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
Romain Fourcade
Investment Director
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
Bruno Villeneuve
Associate
Jean-Marie Fougeray
Senior Investment Director, Brittany
Past deals in Language Processing
ToumAI Analytics
Pre Seed Round in 2025
ToumAI Analytics is a software development company specializing in AI-based multilingual voice technology aimed at transforming customer service experiences. The company offers voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services, utilizing AI to comprehend customer behavior and gather feedback in seven African languages. By deploying multilingual voice bots, ToumAI Analytics enables businesses to provide efficient and inclusive services, ensuring that all customers receive support regardless of their language or ability.
Lingua Custodia
Grant in 2024
Lingua Custodia SAS is a Fintech company specializing in machine translation solutions tailored for the financial sector. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, the company initially focused on providing specialized machine translation services. It has since expanded its offerings to include a suite of Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, such as Speech-to-Text automation, document classification, and data extraction from unstructured documents. Lingua Custodia's platform supports various document types, including fund prospectuses, annual reports, and equity research, enabling financial professionals to streamline their translation processes. The company serves a diverse clientele, including investment houses, banks, and language service providers, delivering superior quality through advanced machine learning algorithms specifically designed for the financial domain. Its innovative technology has received recognition and awards within the industry, underscoring its commitment to enhancing translation efficiency for finance-related documents.
Locuta
Seed Round in 2023
Locuta specializes in developing callbot solutions that automate customer interactions through conversational AI. Their technology enables efficient handling of customer inquiries across multiple languages, utilizing advanced dialogue management based on machine learning. By analyzing production audio recordings, Locuta identifies the potential for automation within customer call centers, enhancing service efficiency. The company offers a range of virtual agents, including call bots, chatbots, and messaging bots, which seamlessly integrate with telephone platforms and customer relationship management systems. This allows these virtual agents to address customer questions, support requests, and manage operations within e-commerce environments, thereby improving the overall customer experience.
Snips
Series A in 2017
Snips is an artificial intelligence voice platform specializing in on-device voice recognition technology that prioritizes user privacy by processing voice data locally, without relying on cloud services. Founded in 2013 by three PhDs, the company provides enterprises and developers with offline conversational interfaces that enhance interactions with products. Its platform includes features such as hotword detection, speech recognition, natural language understanding, and dialog management, allowing businesses to tailor custom voice commands and gain insights into user context through data analysis. With a focus on low power consumption and compatibility with various hardware, Snips aims to simplify human-device communication and lead the embedded voice revolution. The company operates from offices in Paris, New York, and Tokyo.
English Attack
Series A in 2015
English Attack is a Web 2.0, entertainment-driven English language learning Entertainment Learning was created to bring leverage the power of digital entertainment to transform the way people learn. Its flagship service, English Attack! (www.english-attack.com) creates true innovation in the $35 billion market for English language learning via a 100% entertainment-driven approach to helping learners increase and enhance their exposure to, and use of, the language. It achieves this via interactive lessons based on clips from blockbuster movies, hit TV series, and television news reports; chart-topping music videos; professionally produced casual games; visual dictionaries; and a global social network of learners of English. Entertainment Learning was founded by experienced digital entertainment executives Paul Maglione and Frederic Tibout, who launched English Attack! commercially in 2012 after the service had won or been a finalist in several French and European startup competitions including Plugg Brussels, The Next Web Amsterdam, and Seedcamp Paris.
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