Bpifrance

Bpifrance Financement S.A. is a French financial institution that provides a range of financing solutions and support services aimed at fostering the growth of startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and mid-cap companies. It offers various financial products, including medium to long-term loans, export insurance, and leasing options for both tangible and intangible assets. Additionally, Bpifrance supports companies through consulting services, guarantees for bank financing, and training for executives. The organization also engages in direct investments and manages funds aimed at enhancing the financial landscape for businesses at different stages of their development. Established in 1980 and based in Maisons-Alfort, France, Bpifrance was formerly known as OSEO S.A. and rebranded in July 2013. It operates as a subsidiary of Bpifrance SA, reinforcing its commitment to bolstering the French economy through diversified financial solutions.

Céline André

Investment Director

Adonis Arnaud

Junior Investment Manager

Laurent Arthaud

Managing Director

Françis Aymard

Investment Director

Simon Beauroy

Director

Isabelle Bebear

Director for International and University

Soukanda Bentaleb

Investment Officer

Pascal Bordat

Investment Director

Nathalie Carmona

Associate

Yoann Caujolle

Portfolio Director

Nicolas Ceria

Associate

Ménelé Chesnot

Senior Investment Director

Samuel Dalens

Investment Director

Florent Debienne

Managing Director | Head of Technology Funds Investments

Christian Deblaye

Deputy MD

Luc Doyennel

Investment Director

Nicolas Dufourcq

CEO

Jean-Yves Duriez

Investment Director

Antoine Emmanuelli

Partnership Director

Francis Estellat

Senior Investment Director

Alain Fakhoury

Investment Director Bretagne

Stephen Fargis

Associate

Arnaud Fauquembergue

Investment Manager

Olivier Fosse

Investment Director Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine

Jean-Marie Fougeray

Investment Director Bretagne

Stéphanie Frachet

Investment Director

Ronan Frefield

Portfolio Director

Laurence Gauthier

Senior Investment Director Bourgogne Franche-Comté

Xavier Gelot

Director of Fonds de Renforcement des PME

Emmanuelle Gervais

Senior Investment Director

Isabelle Ginestet-Naudin

Deputy MD and Director of Sectorial Funds

Vanessa Giraud

Managing Director

Alessandro Gonella

Director

José Gonzalo

Executive Director Mid and Large Cap Direction

Alexis Guinard

Investment Director

Raphaël Guterman

Associate

Yonel Génin

Partnership Director

Luc Heinrich

MD

Hubert Hernandez

Investment Director

Hortense Jacon

Investment Associate

Véronique Jacq

Managing Director

Jean-René Jégou

Director of the Regional Funds Department

Pascal Lagarde

Director

Caroline Lebel

Senior Associate

Eric Lefebvre

Director

Ronan Lefort

Investment Director

Arnaud Legardeur

Investment Director

Christian Leonetti

Investment Director

Olivier Levy

Director of East private equity Interregional Network

Cedric Lowenbach

Director of Operations

Arielle Marsaud

Associate

Alex Marvaldi

Partner

Laure Michel

Investment Director

Maud Moulin

Portfolio Director

Sébastien Moynot

Investment Director and Member of the Management Board

Philippe Mutricy

Deputy MD

Valérie de la Ménardière

Investment Director

Alexandre Ossola

MD

Stanislas Panhard

Senior Investment Director

Nicolas Parpex

Senior Investment Director

Sophie Perette

Portfolio Director Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine

Thibault Peroys

Investment Director

Axel Piriou

Senior Investment Manager

Marc Prévôt

Director of North Private Equity Interregional Network

Matthieu Rabeisen

Portfolio Director

Sarah Roeland

Investment Manager

Stéphane Romang

Investment Director

Thibaut Roulon

Investment Director

Julie Régnier

Senior Investment Manager Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine

Eduardo Sampaio

Portfolio Director

Nadia Sarri

Investment Director

Gilles Schang

Deputy Managing Director

Nicolas de La Serre

Investment Director Pays de la Loire

Thierry Sommelet

MD

Vincent Stievenard

Investment Director and Director of North Private Equity Interregional Network

Xavier Tessier

Director

Gabrielle Tetart

Senior Investment Manager and Associate

Tuan Tran

Investment Director

Alain Tueux

Investment Director

Stanislas de Tymowski

Associate

Adrien Vasseur

Portfolio Director

Benoît Villain

Senior Investment Manager

Philippe Vuarchex

Associate

Stéphanie Vuillaume

Associate

Romain Vérani

Associate

Samuel Waddell

Associate

Past deals in Nanotechnology

INTERSTELLAR LAB

Seed Round in 2022
developing space-inspired villages on Earth

NAWA Technologies

Series C in 2022
NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme designs, develops, industrializes, and commercializes products based on organized nanostructures to enable improvements in materials and devices dedicated to energy, transportation, and environment markets. The company offers multifunctional materials and energy storage devices. NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme was founded in 2013 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France.

C12 Quantum Electronics

Grant in 2021
C12 Quantum Electronics develop reliable quantum processors with carbon nanotubes. Its unique technology reduces drastically the error rate, making the platform a prime candidate for noisy intermediate-scale quantum applications. The Paris, Ile-de-France, France-based company was formed in 2019 by Pierre and Matthieu Desjardins.

C12 Quantum Electronics

Seed Round in 2021
C12 Quantum Electronics develop reliable quantum processors with carbon nanotubes. Its unique technology reduces drastically the error rate, making the platform a prime candidate for noisy intermediate-scale quantum applications. The Paris, Ile-de-France, France-based company was formed in 2019 by Pierre and Matthieu Desjardins.

Kyanos

Seed Round in 2021
High value polysaccharides and pigments produced with high-output micro-algae and vertical photo-reactors.

GrAI Matter Labs

Venture Round in 2020
GrAI Matter Labs utilizes biology-inspired spiking neural networks to overcome the limitations of traditional Von Neumann machines and application processors. Their massively parallel, fully programmable compute technology enables multi-modal sensor analytics and dynamic machine learning at low power levels not feasible before. Combining next generation neuromorphic compute with cutting edge silicon technologies brings AI to every edge device across the Internet of Things without the need for cloud computing support.

Honing Biosciences

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Honing Biosciences SAS, a bio-therapeutics company, develops and improves cell-based therapies to treat cancer and other chronic diseases. It offers molecular CellTuneTM technology that allows to develop new classes of tunable cell therapeutics to control the dynamic delivery of proteins in patients. The company offers therapies, such as CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T) cells therapy to kill cancer cells and Checkpoint inhibitors, a technology allowing to select small antibodies (nanobodies) based on proprietary scaffold, which they can deliver intracellularly. Its technology regulates protein expression at the cell surface or secretion of enzymes, cytokines, antibodies, and adapting the delivery of therapeutic proteins to clinical evolutions. Honing Biosciences SAS was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Paris, France.

NAWA Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme designs, develops, industrializes, and commercializes products based on organized nanostructures to enable improvements in materials and devices dedicated to energy, transportation, and environment markets. The company offers multifunctional materials and energy storage devices. NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme was founded in 2013 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France.

NH TherAguix

Series A in 2019
NH TherAguix SAS, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, develops nanomedicines for cancer, combining imaging, and radiotherapy. It offers AGuIX, a nanoparticle that is designed to improve the localization of solid tumors and the outcomes of radiation therapy by intravenous injection; allows the radiation therapy treatment for patient to determine the optimal moment to perform the irradiation; and allows to treat radioresistant cancers and to minimize the radiation therapy secondary effects by decreasing the dose to healthy tissues. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Villeurbanne, France.

ENYO Pharma

Series B in 2018
ENYO Pharma SA is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Lyon, France, focused on drug discovery and development for acute and chronic viral infections. Founded in 2014 by a group of scientists from the Infectiology Research Center, the company has established a unique platform to identify intracellular therapeutic targets and molecules, particularly for human pathogens. ENYO Pharma is developing treatments for significant viral infections, with ongoing programs targeting chronic hepatitis B and severe influenza. Its lead compound, EYP001, is designed to modulate FXR and reduce viral replication, while EYP002 is currently undergoing preclinical studies. The company aims to advance its pipeline into Phase II clinical trials and collaborates closely with research institutions to leverage innovative therapeutic strategies. ENYO Pharma is committed to addressing unmet medical needs in infectious and metabolic diseases, positioning itself as a leader in antiviral therapies.

Geomnia

Seed Round in 2015
Geomnia possesses specific know-how and core skills in 3D metrology, software engineering, micro and nano-scale mecatronics metrology systems engineering, and process optimization by software and measuring.

Technogenia

Venture Round in 2014
Technogenia has specializes in tungsten carbide metallurgy, Anti-wear welding products and anti-wear coating with high-power laser.

Nanobiotix

Grant in 2013
Nanobiotix SA operates as a clinical-stage nanomedicine company for the treatment of cancer worldwide. The company develops NanoXray products to help patients receiving radiotherapy by magnifying the effect of radiotherapy within tumor cells without increasing the dose to surrounding healthy tissues. It offers NBTXR3, a radio-enhancer hafnium oxide for the treatment of solid tumors, including soft tissue sarcoma, head and neck cancers, liver cancers, prostate cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, and other cancers. Nanobiotix SA was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Nanobiotix

Series E in 2013
Nanobiotix SA operates as a clinical-stage nanomedicine company for the treatment of cancer worldwide. The company develops NanoXray products to help patients receiving radiotherapy by magnifying the effect of radiotherapy within tumor cells without increasing the dose to surrounding healthy tissues. It offers NBTXR3, a radio-enhancer hafnium oxide for the treatment of solid tumors, including soft tissue sarcoma, head and neck cancers, liver cancers, prostate cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, and other cancers. Nanobiotix SA was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Nanobiotix

Seed Round in 2005
Nanobiotix SA operates as a clinical-stage nanomedicine company for the treatment of cancer worldwide. The company develops NanoXray products to help patients receiving radiotherapy by magnifying the effect of radiotherapy within tumor cells without increasing the dose to surrounding healthy tissues. It offers NBTXR3, a radio-enhancer hafnium oxide for the treatment of solid tumors, including soft tissue sarcoma, head and neck cancers, liver cancers, prostate cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, and other cancers. Nanobiotix SA was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.