Bpifrance is a financial institution dedicated to supporting companies throughout their development stages, particularly those preparing for stock market listing and seeking credit equity. The organization provides a range of financial solutions, including financing, innovation assistance, and capital investment. By integrating various entities such as OSEO and CDC Entreprises, Bpifrance aims to deliver tailored financial support that addresses the specific needs of businesses. The institution is committed to fostering innovation and helping companies transition toward sustainable growth, ensuring they are well-equipped to face future challenges.

Kima Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds seed and early-stage technology startups globally, with a strong focus on Europe and France. The firm typically participates in rounds from seed to Series A, often as a lead investor, and aims to be a significant minority shareholder while co-investing with angels and other funds. It supports portfolio companies with a network of founders and experts to accelerate growth, speed fundraising, and help teams scale. Kima emphasizes rapid decision-making and founder-aligned support, viewing fundraising as one step in a broader journey. Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Paris and maintains an office in London, reflecting its European reach and global activity, and it has backed hundreds of startups across multiple countries.

NCI Gestion is a private equity firm based in Rouen, France, founded in 1999. It functions as a private investor that offers its expertise for investing in both public and private markets. The firm seeks to back companies across sectors including agriculture, construction, logistics, digital, hardware, e-commerce, food technology, information, and technology, providing capital along with strategic support to help business creation, development and transfer projects.

Agoranov is a public science and technology incubator located in Paris, France, established in 2000. It focuses on nurturing startups in various sectors, including industry, greentech, digital technology, and health. Agoranov offers a comprehensive support system that includes mentorship, office space, funding, and consultancy services. Having assisted over 380 startups, the incubator has facilitated the creation of more than 7,000 direct jobs and helped these companies raise €700 million from private investments. Notable startups supported by Agoranov include Criteo, Anevia, Biophytis, Gensight, Pixium, Aldebaran, Dataiku, Doctolib, Point Vision, and Ynsect. Founded by a consortium of prestigious institutions, Agoranov is backed by various governmental and regional organizations, providing its incubated companies with personalized support, a robust acceleration program, high-quality facilities in central Paris, and access to a vibrant community of entrepreneurs.

Partech is a global technology investment firm headquartered in Paris with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. It provides capital, operational experience, and strategic support to founders from seed to growth, working alongside the entrepreneurs it backs to pursue long-term success. Founded about 40 years ago in San Francisco, Partech currently manages around 2.5 billion euros in assets and backs a portfolio of about 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents. The firm concentrates on technology sectors, including software, cybersecurity, fintech, AI, cloud, and related areas, investing across the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.

Founded in 1969, Eurazeo is a private equity firm headquartered in Paris. With expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, it supports companies of all sizes in their development by providing necessary investments to realize growth potential.

Idinvest Partners, established in 1997, is a French private equity firm with a pan-European focus. It manages over 6 billion euros, specializing in low and middle-market segments. The company invests in buyout deals, primary and secondary funds, mezzanine investments, and provides private equity consulting. Idinvest Partners has a strong track record in backing innovative European companies across various sectors, including tech, SaaS, e-commerce, and healthcare. In 2019, Eurazeo acquired a majority stake in Idinvest, and in 2020, the firm merged with Eurazeo, changing its name to Eurazeo Investment Manager.

Founded in 2008, Serena is a Paris-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups across Europe. With over $750 million under management, Serena focuses on sectors such as AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. The firm has invested in over 100 companies, including notable successes like Dataiku and Malt.

A global banking and financial services group, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of products and services to retail customers, associations, businesses, corporations, institutional investors, and financial institutions. It operates through two main divisions: Retail Banking & Services and Corporate & Institutional Banking.

Newfund Management is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2008 that backs early-stage technology companies across Europe and the United States. It focuses on sectors including technology, precision medicine, personalized treatment, and brain technologies, and specializes in pre-seed and seed investments. The firm seeks ambitious founders aiming to address global challenges, offering capital and strategic guidance to help young companies grow internationally.

Alven Capital Partners is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm that backs primarily French and France-related entrepreneurs in the digital technology space. The firm focuses on technology and consumer-oriented opportunities, including artificial intelligence, data management, software-as-a-service, security, marketplaces, and disruptive web brands, with investments across Europe and North America. It manages over $500 million in capital and supports portfolio companies in early rounds as they scale, offering hands-on guidance and strategic support to help entrepreneurs build durable businesses in the tech and digital economy.

Founded in 2002, Elaia is a Paris-based venture capital firm focused on the digital economy and deep tech. With over €700m under management, it invests in high-potential disruptive startups from early financing rounds to global leadership emergence. The team offers close, proactive support to entrepreneurs, leveraging over 75 years of cumulative experience in both venture capital and digital industries.

Founded in Paris in 1972, Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to life sciences investments. With over €2 billion under management, the firm actively partners with entrepreneurs from seed to later-stage, focusing on biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and industrial biotechnology. Sofinnova proactively sources deals, often leading Round A financings, and plays an active role in portfolio companies until exit.

Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York, and San Francisco. Backed by Groupe Arnault, it invests in asset-light tech businesses at all stages, from €100k to €100m. The firm focuses on software, SaaS, content platforms, consumer apps, and information technology sectors across the US and France.

360 Capital Partners is a Paris-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups across Europe, focusing on deep tech, climate technology, digital sectors, consumer goods and business services. With roughly two decades of activity, it operates across Europe with a diversified team and has an active portfolio of over 50 companies. The firm has about €400 million of assets under management. Notable portfolio companies include Alsid, Earthcube, Exotec, Arbe Robotics, Sophia Genetics, Le Slip Français and Tediber. The team is described as diverse and experienced, with offices in Paris and Milan, and it seeks to partner with talented entrepreneurs to develop disruptive companies in Europe.

Kurma Partners is a Paris-based investment firm founded in 2009 that concentrates on financing innovation in healthcare and biotechnology across Europe. It targets early-stage and development capital for companies in life sciences, biotechnology, digital health, and related fields, and emphasizes collaborations with research institutes and hospitals to advance therapies and medical technologies from concept to clinical development. The firm operates as a specialist investor in Europe, supporting ventures that bridge scientific discovery and patient impact through equity investments and strategic guidance.

Seventure Partners is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1997 that backs technology and life sciences companies across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. It maintains offices in Munich, Geneva, London and Basel. The firm concentrates on Life Sciences—biotech, healthcare and nutrition—and Tech/Digital—B2B software, fintech, retailtech and cybersecurity—with additional activity in sports and wellbeing and the blue economy. Seventure partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate growth through its industry expertise, networks and capital, aiming to build European leaders that scale internationally.

XAnge is a venture capital firm based in Paris and the innovation brand of the Siparex private equity group. It is a Franco-German team that manages around €450 million and makes seed and early-stage investments in digital, deeptech and impact startups across Europe. Founded in 2004, XAnge targets game-changing founders and scalable businesses in technology-enabled sectors such as cybersecurity, software, fintech, healthtech, green tech, and related fields.

Established in 2008, Notus Technologies is a French company specializing in business and industrial services.

Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs technology startups with European DNA and international growth ambitions. It targets companies across Europe and the United States and emphasizes user-oriented products. The firm operates a community called daphnipolis, a network of entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, plus a digital platform intended to enhance efficiency and transparency in the investment process.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

Founded in 2010, Isai is a Paris-based fund focused on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It invests in companies operating in software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors.

Speedinvest is a venture capital firm based in Vienna, with offices in Berlin, Paris, London, Munich, and San Francisco, that focuses on early-stage technology investments across Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe. The firm backs seed to early growth rounds in areas including deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, marketplaces, consumer tech, software-as-a-service, and network effects, with a platform philosophy and hands-on support via an in-house Platform+ team that provides growth marketing, human resources, US business development, and networking assistance from day one. Typical investments range from a few hundred thousand euros up to about three million euros, with a preference for minority stakes up to around 20% and for taking co-entrepreneurial operational roles for six months to a year. Speedinvest was founded in 2011 and is known for combining capital with hands-on operational support to help portfolio companies scale.

Bridgepoint is a European private equity and asset management firm headquartered in London. It maintains bases across eight European markets and runs international operations from New York and Shanghai. The company concentrates on growth-oriented investments across private equity, infrastructure, and private credit, offering tailored strategies such as middle-market buyouts, small-cap growth capital, and private credit to support growth by companies in sectors including healthcare, technology, advanced industrials, and consumer services. In addition to equity investments, Bridgepoint provides loans and manages credit opportunities through syndicated debt offerings, reflecting a multi-asset approach to financing growth. The firm focuses on middle-market opportunities, partnering with management teams to drive value creation across Western Europe.

Founders Future is a Paris-based venture capital firm and startup studio established in 2018. It provides capital and hands-on support to early-stage startups, including pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds, with a European focus. The firm backs companies across sectors such as business-to-business products and services, software as a service and information technology, fintech, e-commerce, transportation, retail, semiconductors, and food technology.

Founded in 2016 by Fleur Pellerin, Korelya Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris with offices in London, Seoul, and Singapore. It manages over EUR 500 million and invests in ambitious tech startups across Asia and Europe, providing growth capital and access to Asian markets.

Karista is a venture capital firm established in 2001 and located in Paris, France. The firm specializes in incubation and early-stage investments, focusing on a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, information and communication technology, nanotechnology, and clean technology. It actively invests in startups engaged in biotechnology, medical equipment, digital technologies, deep tech, and newspace, among other areas. Karista typically directs investments ranging from €0.5 million to €5 million in companies with revenues up to €4 million. The firm primarily operates within France, particularly in the Ile-de-France region and Paris, and has supported over 90 companies over the past two decades, emphasizing partnerships with entrepreneurs who share a common vision.

Breega is a Paris-based venture capital firm that backs European technology startups across digital, climate, and deep technology sectors from pre-seed to Series A+. Founded in 2013, Breega invests across Europe and internationally, supporting founders with capital, connections, expertise, and ongoing guidance through its full stack funding approach. The firm emphasizes purpose-driven founders and aims to help ideas become impactful ventures by combining funding with hands-on support and a strong network to help entrepreneurs at every step of their journey.

Raise Ventures is the venture capital arm of Raise Conseil, based in Paris, France. It invests in technology-driven startups and small to medium-sized companies across Europe, with a focus on France. The firm targets Series A to late-stage investments and typically commits between €0.5 million and €7 million per transaction, across sectors excluding biotech and medtech.

Headline is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 (formerly e.ventures). It maintains a global footprint with activity in seven cities and invests across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. The firm operates Early Stage Funds aligned with regional focus in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil to invest locally, and a Growth Fund based in San Francisco that participates from Series B onward. It backs companies across consumer, media, retail, financial services, healthcare, information technology, software-as-a-service, mobile, cybersecurity, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, advertising technology, and digital health. Notable portfolio companies include Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble, and Yeahka. Headline is a registered investment adviser.

Invus Financial Advisors, LLC is an employee-owned investment firm based in New York, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in private equity investments and manages pooled investment vehicles, including hedge funds and funds of funds. Invus focuses on making direct and indirect investments in special situations, venture capital, and growth equity stages, with an emphasis on smaller companies and opportunistic co-investments. The firm adopts a flexible approach, recognizing the uniqueness of each company and the complexities of business transformation. Invus maintains a long-term commitment to its investments, aligning its incentives with those of its partners. With a history of empowering owner-managers since 1985 and a strong backing from a group of European families, Invus Financial Advisors manages over $4 billion in an evergreen fund and operates additional offices in London, Paris, and Hong Kong.

Ardian, established in 1996, is a France-based asset manager offering global investment management services. It primarily focuses on fund of funds (55.21%), followed by direct funds (19.79%), infrastructure (16.67%), and private debt (7.29%), with a minor allocation to real estate (1.04%). Ardian invests across various sectors, including food value chain, healthcare, technology, and industrials, with a presence in Europe and North America.

Founded in 1988, BNP Paribas Développement is a private equity firm based in Paris, France. It focuses on growth-stage investments across various sectors including health tech, deep tech, ecological transition, digital, and cybersecurity.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.

Founded by entrepreneurs, The Refiners is a San Francisco-based seed fund program dedicated to supporting world-class international startups in Silicon Valley. Over three months, selected startups receive funding, networking opportunities, and mentorship to scale globally.

Founded in 2006, Cathay Capital is a leading international private equity firm dedicated to supporting the cross-border expansion of middle-market companies across North America, China, and Europe. With over $1.5 billion in assets under management, Cathay Capital invests in growth capital opportunities across various sectors, leveraging its multicultural team and unique value-creation strategy.

Innovacom is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 1988 that invests in digital and technology companies across Europe. It supports startups by facilitating access to new technologies, hardware and software products, and by providing networking and partnerships to create financial and strategic value in an open-innovation context.

Omnes Capital is a Paris-based private equity firm with more than 20 years of experience and independent status. It provides capital across buyouts, growth capital, private debt, venture capital, and infrastructure to finance growth in sectors including renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable cities, as well as deep-tech and co-investments. The firm supports innovative SMEs in technology and healthcare and maintains a broad portfolio of French investments. Omnes Capital combines capital deployment with sector expertise to help companies expand, modernize infrastructure, and pursue long-term value creation.

CapHorn Invest, established in 2010, is a Paris-based venture capital firm focusing on climate and health technologies. It manages 180 million euros across two funds and has invested in over 20 companies. CapHorn primarily targets seed to Series B rounds, investing between 1 to 10 million euros in transformative technologies that combat climate change. Since 2020, it operates as a Club Deal under the financial structure of Anaxago.

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.

Banque des Territoires is a financial institution that provides banking and financial services primarily to local authorities, businesses, social housing organizations, and legal professionals. The company specializes in offering customized loans and investment advisory services, as well as financing solutions designed to support clients in executing their projects. By focusing on the specific needs of its diverse clientele, Banque des Territoires aims to facilitate development and growth within various territories, contributing to local economic and social initiatives.

UI Investissement is a private equity firm founded in Paris, France in 2004. It specializes in investing in small to mid-cap companies across various sectors, with a focus on healthcare, agro-business, and services-industry. The firm typically invests between €1 million to €50 million per transaction, acting as either a majority or minority shareholder.

LBO France is an independent private equity firm based in Paris, founded in 1985. It specializes in leveraged buyouts in the middle market and small-cap segment, as well as real estate and secondary debt, and it targets investments in French companies or firms with management in France. The firm seeks majority stakes in subsidiaries of larger groups or family-owned businesses across sectors such as energy infrastructure, healthcare, media, retail, real estate, agriculture, and related manufacturing and services. It can invest using equity notes or convertible bonds and pursues a balance of business-to-business and business-to-consumer opportunities. Investments typically aim for exits within three to seven years. LBO France emphasizes active governance, often taking supervisory board seats on portfolio companies.

Founded in 2005, Demeter Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm specializing in investments that drive the ecological transition. It focuses on seed to late-stage companies and infrastructure projects across Europe, with a particular emphasis on France. The firm invests between €0.5 million and €30 million, typically taking minority stakes and seeking board seats.

Andera Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 2001 that invests in unlisted companies in France and internationally. The firm focuses on growth-stage opportunities, primarily through buyouts, and manages over €2 billion in investments across life sciences, growth capital, and sponsorless mezzanine debt. It targets sectors including sustainable energy, transportation and logistics, agribusiness, business-to-business and business-to-consumer, building and construction, cosmetics, distribution, industry, information technology and software, media, medical technology, real estate, therapeutic products, and tourism.

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.

The EIC Accelerator is a Horizon Europe funding program that provides assistance to start-ups and SMEs that have an innovative, game-changing product, service, or business model that has the potential to create new markets or disrupt existing ones, and have the ambition and commitment to scale up, are seeking substantial funding, but the risks involved are too high for private investors to invest alone

Founded in 2013, Axeleo is a venture capital firm based in Lyon, France. It focuses on investing in early-stage B2B software and Greentech startups, providing equity investments from seed to Series B stages alongside operational guidance and strategic assistance.

Entrepreneur Venture is a private equity firm headquartered in Paris, France, focusing on investments in the retail, SaaS, and e-commerce industries. With a preference for companies based in Europe, the firm seeks opportunities to support and grow businesses in these sectors.

Turenne Groupe is a private equity firm based in Paris that partners with entrepreneurs to develop mid-market companies. Founded in 1999, the firm targets investments in healthcare, hospitality, innovative industries including deep tech and ecotechnologies, as well as business-to-business services for engineering and environmental sectors.