Bpifrance

Bpifrance Financement S.A. is a French financial institution that provides a wide range of financing solutions and support services for businesses at various stages of their development. Established in 1980 and based in Maisons-Alfort, France, the company offers medium to long-term loans, export insurance, real estate and equipment leasing, and working capital loans. Bpifrance also invests in startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and mid-cap companies through direct investments and fund management activities. Additionally, it provides consulting services for executives and training for CEOs, aiming to facilitate innovation and growth. Bpifrance was formed from the merger of several entities in July 2013, including OSEO, CDC Entreprises, and FSI, to enhance its role in supporting the financing of the French economy.

Laurent Arthaud

Managing Director

Marion Aubry

Investment Director

Emmanuel Audouard

Director of Cross-Functional Investments Venture Capital

Elyssa Maufras du Châtellier

Investment Director

Charlotte Corbaz

Deputy Director of the Large Venture Fund and Deputy Managing Director

Sofia Dahoune

Associate

Vanessa Giraud

Managing Director

Laurent Higueret

Senior Investment Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences - Large Venture Fund

Hortense Jacon

Investment Associate

Veronique Jacq

Head of Digital Venture team

So-Yeon Koo

Senior Investment Manager

Eric Lefebvre

Director

Arnaud Legardeur

Investment Director

Serge Mesguich

Director

Louis Molis

Investment Director

Adrien Neel

Investment Director

Gilles Schang

Deputy Director

Tuan Tran

Investment Director / VC

Past deals in PaaS

Pasqal

Series B in 2023
Pasqal SAS, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in the manufacture of quantum information processors utilizing atomic arrays. The company focuses on developing full-stack quantum computing technology that simulates complex phenomena to facilitate scientific discovery. Its innovative approach employs qubits made of neutral atoms organized in large two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, which enables analog computing. This technology addresses a variety of challenges, including optimization, drug discovery, and machine learning, empowering organizations to tackle complex problems across these fields.

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Grant in 2022
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Leanspace

Debt Financing in 2022
Leanspace is a developer of an integrated cloud platform tailored for public and private space organizations, aimed at streamlining space missions. The platform combines cloud technologies with space engineering concepts, offering a range of generic functions as services via APIs. This approach allows organizations to build their systems in-house while only developing the specific functionalities they require, thereby reducing both time and costs. By providing an innovative and collaborative framework, Leanspace enhances the agility of space organizations, enabling them to maintain control over their tools and improve their competitiveness in an increasingly complex industry.

Leanspace

Seed Round in 2022
Leanspace is a developer of an integrated cloud platform tailored for public and private space organizations, aimed at streamlining space missions. The platform combines cloud technologies with space engineering concepts, offering a range of generic functions as services via APIs. This approach allows organizations to build their systems in-house while only developing the specific functionalities they require, thereby reducing both time and costs. By providing an innovative and collaborative framework, Leanspace enhances the agility of space organizations, enabling them to maintain control over their tools and improve their competitiveness in an increasingly complex industry.

Kubo Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kubo Labs is a developer of a cloud-based platform designed to address and resolve issues within Kubernetes clusters. The platform conducts various real-life scenario simulations to identify potential misconfigurations and bad practices that can lead to security incidents or performance problems. By leveraging best practices embedded in its suite of products, Kubo Labs helps organizations detect and resolve security and operational issues in real time. This proactive approach aims to mitigate the risks associated with Kubernetes adoption, ensuring that businesses can manage their cloud environments more effectively while avoiding the rising costs often associated with Kubernetes-related challenges.

PayFit

Series E in 2022
Paying employees has never been easier. PayFit allows SMEs to easily manage the pay and leave of their employees. In 2015, the observation was simple: no employer was satisfied with the solutions used to manage the pay of its employees. No solution allowed a company to manage payroll quickly and without prior expertise. No solution answered automatically and securely to the French administrative complexity. There was no solution to centralize all the issues related to employee management on a single tool. No solution offered an intuitive and user-friendly interface for the employer but also for the employee.

IPaidThat

Venture Round in 2021
IPaidThat automatically imports the invoices you receive, and compares them with your bank transactions, to make sure you do not forget anything.

Planity

Series B in 2021
Planity, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, France, operates an online platform designed for booking appointments within the beauty sector. The service enables users to quickly and easily find and schedule appointments with various beauty professionals, including hair salons, beauty institutes, and barbers. By streamlining the appointment-making process, Planity enhances accessibility for clients seeking beauty services in their vicinity.

PowerZ

Venture Round in 2021
PowerZ SAS is a French company based in Montreuil that develops and operates an educational gaming platform aimed at children. Founded in 2020, PowerZ creates a video game designed to make learning engaging and enjoyable, covering subjects like mathematics, programming, poetry, and astronomy. The platform is developed collaboratively with input from parents, teachers, and children, ensuring it meets the needs of its users. By providing an interactive virtual world, PowerZ enables children to explore their interests and develop their skills in a fun and accessible way.

Pasqal

Series A in 2021
Pasqal SAS, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Paris, France, specializes in the manufacture of quantum information processors utilizing atomic arrays. The company focuses on developing full-stack quantum computing technology that simulates complex phenomena to facilitate scientific discovery. Its innovative approach employs qubits made of neutral atoms organized in large two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays, which enables analog computing. This technology addresses a variety of challenges, including optimization, drug discovery, and machine learning, empowering organizations to tackle complex problems across these fields.

PayFit

Series D in 2021
Paying employees has never been easier. PayFit allows SMEs to easily manage the pay and leave of their employees. In 2015, the observation was simple: no employer was satisfied with the solutions used to manage the pay of its employees. No solution allowed a company to manage payroll quickly and without prior expertise. No solution answered automatically and securely to the French administrative complexity. There was no solution to centralize all the issues related to employee management on a single tool. No solution offered an intuitive and user-friendly interface for the employer but also for the employee.

Planity

Series B in 2020
Planity, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, France, operates an online platform designed for booking appointments within the beauty sector. The service enables users to quickly and easily find and schedule appointments with various beauty professionals, including hair salons, beauty institutes, and barbers. By streamlining the appointment-making process, Planity enhances accessibility for clients seeking beauty services in their vicinity.

Ponicode

Debt Financing in 2020
Ponicode SAS is a Paris-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform for software testing. The platform simplifies the process of creating, modifying, and visualizing unit tests for JavaScript code. With an intuitive interface, Ponicode allows users to set up and integrate testing capabilities into their integrated development environments (IDEs) quickly and seamlessly. The tool automates the generation and maintenance of test files, which alleviates the burden of tedious preparation tasks, such as configuring testing frameworks or selecting libraries. By streamlining the testing process, Ponicode enables developers to focus on their core business activities while ensuring that their software functions are thoroughly tested and reliable.

Ausha

Debt Financing in 2020
Ausha operates a platform that allows users to host their podcasts and increase their visibility. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Tourcoing, France.

Harvestr

Angel Round in 2020
Harvestr SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Saint-Mandé, France, offers a software as a service (SaaS) platform designed for product management. This web-based solution enables businesses to create customer-centric products by centralizing user feedback and usage data. Harvestr's software integrates with various tools, allowing companies to gain insights into customer needs, prioritize features effectively, and share product roadmaps. By leveraging customer input, businesses can make informed decisions throughout the product development process, optimizing their digital offerings.

InterCloud

Series C in 2019
InterCloud SAS specializes in providing cloud computing connectivity services tailored for various platforms, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The company operates its own private global network, offering secure and efficient end-to-end links between organizations and their cloud service providers. One of its flagship services, CloudGate, facilitates private Ethernet connectivity, enabling clients to connect with application providers seamlessly. InterCloud also offers consulting services to assist businesses in migrating to the cloud and optimizing their existing cloud infrastructure. Its clientele includes major technology firms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Salesforce, among others. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in Madrid and London, InterCloud has established itself as a leader in Software-Defined Interconnectivity in Europe, helping organizations enhance their cloud connectivity while addressing security and compliance challenges.

HostnFly

Series A in 2019
SAS HostnFly develops a platform to optimize revenue on platforms like Airbnb. It offers turnkey management of seasonal rentals by taking care of all the logistics related to Airbnb rental. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

PayFit

Series C in 2019
Paying employees has never been easier. PayFit allows SMEs to easily manage the pay and leave of their employees. In 2015, the observation was simple: no employer was satisfied with the solutions used to manage the pay of its employees. No solution allowed a company to manage payroll quickly and without prior expertise. No solution answered automatically and securely to the French administrative complexity. There was no solution to centralize all the issues related to employee management on a single tool. No solution offered an intuitive and user-friendly interface for the employer but also for the employee.

Cycloid

Seed Round in 2019
Cycloid is a Paris-based company founded in 2015 that specializes in developing a comprehensive DevOps platform aimed at optimizing IT departments and facilitating business transformation. The platform provides a self-service portal that includes modules for governance, deployment, and daily operations, along with tools for financial and environmental management. Cycloid's framework supports secure, accessible, and transparent collaboration among tech teams while allowing them the autonomy to manage their projects without vendor lock-in. The company has introduced several innovative solutions, such as TerraCognita, which reverse engineers infrastructure as code from manual setups, and StackForms, enabling end-users to create new infrastructure while maintaining governance. Additionally, the open-source Cycloid CLI offers operations teams a flexible way to automate interactions with the platform. Overall, Cycloid's offerings aim to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and promote sustainability within technology environments.

Papyhappy

Seed Round in 2019
Papyhappy is an online platform based in Joigny, France, established in 2016, dedicated to assisting senior citizens and their families in finding suitable accommodation. It serves as a collaborative and comparative resource, featuring nearly 11,000 referenced establishments and over 2,000 user-submitted opinions. The platform not only allows seniors to explore different living options but also provides an evaluation service through a team of experts who visit and assess residences as mystery shoppers. This approach aims to ensure that users can find safe and quality housing while saving time and effort in their search.

Studapart

Series A in 2018
Studapart SAS, founded in 2013 and based in Paris, France, operates an online platform designed to simplify the process of finding student housing. The platform serves high schools and universities, allowing students to search for nearby accommodations both in France and internationally. It integrates with institutional intranets to provide tailored housing options and features negotiated offers with real estate agencies and student residences. As of early 2016, over 60 educational institutions utilize Studapart's services, helping students secure affordable and convenient housing while they pursue their studies.

AppScho

Seed Round in 2018
AppScho, SAS is a Paris-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in developing mobile application software for the higher education sector. The application centralizes various intranet information, enabling students to easily access their schedules, grades, school events, and internship opportunities. It provides functionalities for students to preview upcoming courses, including classroom details and instructor information, while also sending notifications for any class changes. Additionally, the platform allows educational institutions and teachers to communicate with students, monitor engagement levels, and analyze academic performance. By streamlining access to essential information, AppScho aims to enhance student engagement and simplify communication within educational environments.

Addworking

Seed Round in 2017
Addworking SAS, established in 2015 and located in Le Bourget-du-Lac, France, specializes in providing a software as a service (SaaS) platform focused on cost and risk management. The platform facilitates the management of freelancers and service providers within organizations by streamlining the contractual processes. It ensures administrative compliance for non-salaried resources, thereby assisting clients in reducing costs associated with sourcing service providers and simplifying billing procedures. Through its comprehensive approach, Addworking enhances efficiency in managing external workforce relationships.

Prevision.io

Seed Round in 2017
Prevision.io SAS is a Paris-based company that offers an automated machine learning platform designed to help users generate and deploy accurate predictive models. Founded in 2016, the platform enables users, regardless of their technical expertise, to create standalone models using their enterprise data. Through its advanced data analysis and machine learning capabilities, Prevision.io supports various sectors, including finance, marketing, energy, and banking. The platform facilitates predictions related to sales, inventory consumption trends, and energy usage, as well as optimizing maintenance operations and quality control. Additionally, it features tools for automating email classification and analyzing product descriptions to enhance operational efficiency. By reducing implementation time and improving productivity for both data scientists and business analysts, Prevision.io empowers organizations to make informed strategic decisions based on data-driven insights.

WeProov

Seed Round in 2017
WeProov is a digital platform designed to streamline the inspection process for the automotive industry and insurance sectors. It allows users to create certified inspection reports using mobile and tablet devices, facilitating secure exchanges and reducing potential conflicts. The platform enables the inspection of company vehicles and identification of damages through photo reports, providing instant pre-quotations for car accident claims. By digitizing checklists and simplifying inspections, WeProov enhances the experience for policyholders and assists clients in monitoring the condition of their fleets while ensuring efficient management during the vehicle return process.

Parkopoly

Seed Round in 2017
Parkopoly is develops and operates a mobile application that connects drivers with customers for vehicle delivery from the car dealers and car delivery to and from the garage.

Pitchy

Series A in 2017
Pitchy Bros Prod SAS, founded in 2013 and based in Paris, France, offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution that simplifies the video creation process. Users can select from a variety of ready-to-use templates tailored for different scenarios, such as investor pitches or product descriptions. By uploading their own text, images, logos, and videos, users can produce a personalized video in just a few minutes. Pitchy provides flexible payment options, allowing users to either purchase the video outright or subscribe to a monthly plan, which includes hosting the video on Pitchy's platform. The company utilizes Adobe After Effects to design motion graphics templates, which are accessible through its website, ensuring a streamlined production process without manual intervention.

Appvizer

Seed Round in 2017
Appvizer is a software comparison platform that assists businesses in selecting the most suitable BtoB applications from a comprehensive database covering over 506 categories, including CRM, payroll, and accounting software. The platform features more than 10,000 software packages, primarily focusing on Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions that are cloud-hosted and do not require installation. This model allows users to avoid maintenance, updates, and licensing issues, while benefiting from advanced collaborative features. In addition to software comparisons, Appvizer provides valuable resources such as articles and videos to address common professional challenges, and leverages machine learning technologies to enhance the user experience in finding the right software solutions.

InterCloud

Series B in 2017
InterCloud SAS specializes in providing cloud computing connectivity services tailored for various platforms, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The company operates its own private global network, offering secure and efficient end-to-end links between organizations and their cloud service providers. One of its flagship services, CloudGate, facilitates private Ethernet connectivity, enabling clients to connect with application providers seamlessly. InterCloud also offers consulting services to assist businesses in migrating to the cloud and optimizing their existing cloud infrastructure. Its clientele includes major technology firms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Salesforce, among others. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in Madrid and London, InterCloud has established itself as a leader in Software-Defined Interconnectivity in Europe, helping organizations enhance their cloud connectivity while addressing security and compliance challenges.

PARKING+PLUS

Non Equity Assistance in 2016
PARKING+PLUS helps companies in parking related industries to boost their revenue and stay relevant in their business through innovative digital smart parking technologies. PARKING+PLUS is a technology company focused on delivering since 2014 digital platforms for companies in the parking industry eager to digitize their operations and for companies in the smart city-related areas that would like to expand their portfolio of services with smart parking and mobility related digital products. PARKING+PLUS ecosystem provides mobile technologies, web technologies and hardware devices that cover uses cases for both on-street and off-street parking spaces operations: surface parking, multi-level parking, event parking, marketplaces for parking spaces, office/residential parking, smart city projects.

Particeep

Venture Round in 2016
Particeep is a fintech that provides banks, asset management firms, insurances and their distributors an API technology, enabling them to distribute their financial products and services online. The company offers, in addition to its API integrating ready-to-use banking and insurance micro-services, white-label platforms to industrialise the online distribution of banking, insurance and investment products. Particeep is a young innovative firm, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Banque et Innovation Fintech and Open Banking awards, elected Future Fintech European Star 2016 (ICT Awards 2016) and selected by Challenges in the 2016 ranking of 100 startups to invest in

Wizaplace

Venture Round in 2016
Wizaplace is a software as a service platform based in Lyon, France, that specializes in the creation and management of online marketplaces. Established in 2012 and officially launched in 2015, the platform supports various marketplace models, including B2C, B2B, and C2C, as well as tailored service marketplaces. It features an integrated environment with approximately 70 modules that facilitate the development of diverse e-commerce solutions, e-services, crowdfunding initiatives, and collaborative platforms. The company was co-founded and is run by Eric and Cécile Alessandri, and as of January 2017, it had a team of around 20 employees.

YouPass

Venture Round in 2015
Youpass is a global payment group (E-money institution) that enables millenials and gamers to create, spark their own e-money, manage their wallet and monetize their talents, to explore new consumption skylines and a lot more... They all know that the mobile era is uncountable. At its core, the massive millenials and all the unbanked present in the emerging markets shift to smartphones is about one thing: financial empowerment and new consumption eyeline. So what do they want with such huge fingertips power? They want to create money, lessen their problems, find new disruptive ways to consume and monetize their apps. They learn about that and created Youpass, the relevant mobile payment solution who embrace the whole Y payment and consumption wish cycle. Actual leader on their historic french market, they will expand their solutions in Europe in early 2016.

YouPass

Venture Round in 2015
Youpass is a global payment group (E-money institution) that enables millenials and gamers to create, spark their own e-money, manage their wallet and monetize their talents, to explore new consumption skylines and a lot more... They all know that the mobile era is uncountable. At its core, the massive millenials and all the unbanked present in the emerging markets shift to smartphones is about one thing: financial empowerment and new consumption eyeline. So what do they want with such huge fingertips power? They want to create money, lessen their problems, find new disruptive ways to consume and monetize their apps. They learn about that and created Youpass, the relevant mobile payment solution who embrace the whole Y payment and consumption wish cycle. Actual leader on their historic french market, they will expand their solutions in Europe in early 2016.

Palettes Gestion Services

Venture Round in 2014
Palettes Gestion Services SAS, established in 1993 and headquartered in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, specializes in the manufacture and sale of wooden pallets and a variety of packaging solutions. The company offers a diverse range of products, including standard and custom-built wooden pallets, CP and VMF pallets, and box pallets designed for transporting small or irregularly shaped products. It also provides big bags for agricultural and industrial applications, as well as plastic pallets, which include options like recycled plastic and food processing pallets. In addition to wooden and plastic products, Palettes Gestion Services produces metal pallets and boxes, along with other supports such as barristocks and racks. The company operates additional facilities in Morocco, Belgium, and Spain, serving a global customer base.

BonitaSoft

Series C in 2013
Bonitasoft, based in Grenoble, France, specializes in open source business process management (BPM) solutions. Its flagship product, the Bonita platform, facilitates the design, development, execution, and monitoring of business processes, offering tools such as Bonita Studio for graphical process design and the Bonita Execution Engine for integrating services and BPM standards. The platform supports digital operations and IT modernization by enabling automation and optimization of business processes, while also allowing for low-code application development and robotic automation. Bonitasoft provides a cloud-enabled version of its BPM solution, known as BonitaCloud, which offers flexibility for developers to build and run applications in diverse environments. The company caters to a variety of corporate functions, including human resources, finance, quality management, and IT management. Its clientele spans multiple industries, including education, energy, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications. In addition to software solutions, Bonitasoft offers comprehensive support services, including training, consulting, and implementation assistance.

Cafeyn

Series B in 2012
Cafeyn offering an ultra high-performance platform, based on advanced technology and backed up by a team of more than 90 people.
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