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

Denis Biju-Duval

MD of Mezzanine division

Stéphane Boivert

Associate

Pascal Bordat

Investment Director

Charles-Henri Boyer

Associate

Émilie Brunet

Investment Director and Portfolio Manager

Caroline Butin-Gelineau

Senior Investment Director

Nathalie Carmona

Associate

Yoann Caujolle

Portfolio Director

Jocelyne Cerasa

Investment Director

Nicolas Ceria

Associate

Ménelé Chesnot

Senior Investment Director

Maufras Du Chatellier, Elyssa

Investment Director

Samuel Dalens

Investment Director

Florent Debienne

Managing Director | Head of Technology Funds Investments

Christian Deblaye

Deputy MD

Grégoire Delpit

Portfolio Director

Luc Doyennel

Investment Director

Nicolas Dufourcq

CEO

Jean-Yves Duriez

Investment Director

Antoine Emmanuelli

Partnership Director

Francis Estellat

Senior Investment Director

Yannick Etienne

Investment Manager

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

Marie-Laure Garrigues

Investment 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

Jean-Michel Grau

Office and Institutional Relations MD

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

Benjamin Legourd

Investment Manager

Christian Leonetti

Investment Director

Olivier Levy

Director of East private equity Interregional Network

Martin Lochon

Associate

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

Marinus Oosterbeek

Associate

Alexandre Ossola

MD

Stanislas Panhard

Senior Investment Director

Nicolas Parpex

Senior Investment Director

Emeline Parry

Investment Manager

Sophie Perette

Portfolio Director Alsace Champagne-Ardenne Lorraine

Thibault Peroys

Investment Director

Dominique Phelouzat

Incharge of Administration and Finance, CFO

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

Nicolas Sluys

Associate

David Smadja

Investment Manager

Thierry Sommelet

MD

Vincent Stievenard

Investment Director and Director of North Private Equity Interregional Network

Jonathan Szalavecz

Associate

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

Luc Vernhet

Associate

Benoît Villain

Senior Investment Manager

Philippe Vuarchex

Associate

Stéphanie Vuillaume

Associate

Romain Vérani

Associate

Samuel Waddell

Associate

Tristan de Witte

Associate

Le Mintier Jonglez, Delphine

Investment Director

de Saint Lager, Benoist

Investment Director

Galamand Patard, Isabelle

Director

Past deals in ASIC

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.

Arianee

Series A in 2022
Arianee SA, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in providing digital certifications for products. The company has developed an Ethereum-compatible blockchain platform that modernizes the authentication process for branded products through a universal open-source protocol. This platform enables the recording of all elements involved in the creation and sale of products in an immutable ledger, ensuring that the data remains unalterable, deletable, or subject to shutdown. By doing so, Arianee facilitates collaboration among brands, owners, and third-party retailers, promoting a global standard for the digital certification of valuable items.

Alice & Bob

Series A in 2022
Alice & Bob is a Paris-based company founded in 2020 that specializes in the manufacture of universal, error-free quantum computers. The company's innovative technology features self-correcting superconducting quantum bits, which allow for fault-tolerant quantum computing. This capability enables the execution of any quantum algorithm, thereby assisting industries and researchers in addressing complex challenges across various fields. By focusing on developing advanced quantum computing solutions, Alice & Bob aims to facilitate breakthroughs in solving significant problems in quantum research and industry applications.

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.

Arianee

Seed Round in 2021
Arianee SA, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in providing digital certifications for products. The company has developed an Ethereum-compatible blockchain platform that modernizes the authentication process for branded products through a universal open-source protocol. This platform enables the recording of all elements involved in the creation and sale of products in an immutable ledger, ensuring that the data remains unalterable, deletable, or subject to shutdown. By doing so, Arianee facilitates collaboration among brands, owners, and third-party retailers, promoting a global standard for the digital certification of valuable items.

Antaios

Series A in 2020
Antaios develops innovative memory technology. Antaios is fully engaged in bringing the technology to the market to help chip manufacturers solve the critical issue of exploding power requests in advanced semiconductor systems.

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.

Massa

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a decentralized blockchain cryptocurrency ecosystem designed to tackle the trilemma of scalability, decentralization, and security. The company's platform offers crypto payments, smart contracts innovations, and designed coin distribution to give full control to the community and keep the database safe, enabling clients with the multithreaded technology.

ACINQ

Series A in 2019
ACINQ SAS develops the eclair software suite for bitcoin ecosystem. It also develops a payment wallet. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Paris, France.

Volta Medical

Debt Financing in 2019
Volta Medical is a start-up based in Marseille, France, that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software for interventional cardiology, particularly focusing on the treatment of atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Founded in 2016, the company has created AIFib, its first AI software that enhances the functionality of mapping catheters used in the analysis of electrograms and the treatment of arrhythmias. Volta Medical aims to provide innovative solutions that assist cardiologists during interventional procedures, embodying expertise in both interventional cardiology and intracardiac signal analysis. The company's commitment to advancing its technology and products is reflected in its efforts to recruit top talent and its recognition from the European Commission, which awarded its technology a "Seal of Excellence."

Cartesiam

Venture Round in 2018
Cartesiam SAS is a French company founded in 2016, specializing in artificial intelligence software for microcontrollers. Based in Toulon, the company has developed NanoEdge AI, a technology that enables machine learning and data analysis directly on microcontrollers, enhancing the intelligence of connected devices. Cartesiam focuses on making objects smarter and more intuitive, addressing key challenges such as energy efficiency, security, and ease of deployment. The team consists of a diverse group of professionals, including mathematicians, engineers, and data scientists, all dedicated to advancing the capabilities of microcontroller-based applications in various industries.

APIX Analytics

Series B in 2017
APIX Analytics is a nano-silicon based chemical analysis for industrial, environmental, and security applications. The company focuses on the development of miniaturized multigas analyzers systems based on integration on silicon of analytical chains such as sampling, injection of gases, separation of complex gas mixtures to improve specificity and detection, identification, and quantification of each mixture compound. APIX Analytics was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

ACCO Semiconductor

Series F in 2016
ACCO Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops CMOS wireless solutions. It offers various CMOS power amplifier products that support 2G/3G/4G cellular standards for portable mobile products, including mobile phones (smartphones and feature-phones), wireless tablets, MiFi routers, USB dongles, and other devices. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. It has facilities in Paris, France; and Sunnyvale, California.

Ledger

Grant in 2015
Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology. Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with 1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active on the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain based assets. Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France) and offices in San Francisco.

Cortus

Private Equity Round in 2011
Cortus (a founding platinum member of the RISC-V Foundation) works with its customers to provide intelligent processing and system on chip solutions according to their requirements. We draw on a wide range of in house IPs including analog circuits as well as both RISC-V and proprietary ISA 32 and 64 bit processors, system level IP, interconnect IP, coherent caches, compilers, RTOSes and embedded software which we use to provide complete HW, SW and system level solutions which give our customers significative competitive advantages in all kinds of application domain from Bank Cards to Automotive SoCs (sensor interfaces, image processing etc) to Space (Rad Hard for satellites). If you need something different to make you better than your competitors, then talk to us. We may well be able to come up with exactly what you need. We also have developed complete SoCs for different customers including one for IoT. This particular solution includes a medium range RF transceiver along with a powerful micro-controller, AES in hardware, as well as a a large embedded flash memory. Everything needed for a secure, low cost, low power (up to 10 years battery life from a button cell) solution suitable for a wide range of IoT applications in smart buildings including ESL in supermarkets and in car parks. Cortus IPs have been used in more than 6 billion devices.