Demeter Partners, established in 2005, is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments that drive the ecological transition. It focuses on seed, growth, and infrastructure capital, primarily in Europe, with a significant portion in France. The firm invests in companies across various sectors, including eco-industries, eco-energies, green technology, business services, IT services, and cleantech infrastructure. Its investment size typically ranges from €0.5 million to €30 million, with a preference for minority stakes and board seats in portfolio companies. Demeter Partners aims to support innovative startups, high-growth SMEs, and infrastructure projects, often in syndication with other funds.
Partner, Co-Chief Financial and Chief Operations Officer
Jean Charles Scatena
Investment Director, Partner
Holger Schragmann
Partner
Louis Truchon-Bartes
Investment Manager
Olivier Usureau
Partner
Stéphane Villecroze
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Celine Charvin
Investment Director
Past deals in AgTech
AISPRID
Series A in 2025
AISPRID is a robotic company that manufactures autonomous robots for soft fruit picking.
Kapsera
Series A in 2024
Kapsera SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in the manufacture of microbials-based biofertilizers and biopesticides. The company utilizes advanced biosourced and biodegradable formulation technologies, including microfluidics encapsulation, to produce monodisperse alginate capsules that are compatible with both farming equipment and various microorganisms. These microcapsules allow for the effective formulation and active release of beneficial microorganisms in agricultural settings, thus enhancing soil health and promoting sustainability. By bridging the gap between sustainability and productivity, Kapsera aims to support farmers in protecting agriculture, nurturing biodiversity, and improving overall agricultural practices.
Aptimiz
Series A in 2023
Aptimiz develops a mobile application designed to enhance the productivity and income of farmers by tracking their working time and efficiency. The platform allows users to measure, analyze, and optimize their working hours in agriculture. By connecting mobile devices to a web interface, farmers can access and review their data in real time, enabling informed decision-making to improve their overall operations and livelihoods.
Chouette
Venture Round in 2023
Chouette is a start-up focused on vine analysis, providing a vineyard monitoring tool tailored for winegrowers. The company has developed patented technology that includes an automated drone equipped with high-precision sensors and advanced image processing algorithms. This technology is designed to address challenges specific to wine-growing environments. Additionally, Chouette's agricultural artificial intelligence enhances the drone's autonomous capabilities, enabling it to analyze and detect disease symptoms in crops. This innovative approach aims to improve agricultural monitoring and assist clients in better managing their vineyards.
Hyperplan
Seed Round in 2023
Hyperplan is a SaaS company focused on supporting industrial sectors in managing the increasing volatility of crop production. It offers a real-time software platform for crop and harvest management applicable to all types of crops. The software suite facilitates informed and swift decision-making throughout the agri-food chain by providing tools for data management, collaboration, and advanced statistical analysis. This enables users to centralize and visualize business data, utilize algorithms for advanced statistics, and perform stochastic optimization. Ultimately, Hyperplan's platform helps farmers, vendors, and industrialists measure, control, and reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains, while enhancing operational resilience against uncertainties and hazards.
Naïo Technologies
Series B in 2022
Naïo Technologies SAS, founded in 2011 and based in Ramonville Saint Agne, France, specializes in designing and developing electric tools for agriculture and viticulture. The company focuses on creating robots that assist in mechanical weeding, hoeing, and harvesting, thereby improving farming efficiency and reducing reliance on chemical pesticides and herbicides. Through its innovative solutions, Naïo Technologies aims to help farmers optimize their workloads, enhance profitability, and minimize environmental impact. The firm’s commitment to integrating advanced technologies in agriculture highlights its role in promoting sustainable farming practices.
Trapview
Series B in 2022
Trapview's vision is to create innovative solutions and services that help growers grow healthier food while protecting the environment. Trapview leverages AI to monitor pests and predict outbreaks, empowering farmers to reduce insecticide use, lower food chemical residues, cut production costs, and decrease CO2 emissions from crop protection, fostering sustainable farming practices.
Crop.Zone
Series A in 2022
Crop.Zone is a company based in Aachen, Germany, established in 2020, that specializes in providing chemistry-free tools for weed control and harvest preparation. The company's patented solutions aim to significantly reduce reliance on synthetic herbicides, offering farmers a competitive alternative for effective weed management. By focusing on integrated weed management services, Crop.Zone combines expertise in organic and digital farming to help clients address current and future agricultural challenges. The company's approach not only enhances yield optimization and farm profitability but also aligns with sustainability goals in the farming industry.
Telaqua
Seed Round in 2022
Telaqua is a developer of an innovative irrigation technology platform focused on optimizing water consumption in agricultural practices. The platform utilizes advanced technologies to enhance water management by transmitting operational data, assessing the health of irrigation installations, and efficiently managing irrigation schedules. By detecting anomalies, the system enables farmers to ensure that each plant receives the appropriate amount of water tailored to specific sectors or crop types. This approach not only conserves water but also streamlines the irrigation process, ultimately saving time and resources for farmers.
Sencrop
Series B in 2022
Sencrop is an agri-tech company that provides a data-driven platform for farmers, offering connected weather forecast solutions. Their robust, affordable, and easy-to-use sensors measure rain, humidity, and wind speed, enabling real-time farm monitoring and data-driven decision-making in agriculture. This helps farmers optimize their activities, enhance sustainability, and save time.
AISPRID
Venture Round in 2021
AISPRID is a robotic company that manufactures autonomous robots for soft fruit picking.
Jungle France
Series A in 2021
Jungle France is an AgTech company that engages in vertical farming and hydroponics. Jungle vertical farms are part of the sustainable solutions to modern agriculture's challenges by combining plant biology and technology. Jungle offers locally grown, pesticide-free plants at an affordable price all year round.
Jungle France
Seed Round in 2021
Jungle France is an AgTech company that engages in vertical farming and hydroponics. Jungle vertical farms are part of the sustainable solutions to modern agriculture's challenges by combining plant biology and technology. Jungle offers locally grown, pesticide-free plants at an affordable price all year round.
Naïo Technologies
Series A in 2020
Naïo Technologies SAS, founded in 2011 and based in Ramonville Saint Agne, France, specializes in designing and developing electric tools for agriculture and viticulture. The company focuses on creating robots that assist in mechanical weeding, hoeing, and harvesting, thereby improving farming efficiency and reducing reliance on chemical pesticides and herbicides. Through its innovative solutions, Naïo Technologies aims to help farmers optimize their workloads, enhance profitability, and minimize environmental impact. The firm’s commitment to integrating advanced technologies in agriculture highlights its role in promoting sustainable farming practices.
Tibot Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
TIBOT Technologies SAS, established in 2016 and based in Cesson-Sévigné, France, specializes in designing and developing robotic solutions for poultry farming. The company focuses on enhancing the daily operations of poultry farmers through innovative technology. Its flagship products include Spoutnic, an assistant robot, and Spoutnic NAV, which autonomously scrapes, drinks, and feeds poultry. These robots are designed to improve animal welfare, increase hatching rates, and optimize working conditions for farmers, ultimately enhancing profitability in poultry operations. TIBOT Technologies aims to facilitate the poultry farming process by integrating automation and efficiency into traditional farming practices.
Kapsera
Seed Round in 2019
Kapsera SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Paris, France, specializes in the manufacture of microbials-based biofertilizers and biopesticides. The company utilizes advanced biosourced and biodegradable formulation technologies, including microfluidics encapsulation, to produce monodisperse alginate capsules that are compatible with both farming equipment and various microorganisms. These microcapsules allow for the effective formulation and active release of beneficial microorganisms in agricultural settings, thus enhancing soil health and promoting sustainability. By bridging the gap between sustainability and productivity, Kapsera aims to support farmers in protecting agriculture, nurturing biodiversity, and improving overall agricultural practices.
Sencrop
Series A in 2019
Sencrop is an agri-tech company that provides a data-driven platform for farmers, offering connected weather forecast solutions. Their robust, affordable, and easy-to-use sensors measure rain, humidity, and wind speed, enabling real-time farm monitoring and data-driven decision-making in agriculture. This helps farmers optimize their activities, enhance sustainability, and save time.
Quanturi Oy
Venture Round in 2018
Quanturi Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Espoo, specializing in continuous monitoring solutions for fermentable products. The company develops and markets connected objects and systems for data analysis, focusing on agricultural, forestry, and waste management sectors. Its product offerings include wireless monitoring systems for compost temperature, grain management, hay monitoring, and other industrial temperature applications. Quanturi Oy also sells its products online and has expanded its presence to several countries, including France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium.
Naïo Technologies
Venture Round in 2017
Naïo Technologies SAS, founded in 2011 and based in Ramonville Saint Agne, France, specializes in designing and developing electric tools for agriculture and viticulture. The company focuses on creating robots that assist in mechanical weeding, hoeing, and harvesting, thereby improving farming efficiency and reducing reliance on chemical pesticides and herbicides. Through its innovative solutions, Naïo Technologies aims to help farmers optimize their workloads, enhance profitability, and minimize environmental impact. The firm’s commitment to integrating advanced technologies in agriculture highlights its role in promoting sustainable farming practices.
Sencrop
Seed Round in 2017
Sencrop is an agri-tech company that provides a data-driven platform for farmers, offering connected weather forecast solutions. Their robust, affordable, and easy-to-use sensors measure rain, humidity, and wind speed, enabling real-time farm monitoring and data-driven decision-making in agriculture. This helps farmers optimize their activities, enhance sustainability, and save time.
Ynsect
Series B in 2016
Ynsect is a biotechnology company based in Evry, France, that specializes in the production and processing of insects for sustainable animal feed and non-food applications. Founded in 2011, Ynsect operates insect vertical farms that convert insects into high-quality nutrition products, including proteins and lipids for livestock and pet diets. The company employs innovative bioconversion techniques to utilize organic resources, producing not only animal feed but also organic fertilizers, bioenergy, and other valuable materials. Ynsect's expertise in large-scale insect farming and automation has positioned it as a leading provider in the agro-food and environmental biotech sectors, making it a favored partner for agricultural professionals, research institutions, and investors.
Ynsect
Series B in 2014
Ynsect is a biotechnology company based in Evry, France, that specializes in the production and processing of insects for sustainable animal feed and non-food applications. Founded in 2011, Ynsect operates insect vertical farms that convert insects into high-quality nutrition products, including proteins and lipids for livestock and pet diets. The company employs innovative bioconversion techniques to utilize organic resources, producing not only animal feed but also organic fertilizers, bioenergy, and other valuable materials. Ynsect's expertise in large-scale insect farming and automation has positioned it as a leading provider in the agro-food and environmental biotech sectors, making it a favored partner for agricultural professionals, research institutions, and investors.
Agri-Espirit SAS
Venture Round in 2014
Agri-Espirit SAS, based in Strasbourg, France, specializes in providing software-enabled farm management solutions tailored for medium to large farms and cooperatives. Established in 2010, the company focuses on enhancing agricultural efficiency by analyzing and mapping operational processes, generating customized reports, and ensuring real-time access to relevant data for informed decision-making. Additionally, Agri-Espirit emphasizes continuous improvement processes, which include training programs for farm management and workers, thereby promoting sustainable agricultural practices through innovative technologies and systems.
Ynsect
Series A in 2014
Ynsect is a biotechnology company based in Evry, France, that specializes in the production and processing of insects for sustainable animal feed and non-food applications. Founded in 2011, Ynsect operates insect vertical farms that convert insects into high-quality nutrition products, including proteins and lipids for livestock and pet diets. The company employs innovative bioconversion techniques to utilize organic resources, producing not only animal feed but also organic fertilizers, bioenergy, and other valuable materials. Ynsect's expertise in large-scale insect farming and automation has positioned it as a leading provider in the agro-food and environmental biotech sectors, making it a favored partner for agricultural professionals, research institutions, and investors.
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