A Plus Finance is a Paris-based asset management firm that provides multi-manager investment solutions to institutional and private clients. It began by backing France's innovative early-stage companies in information technology, environment and e-business, and has broadened to support the real economy by financing small- and mid-sized enterprises in the small-cap segment through a range of funds. Its activities span Growth and Technology, Development and Transmission, Real Estate, and Cinema and Audiovisual sectors, with ESG and SFDR considerations integrated across investment processes. In real estate, it emphasizes strategies and investment structures accessible to individual investors; in cinema and audiovisual, it offers specialized investment vehicles with advisory support from the management team. The firm aims to deliver diversified investment solutions via multi-manager funds and to reinforce financing of the real economy.

XAnge is a venture capital firm and the innovation brand of the Siparex Group, based in Paris with offices in Berlin and Brussels. It backs European technology startups at seed and early stages across a broad range of sectors, including deeptech, health, fintech, cybersecurity, software-as-a-service, e-commerce, and digital infrastructure, and provides strategic support to help founders scale and expand internationally.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm and one of the world's most active early-stage investors. It backs startups worldwide, typically at seed to Series A, often as lead investor but also alongside other investors. The firm provides funding, a broad network, and hands-on support to help founders recruit teams, learn rapidly, and focus on growth. It emphasizes a pay-it-forward mindset and aims to streamline fundraising so entrepreneurs can return to building their business. Founded in 2010 and backed by Xavier Niel, Kima Ventures has its headquarters in Paris and a London office, and has invested in over 400 startups across 24 countries. Its portfolio spans technology sectors in Europe and beyond, and it often takes a significant minority stake while co-investing with angels and other funds.

Seventure Partners is a Paris-based venture capital firm that acts as an active partner to innovative companies at the intersection of digital technologies and life sciences. Founded in 1997, it helps entrepreneurs translate scientific and digital breakthroughs into global businesses. The firm focuses on two main verticals: Life Sciences (biotech, healthcare, nutrition, animal health, and industrial biotech) and Digital Technologies (fintech, retailtech, cybersecurity, hardware, telecom, sports and well-being). It also backs blue economy and sustainability initiatives, including aquaculture, biopolymers and biopackaging, climate and carbon solutions, recycling, and bioenergies. With a team of experienced investors, Seventure provides strategic guidance, networks, and resources to accelerate growth for ambitious teams across Europe, North America, and beyond. The firm is based in Paris and maintains relationships with institutional partners to support its portfolio.

Alven Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm based in Paris, France, that backs early-stage technology and consumer-focused companies across Europe. It concentrates on digital technology ventures, including AI, data management, SaaS, cybersecurity, and disruptive consumer models with a particular emphasis on marketplaces, web brands, and productivity tools, and it invests in French and Europe-wide startups spanning information technology, TMT, consumer products and services, and related sectors. The firm pursues founder-friendly partnerships and aims to help portfolio companies scale internationally, including expansion into North American markets.

Motier Ventures is a Paris-based family office's investment arm that acts as a value-added business angel for technology startups. It leverages the Galeries Lafayette Group ownership and its network to support early-stage companies, providing agile and patient capital. The firm typically invests up to 300,000 euros in early rounds and can participate with up to 3 million euros in subsequent rounds. Its themes include the future of commerce, fintech, Web3, creative technologies, consumer and gaming, cybersecurity, and AI across infrastructure and tooling. Motier Ventures operates through La Maison, a hub in Paris that connects portfolio companies with potential customers, experts, and partner networks linked to the Galeries Lafayette brands. The approach combines long-standing entrepreneurial experience with a broad corporate ecosystem to help entrepreneurs scale and shape new markets.

Generis Capital Partners is a Paris-based investment firm and AMF-approved management company that provides financing to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, focusing on France and neighboring markets. It operates across venture capital, venture debt, and private equity, offering equity, quasi-equity, and debt solutions to start-ups and growth-stage companies. The firm backs companies across sectors including health, information technology, digital services, renewable energy, fintech, industry software, telecommunications, and industrials, with a geographic emphasis on France, the United Kingdom, and other European markets. Typical transactions range from roughly €0.1 million to €10 million in equity and €0.5 million to €2.5 million in debt, with minority or majority stakes possible. Generis aims to combine financial returns with positive social and environmental impact, tracking metrics such as job creation and alignment with sustainability goals. Founded in 2008, it is based in Paris and pursues opportunities across Europe, including growth-stage and later-stage financing, mergers and acquisitions, and recapitalizations.

Advent France Biotechnology is a Paris-based venture capital firm that concentrates on seed-stage investments in life sciences companies in France, supporting early-stage startups in biotechnology and related healthcare technologies.

Jaina Capital is a venture capital firm based in Paris, founded in 2010 by Marc Simoncini. The firm provides seed- and early-stage investments in startups across the internet, information technology, communications technology, and environmental sectors. In 2020, Jaina Capital was acquired by Daphni Venture Capital.

INCO is a global social enterprise dedicated to building a more inclusive and environmentally sustainable economy by empowering today's workforce and future business leaders. It pursues this mission through five core areas: Academy, providing skilling and professional development; Kids, delivering youth education on work-related topics; Entrepreneurs, supporting underrepresented founders with hands-on programming; Spaces, offering co-living and co-working environments; and Ventures, investing in purpose-driven startups. Operating in 140 countries with more than 400 employees, INCO has upskilled over 500,000 individuals, supported more than 8,000 small business founders, and invested in over 120 impact startups, driving environmental benefits through recycled waste initiatives and green energy production.

Paris Business Angels is a French angel investor network founded in 2004 that supports startups with high potential by providing financing and strategic guidance, leveraging the experience, networks and industry knowledge of its members to validate development strategies and support portfolio companies through the investment cycle. It has invested over €30 million in nearly 200 companies, and in 2021-2022 supported about 30 companies with €5.5 million. Sectors include information technology, software, internet, telecommunications, healthcare, MedTech, HRtech, Edtech and Agtech. It emphasizes a hands-on, collaborative environment and often co-invests with other networks or funds to strengthen early-stage support, aiming to catalyze growth in France by combining capital with operational expertise.

Pléiade Venture is a Paris-based generalist venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups, primarily seed and Series A rounds. It operates with a long-term evergreen model, reinvesting exit proceeds to maintain alignment between entrepreneurs and investors. The firm typically invests €0.5 million to €5 million per round, often leading or co-leading and collaborating closely with management teams to accelerate growth. It seeks opportunities across Europe, with a focus on France, and aims to support portfolio companies through strategic and operational resources in addition to capital. Pléiade Venture emphasizes durable partnerships and value creation, reinvesting proceeds to sustain support for its entrepreneurs.

Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Vienna that backs technology-driven companies from seed to growth across Europe. With sector-focused teams, it invests in areas including AI and infrastructure, climate tech, deep tech, fintech and DeFi, health and bio, marketplaces and consumer, SaaS, and industrial tech, providing capital along with strategic guidance and access to a global network of corporate customers, experts, and follow-on investors to help portfolio companies scale smarter and faster. The firm emphasizes a long-term, collaborative approach and supports founders beyond initial funding through multiple funding rounds, leveraging its broad European footprint and international network to accelerate growth.

Partech is a global venture capital firm based in Paris that backs technology startups through seed and growth stages. It maintains a network of international offices, including Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco, to support founders with capital, operational experience and strategic guidance. The firm emphasizes alliance with entrepreneurs, aiming to work side-by-side to drive scale and long-term success. Its portfolio spans sectors such as fintech, software, healthtech, cybersecurity, mobility and AI across the United States, Europe, Africa and other regions, reflecting a global, multi-stage approach to technology investing.

3T Capital is a Paris-based venture capital firm established in 2010 that makes seed and early-stage investments in information technology, infrastructure, and communication companies.

Audacia is an independent asset-management company based in Paris that offers investment solutions across three pillars: Capital Développement, Venture Deeptech and Immobilier, serving private investors, family offices and institutional clients seeking audacious, growth-oriented opportunities. The firm builds a diversified portfolio by financing small and medium enterprises while applying an ESG approach and a client-driven philosophy. Founded in 2006, Audacia has supported French entrepreneurs for more than a decade and focuses on sectors including consumer products and services, manufacturing, big data, software-as-a-service, industrials and technology in France. The company is independently owned by its executives.

Ben Oldman is a European alternative investment manager founded in 2013, specializing in Special Situations and Asset-Backed Lending with a focus on opportunistic, proprietary off-market deals in the European mid-market. The firm manages over €1 billion in assets and operates from offices in Luxembourg, Madrid, London, Paris, and Milan. Its activities include primary lending, secondary trading, and related financing solutions such as bridge financing and corporate special situations, with a track record spanning more than 12 years and delivering double-digit returns. The firm emphasizes local relationships to source unique opportunities and serves sectors including real estate, infrastructure, and green energy.

Cameleon Invest is an investment firm headquartered in Paris, France, operating as a venture capital investor and investment holding. It targets high-growth startups and small and medium-sized businesses, investing directly in French or international ventures and providing expertise to support ambitious and creative projects, with a focus on impact investments in the food industry.

Electranova Capital is a venture capital firm backed by EDF Group and managed by Idinvest Partners. It focuses on supporting entrepreneurs building global businesses in new energy and environmental technologies, collaborating with portfolio companies to advance innovative energy solutions and environmental technologies.

Polytechnique Ventures is a venture capital firm affiliated with Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. Backed by alumni, it supports startups emerging from the school’s innovation ecosystem by providing pre-seed, seed and Series A financing to companies founded by alumni or spun out from school laboratories or incubated at X. The firm pursues a broad technology focus spanning energy, climate, environment, mobility and aerospace, biomedical engineering and health, industry 4.0 and robotics, new materials, the Internet of Things and digital applications, the digital economy, cybersecurity and finance. It also offers founders close campus access to incubators, the school’s technical platforms and Fab Lab, plus a network of mentors across scientific, technological, industrial, strategic and commercial fields to help grow early-stage ventures.

Build Collective is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Tony Fadell that invests in early-stage startups across sectors including agriculture, food, transport, medical diagnostics, pharma, robotics, semiconductors, financial services, and consumer products. The firm backs technology-driven companies that promote sustainability and improve human outcomes, providing capital and strategic resources to help portfolio companies scale. With leadership drawn from technology and design communities, Build Collective emphasizes hands-on support and founder collaboration to accelerate growth and impact. The firm has connections to notable innovators and has engaged with firms in carbon management and related sustainability domains, reflecting a focus on building a greener future.

Inter Invest is a venture capital firm established in 1991 and located in Paris, France. The company specializes in private equity, tax management, consulting, real estate, and financial services. It focuses on investing in small and medium enterprises, particularly those within the technology sector. Through its diverse expertise, Inter Invest aims to support the growth and development of innovative businesses while providing strategic guidance in financial matters.

Medevice is a venture capital firm based in Paris, France, founded in 2011. It focuses on identifying and supporting Medtech and digital health innovations, with emphasis on healthcare, digital health and wellness projects primarily in the France region. The firm’s team consists of entrepreneurs with extensive experience in healthcare who have created or worked in healthcare companies, which helps them understand the potential of the projects and provide practical support as portfolio companies face challenges.

AFI Ventures is the seed fund of Alliance for Impact, Europe’s day-one impact launchpad, based in Paris. It invests in impact-driven startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, offering up to €100,000–€500,000 per investment and providing equity-free acceleration alongside funding. The firm aims to back a limited number of companies, roughly two per month, to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth across sectors.

Breega is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and based in Paris with an office in London. It backs European and African technology startups across digital, climate and deep tech, from pre-seed to Series A+, combining capital with hands-on operational support through its Scaling Squad that helps portfolio companies with hiring, sales, marketing and strategy to accelerate growth. The firm pursues founder-centric partnerships, leveraging the experience of former founders and operators to actively help teams scale. Breega has a broad geographic reach and a portfolio of more than 110 startups, including Exotec, Alice & Bob, Moneybox and 011H, and manages around €700 million.

Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests primarily from seed to Series B in technology startups across Europe and the United States, with a focus on ventures delivering positive societal or environmental impact and on disruptive, science-driven deep-tech spanning biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and life sciences. The firm pursues a mission-driven, sustainability-focused approach and is reported to be B Corp certified. It builds a community of 400+ entrepreneurs, academics, and experts to support its portfolio and operates Flamel, an open-innovation platform that uses AI-driven components to enhance deal sourcing, due diligence and value creation. Daphni backs companies across sectors including financial services, information technology, SaaS, advertising technology, digital health and fintech, prioritizing technology solutions that address real-world needs with scalable impact.

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London with offices in San Francisco and Geneva. It partners with technology entrepreneurs across software, AI, fintech, healthcare, data, media, mobility and related sectors to provide early and growth-stage capital and strategic guidance. The firm supports portfolio companies through all development stages, including sourcing opportunities, due diligence, structuring financing, and ongoing advisory interactions, leveraging a global network of industry connections to help founders scale, enter new markets, attract customers and partners. Notable portfolio companies include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack and Supercell. Index Ventures emphasizes backing exceptional teams with ambitious ideas and provides resources to help them execute growth plans, product development, and market expansion globally.

Kurma Partners is a Paris-based investment firm focused on financing innovation in healthcare and biotechnology across Europe. It manages multiple funds, including early-stage life sciences funds, to support therapeutic and medical innovations from early concept to development, with active collaboration with academic research institutes and hospitals. The firm emphasizes a collaborative, hands-on approach, providing capital and strategic guidance to portfolio companies, often forming strong partnerships with research teams to translate scientific discoveries into medicines and medical devices. Kurma Partners targets investments in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, digital health and related technology sectors, and pursues opportunities across Europe, integrating ESG practices into its investment processes.

360 Capital is a Paris-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage deep tech, climate tech, and digital startups across Europe. The firm has more than €700 million in assets under management and a 25-year track record of supporting European entrepreneurs from pre-seed to Series B. Based in Paris with a team in Milan, it backs a broad portfolio across hardware, software, and energy-transition sectors, including Exotec, Energy Dome, GreyParrots, Circular Materials, In&Motion, and Spark. It emphasizes sustainable technological progress and collaborates with founders to accelerate growth and scale innovative ventures.

Balderton Capital is a London-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth technology companies across Europe. It supports founders at every stage with strategic guidance, introductions to professional service providers, and access to workshops and a broad network of executives. The firm emphasizes founder wellbeing as a core element of its approach and aims to foster sustainable growth, long-term value, and successful exits. Balderton typically targets sectors including information technology, fintech, software, security, consumer technology and related services, backing companies from seed to scale across Europe.

Aglaé Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm with offices in Paris, New York, and San Francisco, backed by Groupe Arnault. Founded in 2017, it invests from €100,000 to €100 million in asset-light tech companies at all growth stages, with a focus on software, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and information technology across the United States and France. The firm emphasizes partnering with founders to drive growth and product development, supported by a dedicated team of experienced investors and entrepreneurs.

Axeleo Capital is a European independent venture capital firm focused on backing B2B software and Greentech startups. It provides seed to Series B investments and hands-on support including operational guidance, strategic assistance, and team-development help, anchored by an entrepreneurial network and ESG integration. With approximately 300 million euros in assets under management and around 18 employees, it has completed more than 70 investments across the EU and achieved a number of exits. The firm maintains an ecosystem of 150+ entrepreneurs, operators, and mentors and publishes market insights on tech ecosystems, including Urbantech and Cybersecurity. It operates from Paris, with a focus on sustainability and responsible growth, backing founders across Contech, GreenTech, FinTech, Cybersecurity, and related sectors. It positions itself as a platform for European early-stage tech founders, offering both funding and practical support across the growth journey.

Bleu Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm and venture family office dedicated to climate startups and related ventures across the United States and Europe. It partners with founders from pre-seed to Series A, providing strategic guidance, operational support, and access to a broad network. Operating as an evergreen fund, Bleu Capital maintains an active, board-driven approach with a concentrated portfolio, typically investing from climate production, climate management, and energy sectors to adjacent areas such as commerce, data-enabled software, and hard tech, and it also makes select investments in other venture funds. The firm focuses on long-term growth and decarbonization, engaging closely with portfolio companies and aiming to scale sustainable innovations through hands-on collaboration and a global reach.

RAISE is a European investment group offering a multi-strategy platform that supports companies at various stages. It provides minority growth capital to French SMEs and mid-caps through RAISE Invest, backs European startups in early and growth stages via RAISE Ventures, and targets small- and mid-cap companies driving environmental and social transitions through RAISE Impact. The group also manages RAISE REIM, focused on tertiary real estate in France, and runs RAISE Seed, a fund-sharing mechanism to support public-benefit projects. Its philanthropic arm, RAISE Sherpas, channels part of the carried interest into a shared fund. RAISE emphasizes governance and ESG practices and connects corporate partners, institutional investors, ETIs, startups, and associations to create value across Europe, with activity in Paris and Berlin and participation in major industry events. The platform manages about €2 billion in assets.

ISAI is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded by technology entrepreneurs. It backs technology-driven companies across France and Europe, investing across early-stage and growth opportunities. The firm focuses on software and platform-driven businesses, including software as a service, platform as a service, and data infrastructure, with attention to sectors such as data, sustainability, and 5G. ISAI operates with a multi-stage approach, supporting portfolio companies through capital and strategic guidance drawn from its entrepreneur-led network. The organization emphasizes long-term value creation and collaboration with founders, aiming to help ambitious French Tech champions scale internationally.

Serena Capital is a Paris-based European venture capital firm founded in 2008 that backs bold entrepreneurs building innovative companies in Europe and North America. It focuses on early-stage investments in deep tech, enterprise software, marketplaces and entertainment, generally pursuing rounds from pre-seed to Series A. Serena emphasizes an investment-operating model, drawing on a large network of operators and specialists to assist portfolio companies with product, structuring and international growth, and maintains an active startup community through the Serena Squad, a group of C-level executives. The firm concentrates on AI, SaaS, climate tech, digital transformation and impact, and has invested in more than 100 startups, including Dataiku, Malt, The Fork, Lifen and AramisAuto. It manages multiple funds such as Serena II and Serena III, reflecting an ongoing commitment to building resilient, world-class companies through long-term support and proven playbooks.

Angelsquare is a Paris-based investment bank and startup fundraising partner that supports entrepreneurs from Pre-Seed through Series A and beyond. It provides advisory throughout the fundraising process, helping founders connect with business angels, family offices, venture funds, private equity, and corporate venture capital to secure investment. The firm emphasizes a hands-on approach from deal structuring to negotiations and has completed more than 550 transactions across sectors such as information technology, healthcare, financial services, artificial intelligence, fintech, life sciences, climate tech, mobility, and big data. It also offers Nextsquare, a guided pathway for mergers and acquisitions and dual-track exits, to position startups for national and international scale. Serving French and European entrepreneurs, Angelsquare combines a broad network with sector expertise to facilitate fundraising operations and investor matches.

Normandie Participations is a venture capital firm based in Colombelles, France, founded in 2016. It co-invests in Normandy-based small and medium-sized enterprises, providing equity and quasi-equity financing to support growth across sectors such as production of industrial equipment, defense systems, cybersecurity and other innovative technologies.

Betaworks is a New York-based company that builds and funds early-stage technology companies, operates accelerator programs, and runs Betaworks Studios, a membership space for collaboration and events. Founded in 2008, it supports founders through programs, networks, and events designed to accelerate product development and launch. The firm focuses on frontiers such as artificial intelligence, NLP, and related AI-enabled technologies, aiming to shape new consumer behaviors by investing in and developing promising teams.

Symbiosis Ventures is an investment firm focused on healthcare and biotechnology, backing companies developing therapies for serious diseases across modalities such as gene therapy, RNA-based approaches, and microbiome solutions. The firm prioritizes ventures with strong therapeutic platforms, human proof-of-concept data, and manufacturability potential, with emphasis on areas including ALS, epilepsy, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. It provides substantial capital to ventures poised to transform treatment paradigms and address critical unmet medical needs.

Valar Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-stage technology companies, with a focus on financial technology. Backed by Peter Thiel, it partners with entrepreneurs globally and supports growth beyond Silicon Valley, emphasizing differentiated products, scalable models, and international expansion. The firm targets fintech segments such as payments, digital banking, tax, wealth management, insurtech, and fintech infrastructure, aiming to build a diversified portfolio and help founders scale opportunities worldwide.

Iris Capital is a pan-European venture capital firm founded in 1986 with offices in Paris, Berlin and Munich. It focuses on the digital economy, investing in technology companies across software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data platforms, fintech, logistics and related sectors from seed to growth stages, and supports cross-border expansion in Europe and beyond. The firm typically makes per-round investments of about €1 million to €8 million and can invest up to €30 million over a company’s life, often acting as lead or co-lead and taking minority stakes with the possibility of majority positions. It reserves capital for follow-on rounds to support portfolio companies and aims to participate in strategic governance, including board seats. Iris Capital operates across Europe, North America and parts of Asia through its capital vehicles and partnerships.

Entrepreneur First is a London-based accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm that identifies and supports individuals with technical startup ideas, helping them form founding teams and develop concepts into fundable ventures. Through structured programs and cohorts, it provides idea validation, mentorship, access to potential cofounders, workspace, and guidance on fundraising, connecting participants with investors. It operates globally with offices in multiple cities and runs seed funding programs, taking an equity stake in participating startups. The organization focuses on technology-centric founders across Europe, Asia, and North America, aiming to accelerate the transition from initial idea to a funded venture.

Ligature is a Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage and growth companies, integrating capital with design leadership to accelerate product development and market fit. Founded by Daniel Scrivner and Dan Becker, the firm partners with founders from day one to embed design and product discipline, offering hands-on support such as creative reviews and team-building to help portfolio companies scale. Its investment focus spans technology sectors including financial infrastructure, artificial intelligence, robotics, software as a service, consumer tech, development tools, APIs, crypto, and defense, with a track record of aligning with operators to understand product development needs and drive tangible outcomes.

Alliance Entreprendre is an investment firm based in Paris, France, with a regional office in Lyon. Founded in 1995, it engages in venture capital and private equity investments, including early-stage opportunities, and typically acquires majority or minority stakes through buyouts, management buyouts and buy-ins. The firm was acquired in 2022.

Aster Capital is a Paris-based venture capital firm that backs startups across mobility, energy, industry, and related digital and deep-tech fields. With additional offices in London, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Nairobi, it operates across Europe, North America and Africa, supporting companies from seed to growth stages. The firm emphasizes providing strategic guidance and ecosystem access, helping portfolio companies connect with corporations, customers and experts to accelerate industrialization, decarbonization and market adoption. It pursues cross-border opportunities and seeks to back ventures that advance energy transition, sustainable mobility and innovative manufacturing, leveraging an international network and experienced teams to drive long-term value.

Truffle Capital is an independent European venture capital and private equity firm based in Paris, founded in 2001. It focuses on financing and nurturing innovation in BioMedTech and Fintech, and also invests in Information Technologies and Life Sciences. The firm supports spin-offs and helps create and grow companies aiming to become market leaders, often taking founder or governance roles. It pursues investments across Europe and select high-growth regions, including North Africa, the Middle East, India and Brazil. Over its history it has invested more than €1.2 billion and manages hundreds of millions in AuM, with dozens of portfolio companies and multiple exits, including IPOs. It emphasizes ESG practices and long-term value creation.

Elaia Partners is a European venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology and deep-tech companies. Headquartered in Paris and with offices in Barcelona and Tel Aviv, Elaia partners with ambitious entrepreneurs from inception to leadership, leveraging deep scientific and technological expertise together with decades of operating experience to help founders navigate the future. The firm concentrates on tech-intensive sectors across Europe, including software, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health, and biotech, with a focus on B2B and other scalable business models. Its investment approach combines rigorous technical evaluation with hands-on support, and its portfolio includes high-profile startups such as Mirakl, Shift Technology, Aqemia, and Alice & Bob.

Red Sea Ventures is a New York City-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs technology-enabled startups across sectors including AI, consumer products, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise software. It focuses on companies that create innovative experiences for consumers and workers, while offering mentorship and resources and an active presence in the New York City startup community. Notable portfolio companies include Allbirds, Sweetgreen, Nest, and TULA Skincare, reflecting the firm's emphasis on building teams that scale transformative consumer and workforce solutions.

123 Investment Managers is an independent investment firm based in Paris with offices in Lyon, specializing in private asset investments across venture capital, private equity, and fund of funds. It pursues direct investments in a broad range of stages from seed to mature growth and co-investment opportunities, primarily in technology, industry, renewable energy, and consumer sectors, and also in health-related and eldercare services, hotels, clinics, and other accommodation ventures. The firm focuses on Europe, with emphasis on France, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada, and targets portfolio company enterprise values roughly €5 million to €400 million, investing typically from about €0.8 million to €8 million per deal. It also offers multi-theme private asset strategies across tourism, healthcare, infrastructure, and real estate to help private and institutional clients access unlisted French companies and long-term value creation.