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Investors backing tech startups in France

24 venture funds based in France invest in tech, 7 of them backed by the European Investment Fund. Most also back companies holding EU grants, and the EIC expects co-investors.

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AlvenParis · €300M · seed, seriesa · EIF-backedAlven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm based in Paris, investing at the seed and Series A stages across European technology. Its fifth fund, Fund V, is around EUR 300M, and the firm backs companies in…
Omnes CapitalParis · €200M · seriesa, seriesb · EIF-backedOmnes Real Tech 2 is a deeptech fund managed by Omnes Capital, the Paris-based private equity firm, targeting Series A and Series B rounds. It backs European technology and climate-focused scale-ups and is supported by…
QuantonationParis · €200M · seed, seriesa · EIF-backedQuantonation is an early-stage deep tech fund based in Paris, investing at seed and Series A into quantum technologies and deep-physics startups. This vehicle is its second flagship fund, which closed above target at…
FPCI Sista Fund Ipreseed, seed, early · EIF-backedSista Fund I is a French venture fund (FPCI) managed by Sunshine SAS in Paris, founded by Tatiana Jama out of the Sista NGO to close the funding gap for women entrepreneurs. It backs pre-seed to Series A tech companies…
Logical Content VenturesEIF-backedLogical Content Ventures is a France-based investment fund managed by Logical Pictures, focused on the cultural and creative sectors. It finances the co-production of European films and series, and is backed by the…
Shift4Good Fund I SLPearly, growth · EIF-backedShift4Good Fund I is an impact venture fund managed by Shift4Good, based in Paris with an office in Singapore. It invests in sustainable mobility and transport decarbonisation startups at Series A and B, closed at EUR…
Verto Growth II SLPEIF-backedVerto Growth II is a technology (ICT) fund managed by Verto SAS in France, focused on digital companies. It is an EIF-supported vehicle that provides growth capital to French and European technology…
Alven Capital IVAlven Capital IV is a venture capital fund managed by Alven Capital Partners in Paris, France, investing in technology and ICT companies. The 2013-vintage fund raised around EUR 120M to back early-stage French digital…
Amiral Climate Solutions - Debt Fund I Amundi Real Assets Funding S.C.A.,Amiral Climate Solutions Debt Fund I is a climate-focused private debt fund managed by Amiral Gestion in France. It finances energy and built-environment solutions, industrial decarbonisation and clean mobility…
Ekkio Capital IVParis · €161MEkkio Capital IV is a 2016-vintage growth fund managed by Ekkio Capital SAS, an independent private equity firm based in Paris. The fund closed at EUR 161M and backs European SMEs with EUR 10-100M in turnover across…
Elaia Alpha FundParis · seed, earlyEarly-stage venture fund raised by Paris-based Elaia Partners in 2012, investing in European software and technology companies. The manager has since grown to approximately €850 million in total AUM across successor…
Expansion SLPEUR 137M · seed, earlyExpansion SLP is a deep-tech fund managed by Expansion Ventures, based in Paris with offices in Luxembourg and Stockholm. It invests from pre-seed to Series B in sustainable aerospace and defence, including space…
France Economie Reelle€75M first close (target up to €300M)France Economie Reelle is a senior secured debt fund managed by Delta Alternative Management, a Paris-based firm founded in 2008. It lends to French SMEs and mid-sized companies with revenues of EUR 10-300M, providing…
Galileo 3Paris · venture, growthFrench venture fund (FCPR Galileo III) managed by Galileo Partners, a Paris-based private equity firm founded in 1989. Galileo Partners manages €250M in capital and focuses on technology — software, internet,…
HCVC Fund II$75MHCVC Fund II is a deep-tech venture fund managed by HCVC (Hardware Club), based in Paris with a presence in San Francisco. It writes pre-seed and seed cheques of roughly EUR 250k to EUR 2.5M into hardtech and deep-tech…
ISAI Expansion IIIgrowthISAI Expansion III is a tech-focused expansion and growth fund managed by ISAI Gestion in Paris. The fund backs profitable technology SMEs, taking minority or majority stakes in France, Southern Europe, Switzerland and…
IT Translation Investissement SAS Trocadero Croissance & Transmission IITrocadero Croissance & Transmission II is a French private equity fund managed by IT-Translation and Trocadero Capital Partners. It invests in technology and ICT companies and is among the funds supported through the…
JEREMIE LR SAS€30M · seed, earlyRegional co-investment vehicle created under the EU's JEREMIE initiative for Languedoc-Roussillon, co-funded by the regional authority and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via a €30 million EIF-managed…
PSL Innovation FundEUR 76M · seedThe PSL Innovation Fund is a seed and pre-seed deep tech fund managed by Elaia Partners in France, run in partnership with Universite PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres). It backs startups spun out of PSL's research labs…
Quadrivium IParis · seedQuadrivium I is a seed-stage fund managed by Seventure Partners and based in Paris. It invests in early-stage life sciences and digital technology companies, with a focus on biotech and pharmaceuticals. The roughly EUR…
Revaia Growth II SLPRevaia Growth II is a technology growth fund managed by Revaia, a Paris-based firm founded in 2018. It backs growth-stage European tech companies from Series B onward, and the fund closed at EUR 250M with support from…
Ring Mission Venture Capital I€66M · seed, seriesaRing Mission Venture Capital I is an impact venture fund managed by Ring Capital, a Paris-based firm founded in 2017. It backs early-stage European companies addressing social and environmental challenges, from…
Robolution Capital I FundParis · EUR 80m · seed, seriesa, growthDedicated EUR 80m fund for robotics, AI and IoT, launched in 2014 and fully invested across 15 companies from seed to expansion stage. Management transferred to 360 Capital Partners in 2016; continues as part of 360…
Telecom Technologies Transfert (3T)Telecom Technologies Transfert (3T) is a France-based venture capital fund investing in technology companies, with a focus on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. It supports the transfer and…

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