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 Pre-Seed Round

Kumulus Water

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kumulus machines create drinking water from solar power and air by imitating the dew phenomenon in the water creation process and adding elements such as multiple embedded systems/predictive algorithms to allow for the machines to be “smarter” and controllable remotely from anywhere in the world.

Istya

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Istya develops solutions to monitor, predict and manage indoor air quality. Our solutions have also been designed to help reduce the energy cost of ventilation systems and limit the risk of spreading viruses by air. Istya was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Ile-de-France, France.

Konect

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Konect is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to serve the gaming community by enabling users to create personalized websites. The platform allows gaming enthusiasts to build their online profiles, connect with other gamers, and discover opportunities. Users can centralize all their online content, making it easy to share with their community. This streamlined approach not only fosters connections among gamers but also simplifies the process of sharing content and engaging with a wider audience.

Kubo Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
94 % of organizations have experienced a serious security issue in the last 12 months and cluster misconfiguration is the leading cause ("Kubernetes adoption, security, and market trends report" by Redhat, July 2021). For 68% of the organizations, Kubernetes-related bills are going up ("FinOps for Kubernetes", CNCF report, June 2021). With Kubo Labs, we make sure that won't happen thanks to a series of products that embedded best-practices.

Dfns

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Xkey builds pure SaaS technology for digital asset security. We provide safe, cloud-native custody as a service that helps financial institutions—from startups to Tier-1 banks—transition to digital assets. It's a plug-and-play API allowing to add new assets to a portfolio and scale safely on a TSS-based institution-grade security infrastructure. Instead of using expensive, high maintenance, monolithic systems, we give access to a platform that gives our clients the freedom to release new products in days, while lowering total cost of ownership. Best-in-class, cryptographic security powered by a network of world-known Tier-1 custody banks. Plug-and-play, composable service flexibility. Continuous delivery, fast to deploy and integrate. Open API, fully-documented self-service environment. Asset agnostic support. ISO certified & compliant. Non-binding, transparent pricing. Global, agile and built for speed.

Honing Biosciences

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Honing Biosciences SAS, a bio-therapeutics company, develops and improves cell-based therapies to treat cancer and other chronic diseases. It offers molecular CellTuneTM technology that allows to develop new classes of tunable cell therapeutics to control the dynamic delivery of proteins in patients. The company offers therapies, such as CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T) cells therapy to kill cancer cells and Checkpoint inhibitors, a technology allowing to select small antibodies (nanobodies) based on proprietary scaffold, which they can deliver intracellularly. Its technology regulates protein expression at the cell surface or secretion of enzymes, cytokines, antibodies, and adapting the delivery of therapeutic proteins to clinical evolutions. Honing Biosciences SAS was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Paris, France.

Bump.sh

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bump is the first API contract management platform that helps documenting and tracking APIs: we intelligently identify what changes in APIs structure, and keep developers up to date. We help companies organizing their (micro)services ecosystem and keeps their dev teams synchronized. It integrates seamlessly into any workflow, in minutes. Developers will never miss an API change again.

Nyctale

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Nyctale SAS designs and develops analytics tools to analyze the usages, measure the value, and control the money flows on new transactional networks. The company develops big data / AI solutions to monitor distributed ledger technologies and to analyze token usage and operates as an indicator. It offers risk assessment, beta-test on product development, and investment strategies. Also, the company engages in the rationalization of the token-economy and provides blockchain monitoring and business intelligence solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Paris, France.

Myre

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Myre SAS operates an online platform focused on real estate asset management, enabling users to manage their properties through real-time data. Founded in 2016 and based in Asnières sur Seine, France, the company provides tools that assist asset managers in overseeing financial and legal data throughout the asset lifecycle. Myre's platform simplifies real estate management by updating information on rental income, vacancies, and associated costs, allowing users to make informed decisions regarding financing, leasing, and sales. With a focus on enhancing efficiency, Myre aims to support real estate professionals by streamlining routine tasks and improving portfolio performance through advanced data management and analytical capabilities.