Alentis Therapeutics AG is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, focused on developing novel treatments for advanced liver diseases. Founded in 2019, the company aims to address conditions such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer, particularly targeting Claudin-1 positive tumors and organ fibrosis. Alentis employs a research platform that utilizes clinically relevant readouts and single-cell RNA sequencing of patient liver tissues, enabling the development of effective therapies to combat fibrosis and reverse the progression of these diseases. Through its innovative approach, Alentis Therapeutics seeks to improve outcomes for patients suffering from severe liver-related health issues.
Deepki SAS, founded in 2014 by Vincent Bryant and Emmanuel Blanchet, is a Paris-based company specializing in data analysis for energy efficiency. The firm focuses on identifying energy savings across numerous buildings simultaneously. By leveraging advanced data analytics, Deepki aims to optimize energy consumption and promote sustainable practices in the built environment.
Kayrros is a Paris-based company specializing in advanced data analytics for the global energy market. Founded in 2016, it provides valuable insights by integrating unstructured data, such as satellite imagery and social media, with traditional financial and technical data. Employing over 100 professionals from diverse backgrounds, Kayrros operates not only in Paris but also has offices in Houston, London, New York, and Singapore. The company focuses on delivering near real-time information that enhances investment decisions and promotes transparency in energy markets. Kayrros also addresses environmental concerns by offering a platform that helps assess climate impact and energy-transition risks, enabling governments, corporations, and investors to make informed decisions regarding their environmental strategies.
Alma SAS is a French company that operates a payment platform designed for online businesses. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the company offers a range of services that facilitate payment management, accounting exports, and data analysis for its clients. Alma’s platform provides a customer conversion solution that allows retailers to offer flexible payment options, including installment plans, cash payments, and loans. This approach aims to enhance the payment experience for consumers while supporting businesses in optimizing their sales processes.
Wandercraft SAS, founded in 2012 and based in Paris, France, specializes in the development of exoskeleton technology aimed at patients with mobility limitations due to spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular diseases, and strokes. The company's flagship product, Atalante, is a self-balancing, hands-free exoskeleton designed for rehabilitation in health centers, allowing users to walk without the need for crutches or additional technical aids. CE-marked in 2019, Atalante is sold to European rehabilitation hospitals to enhance gait re-learning treatments. Additionally, Wandercraft is working on a more compact exoskeleton for personal mobility in everyday life. The company integrates expertise in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and clinical applications, making it a pioneer in creating realistic, autonomous walking devices for individuals with walking impairments.
NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme designs, develops, industrializes, and commercializes products based on organized nanostructures to enable improvements in materials and devices dedicated to energy, transportation, and environment markets. The company offers multifunctional materials and energy storage devices. NAWATECHNOLOGIES, Société anonyme was founded in 2013 and is based in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Botify SAS is a company that specializes in providing data, tools, and diagnostics for search engine optimization (SEO) stakeholders. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in New York, London, and Seattle, Botify offers a comprehensive suite of applications designed to support various phases of the organic search process. Its products include Botify Analytics, a cloud-based crawler; Botify Log Analyzer, which analyzes web server logs; Botify Keywords for keyword research; Botify Studio for report generation; and Botify Data Station for data management. These tools enable SEO managers, content teams, and marketing executives to enhance digital assets for search engines and voice assistants. Botify serves a diverse clientele across sectors such as retail, travel, publishing, and digital agencies, providing actionable insights to improve SEO performance and drive traffic and revenue growth. The platform is often considered an advanced alternative to Google Search Console, offering a new standard in organic search analytics for enterprises.
OpenClassrooms is an online education platform based in Paris, France, founded in 2007. It offers a diverse catalog of over 1,000 courses, with a strong emphasis on career-oriented and certified programs. The platform attracts around 3 million users monthly, fostering a community of over 1 million members. OpenClassrooms is recognized for its pedagogical quality and innovative features, including on-demand course access, personalized mentoring, and the flexibility to learn at one's own pace. Additionally, the platform provides supplementary resources, such as eBooks and video downloads. OpenClassrooms also operates a Premium subscription model that grants unlimited access to courses for a monthly fee, enhancing the learning experience for its users.
Ornikar SAS is an online driving school based in Paris, France, founded in 2014. It provides an accessible platform for candidates to learn and practice traffic laws, aiming to simplify and reduce the cost of obtaining a driving license. With a network of state-qualified instructors, Ornikar offers mobile driving lessons at competitive prices. The company caters to the needs of current and future generations, focusing on making the learning experience more enjoyable and less expensive. As France's leading online driving school, Ornikar has attracted over 210,000 users, reflecting its commitment to modernizing driver education.
Virtuo Technologies SAS, founded in 2015 and based in Paris, France, specializes in a mobile application for car rental services. The company aims to revolutionize the car hire experience by making car ownership unnecessary and alleviating urban congestion. Users can effortlessly book and unlock vehicles without the need for queues or paperwork, utilizing a digital key through the app. Available in key cities across the UK, France, Spain, and Belgium, Virtuo offers a selection of premium vehicles, including models like the Mercedes A-Class and GLA, all equipped with modern features such as car play and navigation. The service includes insurance, roadside assistance, and generous mileage, while providing flexibility for users to modify or extend bookings easily. Cancellations can be made without penalty up to three hours before the rental begins, and additional drivers can be added at no extra cost.
Cubyn SAS is a logistics service provider based in Paris, France, founded in 2014. The company specializes in offering business-to-business (B2B) logistics solutions, including the collection, packaging, protection, labeling, weighing, and delivery of goods for its clients. By enabling e-retailers to manage their shipping needs efficiently, Cubyn allows businesses to access comprehensive logistics support without significant investment in infrastructure. The company facilitates the shipping of items to any destination worldwide, streamlining the logistics process for its customers.
Shippeo SAS, founded in 2014 and based in Paris, France, offers a platform designed for shippers and carriers to efficiently create and manage shipments. The platform centralizes user orders and provides real-time tracking of deliveries, enabling proactive communication with end customers. Shippeo's services enhance transportation visibility, helping supply chains improve customer service and operational efficiency. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries each month across Europe for prominent clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.
CorWave SA is a medical device company based in Clichy, France, specializing in the development and manufacture of heart-assist pumps. Founded in 2011, CorWave focuses on innovative technologies to improve patient outcomes in advanced heart failure. Its flagship product, the CorWave Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), employs a unique undulating disc wave pumping mechanism that mimics the natural pulsatile flow of the heart, significantly reducing trauma to the blood and minimizing complications such as clotting and bleeding. This technology contrasts with traditional continuous flow pumps, which lack significant pulsation. Additionally, the company offers Nemo, a minimally invasive cardiac pump designed for patients who are not candidates for LVADs, providing chronic, partial support. CorWave's devices are characterized by low power consumption and compact design, which may enable total implantability with wireless energy transfer systems.
Swile is a provider of digital solutions for employee rewards and benefits through a custom card and app. Swile is reinventing the corporate lunchtime experience with group ordering, couponing, and payment app. Swile is a new actor in the restaurant title.Their mission is simple: to make the lunch break a pleasant, simple and effective moment. Their offer is based on a meal voucher card to pay for lunch throughout France and an app that allows you to manage your card and have lunch as a team by getting discounts.They believe that the restaurant title should not be limited to just paying for a business lunch. It is especially an opportunity of conviviality and cohesion between colleagues! Created at the end of 2016 by Loïc Soubeyrand (founder of Teads, repurchased € 285m by Altice), Lunchr is supported by the Daphni fund with a first round of € 2.5m, and a second of € 11m in May 2018 (Idinvest fund). What gives us means up to their ambition: to become the leading service of the lunch break in Europe. To support their rapid growth, Lunchr onboard 40 new passionate and talented employees to join their great adventure this year.
iBanFirst is a financial services provider that offers a comprehensive platform for foreign exchange payments and transfers, catering specifically to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) globally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with additional offices in Paris, Dijon, and Antwerp, the company focuses on facilitating multicurrency transactions. iBanFirst’s platform provides real-time competitive exchange rates, currency market alerts, and organized accounting, ensuring transparency without hidden fees. By leveraging a secure API, it allows clients to efficiently manage international payments and pay beneficiaries in their local currencies, creating a streamlined payment experience that serves as a viable alternative to traditional banking solutions.
Dynacure is a clinical-stage drug development company focused on improving the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases.The Dynacure team leverages its proven track record in rare disease drug development to build a pipeline of novel drugs. Dynacure is developing DYN101, an investigational antisense medicine designed to modulate the expression of dynamin 2 for the treatment of Centronuclear Myopathies, with Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Dynacure is also building a complementary research portfolio targeting other orphan disorders.
Founded in 2009 and based in Lyon, France, Fab’entech is a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing and commercializing innovative passive immunotherapeutic solutions. The company focuses on specific polyclonal immunoglobulins [F(ab’)₂] aimed at treating emerging infectious diseases and certain drug intoxications. By utilizing highly purified fragments of horse-specific polyclonal immunoglobulins, Fab’entech provides healthcare institutions with effective therapeutic options for emergency situations. As a member of the LyonBiopôle cluster, the company contributes to advancements in medical technology and immunotherapy.
LumApps SAS offers a comprehensive intranet solution designed to integrate and streamline enterprise communications by consolidating various corporate resources into a single accessible platform. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tassin La Demi Lune, France, the company specializes in a turnkey intranet that incorporates social feeds, workspaces, and essential business applications, all while being fully compatible with major collaborative suites like Google G Suite and Microsoft Office 365. The platform features customizable design options, structured information, and tools for 360° internal communications, enabling targeted interactions among employees. By providing a central hub for personalized content and social communities, LumApps facilitates improved collaboration and efficiency, helping organizations of all sizes navigate their digital transformation and enhance workplace relationships. The company also maintains offices in several major cities, including San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo.
InterCloud SAS specializes in providing cloud computing connectivity services tailored for various platforms, including SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The company operates its own private global network, offering secure and efficient end-to-end links between organizations and their cloud service providers. One of its flagship services, CloudGate, facilitates private Ethernet connectivity, enabling clients to connect with application providers seamlessly. InterCloud also offers consulting services to assist businesses in migrating to the cloud and optimizing their existing cloud infrastructure. Its clientele includes major technology firms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Salesforce, among others. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in Madrid and London, InterCloud has established itself as a leader in Software-Defined Interconnectivity in Europe, helping organizations enhance their cloud connectivity while addressing security and compliance challenges.
Traxens SAS specializes in providing container monitoring devices and services for the multimodal container industry, both in France and internationally. The company offers a range of TRAX-BOX monitoring devices tailored for different container types, including the TRAX-BOX-S for general-purpose monitoring, the TRAX-BOX-G for gensets, and the TRAX-BOX-R for reefers. These devices transmit data in near real-time to the TRAX-HUB platform, which enables the monitoring of various assets such as containers, trailers, and trucks. Traxens also offers Data-as-a-Service, providing direct access to cargo and equipment status, along with Software-as-a-Service for complete operational applications. The company serves a diverse clientele, including container manufacturers, shipping lines, port authorities, customs agencies, freight forwarders, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Marseille, France, Traxens has expanded its reach with additional offices in China.
Paying employees has never been easier. PayFit allows SMEs to easily manage the pay and leave of their employees.
In 2015, the observation was simple: no employer was satisfied with the solutions used to manage the pay of its employees. No solution allowed a company to manage payroll quickly and without prior expertise. No solution answered automatically and securely to the French administrative complexity. There was no solution to centralize all the issues related to employee management on a single tool. No solution offered an intuitive and user-friendly interface for the employer but also for the employee.
Ynsect is a biotech company based in Evry, France, founded in 2011. It specializes in the production and processing of insects for use as sustainable feed in aquaculture and poultry farming. The company utilizes innovative vertical farming techniques to convert organic resources into high-quality insect-based nutrients, including proteins and lipids, which are essential for animal nutrition. In addition to feed applications, Ynsect processes insects into non-food products such as organic fertilizers and bioenergy. By automating its production processes and focusing on large-scale insect farming, Ynsect aims to provide premium organic alternatives that support the agricultural and environmental sectors. Its expertise has made it a valuable partner for agri-food professionals, laboratories, investors, and insect industry farmers.
LimFlow is a developer of innovative peripheral endovascular technology aimed at treating end-stage chronic limb ischemia (CLI) patients. The LimFlow System uses a novel, ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedure to divert blood around diseased arteries into the tibial vein, effectively supplying oxygenated blood to the ischemic foot. This approach offers new hope to patients who have exhausted other revascularization options. By restoring blood flow, the system alleviates ischemic pain, promotes wound healing, reduces the risk of amputations, and helps restore mobility. Currently, the LimFlow System is approved for sale in markets regulated by the CE Mark, while in the United States, it remains an investigational device limited to research use.
Aledia SA develops and manufactures light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The company offers microwire LED chips based on a 3D architecture using gallium-nitride-on-silicon microwires. It provides its products for general lighting, automotive, and display applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Grenoble, France with subsidiaries in Malacca, Malaysia; and Palo Alto, California.
iAdvize is the leading conversational commerce platform in Europe and is used in 40 different countries. Their platform enables businesses to engage their customers and prospects, whether they’re on the website or on social media, from one chat, voice and video messaging solution. Visitors can get real-time advice from customer service associates but also from advocates, members of the brand community via ibbü – their on-demand pool of experts. Each conversation handled by one of ibbü’s savvy enthusiasts generates £119 of business on average, compared to £91 by internal customer service agents – generating £58 ROI for every £1 invested.
ManoMano is an online marketplace specializing in DIY, home improvement, and gardening products. It serves as a platform for a community of enthusiasts who can share tips and advice related to their projects. The marketplace connects customers directly with a network of merchants, offering a wide range of products at competitive prices. By leveraging a data-driven approach, ManoMano aims to facilitate various gardening and home improvement endeavors, ensuring that users have access to the tools and resources they need to complete their projects effectively.
EasyRecrue is a leading European company specializing in video pre-screening for recruitment, established in 2013. With over 400 clients, including prominent brands like Dassault Aviation and Louis Vuitton, the company employs around 60 people across five countries. EasyRecrue offers a software-as-a-service platform that streamlines the recruitment process by replacing traditional telephone pre-screening with pre-recorded video interviews. This approach allows human resources professionals to enhance their efficiency and broaden their talent pool, ensuring that promising candidates are not overlooked. The platform enables companies to assess applicants asynchronously, optimizing the time spent on pre-screening while focusing on the candidates' personality traits, ambition, and motivation. By integrating this innovative method into their recruitment strategies, organizations can improve the overall quality of their hiring processes.
Doctolib is an online booking platform and management software provider based in Paris, France, that serves the healthcare sector across Europe. Established in 2013, the platform connects patients with healthcare practitioners, facilitating the scheduling of appointments with ease. With 25 million monthly visitors, it supports 65,000 health practitioners in over 1,300 facilities, offering a comprehensive service that enhances appointment management, reduces no-show rates, and attracts new patients. For patients, Doctolib provides a free service that allows them to find nearby doctors or dentists and book appointments 24/7 in just a few clicks. The platform aims to streamline access to healthcare services for both practitioners and patients, improving overall efficiency in the healthcare system.
Devialet SAS is an audio technology company based in Paris, France, founded in 2007. It specializes in hybrid amplification technology that combines analog and digital elements to enhance audio devices. The company offers a range of products, including wireless earbuds, speakers, and amplifiers, as well as solutions for vinyl playback. Devialet aims to make its audio technology universally accessible and has developed products such as the Gemini wireless earbuds. Its offerings are available for purchase online and through various dealers and retail locations both in France and internationally.
Evaneos — founded by Eric La Bonnardière (CEO) and Yvan Wibaux (CTO) — provides an online platform to help travellers design, estimate the cost, and book a personalised trip by connecting them with local agents in each destination country, who then offer advice and assistance. These local agents are tourism professionals, also known as Destination Management Companies, who traditionally provide services to major tour operators. .
Geolid is a web advertising platform aimed at supporting local businesses in France by enhancing their communication practices. The company provides tools for geolocalized advertising and search optimization, allowing major brands to digitize their networks and maintain a consistent online presence. This approach enables franchisees and small businesses to efficiently engage with their customers through a unified platform, ultimately boosting local business visibility and effectiveness. Geolid focuses on transforming how businesses communicate with consumers, ensuring that they can effectively reach their target audience in a competitive digital landscape.
Biom'Up S.A. is a French company based in Saint-Priest that specializes in the development and commercialization of hemostatic products utilizing patented biopolymers and collagen technology. Established in 2005, Biom'Up designs, manufactures, and sells innovative medical devices that enhance surgical practices across various specialties, including orthopedic, spinal, cardiac, general, maxillofacial, and laparoscopic surgeries. Their flagship products, HEMOBLAST bellows and associated laparoscopic applicators, aim to simplify surgical procedures and improve patient outcomes by facilitating guided regeneration of soft tissues and bone. The company markets its offerings primarily in Europe and the United States.
Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from different sensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.
Delfmems SAS develops, manufactures, and licenses radio-frequency micro-electro-mechanical-systems switching technology for small-signal switching applications. It offers stand-alone single pole double throw radio frequency switches for automatic test equipment and instrumentation, mobile, telecom infrastructure, military, and space applications. The company's technology also allows developing digital and variable capacitors. Delfmems SAS was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
Sigfox is the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company has built a global network to connect billions of devices to the Internet while consuming as little energy as possible, as simply as possible. Sigfox’s unique approach to device-to-cloud communications addresses the three greatest barriers to global IoT adoption: cost, energy consumption, and global scalability. Today, the network is present in 26 countries and on track to cover 60 by 2018 – covering a population of 397 million people. With millions of objects connected and a rapidly growing partner ecosystem, Sigfox empowers companies to create new innovations on the IoT. Founded in 2010 by Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet, the company is headquartered in Labège near Toulouse, France’s “IoT Valley”. Sigfox also has offices in Paris, Madrid, Munich, Boston, San Francisco, Dubai and Singapore.
Mister Auto sells automobile parts and accessories online to buyers in France.
Vestiaire Collective is a social commerce platform that specializes in the resale of luxury and designer fashion items. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Paris, the company connects a global community of over 7.5 million members across 50 countries, facilitating the buying and selling of pre-owned fashion products. Each week, more than 30,000 new items are added by sellers, providing buyers with access to thousands of curated luxury pieces daily. The platform features a diverse range of verified vintage and designer clothing, jewelry, accessories, and footwear, ensuring a trusted and sustainable shopping experience. In addition to its Paris headquarters, Vestiaire Collective operates offices in major cities such as London, New York, Milan, Berlin, and Hong Kong.
Scality, Inc. specializes in software-defined storage solutions designed for active archives, content distribution, cloud services, and enterprise environments. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Scality's flagship product, RING, enables users to scale storage to petabytes while ensuring high performance and data protection. The RING architecture supports billions of files and delivers 100% availability, making it suitable for large-scale applications. It integrates seamlessly with various standard storage protocols, including NFS and S3. Scality's customer base includes major players in the media and telecommunications sectors, including some of the largest cable operators and mobile operators in the US, Europe, and Japan. Additionally, Scality offers the HALO Cloud Monitor, a comprehensive monitoring solution for its storage platform, enhancing operational efficiency and reliability.
Bonitasoft, based in Grenoble, France, specializes in open source business process management (BPM) solutions. Its flagship product, the Bonita platform, facilitates the design, development, execution, and monitoring of business processes, offering tools such as Bonita Studio for graphical process design and the Bonita Execution Engine for integrating services and BPM standards. The platform supports digital operations and IT modernization by enabling automation and optimization of business processes, while also allowing for low-code application development and robotic automation. Bonitasoft provides a cloud-enabled version of its BPM solution, known as BonitaCloud, which offers flexibility for developers to build and run applications in diverse environments. The company caters to a variety of corporate functions, including human resources, finance, quality management, and IT management. Its clientele spans multiple industries, including education, energy, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications. In addition to software solutions, Bonitasoft offers comprehensive support services, including training, consulting, and implementation assistance.
Founded in 1990, GEOCONCEPT Group is a company specializing in the design and implementation of cartographic optimization technologies for professional use. With its own proprietary Geographical Information System (GIS), the GEOCONCEPT Group now ranks among the world leaders in cartographical information and optimization applications for corporations and public organizations. Always at the cutting-edge, the GEOCONCEPT Group is the only “designer” of innovative solutions aiming to transform companies’ and organizations’ efficiency. By combining geographical information with optimization tools, the GEOCONCEPT Group invented "geo-optimization"; optimizing activities by intelligently integrating geographical information with systems. Our geographical optimization applications apply to areas as diverse as geomarketing, territory management, crisis management and mobile workforce management.
Domain Therapeutics SA is a biopharmaceutical company based in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France, focused on the discovery and early development of therapeutic drugs targeting G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs), which are key drug targets in various diseases. The company specializes in developing treatments for Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders and cancer. Utilizing its proprietary DTect-All technology, Domain Therapeutics identifies both orthosteric and allosteric ligands, including Silent Allosteric Modulators (SAMs), which are not discoverable through conventional methods. This innovative approach allows the company to address challenging GPCRs, including orphan and peptidic receptors. Founded in 2001, the company was previously known as Faust Pharmaceuticals SA before rebranding in December 2008.