Founders Future

Founders Future is a Paris-based venture capital firm and startup studio established in 2018. It provides capital and hands-on support to early-stage startups, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, with a European focus. The firm backs companies across sectors such as business-to-business products and services, software as a service and information technology, fintech, e-commerce, transportation, retail, semiconductors, and food technology.

Thomas Bajas

Principal and Chief of Staff

Valentine Barbelivien

Partner

Matthieu Benkerant

COO and Partner

Sarah Corne

Partner

Marc Menasé

Managing Partner

Louis Sautet

Principal

Paul Varrasso

Analyst

Maxime de Varine-Bohan

Principal

Past deals in Paris

Astran

Seed Round in 2023
Astran is a software development company that unlocks cloud adoption without compromising data confidentiality, security, and compliance. Astran is a zero-trust cloud-native platform that runs on multiple cloud providers. They connect preferred cloud providers, configure distributed data vaults, and switch cloud providers just as easily whenever they need. Founded by Yosra Jarraya in 2021 and is located in Paris, Île-de-France.

Beev

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2020, Beev is a Paris-based company offering electric vehicle solutions. It facilitates the acquisition of electric vehicles along with charging station installation for residential, business, and public spaces.

Audion

Series A in 2022
Audion, founded in 2018 by Arthur Larrey and Kamel El Hadef in Paris, specializes in developing a proprietary platform designed to automate, customize, and measure digital audio marketing. Its technology enables podcast editors to dynamically insert advertisements tailored to the local context in real-time personalized audio advertising on podcasts.

Cuvée Privée

Series A in 2022
Cuvée Privée SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in the online retail of wines and offers unique experiences for wine enthusiasts. The company enables individuals and businesses to adopt vines from prestigious French vineyards for a year, allowing them to select specific vines from exceptional wineries. Customers receive bottles from their adopted parcels and a certificate of adoption, while also having the opportunity to follow their vines under the guidance of the winemaker. Additionally, at the end of the year, participants receive six bottles from the next vintage, featuring their name on the label. Cuvée Privée also organizes events to connect winemakers with customers, enhancing the overall wine experience.

Goshaba

Venture Round in 2022
Founded in Paris, France in 2014, Goshaba specializes in innovative recruitment solutions. It offers Smart Screening to identify suitable candidates, Cognitive Gaming to assess personality traits via gamified paths, and Talent Mapping to analyze skillsets within talent pools.

Lydia

Series C in 2021
Lydia is a Paris-based fintech that provides a mobile payment platform designed to simplify everyday transactions. The service acts as a social interface that connects a user's phone with a payment card to enable peer-to-peer payments and payments to others through a single app, using a mobile wallet without the need for cheques or ATM cards. Founded in 2013, Lydia supports features such as linking payment cards, managing sub-accounts, and issuing virtual cards for different accounts, allowing users to set aside funds and make targeted payments through a seamless, card-enabled mobile wallet.

Astran

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Astran is a software development company that unlocks cloud adoption without compromising data confidentiality, security, and compliance. Astran is a zero-trust cloud-native platform that runs on multiple cloud providers. They connect preferred cloud providers, configure distributed data vaults, and switch cloud providers just as easily whenever they need. Founded by Yosra Jarraya in 2021 and is located in Paris, Île-de-France.

Qovery

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Qovery is a Paris-based company that provides a container as a service platform for developing and deploying applications. The platform automates cloud infrastructure provisioning, offers self-service capabilities for developers, and integrates with existing tools while enforcing governance and security policies and cost optimization. By enabling teams to provision infrastructure with minimal manual management, Qovery aims to accelerate development cycles, improve engineering efficiency, and reduce infrastructure overhead. Founded in 2019, Qovery focuses on streamlining software development and deployment processes through automation and scalable cloud infrastructure management.

Dancefloor Paris

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Dancefloor Paris operates as a dance studio offering in-person and online instruction for beginners and students at various levels, providing initiation workshops, video lessons, and classes across styles such as afro-classical, ballet-jazz, contemporary street jazz, hip hop, cardio ballet, floor bar, dancing yoga, and contemporary dance, enabling learners to train from home or at a nearby studio.

Lydia

Series B in 2020
Lydia is a Paris-based fintech that provides a mobile payment platform designed to simplify everyday transactions. The service acts as a social interface that connects a user's phone with a payment card to enable peer-to-peer payments and payments to others through a single app, using a mobile wallet without the need for cheques or ATM cards. Founded in 2013, Lydia supports features such as linking payment cards, managing sub-accounts, and issuing virtual cards for different accounts, allowing users to set aside funds and make targeted payments through a seamless, card-enabled mobile wallet.

Audion

Seed Round in 2019
Audion, founded in 2018 by Arthur Larrey and Kamel El Hadef in Paris, specializes in developing a proprietary platform designed to automate, customize, and measure digital audio marketing. Its technology enables podcast editors to dynamically insert advertisements tailored to the local context in real-time personalized audio advertising on podcasts.

Bandit Paris

Seed Round in 2019
Bandit Paris is an e-commerce company that specializes in providing animal accessories. The company provides a necklace and other style accessories for dogs. Bandit Paris was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France.

Goshaba

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in Paris, France in 2014, Goshaba specializes in innovative recruitment solutions. It offers Smart Screening to identify suitable candidates, Cognitive Gaming to assess personality traits via gamified paths, and Talent Mapping to analyze skillsets within talent pools.

Stockly

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2017, Stockly operates from Paris, France. It develops software that connects brands’ and e-retailers’ inventories, enabling real-time restocking to prevent stock-outs and allowing e-commerce websites to continue selling even when they're out of stock.

Bonsoirs

Seed Round in 2018
Bonsoirs is a Paris-based company that specializes in the manufacturing and online retail of high-quality bed linen products. Incorporated in 2014, the company offers a diverse range of household linens, including sheets, duvet covers, tablecloths, bath towels, and superior bedding. Bonsoirs focuses on using materials such as cotton percale, washed percale, cotton sateen, cotton gauze, and washed linen to ensure comfort and softness. With a mission to revive the market for bed and household linen, Bonsoirs aims to provide cozy and timeless products at affordable prices while promoting environmental sustainability.

Eldorado

Seed Round in 2018
Eldorado operates a platform based in Paris, France, that identifies and categorizes funding sources for public and private entrepreneurs and project holders. It provides analysis of fundraising trends, templates, articles, and exclusive benefits to facilitate access to financing at any stage of maturity.

YooMum

Seed Round in 2018
YooMum is a Paris-based company founded in 2017 that develops an application designed to facilitate connections among future and young mothers. The platform offers various features aimed at assisting users in finding joint custody solutions, sharing valuable recommendations, and coordinating plans effectively. By fostering a supportive community, YooMum aims to enhance the experiences of mothers during significant life transitions.
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