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.

Marion Aubry

Investment Director

Emmanuel Audouard

Director of Transverse Venture Capital Investments Division

Maufras Du Chatellier, Elyssa

Investment Director

Charlotte Corbaz

Investment Drector - Large Venture

Dahoune, Sofia

Associate

Vanessa Giraud

Director of Environmental Impact Funds

Gwenaël Hamon

Investment Director

Laurent Higueret

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

Jacq, Véronique

Head of Digital Venture team

So-Yeon Koo

Senior Investment Manager

Eric Lefebvre

Director

Legardeur, Arnaud

Investment Director

Serge Mesguich

Director of FIT

Louis Molis

Investment Director

Adrien Neel

Investment Director

Gilles Schang

Deputy Managing Director

Past deals in Africa

Odaptos

Seed Round in 2023
Odaptos specializes in developing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that facilitates usability testing in videoconferencing environments. This artificial intelligence-driven solution analyzes human emotions and user behavior, delivering comprehensive insights that help businesses understand their end-users. The platform streamlines the usability testing process by visually highlighting critical moments during interviews, thereby saving time and allowing for a more efficient evaluation of the user journey. Through its innovative approach, Odaptos aims to enhance user experience and optimize product development based on real-time feedback and analysis.

Nutripure

Private Equity Round in 2022
Nutripure is a company based in Deyme, France, focused on the development and distribution of food supplements and organic superfoods. The business offers a diverse range of products, including protein bars, whey protein shakes, and peptides, aimed at helping customers achieve their health and wellness goals. As a Digital Native Vertical Brand, Nutripure emphasizes direct engagement with consumers, ensuring accessibility and quality in its offerings.

SeaBeLife

Grant in 2022
SeaBeLife Biotech SAS is a biotechnology company based in Roscoff, France, established in 2019. The company focuses on developing innovative drug candidates aimed at treating acute pathologies, particularly acute liver and renal failure. SeaBeLife's products are derived from a family of patented molecules designed to block regulated necrosis, a type of regulated cell death. By targeting two synergistic pathways involved in various acute and chronic diseases, SeaBeLife aims to establish a new standard of care for patients with significant unmet medical needs. Through its research and development efforts, the company seeks to enhance patient outcomes and reduce complications associated with serious health conditions.

Tenacy

Seed Round in 2022
The SaaS platform for better Compliance and Risk Management

Lisaqua

Seed Round in 2022
Lisaqua is developing a unique aquaculture process to raise prawns without antibiotics and without polluting waste

CarbonWorks

Series A in 2022
CarbonWorks is specialising in the use of microalgae to capture and utilise carbon dioxide.

Asilimia

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.

Asilimia

Debt Financing in 2021
Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.

Echoliv

Grant in 2021
Echoliv designs artificial intelligence solutions for abdominal ultrasound. They develop software to assist radiologists and hepatologists. The Ultraliv solution from Echoliv assists radiologists and hepatologists in early-stage ultrasound screening for the most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (or HCC). The algorithm can detect nodules other than those identified by practitioners.

Lisaqua

Seed Round in 2021
Lisaqua is developing a unique aquaculture process to raise prawns without antibiotics and without polluting waste

Younited

Venture Round in 2021
Younited SA is a financial technology company that operates an online platform designed to connect individual lenders with borrowers, facilitating financial transactions without the need for traditional financial intermediaries. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Paris, France, Younited aims to provide credit with full transparency, allowing borrowers to share their testimonials and experiences. The company, previously known as PRET d'UNION S.A. until its rebranding in March 2016, focuses on creating a streamlined and direct lending experience for its users.

Agilitest

Seed Round in 2021
Featuring a unique approach to functional test automation, Agilitest offers a comprehensive view on the quality of software at all times – on web, desktop, mobile and webservice technologies alike. In a context where Agile teams and DevOps integration are becoming the norm, Agilitest provides all software testers – whether they have a technical background or not – with an intuitive and robust way to create, maintain and execute automated functional tests.

Voyageurs du Monde

Post in 2021
Voyageurs du Monde SA is a leading travel agency based in Paris, France, specializing in personalized travel experiences both domestically and internationally. Founded in 1979, the company organizes a wide range of trips, including honeymoons, family holidays, romantic getaways, summer vacations, and adventure travel, with destinations such as Japan, Italy, Egypt, Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, the United States, Brazil, and Greece. In addition to individual travel, Voyageurs du Monde also caters to groups and corporate clients, offering tailored business trips and guided tours. The agency operates under various brands, including Voyageurs du Monde, Comptoir des Voyages, Terres d'Aventures, and Allibert, and is recognized as a leader in the fields of tailor-made and adventure travel in France.

SeaBeLife

Seed Round in 2020
SeaBeLife Biotech SAS is a biotechnology company based in Roscoff, France, established in 2019. The company focuses on developing innovative drug candidates aimed at treating acute pathologies, particularly acute liver and renal failure. SeaBeLife's products are derived from a family of patented molecules designed to block regulated necrosis, a type of regulated cell death. By targeting two synergistic pathways involved in various acute and chronic diseases, SeaBeLife aims to establish a new standard of care for patients with significant unmet medical needs. Through its research and development efforts, the company seeks to enhance patient outcomes and reduce complications associated with serious health conditions.

Wifirst

Private Equity Round in 2019
Wifirst is a telecom operator that offers a network capable of absorbing the spectacular rise in Internet usage. It also offers high value-added services and making WiFi the technical base for the digital transformation of its customers. It operates several hundred thousand intuitive, secure, high-performance connected spaces in Europe and Africas. It was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Younited

Series F in 2019
Younited SA is a financial technology company that operates an online platform designed to connect individual lenders with borrowers, facilitating financial transactions without the need for traditional financial intermediaries. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Paris, France, Younited aims to provide credit with full transparency, allowing borrowers to share their testimonials and experiences. The company, previously known as PRET d'UNION S.A. until its rebranding in March 2016, focuses on creating a streamlined and direct lending experience for its users.

Talentsoft

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2007, TalentSoft has rapidly established itself as a leader in the SaaS-based talent management sector, particularly in France. The company specializes in cloud-based talent management software, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance organizations' competency and talent strategies. TalentSoft has formed strategic alliances with key players in the information technology industry, which has contributed to its unique offerings and business growth. With a strong emphasis on partnerships, skilled teams, and innovative technology solutions, the company has garnered the trust of various financial, technology, and sales partners. TalentSoft's credibility is further underscored by its numerous awards and financial backing, enabling it to accelerate its international expansion. The company now operates across all continents, supported by a network of subsidiaries and affiliates in regions including Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe.

Kalray

Venture Round in 2018
Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris: ALKAL) is a leading provider of hardware and software technologies and solutions for high-performance, data-centric computing markets, from cloud to edge. Kalray provides a full range of products to enable smarter, more efficient, and energy-wise data-intensive applications and infrastructures. Its offerings include its unique patented DPU (Data Processing Unit) processors and acceleration cards as well as its leading-edge software-defined storage, and data management offers. Separated or in combination, Kalray’s high-performance solutions allow its customers to improve the efficiency of data centers or design the best solutions in fast-growing sectors such as AI, Media & Entertainment, Life Sciences, Scientific Research, Edge Computing, Automotive and others. Founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the well-known French CEA research lab, with corporate and financial investors such as Alliance Venture (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi), NXP Semiconductors or Bpifrance, Kalray is dedicated through technology, expertise, and passion to offer more: more for a smart world, more for the planet, more for customers and developers. www.kalrayinc.com

Neoxam

Private Equity Round in 2018
NeoXam provides asset management and capital market firms with cost-efficient, proven, and mission-critical solutions.

The Agent

Venture Round in 2018
The Agent is a digital platform that transforms the distribution of fashion brands by linking numerous European designer brands to e-retailers across 30 countries, including the USA, Australia, UK, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, and regions in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. By facilitating these connections, The Agent enhances the accessibility of high-quality fashion products to a wider audience, streamlining the process for both brands and retailers.

OpenAirlines

Debt Financing in 2018
OpenAirlines was founded in Toulouse, France, in 2006 to meet the needs of airlines to optimize their flight operations and reduce their costs. Leveraging a team of airline specialists and data scientists, it offers innovative software solutions to save fuel (SkyBreathe®), manage crews (CrewIntelligence™ and CrewPad™) and fleet (OptiFleet™). OpenAirlines has customers in Europe, Asia, Americas and Africa.

Younited

Series F in 2017
Younited SA is a financial technology company that operates an online platform designed to connect individual lenders with borrowers, facilitating financial transactions without the need for traditional financial intermediaries. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Paris, France, Younited aims to provide credit with full transparency, allowing borrowers to share their testimonials and experiences. The company, previously known as PRET d'UNION S.A. until its rebranding in March 2016, focuses on creating a streamlined and direct lending experience for its users.

Eversend

Grant in 2017
Eversend also provides multi-currency wallets and currency exchange and plans to offer personal loans, savings, group savings, merchant payments and investments in the future. Eversend will use the funds for product development, user acquisition, and regulatory compliance, while it also intends to expand its offering to Nigeria, Francophone Africa, and Europe. Some of the funds will remain in company accounts as working capital to beef up Eversend’s netting off reserves.

Vocalcom

Private Equity Round in 2014
Vocalcom was founded on the principle of a wonderful user experience, providing a contact center software based on an innovative design and useful functionality. More than 3,500 companies such as McDonald's, Disney, and ITV are using Vocalcom to sell more, and serve better. Loved by 550,000+ users for its beautifully crafted interface, Vocalcom is the leading global provider of cloud customer contact and sales acceleration technology, that enables both Sales and Service departments to unlock massive productivity gains and deliver a personalized customer service experience regardless of the channel - enabling simple and intuitive interaction with any customer. Whether your goal is to increase productivity through efficiency gains, drive successful mobile customer engagement, reduce operational costs, or deliver a faster customer service , Vocalcom offers an open contact center software that efficiently improve sales effectiveness and customer experiences, giving you a significant competitive advantage. Businesses that want to provide an effortless experience for customers who are using mobile devices for voice, text, social media, video and Web interactions gain significant advantage using Vocalcom contact center software. In contrast to conventional contact center software, you are freed from the ongoing expenses and headaches of running IT infrastructure. No other contact center software provides this kind of easy, efficient access to rich customer engagement capabilities. By offering consumers a wide range of options for connecting with your company, you create the opportunity for a differentiated and dramatically improved customer experience. A Stunning all-in-one contact center software that easily connect your team to everything, and automatically provides in real time full context, including elements such as customer history, app navigation flow, previous contacts, location, and preferences. PCI DSS-compliant, it comes with best-in-class multi-channel routing, rich customer interactions capabilities, a powerful dialer, and a complete set of customer engagement applications to manage faster and more efficiently customer interactions over mobile devices, and across every channel—and by so doing, boosts agent productivity and improves customer experiences, while powering successful & profitable customer interactions. Turn customer service into ROI, ASAP—No IT support needed Vocalcom, together with its subsidiaries, develops and markets call center software and voice over Internet protocol solutions to contact centers in Europe and internationally. It provides Hermes .Net, a call center software that allows the management of video calls and Web surfers; Hermes Eagle, a predictive dialer algorithm that is used to optimize outbound campaigns; live chat applications; IPBX OnXMedia, which include tools to improve customer service, streamline operations, and optimize human resources; and VoiceVision, a video call application that provides personalized visual communications solutions. The company also offers Natural Language, a speech recognition software that manages voice and chat dialogues with the capability of changing the language during the conversation; Hermes pro, a call center software solution for leveraging various communication channels; Hermes Fox, a predictive dialer Avaya solution developed to work together in an outbound call environment; and iRecoder, a call recording software. In addition, it provides consulting, installation, training, VRU and agent script development, and support and guidance services for its products. The company’s products are used in debt collection, telemarketing, sales force, live chat, and Web and home-based call center applications. VocalCom S.A. was founded in 1995 and is based in Paris, France. It has subsidiary locations in Martinique, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Colombia, Senegal, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Benn, Cameroun, and India.

Talend

Venture Round in 2013
Talend is a provider of cloud-based data integration and data management solutions, focusing on delivering reliable data to organizations swiftly. The company's platform enables the operationalization of disparate data, addressing complex business challenges by integrating data and applications in real time across big data, cloud environments, and traditional systems. This comprehensive suite of applications allows companies to collect, transform, govern, and share data effectively. By streamlining the data value chain, Talend helps organizations enhance their strategic decision-making processes and drive sustainable business value.

Talentsoft

Series B in 2013
Founded in 2007, TalentSoft has rapidly established itself as a leader in the SaaS-based talent management sector, particularly in France. The company specializes in cloud-based talent management software, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance organizations' competency and talent strategies. TalentSoft has formed strategic alliances with key players in the information technology industry, which has contributed to its unique offerings and business growth. With a strong emphasis on partnerships, skilled teams, and innovative technology solutions, the company has garnered the trust of various financial, technology, and sales partners. TalentSoft's credibility is further underscored by its numerous awards and financial backing, enabling it to accelerate its international expansion. The company now operates across all continents, supported by a network of subsidiaries and affiliates in regions including Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe.

Talentsoft

Venture Round in 2012
Founded in 2007, TalentSoft has rapidly established itself as a leader in the SaaS-based talent management sector, particularly in France. The company specializes in cloud-based talent management software, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance organizations' competency and talent strategies. TalentSoft has formed strategic alliances with key players in the information technology industry, which has contributed to its unique offerings and business growth. With a strong emphasis on partnerships, skilled teams, and innovative technology solutions, the company has garnered the trust of various financial, technology, and sales partners. TalentSoft's credibility is further underscored by its numerous awards and financial backing, enabling it to accelerate its international expansion. The company now operates across all continents, supported by a network of subsidiaries and affiliates in regions including Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe.
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