Kreaxi

Kreaxi is a private equity firm based in Paris, established in 2016, that focuses on investing in early-stage technology startups with high growth potential. With over 30 years of experience in the management and investment sector, Kreaxi is dedicated to supporting innovative companies as they develop and scale. The firm's investment strategy centers on identifying and nurturing startups that demonstrate significant promise in their respective fields, providing them with the capital and resources necessary to achieve their business objectives.

Isabelle Bou Antoun

Executive Director

Mélanie Barradi

Head of Investor Relations

Pierre-Antoine Cognard

Senior Associate

Michel Dahan

Managing Partner

Sandra Dubos

Principal

Gwenaël Hamon

Managing Partner

Philippe Herbert

Managing Partner

Philippe Méré

Principal

Sophie Pierrin-Lepinard

Managing Partner

Past deals in Southern Europe

Diabeloop

Series C in 2022
Diabeloop SAS is a medical device company based in Grenoble, France, specializing in the development of an electronic artificial pancreas designed for individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Established in 2015, the company has created a closed-loop system that integrates a continuous glucose sensor and a smartphone-like terminal to monitor glycemia levels. This system communicates with a connected insulin pump to determine and deliver the optimal amount of insulin, aiming to reduce the risks of hypoglycemia and other complications associated with diabetes. Diabeloop's mission is to provide innovative technological solutions that empower individuals with Type 1 diabetes to manage their condition effectively and enhance their quality of life.

Tenacy

Seed Round in 2022
Tenacy is a developer of cloud-based risk assessment and management software focused on enhancing cybersecurity processes across various organizational contexts. The platform enables businesses to assess and define risks, manage incidents and deviations, and create dashboards for performance measurement. It also offers benchmarking data and decision support tools, allowing organizations to integrate precise and customized cybersecurity governance. By providing a collaborative environment, Tenacy helps companies protect their assets and improve operational efficiency in managing cybersecurity challenges.

Tenacy

Seed Round in 2022
Tenacy is a developer of cloud-based risk assessment and management software focused on enhancing cybersecurity processes across various organizational contexts. The platform enables businesses to assess and define risks, manage incidents and deviations, and create dashboards for performance measurement. It also offers benchmarking data and decision support tools, allowing organizations to integrate precise and customized cybersecurity governance. By providing a collaborative environment, Tenacy helps companies protect their assets and improve operational efficiency in managing cybersecurity challenges.

Primo1D

Venture Round in 2021
Primo1D SAS, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Grenoble, France, specializes in developing E-Thread, a unique yarn that integrates electronics into various objects and materials. This innovative yarn enables applications in traceability, production monitoring, anti-theft, and anti-counterfeiting. By embedding electronic components into textiles and materials, Primo1D enhances the functionality and value of products while facilitating their connection in the digital ecosystem. The company's solutions cater to a wide range of industries seeking to incorporate smart technology into their offerings.

Per Angusta

Series A in 2020
Per Angusta SAS is a software company that specializes in procurement performance management. Founded in 2012 and based in Villeurbanne, France, it offers a SaaS platform designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement teams. The software enables users to identify cost-saving opportunities, prioritize sourcing projects based on value and risk, forecast savings, and facilitate agile management and collaboration within the sourcing pipeline. Additionally, it helps measure progress toward procurement goals and communicates results to stakeholders. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including chief procurement officers, buyers, procurement analysts, and professionals in finance and IT across large enterprises and midmarket businesses.

Aster App

Venture Round in 2020
Aster App is a smart assistant designed to enhance meeting productivity by integrating seamlessly into users' calendars and communication tools. The software centralizes essential information for meetings, facilitating the planning of agendas and the collection and sharing of relevant documents. It also automates the monitoring of action items from one meeting to the next and generates meeting minutes to be distributed directly to participants. By streamlining these processes, Aster App enables teams to collaborate more effectively and engage more meaningfully, ultimately making meetings more efficient and less time-consuming.

Diabeloop

Series B in 2019
Diabeloop SAS is a medical device company based in Grenoble, France, specializing in the development of an electronic artificial pancreas designed for individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Established in 2015, the company has created a closed-loop system that integrates a continuous glucose sensor and a smartphone-like terminal to monitor glycemia levels. This system communicates with a connected insulin pump to determine and deliver the optimal amount of insulin, aiming to reduce the risks of hypoglycemia and other complications associated with diabetes. Diabeloop's mission is to provide innovative technological solutions that empower individuals with Type 1 diabetes to manage their condition effectively and enhance their quality of life.

Laclarée

Seed Round in 2019
Laclarée develops a pair of adaptive eyeglasses for presbyopia. Its patented technology allows the eyeglasses to adapt in real-time to the scene viewed by the wearer. This major innovation will help milllions of people 45+ years, who are not satisfied with current solutions (progressive lenses, multiple pairs, etc...).

Wattsense

Seed Round in 2019
Wattsense is an on-demand, non-intrusive building connectivity service. We help forward-thinking facility managers deliver operational efficiency and create higher value customer services. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our hardware and software to deploy applications in facilities.

Swikly

Seed Round in 2019
SWIKLY is an online payment system that allows users to secure reservations and security deposits via a credit and debit card imprint. It serves property owners and managers, activity providers, restaurant owners, and vehicle hirers. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Lyon, France.

Swikly

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SWIKLY is an online payment system that allows users to secure reservations and security deposits via a credit and debit card imprint. It serves property owners and managers, activity providers, restaurant owners, and vehicle hirers. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Lyon, France.

Nukeygara

Venture Round in 2018
SAS Nukeygara is a company based in Lyon, France, specializing in the design and development of 3D animation software for the video game industry, known as Akeytsu. Launched in 2014, Akeytsu is dedicated to character rigging and animation, providing an artistic-oriented approach that distinguishes it from traditional broad-based 3D solutions. The software emphasizes simplicity, speed, and ergonomics, catering to professional animators, beginners, and students alike. Akeytsu integrates seamlessly with the Filmbox (FBX) production pipeline, making it a valuable tool for indie game developers, media and entertainment content creators, and professional studios. The company's focus on user experience ensures that animators can efficiently access all necessary tools for their creative processes.

Sentryo

Series A in 2018
Sentryo SAS develops and provides cybersecurity and situational awareness solutions. Its solutions enable corporations to ensure continuity, resilience and safety of industrial operations by providing continuous visibility over Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and SCADA infrastructures and controlling the risks of cyber attacks. The company’s product ICS CyberVision allows control engineers to gain complete visibility over all equipment connected to their industrial networks and identifies vulnerabilities on those networks and is able to take decisions that can ensure the integrity of the system. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Villeurbanne, France. As of August 8, 2019, Sentryo SAS operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

365talents

Seed Round in 2018
365Talents is a French company based in Lyon, founded in late 2015 by Loïc Michel, Mathieu Martin, and Paul Mougel. The company provides a specialized software as a service (SaaS) solution designed for human resource teams, focusing on skills detection, staffing, and mobility management. Its flagship product, 365Talents, assists organizations in identifying employee skills, managing resources for various projects, aligning employee competencies with organizational goals, and facilitating internal mobility and recruitment. This innovative approach enables large companies to optimize their workforce by effectively leveraging existing talent.

Tilkee

Series A in 2018
Tilkee SARL operates an online platform designed to enhance the submission and tracking of business proposals across various sectors. Founded in 2012 and based in Lyon, France, the platform allows professionals to create and host customized commercial proposals easily. Users can upload sales documents, generate branded online proposals, and share unique access links with potential clients. Tilkee's technology provides real-time notifications about prospect engagement, detailing which documents were read, the duration of engagement, and specific areas of interest. This functionality helps sales teams optimize their follow-up strategies and improve their closing rates.

POLLEN Metrology

Venture Round in 2017
POLLEN Metrology is a smart process-control software to accelerate the manufacturing high performing materials. It is dedicated to the characterization of nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes and nanostructures useful for the semiconductor industry for example. Also gave an oral presentation in front of the industrial and scientific communities to introduce our first generation of data fusion algorithms dedicated to nanoparticles analysis and useful for example for the pharmaceutical industry. The propose a full software infrastructure dedicated to the smart factory for yield enhancement and defect tracking. It also uses in the synergy of these 3 innovations accelerates advanced process control from R&D to production. POLLEN Metrology was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Moirans, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Per Angusta

Seed Round in 2017
Per Angusta SAS is a software company that specializes in procurement performance management. Founded in 2012 and based in Villeurbanne, France, it offers a SaaS platform designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement teams. The software enables users to identify cost-saving opportunities, prioritize sourcing projects based on value and risk, forecast savings, and facilitate agile management and collaboration within the sourcing pipeline. Additionally, it helps measure progress toward procurement goals and communicates results to stakeholders. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including chief procurement officers, buyers, procurement analysts, and professionals in finance and IT across large enterprises and midmarket businesses.

LXRepair

Seed Round in 2017
LXRepair SAS develops assay tests for enzymatic DNA repair activities to optimize the discovery of new drugs and to customize therapeutic behavior in oncology. It develops Companion Diagnostic kits to help clinicians to optimize radiotherapy or chemotherapy treatments to fight cancer. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

Diabeloop

Series A in 2017
Diabeloop SAS is a medical device company based in Grenoble, France, specializing in the development of an electronic artificial pancreas designed for individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Established in 2015, the company has created a closed-loop system that integrates a continuous glucose sensor and a smartphone-like terminal to monitor glycemia levels. This system communicates with a connected insulin pump to determine and deliver the optimal amount of insulin, aiming to reduce the risks of hypoglycemia and other complications associated with diabetes. Diabeloop's mission is to provide innovative technological solutions that empower individuals with Type 1 diabetes to manage their condition effectively and enhance their quality of life.

MailClark

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2014 in Lyon, France, originally as Clubble.io, MailClark and its eponymous bot bridge the gap between team messaging (e.g. Slack, Microsoft Teams) and external communications (e.g. email, Twitter or Facebook). MailClark was amongst the first integrations featured in Microsoft Teams’ Bots Gallery. MailClark’s bot seamlessly converts all emails, tweets & Facebook Messages to a chat format and back again, letting everyone use the platform of their choice without interruption. MailClark is a spinoff of French digital agency Novius, where all four co-founders worked together for years. MailClark is funded by the IT-Translation Fund and Bpifrance.

Apitrak

Seed Round in 2017
Apitrak is a developer of a fast and easy geolocation system designed to save time and money by locating medical devices. The company's H-tag is a geolocation system which can be easily attached on all devices such as stretchers, wheelchair and syringe pump as well as customizes the locating frequency, staff access and equipment's properties, enabling users to receive an easy implement indoor tracking device and localize medical equipment straightaway in a healthcare institution.

360 medics

Venture Round in 2017
360 medical has develops an informative digital application for medical professional. 360 medical simplifies the doctor's practice . 96% of physicians are now seeking medical information on search engines; they access fragmented, disseminated and outdated information, these search engines take time from the doctor they do not have. 360 medical is a free online platform designed by physicians and for physicians who gather and organize the content and tools they need.

I-TEN SA

Venture Round in 2017
I-TEN SA, established in 2011 and located in Dardilly, France, specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of micro batteries. The company focuses on providing solutions for micro-energy storage, which is essential for various autonomous circuits. Its product offerings include surface mount device (SMD) micro batteries designed for diverse applications such as data backup, smart cards, autonomous sensors, and medical devices.

Nosopharm

Venture Round in 2017
Nosopharm is a young innovative biotechnology company dedicated to anti-infective drug discovery. Nosopharm addresses the unmet medical need of the bacterial multidrug resistance to antibiotics, a very concerning issue for hospital-acquired infections. Nosopharm has set up an innovative anti-infective drug discovery platform based on the medicinal mining of the microbial biodiversity. The company has developed a unique expertise in the screening and the characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites produced by an original microbial bioresource: the bacterial genera Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus.

MultiX

Venture Round in 2017
MultiX supplies system manufacturers with advanced multi energy technology allowing OEMs to significantly reduce the false alarm rate of baggage screening systems for airports and sensitive infrastructure. The new X-Ray detectors are also applicable to non-destructive testing (NDT) applications such as food processing, mining, recycling, waste product processing, petroleum production, forest products, packaging and many others. MultiX technology allows airport operators to improve passenger facilitation and experience at checkpoints by reducing the need to divest liquids and laptops from their hand baggage while meeting the ever more stringent security regulations.

Finoptim

Venture Round in 2017
FINOPTIM S.A.S. designs and manufactures open-insert fireplaces in France. It also offers refractory firebricks. The company sells its products through dealers/resellers. FINOPTIM S.A.S. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Fontaine, France.

BiBOARD

Venture Round in 2016
BiBOARD is a Grenoble based business intelligence company. The company has established itself as a key player in this market. It also managed to bring on-board some big name clients, including Orange, Clarins, and Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), and key partners including BULL and ATOS. In addition to providing comprehensive and dynamic visualization of data, one of the things BiBOARD also brings to the market is a collaborative aspect, where users can communicate with their clients, partners, and suppliers via a secure hypertext link. The company was founded in 2008 and was acquired by Econocom on 2017.

Banexi Ventures

Acquisition in 2016
Banexi Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm based in Paris, France, that specializes in investing in early-stage companies with high growth potential. Established in 1983, the firm focuses on three primary sectors: internet technologies, electronic technologies, and medical technologies. Through its venture capital funds, Banexi Ventures Partners seeks to support innovative companies that are poised for significant development and impact in their respective industries.

Mathym

Venture Round in 2016
Mathym SAS, a nanotechnology company, engages in developing, manufacturing, commercializing, and licensing colloidal solutions for various industrial purposes worldwide. It develops radiopacifying nanoparticles for use in biomedical materials, such as dental resins or bone graft substitutes. Th company was founded in 2013 and is based in Champagne-Au-Mont-D'Or, France. As of September 30, 2019, Mathym SAS operates as a subsidiary of Baikowski SAS.

Argosim

Venture Round in 2016
ARGOSIM provides Software simulation tools to edit, debug, and test requirements for real-time systems from functional specification to software-in-the-loop validation.

Sentryo

Seed Round in 2016
Sentryo SAS develops and provides cybersecurity and situational awareness solutions. Its solutions enable corporations to ensure continuity, resilience and safety of industrial operations by providing continuous visibility over Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and SCADA infrastructures and controlling the risks of cyber attacks. The company’s product ICS CyberVision allows control engineers to gain complete visibility over all equipment connected to their industrial networks and identifies vulnerabilities on those networks and is able to take decisions that can ensure the integrity of the system. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Villeurbanne, France. As of August 8, 2019, Sentryo SAS operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

RESOLUTION Spectra

Venture Round in 2015
Resolution Spectra focuses its R&D on tailoring solutions to applications that require a high level of performance, compactness, robustness. RESOLUTION Spectra Systems was set up in 2011 to develop an offer based on SWIFTS technology and advanced optical spectroscopy. Its founders are senior engineers, business managers and research scientists from high-technology companies and research laboratories from the Grenoble area in France. The company is also based in Meylan near Grenoble, one of Europe’s leading high-technology centers.

BiBOARD

Venture Round in 2015
BiBOARD is a Grenoble based business intelligence company. The company has established itself as a key player in this market. It also managed to bring on-board some big name clients, including Orange, Clarins, and Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), and key partners including BULL and ATOS. In addition to providing comprehensive and dynamic visualization of data, one of the things BiBOARD also brings to the market is a collaborative aspect, where users can communicate with their clients, partners, and suppliers via a secure hypertext link. The company was founded in 2008 and was acquired by Econocom on 2017.

Gridbee Communications

Seed Round in 2015
GridBee Communications S.A.S. develops long range mesh network solutions for connected objects. The company offers an auto-configurable, auto-scalable, and auto-manageable communication solution. GridBee Communications S.A.S. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Grasse, France.

Optimiz.me

Seed Round in 2015
Optimiz.me provides Software editor providing solutions for easy and performant Search Engine Optimization.

Tilkee

Seed Round in 2014
Tilkee SARL operates an online platform designed to enhance the submission and tracking of business proposals across various sectors. Founded in 2012 and based in Lyon, France, the platform allows professionals to create and host customized commercial proposals easily. Users can upload sales documents, generate branded online proposals, and share unique access links with potential clients. Tilkee's technology provides real-time notifications about prospect engagement, detailing which documents were read, the duration of engagement, and specific areas of interest. This functionality helps sales teams optimize their follow-up strategies and improve their closing rates.

Primo1D

Venture Round in 2014
Primo1D SAS, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Grenoble, France, specializes in developing E-Thread, a unique yarn that integrates electronics into various objects and materials. This innovative yarn enables applications in traceability, production monitoring, anti-theft, and anti-counterfeiting. By embedding electronic components into textiles and materials, Primo1D enhances the functionality and value of products while facilitating their connection in the digital ecosystem. The company's solutions cater to a wide range of industries seeking to incorporate smart technology into their offerings.

Mathym

Seed Round in 2014
Mathym SAS, a nanotechnology company, engages in developing, manufacturing, commercializing, and licensing colloidal solutions for various industrial purposes worldwide. It develops radiopacifying nanoparticles for use in biomedical materials, such as dental resins or bone graft substitutes. Th company was founded in 2013 and is based in Champagne-Au-Mont-D'Or, France. As of September 30, 2019, Mathym SAS operates as a subsidiary of Baikowski SAS.

WINGiT

Seed Round in 2014
WINGiT S.A.S is a mobile application developer based in Archamps, France, established in 2012. The company offers a real-time event recommendation service that connects users with local experiences and activities, such as concerts, exhibitions, and happy hours. By utilizing a unique algorithm, WINGiT curates event information shared by local insiders on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The application is accessible on mobile devices, web platforms, and Apple TV, allowing users to discover events in over 100 cities across multiple regions, including the USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. WINGiT also collaborates with a diverse audience network of partners to enhance its service offerings.

Nosopharm

Venture Round in 2013
Nosopharm is a young innovative biotechnology company dedicated to anti-infective drug discovery. Nosopharm addresses the unmet medical need of the bacterial multidrug resistance to antibiotics, a very concerning issue for hospital-acquired infections. Nosopharm has set up an innovative anti-infective drug discovery platform based on the medicinal mining of the microbial biodiversity. The company has developed a unique expertise in the screening and the characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites produced by an original microbial bioresource: the bacterial genera Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus.

Energis Nautic Services

Seed Round in 2013
Energis Nautic Services SAS provides maintenance services of water bodies such as ponds, lakes, canals, rivers, and streams. The company also provides distribution and rental of equipment for maintenance and remediation of waterways. Energis Nautic Services SAS was founded in 2012 and is based in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, France.

CroquetteLand

Series A in 2010
Croquetteland was founded in 2000 by two veterinary graduates of the National Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort and the National Veterinary School of Lyon. They each have an experience of over 15 years in customer and / or pharmaceutical industry. They wanted to put their skills and passion for animals to serve their food. Food is an essential element of good health, longevity, wellness and fun. We must entrust it to real experts. The products you can order on the site Croquetteland were selected with the utmost rigor and the scientific spirit of the founders.

Delfmems

Series A in 2010
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.

Docea Power

Series A in 2010
Docea Power develops and markets software solutions for power and thermal analysis at the architectural level. It offers Aceplorer, an electronic system level solution for modeling, exploration, and optimization of power and thermal behavior of various electronic system architectures. The company’s solution allows the modeling of heterogeneous systems with a mix of digital, analog, or mixed signal blocks and with different levels of models complexity. It also provides training and consultancy services. The company’s product is used by OEMs, SiP and SoC manufacturers, and IP and IC providers. It serves wireless, automotive, consumer, aerospace, computing, and medical markets.

Streamdata.io

Seed Round in 2010
Streamdata.io is a software developer focused on API management that specializes in real-time data streaming through its event-driven infrastructure. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Meylan, France, the company offers three primary services: Distribute, Journey, and Discover. Distribute enables organizations to transform traditional request/response models into streams of events, while Journey provides consulting and tools to assist businesses in managing their API lifecycle. Discover helps companies catalog their digital assets to create effective APIs. Streamdata.io has collaborated with notable partners, including Xignite and Salesforce, to enhance its offerings in financial markets. The company has received several accolades, including the European Data Award at Vivatech and recognition as one of the top AI startups in France. As a subsidiary of Axway Software, Streamdata.io also contributes to industry standards like AsynchAPI and OpenAPI. The company maintains a presence both in France and the United States.

Passman

Series B in 2010
Passman SA is a provider of Internet access services, catering primarily to the health and tourism sectors, among others. Established in 1995 and headquartered in Villeurbanne, France, the company specializes in delivering broadband wireless Internet access to its clients. Through its services, Passman aims to enhance connectivity and support the operational needs of various industries.

Interview

Series A in 2007
Interview SA designs and develops software that assists in customer relationships, marketing, communication, human resources, training programs, as well as quality control. The company’s product is used for polling a targeted population, collecting answers, and analyzing results. Interview SA is based in St Martin D Heres, France.