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
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
Alessandro Gonella
Director
Gwenael Hamon
Investment Director
Laurent Higueret
Senior Investment Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences - Large Venture Fund
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 Sports
Ochy
Pre Seed Round in 2025
Ochy is a mobile application that leverages video technology and artificial intelligence to deliver lab-quality analysis of running techniques directly to users' smartphones. The platform is designed to help runners assess their biomechanics, identify weaknesses, and receive tailored exercise plans aimed at enhancing performance and preventing injuries. By analyzing users' movements, Ochy provides insights that can support athletes, coaches, and medical professionals alike. Coaches can utilize the app to better understand their athletes and optimize training programs, while runners without access to coaching can independently evaluate their technique. Additionally, medical professionals can use the application's analysis to assess patient techniques and guide rehabilitation efforts effectively.
Fungiball
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Fungiball is a developer of an immersive, play-to-earn tennis game platform. It combines gameplay, fan engagement, and content consumption, fostering a community of passionate tennis enthusiasts. Users can buy, trade, and collect player cards, participate in fantasy tennis games, and even earn money while engaging with their passion. The platform also provides professional tennis players with an additional revenue stream by increasing their visibility and fan base.
Ochy
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Ochy is a mobile application that leverages video technology and artificial intelligence to deliver lab-quality analysis of running techniques directly to users' smartphones. The platform is designed to help runners assess their biomechanics, identify weaknesses, and receive tailored exercise plans aimed at enhancing performance and preventing injuries. By analyzing users' movements, Ochy provides insights that can support athletes, coaches, and medical professionals alike. Coaches can utilize the app to better understand their athletes and optimize training programs, while runners without access to coaching can independently evaluate their technique. Additionally, medical professionals can use the application's analysis to assess patient techniques and guide rehabilitation efforts effectively.
i-Run
Private Equity Round in 2022
i-Run is a privately held French online retailer of running and fitness clothing company.
Øzers
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Øzers is a French foodtech company that specializes in creating innovative sports nutrition products using only healthy, vegan ingredients. Founded by a professional boxer and an engineer, the company collaborates with biotech engineers and medical professionals to develop its offerings. Øzers focuses on enhancing athletic performance without compromising health, providing ultra-functional edible supplements made from plant-based ingredients, including vegetable proteins, microalgae, vitamins, and minerals. By utilizing the potential of these natural components, Øzers aims to support athletes in achieving their maximum performance.
SPART
Seed Round in 2022
SPART supports companies in the process of improving quality of life at work by offering solutions to activate health and well-being practices each day in a professional environment. They are partners for corporate sporting challenges. They enable everyone to achieve their full potential through innovative physical activities within the company.
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
Satisfy
Series A in 2021
Satisfy is an online retailer specializing in a diverse range of running garments and accessories. The company offers a variety of products, including jackets, tops, socks, hoodies, pants, shoes, hats, t-shirts, and gloves. Satisfy focuses on designing high-quality sports apparel, utilizing in-house developed fabrics that enhance performance and comfort. The brand aims to provide customers with affordable options while promoting creativity and connection through its innovative clothing designs.
Urban Loisirs
Venture Round in 2021
Urban Loisirs is an operator of an indoor recreation area designed to provide all age groups with some downtime and entertainment. The company's parks provide a variety of enjoyable activities and catering, including bowling lanes, a huge kid's park, trampoline parks, laser games, virtual parks, indoor adventure courses, and escape rooms. These facilities provide visitors with some downtime and an evolving multi-activity center with catering that is open to everyone.
GoMyPartner
Pre Seed Round in 2021
With GoMyPartner, customers save on each of their in-store purchases thanks to the sports prize pool system. They offer a loyalty system allowing to attract new customers (differentiation from the competition) but also to retain them by rewarding them.
In&motion
Venture Round in 2020
In&motion is a company that specializes in developing wearable smart protection systems aimed at reducing the risk of serious injuries from falls. The company has created a smart ski airbag vest equipped with advanced sensors and algorithms that monitor a skier's movements in real time. This technology allows the vest to anticipate falls and activate the airbag bladder before impact, providing optimal protection for both broad and critical areas of the body. The smart ski airbag vest has received multiple awards and was used by competitors in the 2015-16 Ski Cross World Cup, representing seven major countries. As of September, the vest became available for purchase through a partnership with the Swedish brand POC, making it accessible to a wider audience of athletes and skiing enthusiasts who prioritize safety.
My Coach Football
Series A in 2019
My Coach Football allows you to manage and organize the daily operations of your football team, day after day, season after season. Designed to answer amateur and professional coaches’ needs, the platform centralizes all of your squad’s information and allows to gain time and efficiency. In a single click, you can manage players and their personal information, the preparation of training and games, but also individual and collective statistics. Season after season, you keep all those data and hence enjoy an optimum tracking of your team’s progression.
FutBak
Venture Round in 2018
FutBak is to provide an innovative physical and technical tracking tool for the amateur athlete.
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.
Seaver
Seed Round in 2017
Seaver is a technology startup founded in 2016 and headquartered in Ile-de-France, France. The company focuses on digitalizing the equestrian sports sector by developing innovative riding equipment that leverages the internet of things and performance monitoring. Its products enable riders and horse owners to access live streaming data on their horses' cardio, movement, and workout quality. By providing detailed insights into training and performance, Seaver supports riders in monitoring their horses' progress and health effectively.
Keep Cool
Private Equity Round in 2017
Keep Cool is a company that operates a chain of fitness centers across France. It focuses on providing clients with access to gymnasiums and fitness facilities designed to help them improve their fitness levels. The centers offer guided instructions from expert trainers, ensuring that customers receive professional support in their fitness journey. Through its network of fitness centers, Keep Cool aims to create an inclusive environment that encourages individuals to achieve their health and wellness goals.
Equisense
Venture Round in 2016
Equisense SAS, founded in 2014 and based in Compiègne, France, specializes in developing wearable technology for equestrian sports. The company manufactures a motion tracker that allows riders to monitor and analyze their horse's training sessions, focusing on health and comfort. In addition to the motion tracker, Equisense offers a range of products, including tactile gloves, saddle pads, and arm bands, which can be purchased online. The Equisense sensor is the first connected device specifically designed for equestrian sports, capable of measuring a horse's movement during training and competition. Data collected by the sensor is relayed to the Equisense App, providing riders with immediate feedback on key performance parameters such as intensity, gait symmetry, and effort. This technology aims to enhance training effectiveness while prioritizing the well-being of the horse. Equisense operates as a subsidiary of Voltaire, reflecting its commitment to innovation in the equestrian field.
Snowleader
Venture Round in 2015
Snowleader is an online retail platform specializing in winter sports, outdoor activities, and streetwear. The company offers a wide range of products, including sports accessories, shoes, equipment, and apparel, catering to ski and mountain enthusiasts. Snowleader focuses on providing affordable prices and features a diverse selection of brands and product references. Additionally, the company enhances the shopping experience with free home delivery and returns, ensuring customer satisfaction and convenience.
i-Run
Private Equity Round in 2015
i-Run is a privately held French online retailer of running and fitness clothing company.
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