.

Delfmems

Series B in 2013
Delfmems SAS is a French company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, and licensing of radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF MEMS) switching technology. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq, Delfmems produces stand-alone single pole double throw RF switches designed for various applications, including automatic test equipment, instrumentation, telecommunications infrastructure, military, and space sectors. The company's technology also enables the creation of digital and variable capacitors. Delfmems focuses on enhancing connectivity and meeting the growing data demands of next-generation 4G and 5G devices by offering low voltage RF MEMS solutions that provide high performance and efficient hot switching operations.

Lprint

Lprint revolutionise the way PCBs are designed and manufactured, empowering hardware engineers and product development teams. Lprint is a 3D electronic printing system for PCBs, designed to manufacture complex, free-form printed circuit boards (PCBs) in a single step, simplifying the prototyping, testing, and manufacturing process of electronics.
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