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
Investment Drector - Large Venture
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 Managing Director
Jean-Marie Fougeray
Senior Investment Director, Brittany
Past deals in Cargo
Towt
Venture Round in 2024
Towt is a shipping company that provides a practical and alternative solution for shipping. It's mission is to decarbonize the shipping industry using wind drilling for cleaner, less hydrocarbon-dependent transport.
EasyShipping
Debt Financing in 2023
EasyShipping is a freight company that provides an application to revitalize and optimize this type of service by connecting shippers and freight carriers without using traditional road chartering circuits.
Cubyn
Series D in 2023
Cubyn is an on-demand logistics platform that provides fulfillment services specifically designed for e-retailers. The company facilitates the collection of customers' goods from their locations, packages them, and ships them to destinations worldwide. By offering a seamless solution that integrates with multiple sales channels, Cubyn enables businesses to streamline their delivery processes, ultimately saving time and reducing costs. This service allows e-retailers to leverage logistics capabilities similar to those of larger companies, such as Amazon, without the need for significant infrastructure or obligations.
Flying Whales
Venture Round in 2022
Flying Whales is a French company founded in 2012, based in Suresnes, specializing in the development of large-capacity airships for the transport of heavy and oversized cargo. The company focuses on creating helium-filled, rigid-structure airships that can efficiently load and unload substantial freight from a stationary position. Utilizing small amounts of diesel and electric engines, Flying Whales aims to provide innovative solutions for transportation, logistics, and freight sectors facing infrastructure challenges. By enhancing freight transportation capabilities, the company helps clients reduce operating costs while minimizing environmental impact, effectively connecting land-locked regions to the global economy.
Shipfix
Series A in 2022
Shipfix is a collaborative workflow and data platform tailored for the maritime and trade sectors, utilizing advanced AI tools to enhance efficiency. The platform focuses on streamlining maritime workflows and providing market and operational intelligence specifically for shipowners, commodity traders, industrials, freight forwarders, and shipbrokers. By facilitating the sharing of offers, leads, contacts, and business opportunities, Shipfix enables teams to manage their daily communications more effectively, transforming overwhelming email volumes into a clear and searchable market overview. This approach allows maritime and trade professionals to make informed decisions and operate more swiftly, ultimately driving chartering and operational efficiency within the industry.
Cubyn
Series C in 2021
Cubyn is an on-demand logistics platform that provides fulfillment services specifically designed for e-retailers. The company facilitates the collection of customers' goods from their locations, packages them, and ships them to destinations worldwide. By offering a seamless solution that integrates with multiple sales channels, Cubyn enables businesses to streamline their delivery processes, ultimately saving time and reducing costs. This service allows e-retailers to leverage logistics capabilities similar to those of larger companies, such as Amazon, without the need for significant infrastructure or obligations.
Shipfix
Seed Round in 2019
Shipfix is a collaborative workflow and data platform tailored for the maritime and trade sectors, utilizing advanced AI tools to enhance efficiency. The platform focuses on streamlining maritime workflows and providing market and operational intelligence specifically for shipowners, commodity traders, industrials, freight forwarders, and shipbrokers. By facilitating the sharing of offers, leads, contacts, and business opportunities, Shipfix enables teams to manage their daily communications more effectively, transforming overwhelming email volumes into a clear and searchable market overview. This approach allows maritime and trade professionals to make informed decisions and operate more swiftly, ultimately driving chartering and operational efficiency within the industry.
Cubyn
Series B in 2019
Cubyn is an on-demand logistics platform that provides fulfillment services specifically designed for e-retailers. The company facilitates the collection of customers' goods from their locations, packages them, and ships them to destinations worldwide. By offering a seamless solution that integrates with multiple sales channels, Cubyn enables businesses to streamline their delivery processes, ultimately saving time and reducing costs. This service allows e-retailers to leverage logistics capabilities similar to those of larger companies, such as Amazon, without the need for significant infrastructure or obligations.
OVRSEA
Seed Round in 2019
OVRSEA is a digital freight forwarder using cutting-edge technologies to provide a transparent and reliable service in global trade. The company provides its clients with industry expertise and high end-to-end visibility to meet their needs across all transport stages, from loading to customs declarations, on the sea, air, road, and rail. It allows benefiting from negotiated rates and guaranteed capacity every week by relying on its network and negotiating exceptional sea and air allocations. OVRSEA organizes international freight transports and provides with simplicity, reliability, and transparency through technology and dedicated teams.
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