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

Elyssa Maufras du Châtellier

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

Paul-Francois Fournier

Executive Director, Innovation Department

Pierre Gillet

Investment Director

Vanessa Giraud

Director of Environmental Impact Funds

Gwenael Hamon

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

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

Jean-Marie Fougeray

Senior Investment Director, Brittany

Past deals in Music

Bridge.audio

Seed Round in 2024
Bridge.audio is a company that specializes in providing private workspaces designed for professionals who work with audio files. This includes creators, managers, distributors, publishers, and supervisors. The platform offers solutions for receiving, storing, and sharing audio content efficiently. Additionally, Bridge.audio enhances discoverability through its HUB marketplaces by improving music description and search capabilities. This feature helps users maximize their visibility to entertainment professionals in various industries such as cinema, television series, advertising, and video games.

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.

Groover

Series A in 2024
Groover is an innovative platform designed specifically for independent artists, focusing on music promotion and discovery. It has cultivated a community of 200,000 artists across more than 186 countries. The platform allows musicians to directly submit their music to media outlets, radio stations, playlists, and record labels, ensuring they receive valuable feedback from a vetted network of 3,000 music curators and professionals. With over two million feedback interactions on tracks, Groover provides artists with the opportunity to obtain honest insights and tangible sharing proposals, facilitating their growth and visibility in the competitive music industry.

Studiomatic

Debt Financing in 2023
Studiomatic operates a network of self-service recording, rehearsal, podcast, and production studios designed for easy access via smartphone. These facilities cater to a variety of professionals including solo artists, bands, producers, beatmakers, sound engineers, and DJs. Each studio is equipped with essential tools such as a recording booth, sound card, desk, monitoring speakers, and a premium lounge area. The studios are available 24/7, allowing clients the flexibility to rehearse, create, record, and collaborate at their convenience.

MatchTune

Series A in 2022
MatchTune is a company focused on enhancing music and video tools through innovative technology, aimed at ensuring that artists and songwriters benefit from emerging revenue streams while connecting their work to a growing network of content creators. Established in 2017 by composer André Manoukian and tech entrepreneur Philippe Guillaud, the company operates from Los Angeles and Paris. MatchTune develops solutions that include automatic editing, smart music matching for video, and AI-driven music rights and violation reports. The company features the TuneBlades app, the Studio app, and the Artist Music Program (AMP), and collaborates with global music community key players to provide millions of tracks to content creators. Its technology enables easy and affordable generation of original, synchronized music tailored to video requirements, allowing video editors to select styles and structures through a user-friendly interface with automatic licensing.

Groover

Venture Round in 2021
Groover is an innovative platform designed specifically for independent artists, focusing on music promotion and discovery. It has cultivated a community of 200,000 artists across more than 186 countries. The platform allows musicians to directly submit their music to media outlets, radio stations, playlists, and record labels, ensuring they receive valuable feedback from a vetted network of 3,000 music curators and professionals. With over two million feedback interactions on tracks, Groover provides artists with the opportunity to obtain honest insights and tangible sharing proposals, facilitating their growth and visibility in the competitive music industry.

MWM

Series B in 2020
MWM is a prominent publisher of creative applications, established in 2012, with a global reach of over 600 million downloads. The company is dedicated to innovation and focuses on developing internal AI technologies to enhance user experience. MWM's diverse portfolio includes popular applications such as edjing MIX, a music-mixing platform that enables users to listen, mix, and share music online for free, as well as Color Pop AI, Stemz, and Moments. Through its commitment to pushing technological boundaries, MWM strives to create user-friendly products that cater to a wide range of creative needs.

Majelan

Series A in 2019
Majelan is a developer of an innovative audio content application aimed at transforming the way individuals engage with learning and entertainment. The platform allows users to search for and listen to a diverse array of podcasts and audio content on their iOS or Android devices. By curating content that encompasses lessons in creativity, leadership, and personal development, Majelan provides users with concise summaries of ideas and methodologies from various personalities, authors, and speakers. This enables users to enhance their daily knowledge and skills in a convenient and accessible manner, catering to the growing demand for audio-based learning and entertainment.

Tracktl

Seed Round in 2018
Tracktl is a music solution designed to enhance the brand identity and customer experience for various events and venues. The company offers a flexible service that allows venue managers to create, manage, and play customized playlists tailored to their audience. With features such as a social jukebox and a promotion manager, Tracktl fosters customer engagement and interaction. Users can connect to a venue's playlist via their smartphones, vote for songs, and add their favorite tracks, enabling a collaborative music experience. This interactive approach not only enriches the atmosphere but also helps venue managers gather valuable data and improve customer retention.

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.
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