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 NFC

NAWA Technologies

Series C in 2022
NAWA Technologies focuses on developing innovative energy solutions through its Ultra Fast Carbon Battery Technology, which utilizes carbon as a primary material due to its abundance and accessibility. Established in April 2013, the company is dedicated to enhancing energy conversion, storage, and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts through sustainable manufacturing processes. With over 15 years of research and development in nanomaterials, NAWA Technologies has built a pilot production line and employs a team of 24 professionals. Its products, including advanced ultracapacitors and battery electrodes, are designed to facilitate the integration of renewable energy into smart grids, promoting efficient electricity storage and reducing carbon emissions associated with fossil fuel usage.

Nyctale

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Nyctale develops blockchain analytics tools to provide Business Intelligence services to entrepreneurs to assess their performance and due diligence solutions to public and private financial institutions.

NAWA Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
NAWA Technologies focuses on developing innovative energy solutions through its Ultra Fast Carbon Battery Technology, which utilizes carbon as a primary material due to its abundance and accessibility. Established in April 2013, the company is dedicated to enhancing energy conversion, storage, and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts through sustainable manufacturing processes. With over 15 years of research and development in nanomaterials, NAWA Technologies has built a pilot production line and employs a team of 24 professionals. Its products, including advanced ultracapacitors and battery electrodes, are designed to facilitate the integration of renewable energy into smart grids, promoting efficient electricity storage and reducing carbon emissions associated with fossil fuel usage.

ffly4u

Venture Round in 2018
ffly4u is a low frequency european locating service for reusable assets based on a new low cost technology. ffly4u is on the European leaders of embedded information on B2B mobile assets. ffly4u solution consists of 3 independent pilars: a device to fix to the mobile asset, a LPWAN connectivity (wireless and low speed) as SIGFOX and LoRa for data transmission and a platform-data powered by ThingWorx (PTC) for data recovery.

FutBak

Venture Round in 2018
FutBak is to provide an innovative physical and technical tracking tool for the amateur athlete.

Famoco

Series B in 2017
Famoco provides a secure ecosystem allowing organizations to deploy their business applications quickly and seamlessly. Famoco designs corporate-owned devices with zero-street-value, based on a privacy-oriented Android OS for Enterprise, remotely manageable from one SaaS platform. It facilitates the application deployments and secures data capture for mobile payments, public transport, and identity verification (KYC) and mobile workforce management. Organizations can configure device profiles, push apps, track their location and add custom branding from a Famoco MDM. Today, Famoco is expanding worldwide and has deployed more than 250,000 devices in over 35 countries.

Fenotek

Venture Round in 2017
Fenotek develops a smart doorbell that facilitate video communication tools. Its customers are able to monitor actions and connect with their visitors through video conversations. Furthermore, it also facilitates video recording and features an alarm, motion sensor, video monitoring, solar panel, and more. Fenotek offers a mobile application that enables its customers to get notifications about activities in their house and activate pre-defined scenarios such as turning on lights, opening the door, opening blinds, and more. Fenotek was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Meyreuil, France.

SIGFOX

Series E in 2016
Sigfox is a leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), specializing in low-power wide-area networking services. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Labège, France, the company has developed a global network designed to connect billions of devices to the Internet while minimizing energy consumption and complexity. By addressing key barriers to IoT adoption—cost, energy use, and scalability—Sigfox supports various industries, including supply chain and logistics, manufacturing, utilities, insurance, and agriculture. Its cloud-based platform simplifies device-to-cloud communications, allowing clients to benefit from efficient connectivity solutions. As of now, Sigfox's network spans 26 countries, with plans for expansion to 60 countries, serving a population of approximately 397 million people and fostering a growing ecosystem of partners and innovations in the IoT space.

Netatmo

Series B in 2015
Netatmo is a revolutionary smart home company, developing groundbreaking, intuitive and beautifully-designed connected consumer electronics. Truly smart, Netatmo’s innovative products provide a seamless experience that helps users create a safer, healthier and more comfortable home. Netatmo carefully designs the mechanics, electronics and embedded software of all its products to the highest standards. Netatmo also creates the mobile and web applications that fully realise their potential. Since 2012 Netatmo has released four devices, all of them infused with intelligence and delivering state-of-the-art features: • The Netatmo Weather Station for Smartphone allows users to keep track of what is happening in their indoor and outdoor environments in more than 170 countries. It is the world’s largest collaborative weather station network. • The Netatmo Thermostat for Smartphone, designed by Philippe Starck, allows users to control their heating remotely from a smartphone. With analysis of their daily routine, the Thermostat for Smartphone allows users to save 37% on energy heat their home. • Welcome, the indoor security camera with face recognition technology, puts names to the faces it sees. The camera notifies the user exactly who’s at home, their loved ones or a stranger. • Presence, Netatmo’s outdoor security camera, detects and reports on people, cars and animals. The camera understands what it sees and lets the user know exactly what is happening outside his home. Netatmo is a key player in the smart home industry, with products available through various distribution networks worldwide, from both major retailers and BtoB channels. In November 2015 Netatmo completed a series B funding round of €30 million. The company previously raised €4.5 million in 2013.

Famoco

Series A in 2015
Famoco provides a secure ecosystem allowing organizations to deploy their business applications quickly and seamlessly. Famoco designs corporate-owned devices with zero-street-value, based on a privacy-oriented Android OS for Enterprise, remotely manageable from one SaaS platform. It facilitates the application deployments and secures data capture for mobile payments, public transport, and identity verification (KYC) and mobile workforce management. Organizations can configure device profiles, push apps, track their location and add custom branding from a Famoco MDM. Today, Famoco is expanding worldwide and has deployed more than 250,000 devices in over 35 countries.

SIGFOX

Series D in 2015
Sigfox is a leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), specializing in low-power wide-area networking services. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Labège, France, the company has developed a global network designed to connect billions of devices to the Internet while minimizing energy consumption and complexity. By addressing key barriers to IoT adoption—cost, energy use, and scalability—Sigfox supports various industries, including supply chain and logistics, manufacturing, utilities, insurance, and agriculture. Its cloud-based platform simplifies device-to-cloud communications, allowing clients to benefit from efficient connectivity solutions. As of now, Sigfox's network spans 26 countries, with plans for expansion to 60 countries, serving a population of approximately 397 million people and fostering a growing ecosystem of partners and innovations in the IoT space.

Finsecur

Venture Round in 2014
Established in 2000, is an independent FINSECUR French high-tech company which is dedicated to the design, manufacture, and maintenance of fire safety systems. Finsecur was chosen to receive the BPI label Excellence , which integrates into a network of innovative French companies and growth.

SIGFOX

Series C in 2014
Sigfox is a leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), specializing in low-power wide-area networking services. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Labège, France, the company has developed a global network designed to connect billions of devices to the Internet while minimizing energy consumption and complexity. By addressing key barriers to IoT adoption—cost, energy use, and scalability—Sigfox supports various industries, including supply chain and logistics, manufacturing, utilities, insurance, and agriculture. Its cloud-based platform simplifies device-to-cloud communications, allowing clients to benefit from efficient connectivity solutions. As of now, Sigfox's network spans 26 countries, with plans for expansion to 60 countries, serving a population of approximately 397 million people and fostering a growing ecosystem of partners and innovations in the IoT space.

Netatmo

Series A in 2013
Netatmo is a revolutionary smart home company, developing groundbreaking, intuitive and beautifully-designed connected consumer electronics. Truly smart, Netatmo’s innovative products provide a seamless experience that helps users create a safer, healthier and more comfortable home. Netatmo carefully designs the mechanics, electronics and embedded software of all its products to the highest standards. Netatmo also creates the mobile and web applications that fully realise their potential. Since 2012 Netatmo has released four devices, all of them infused with intelligence and delivering state-of-the-art features: • The Netatmo Weather Station for Smartphone allows users to keep track of what is happening in their indoor and outdoor environments in more than 170 countries. It is the world’s largest collaborative weather station network. • The Netatmo Thermostat for Smartphone, designed by Philippe Starck, allows users to control their heating remotely from a smartphone. With analysis of their daily routine, the Thermostat for Smartphone allows users to save 37% on energy heat their home. • Welcome, the indoor security camera with face recognition technology, puts names to the faces it sees. The camera notifies the user exactly who’s at home, their loved ones or a stranger. • Presence, Netatmo’s outdoor security camera, detects and reports on people, cars and animals. The camera understands what it sees and lets the user know exactly what is happening outside his home. Netatmo is a key player in the smart home industry, with products available through various distribution networks worldwide, from both major retailers and BtoB channels. In November 2015 Netatmo completed a series B funding round of €30 million. The company previously raised €4.5 million in 2013.
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