Internest
Angel Round in 2019
Internest is a developer of advanced positioning systems specifically tailored for rotating winged vehicles, such as drones and helicopters. The company designs a local landing system that integrates both firmware and hardware to deliver precise and reliable positioning information, regardless of visibility, weather, or environmental conditions. This technology is particularly beneficial for security, military, and maritime sectors, enhancing operational safety and efficacy during critical missions. By focusing on robust positioning solutions, Internest aims to improve the safety and effectiveness of aerial operations.
uTip
Venture Round in 2019
uTip is a technology company that aggregates and curates digital content from various social media platforms onto a single platform for creators and their communities. It offers tools designed to facilitate interaction between creators and their followers, fostering collaboration and support. Additionally, uTip provides financial assistance to help creators monetize their work.
Adok Inc., established in 2007 and based in San Francisco, specializes in developing innovative portable computing solutions. The company's core technology, tactile projection, transforms any surface into an interactive touchscreen responsive to physical inputs via projection and image recognition. This enables users to collaborate on tables or walls, creating digital interfaces for diverse products such as furniture, public spaces equipment, and vehicles. Adok's primary focus is enhancing productivity in meetings by offering a smart projector that facilitates natural interactions like tactile input and voice commands, turning office walls and desks into interactive whiteboards.
Imageens
Angel Round in 2019
Imageens is a technology company that specializes in developing an AI-based platform for the analysis of medical images, particularly in the field of cardiovascular care. The platform is designed to enhance the productivity of healthcare professionals by providing faster processing and more accurate reporting of medical images. It focuses on measuring arterial stiffness and flow biomarkers, which are critical indicators of cardiovascular health and significant predictors of cardiovascular mortality. By facilitating early detection and diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, Imageens supports healthcare institutions, radiologists, cardiologists, and vascular surgeons in monitoring prevention strategies and making personalized treatment decisions. The company's innovative approach aims to improve the assessment of cardiovascular risk, ultimately contributing to better patient outcomes.
Kannelle
Angel Round in 2019
Kannelle is a Paris-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing a video creation platform tailored for business enterprises. The platform is designed as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, enabling employees to produce, personalize, and share professional-quality videos in under 15 minutes, entirely from their smartphones. Kannelle's user-friendly interface functions as a pocket studio, offering tools for screenwriting, recording, editing, and dressing within the application. This innovative approach allows users to create brand-compliant videos quickly and efficiently, making video production accessible to all employees, regardless of their technical skills.
pop'n link
Angel Round in 2018
Pop'n link, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional offices in Paris and the United States, specializes in developing innovative devices that enhance user access to services. Their flagship product, POP, provides customers with relevant access to contextual services and content tailored to specific locations such as restaurants, hotels, offices, events, stores, and museums. The company focuses on delivering customized digital experiences through its technology, aiming to create a more prosperous business environment for users by transforming smartphone usage.
Geovelo
Angel Round in 2018
Geovelo is a company that develops a free navigation application designed to assist cyclists with route planning and guidance. The app provides directions through voice prompts, maps, or compass features, helping users discover rides, plan trips, and find reliable and secure routes. Additionally, it fosters community engagement by allowing users to join groups and participate in challenges, thereby promoting daily cycling.
Algodone
Angel Round in 2016
Algodone is a company that specializes in design rights management and secure activation licensing technology. Founded in 2015 and based in Montpellier, France, Algodone provides solutions that help manage the legitimate use of digital content linked to intellectual property blocks and circuits. Its technology enables clients to implement new hardware business models, including options for upgrades, upselling, and try-before-you-buy initiatives. The company's offerings extend to various markets, including hardware activation, anti-counterfeiting, and industrial network authentication. Algodone's platform also facilitates the secure measurement of object activity, life cycle management, and monetization of connected devices, effectively supporting the security and monetization of electronic system networks in the Internet of Things ecosystem.
Beekast
Seed Round in 2016
Beekast is a company specializing in interactive meeting management software designed to enhance online meetings and training sessions. The platform offers user-friendly tools for creating, leading, and tracking these events, making it suitable for both in-person and remote work environments. Beekast enables users to engage their audience with digital activities such as word clouds, surveys, and boards directly integrated into slides. This software is designed to facilitate collaboration, gather feedback, and interact with participants effectively, whether the context is workshops, virtual meetings, or conferences.
CerbAir
Angel Round in 2016
CerbAir is a French company established in 2015, specializing in real-time anti-drone technology designed to protect sensitive sites from rogue drones. Based in Montrouge, the company develops advanced airspace surveillance solutions that employ state-of-the-art technologies such as radio frequency analysis, image recognition, and jamming. CerbAir's platform allows clients to effectively secure at-risk locations and monitor both public and private airspace, addressing the growing concerns associated with unauthorized drone activity.
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.