Pina Earth is a climate tech startup unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners. Local forests can become certified carbon projects through an independent certification with Pina. As a result, climate-resilient forests become a reality, and sustainable forestry is rewarded with recurring income. The carbon stored in forests can be accurately measured and monitored by combining cutting-edge remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence. Pina Earth's platform assists forest owners in registering their land for carbon credits. It then sells what amounts to a high-tech forest management service, assisting landowners in making forest adaptations such as planting climate-resilient tree species, which should generate extra carbon credits over time compared to if they did not undertake the sustainability-focused measures that will allow the forest to take up more carbon.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals is a brand-new international company based in Paris that was founded by CNAM, CNRS, the University of Texas at Austin, the Sorbonne University, and Washington University. Qubit Pharmaceuticals is built on more than 20 years of R and D that has been recognized with the most prestigious awards. It was founded by Pr Jay Ponder, Pr Pengyu Ren, Pr J.-P. Piquemal, Dr Louis Lagardere, and Pr Matthieu Montes.
Planetary is a global infrastructure platform that designs, builds, and operates upstream, downstream, and formulations capacity, as well as related IP, for biomass and precision fermentation players. It provides solutions to produce biotech-enabled alternatives to animal-derived foods at scale, led by experts in bioprocessing, engineering, product formulation, and food markets.
Private Equity Round in 2022
Core Biogenesis is a biotechnology company based in Paris, France, established in 2020. It specializes in next-generation recombinant protein production technologies, utilizing proprietary gene editing and plant biotechnology to significantly lower the costs associated with producing growth factors. These growth factors are crucial for applications in the clean meat and cell therapy industries. The company has developed an ultra-scalable bioproduction platform that leverages plants as biofactories, enabling efficient mass production and targeted extraction of valuable bioproducts. This innovative approach not only accelerates production but also enhances the ability to regulate cell growth and increases yields, making it a valuable partner for clients in the healthcare sector.
Cajoo is a startup company that provides grocery home delivery services. The food delivery company revolutionizes everyday shopping by offering a fast, reliable, and affordable shopping experience. It operates dark stores and manages its own inventory of products. Customers can then order items without having to think whether they’ll be home when the delivery happens. Around 15 minutes later, a delivery person shows up with their groceries. Henri Capoul headquartered Cajoo in Paris, Ile-de-France in 2021.
jobvalley’s Workforce-as-a-Service platform connects the student workforce with flexible assignments via a technology-driven, two-sided marketplace. The company’s technology is developed fully inhouse, with six dedicated development teams continuously adding further automation features and improving platform scalability. jobvalley is headquartered in Cologne and employs >400 employees across six hub locations in Germany.
At Synapse Medicine, we believe in medication success, and are dedicated to creating the technology that makes it possible for everyone. To achieve this goal, we have built an extensive global knowledge base for medication using algorithms to ensure the most reliable, up-to-date data. On the front-end, Synapse Medicine provides a SaaS platform and UI components that are used to prescribe, dispense, and manage medications across the entire patient journey. Synapse is working with world-leading hospitals and digital health companies in the United States, Europe and Japan to transform today’s medication regimens into tomorrow’s medication success.
Sarus solves the access and sharing of personal data for analytics or machine learning. It deploys natively in data infrastructures and lets practitioners work on data they cannot see while protecting everything with the highest standard of privacy: differential privacy. Sarus makes traditional anonymization methods irrelevant, saving months in compliance and data engineering while preserving all of the value of data. Data practitioners no longer need to go through a process-heavy and value-impacting anonymization phase to start data projects and can leverage the full data with mathematical privacy guarantees in minutes. Sarus takes the data confidentiality risk out of collaboration projects across lines of business, geographic borders or with external partners.
Apiax’s embedded compliance solution enables financial institutions to make critical decisions faster, delivering answers to their most pressing regulatory questions right in the tools and applications they already use. It’s the easiest, fastest way for highly regulated entities to put the client at the heart of business operations. Financial institutions around the world use Apiax to embed compliance into their applications and processes. It helps them overcome regulatory challenges, realise business opportunities, and reduce the cost of compliance.
DivRiots develops system solutions that help front-end teams. Front-end development is an art form in which developers and designers collaborate to create extraordinary experiences. DivRiots gives teams better tools to focus on what matters and collaborate as a team.
360Learning develops a collaborative learning solution to help companies unlock learning based on collective expertise. 360Learning offers an easy way to create, deliver, and improve courses together. The Collaborative Learning platform relies on bottom-up peer learning where anyone can elevate and respond to requests for knowledge, closing skills gaps faster. With the iterative training framework, minimum viable courses are shipped quickly and improved constantly by peers who identify out-of-date content or suggest additions. Feedback & data from interactions within the course are also pushed to coaches on the platform, who facilitate peer learning by ensuring that courses are easily accessible, actionable & impactful. From onboarding new employees to training sales reps on a new product pitch, 360Learning aligns employee aspirations with organization expectations. Our integrations into SalesForce & HR systems help leaders see how training drives business goals. Since 2012, 360Learning has transformed 1200 organizations through Collaborative Learning, including Axa, Criteo, Air Canada, Michelin, and the Red Cross.
At Synapse Medicine, we believe in medication success, and are dedicated to creating the technology that makes it possible for everyone. To achieve this goal, we have built an extensive global knowledge base for medication using algorithms to ensure the most reliable, up-to-date data. On the front-end, Synapse Medicine provides a SaaS platform and UI components that are used to prescribe, dispense, and manage medications across the entire patient journey. Synapse is working with world-leading hospitals and digital health companies in the United States, Europe and Japan to transform today’s medication regimens into tomorrow’s medication success.
Teeptrak is a Paris-based company that specializes in developing solutions for real-time monitoring of industrial machine performance, operator efficiency, and product quality. Established in 2014, Teeptrak offers a suite of tools, including PerfTrak for machine performance evaluation, PaceTrak to assist operators in assessing their productivity, QualTrak for automated performance tracking, and MoniTrak, which allows teams to visualize performance metrics remotely. The company’s solutions are designed to be quickly implemented across various production scenarios and are compatible with most equipment, facilitating the initiation of improvement projects at both local and global levels. Teeptrak's offerings are rooted in years of consulting experience in operations and strategy, emphasizing the importance of straightforward tools for enhancing industrial performance through the integration of IoT technologies and Lean principles.
GLEAMER develops a suite of AI solutions for Radiology that encapsulate medical-grade expertise. The company wants to support imaging users to secure diagnoses for all patients at all times while improving efficiency. GLEAMER’s AI Companions are directly integrated into the users’ usual reading environment and act as an automated and transparent second reading to improve diagnostic accuracy in X-ray imaging. GLEAMER’s solutions are currently being used across 13 countries in more than 300 institutions.
Dolead works alongside your existing marketing & sales team to power your growth. We run paid marketing campaigns faster, integrate customer data with confidence and generate high quality leads at a fixed cost per lead, directly into any CRM. Driving effective and scalable lead generation with trust and compliance is the new competitive advantage and leading brands and companies are partnering with Dolead for its expertise, comprehensive technology and transparent approach to data. Together, let’s power your growth.
mirSense technology is a developer and manufacturer of a new generation of ultra-compact gas sensors designed to offer lasers for the medium infrared. The company's Industrial Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) and QCL-based spectrometer modules provide very low detection levels for the control of gas emissions, detection of dangerous substances or the analysis of biological samples, enabling industries and defense sectors to get affordable quantum cascade lasers.
Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
PrivateLot is the first online marketplace for art objects and artefacts that have been appraised by experts from renowned auction houses. By pooling supply from various streams, users may find 17th Century Italian paintings as well as vases from the Ming era or contemporary jewellery.
Elum Energy is an energy and automation company that supplies cost-effective monitoring and control solutions for hybrid energy systems. These solutions can be adapted to a wide range of applications. Elum Energy provides energy management systems (ePowerControl) and a SCADA platform (ePowerMonitor) for solar energy, storage and other distributed resources. The solutions are suitable for solar power generation facilities coupled with diesel generators and/or energy storage.
fromAtoB is a multimodal search and booking platform integrates the largest mobility providers for railway, planes, buses and shared cars.
Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Intent Technologies provides a dedicated service platform for real estate players that allows them to optimize the operation of a heritage and build and distribute their services. The platform integrates a growing connected ecosystem including real estate managers (social and private landlords, trustee, real estate, communities, etc.), service providers (facility management, energy, elevators, personal services, insurance, etc.), publishers business software (BIM, ERP, CRM, CMMS, BI, etc.) and IoT solution providers.
Sculpteo is a global leader in digital manufacturing based in Paris and San Francisco. The company provides professional online 3D printing and laser cutting services for on-demand production of prototypes, individual products as well as short-run manufacturing. Sculpteo provides access to a wide range of materials, finishes, and techniques, as well as superior optimization tools for file analysis and repair. With factories in Europe and the United States, Sculpteo offers fast turnaround and worldwide delivery. Sculpteo was founded in 2009 by Eric Carreel and Clément Moreau.
Kiwup is a app lab focusing on SaaS and marketplace models for SMBs. They launched [Stamplia](www.crunchbase.com/organization/stamplia), an email templates marketplace, in June 2013.
AB Tasty offers feature management, experimentation, and personalization solutions, helping businesses launch better products faster and drive more conversions, engagement and revenue on all their digital assets and channels. It provides marketing, product, and technical teams with a comprehensive brand and product experience optimization platform, allowing them to turn website, mobile or application visitors into customers, subscribers or leads while delivering outstanding customer experiences, aligned with business KPIs.
Private Equity Round in 2014
Septeo Hospitality is a management software developer for the hospitality, restaurant, outdoor accommodation and wellness industries.
Currencycloud is a global payments platform built on smart technology that takes the complexity out of moving money. Developers use their API building blocks to build customized payment solutions. Whether you want to embed their payments infrastructure into your products or services, or build on top of it, they will fit into your business in a way that works for you. They take care of all the intricacies and regulatory hurdles involved with cross-border payments, giving you the tools to globalize your business.
Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers. The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brands such as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace. Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Sparkow is a provider of expert SaaS solutions that enables merchants to boost their performance by designing a streamlined buying journey. Sparkow solutions answer three objectives: improve customer’s buying experience, boost commercial performance and improve sales teams’ productivity. Sparkow solutions optimize more than 150 sales dispositive (websites, mobile apps, call centers, digital in store…) in more than 20 countries and in all retail-linked activities. In 2014, Compario changes brand identity and becomes Sparkow. Fully aligned with product strategy, this new brand is less tied to a functional universe and better represents the width of solutions: Sparkow Personalisation Suite, Sparkow Merchandising, Sparkow Recommendation and Sparkow Digital Store. Stating values of flexibility and accessibility of the solution, the Sparkow brand will benefit from a clearer understanding on global markets.
La Ruche qui dit Oui is an e-commerce platform where users group themselves to buy directly from their local farmers. “Online food co-op La Ruche Qui Dit Oui! combines an internet speciality – cutting out the middleman in the supply chain connecting consumers with producers – with grass-roots social networking. The yes-saying beehive of the name represents the consumers who club together to source a food order: when the required size is met, the order is triggered and the consumers receive their goods. With 467 hives across France it's generating a, er, buzz.”
Commanders Act publishes a cookieless marketing platform adopted by over 510 customers in Europe and around the world. The company was founded in Paris back in 2010 under the name "Tagco", and has since undergone rapid growth in Germany, Italy and Spain. Commanders Act is focused on a mission of providing digital teams with simplified access to data to ramp up campaign performance and enhance the omnichannel customer experience. Commanders Act is recognised by Gartner as belonging to the Top 3 Enterprise Tag Management solutions, and by Gartner, Forrester and the CDP Institute as the only French Customer Data Platform.
Private Equity Round in 2012
Currencycloud is a global payments platform built on smart technology that takes the complexity out of moving money. Developers use their API building blocks to build customized payment solutions. Whether you want to embed their payments infrastructure into your products or services, or build on top of it, they will fit into your business in a way that works for you. They take care of all the intricacies and regulatory hurdles involved with cross-border payments, giving you the tools to globalize your business.
Currencycloud is a global payments platform built on smart technology that takes the complexity out of moving money. Developers use their API building blocks to build customized payment solutions. Whether you want to embed their payments infrastructure into your products or services, or build on top of it, they will fit into your business in a way that works for you. They take care of all the intricacies and regulatory hurdles involved with cross-border payments, giving you the tools to globalize your business.
Neolane, Inc. is a provider of conversational marketing technology that specializes in marketing automation and cross-channel campaign management software for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketers. The company enables organizations to create and maintain one-to-one lifetime dialogues with their customers, enhancing revenue generation and marketing efficiency. Neolane has demonstrated significant growth, recording $58 million in revenue in 2012, which represented a 40% increase from the previous year. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach, being named #64 on Forbes' list of America's Most Promising Companies in 2013. Neolane's technology is utilized by over 400 leading global companies, including Alcatel Lucent, Barnes & Noble, Orange, Sears Canada, Sephora Europe, and Sony Music, helping them navigate customer engagement challenges effectively.
A Little Market is the first French platform for buying / selling creations made by hand and made in France. The A Little Market's mission is to help designers and artisans, often isolated and lack of means to grow their business through internet. Beyond the tools available to market their creations, they allow them to share and collaborate on joint projects.
Au Forum Du Batiment provides wholesale reseller of construction material and related hardware.
Mobile Tag, the European leader in mobile barcode solutions, continues to innovate with the launch of its latest application: mobiletag Universal Reader and shopping. Mobile Tag is behind the creation of the flashcode, the standard 2D barcode used by operators in France. This type of Datamatrix barcode is used by the biggest companies in display, transportation, distribution, the pharmaceutical industry, and more. Mobile Tag has always tried to develop new technology from the consumer's point of view, and the mobiletag Universal Reader & shopping is no exception. The concept behind this application is to send, receive and share information and best prices to everyone and for everyone through all standardized barcodes. Scanning a barcode with your mobile phone is simply taking a picture of it with your phone, using the mobiletag application. Mobile tag is free!
Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers. The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brands such as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace. Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Mail'Inside, is an innovative (OSEO), which is developing a patented new media. Becomes the Courier Media
RunMyProcess enables businesses to streamline operations and achieve digital transformation through over 2,800 prebuilt integrations and advanced automation capabilities. Our platform integrates robotic process automation (RPA), business process automation (BPA), and integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to create an autonomous orchestration solution. Powered by AI, we help organizations manage complex workflows, intelligent document processing, and dynamic decision-making, ensuring they thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Ateme SA, founded in 1991 and headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, specializes in video delivery infrastructure solutions for the broadcast and telecom industries. The company provides a range of products, including TITAN Live for live video compression, TITAN Mux for stream processing, and TITAN File for file transcoding. It also offers ultra-low latency encoders and integrated receiver decoders, catering to various markets such as cable, DTH, IPTV, and OTT. Ateme has established itself as an innovator in video technology, being the first to introduce several key solutions, including HEVC and HDR capabilities. The company collaborates with major industry leaders like Intel and Microsoft to enhance its offerings and is actively involved in standardization efforts, including participation in the development of open video codecs. With a global presence in 14 countries and a workforce of around 200 employees, Ateme continues to grow, serving a diverse client base and generating significant international revenue.
MixCommerce is a French provider of online branding services.
PixWays connects professional photo agencies, collectives, and stock illustration distributors with all types of media.
Founded in 1995, Nexway exists to expand the online footprint and sales potential of software, retail, and services companies across 140 countries around the world. Nexway blends cutting-edge technology, a full range of industry-leading ecommerce and payment solutions, and a hands-on team of industry experts to help online businesses scale, grow, and thrive in today’s global sales marketplace. Their customers rely on Nexway to power their subscription models, manage local payment methods, prevent fraud, engage partners and resellers, deliver key customer insights, and beyond. Not only do they help grow their online businesses globally but they also create a frictionless customer experience that drives unparalleled conversion, retention, and loyalty. Their software distribution origins run deep. From the very beginning, they have operated Nexway Connect, a global video game and software distribution network for leading media companies and online merchants. With asknet academics, they now also serve as a single sourcing point for software e-procurement solutions and services for academic institutions worldwide.
Neolane, Inc. is a provider of conversational marketing technology that specializes in marketing automation and cross-channel campaign management software for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketers. The company enables organizations to create and maintain one-to-one lifetime dialogues with their customers, enhancing revenue generation and marketing efficiency. Neolane has demonstrated significant growth, recording $58 million in revenue in 2012, which represented a 40% increase from the previous year. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach, being named #64 on Forbes' list of America's Most Promising Companies in 2013. Neolane's technology is utilized by over 400 leading global companies, including Alcatel Lucent, Barnes & Noble, Orange, Sears Canada, Sephora Europe, and Sony Music, helping them navigate customer engagement challenges effectively.
Sefas Innovation was founded in 1991 and has been providing collaborative document composition & production software to Fortune 500 companies for over 15 years. Sefas’ corporate headquarters is in Paris, France, which, along with its UK and US offices, supports over 80 Sefas staff worldwide. Sefas’ Open Print software suite is used by financial services, banking, insurance, utilities, telecoms and public sector organisations for the design, composition and production of B2C documents. These are often complex documents with multiple sources of data; Open Print is unique in its ability to integrate the data from these multiple sources to provide personalized and relevant communications. Increasingly Open Print is being used to redesign mission critical documents so that they can also communicate the latest marketing campaigns and so generate new revenue. The Sefas UK office is based in Bristol and was first opened in 1999. Sefas’ UK clients include Nationwide, EDS Credit Services (Abbey National), HBOS, Inland Revenue, Department of Work & Pensions, Royal & Sun Alliance, RR Donnelley, Bank of Tokyo, DST International and British Telecom who have been using Open Print since (2000).
KXEN, Inc., a data mining automation company, provides business analytics software in the areas of customer lifecycle analytics, supply chain analytics, and business intelligence for corporate business decisions. It offers various software packages that cover various functions and data manipulations options, including classification, regression, clustering, variable importance, segmentation, times series, association rules, and data fusion. The company also provides single-purpose analysis applications for forecasting, market basket analysis, prediction, and segmentation, as well as KXEN Analytic Framework, which comprises of components that are used together with modeling assistant and robust reporting as a data mining automation solution. In addition, it offers technical support services, including assistance in the initial setup of new installations and problems that arise during the use of products; education services, such as training courses and certification programs; and consulting services. The company serves its clients primarily in financial services, telecommunications, and retail industries. It offers its products through systems integrators, software vendors, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. KXEN, Inc. has strategic partnerships with Hewlett-Packard Company; IBM; SPSS, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; and Teradata. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France.