Creadev
Creadev is the investment firm created in 2002 by the Mulliez family (owners of Décathlon, Leroy Merlin, Auchan, etc.) to support and accompany high-potential SMEs. They leverage the capital and values of this entrepreneurial family to help growing companies emerge as leaders in the health, food, and climate sectors. Their strategy involves investing up to €250M annually across 5 to 10 companies with a positive impact in Europe, Africa, and the United States. The firm is deeply rooted in the Mulliez family's entrepreneurial heritage and aims to help entrepreneurs build unique and sustainable businesses.
Cuir Invest
Cuir Invest is an investment fund focused on supporting the growth of young, innovative businesses in the leather sector. The fund aims to revitalize the French leather industry and prepare it for future challenges such as automation, digital transformation, customization, environmental sustainability, transparency, and the circular economy. They seek to offer long-term financial support to visionary entrepreneurs shaping the future of the sector, respecting values of passion, resilience, innovation, and excellence. The firm recognizes the importance of the French leather industry, which includes 9,400 companies, generates €25 billion in turnover, and employs nearly 130,000 people. Cuir Invest aims to facilitate the acceleration of growth in high-potential labels and businesses within the leather sector, including manufacturing, production, and distribution. They are particularly interested in startups that have identified their market and proven the value of their concept. Cuir Invest's approach emphasizes the creation of innovative labels and the support of new uses for leather, while embracing sustainability and circular economy principles. Their portfolio demonstrates a focus on companies that are rethinking traditional approaches to leather goods, footwear, and accessories. They provide capital to companies across a broad range of applications, from luxury goods to industrial applications of leather.
Daphni
Daphni doesn't chase hype but focuses on real shifts across scientific, societal, and environmental landscapes. They invest in technologies that regenerate, include, empower, and scale across various sectors, including climate, deeptech, retail, and inclusion. Their core belief centers on talent being ubiquitous and access needing to be equally available, targeting innovators from various backgrounds, from rural areas to deeptech labs. They aim to meet founders where they are and help them reach their goals. Sustainability and impact are at the heart of their strategy, reflecting a long-standing commitment to ESG (Environment, Sustainability, Governance). As a B Corp certified company, their actions are guided by clear values and measurable objectives. This commitment is ingrained in their investment decisions and permeates their ecosystem, from portfolio companies to investors. Daphni employs different strategies with its active funds. The generalist fund focuses on disruptions with a positive social and environmental impact, with a strong science angle in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and life sciences. There's also a digital retail fund, supported by Carrefour, focuses on innovations in the retail space including e-commerce, future of grocery, data, financial services, robotics procurement, and impact. The Time4 fund is a project to support entrepreneurs with unique and underrepresented backgrounds, targeting all industries.
Dastore
Dastore invests in disruptive and high-potential leaders in the retail and e-commerce sectors, leveraging Carrefour Group’s global reach and daphni’s venture capital expertise to accelerate scaling.
EDF Pulse Ventures
EDF Pulse Ventures operates as the strategic and financial partner for startups focused on the energy transition. The core thesis revolves around accelerating the electric revolution by identifying, professionalizing, and developing innovative solutions that contribute to producing more low-carbon electricity, developing flexible networks, and combating climate change. Innovation is considered essential to EDF's DNA and is seen as a necessity to address the climate crisis. The firm actively seeks to transform abundant innovation into powerful solutions, aligning with EDF's 80-year history of shaping a more sustainable future. The investment strategy appears to emphasize providing both financial backing and strategic guidance to startups that can significantly impact EDF's goals related to energy transition and the broader electric revolution.
Epopée Gestion
Epopée Gestion is a regional investment fund focusing on supporting entrepreneurs and local economies in France. They invest across multiple asset classes, including innovation and digital, transitions for SMEs/mid-sized companies, sustainable real estate, and infrastructure and climate. Their investment approach is characterized by providing expertise in strategic acceleration and internationalization, leveraging an experienced and accessible team with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Epopée Gestion aims to foster the emergence of champions within their target regions, actively participating in the ecological transition while preserving the history and local character of the assets they invest. They appear to prioritize companies demonstrating collaborative approaches and innovative models, exemplified by their support for companies like Shopopop and Entech.
Eutopia
Eutopia is a venture capital firm that invests in emerging brands with a purpose, aiming to redefine how people live, eat, sleep, socialize, learn, and feel. They focus on businesses that create products or services that people use every day, encompassing consumer goods and services across various sectors like personal care, home decor, packaged food, mobility, wellness, hospitality, education, and healthcare. A key aspect of their investment strategy is backing businesses that are a force for good for individuals, the community, and the planet, emphasizing a commitment to sustainability and positive impact. They seek driven founders who are aligned with their company mission and Eutopia's values, prioritizing a strong working relationship based on shared goals and ethics. Eutopia tends to invest in established businesses with a proven business model, generating more than 3 million euros annually and demonstrating a clear path to profitability. However, they remain open to engaging with earlier-stage companies that align with their values and have strong potential for future partnership. They actively support their portfolio companies by providing them with an operating toolbox and network to help them thrive. They are B-Corp certified since 2019, demonstrating a commitment to creating a sustainable way of living and doing business for individuals, the community, and the planet. Eutopia's approach involves balancing profit with purpose, ensuring a commitment to creating a sustainable way of living and doing business for individuals, communities, and the planet. This is reflected in their B-Corp certification. They want to make a difference by improving lives and encouraging positive changes in everyday lives. They are like-minded trailblazers who are ambitious, caring and transparent, that also care about the world and crave a new way of living. Eutopia operates primarily in France, with a footprint in Spain and the US. They are looking for pioneering companies that solve a problem and share a purpose, those which have a soul. They also tend to invest in businesses with a proven business model and clear path to profitability, but welcome other companies to reach out.
Five Seasons Ventures
Five Seasons Ventures focuses on investing in consumer brands that have the ambition to become category leaders and sustainability champions. They partner with companies in the food and beverage sector, with a particular emphasis on those addressing challenges like high sugar content, plastic consumption, and CO2 emissions. The firm is interested in companies offering nutrition, functionality, sustainability, and indulgence. They look for brands that are creating a new generation of snacking that caters to the evolving preferences of millennial and Gen-Z consumers, and that demonstrate a commitment to impact-driven practices. They aim to back purpose-driven founders with a strong vision to become leading next-generation food brands. They seem to be particularly interested in brands that leverage technology and innovation to disrupt traditional markets. This is evidenced by their investments in personalized nutrition, online grocery, and sustainable packaging solutions. Their investment in The Nu Co exemplifies their focus on companies tackling confectionary industry problems with innovative solutions and a commitment to sustainability. They value companies that demonstrate the ability to sell online. Five Seasons Ventures seeks to support its portfolio companies' expansion and growth, as shown by their involvement in the extension round of KoRo's Series B investment. They emphasize helping their portfolio companies navigate to the top of their category fast and appear to be hands-on in assisting with organizational development, governance, and planning for refinancing and exits.
Hook
Hook is a pre-seed program designed to support founders at the very beginning of their entrepreneurial journey. They invest €50,000 in 10 startups twice a year through a program focused on community, mentorship, and investor exposure. The "Hook Batch" program centers around weekly gatherings with successful entrepreneurs, access to on-demand mentoring, and a Demo Day for presenting to investors and journalists. The firm aims to provide startups with the crucial resources and network needed to navigate the initial challenges of building a company.
Id4 Ventures
Id4 Ventures is a founder-led early-stage investment firm that exclusively backs ambitious Deep Tech startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Their mission is to support breakthrough technologies from day zero, helping founders build global companies. They focus on partnering with founders who are transforming industries rather than simply optimizing them. Beyond providing early capital, Id4 Ventures leverages its network and mobilizes multi-million dollar SPVs from their LPs to bridge funding gaps and scale innovations through to exit. This suggests a commitment to long-term support beyond the initial investment. Their focus appears to be on technologies with the potential for significant, lasting impact and a willingness to take on the higher risks associated with Deep Tech. The firm's emphasis on Deep Tech and providing support through SPVs highlights its approach of providing comprehensive resources, going beyond typical venture capital. Their approach suggests a focus on industries ripe for disruption and transformative technologies that require a long-term investment outlook.
Karot Capital
Karot Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in innovative companies without a pre-defined sector focus. The firm aims to support ambitious entrepreneurs by providing them with capital, optimism, and a collaborative partnership. The firm seeks to actively contribute sectorial and geographic expertise, know-how and networks to the benefit of its portfolio companies. They work hard alongside their entrepreneurs to achieve home runs. The firm emphasizes the importance of strong entrepreneurial teams and seeks opportunities to support them through their advisory board of experienced entrepreneurs.
Kurma Partners
Kurma Partners is a European venture capital firm focused on funding healthcare and biotechnology companies. They invest across various stages of maturity, from company creation to capital expansion, emphasizing a strong network of partners with leading European academic research institutions. Their strategy involves transforming disruptive scientific discoveries into cutting-edge medicines or medical devices aimed at diagnosing and treating patients with severe diseases and high unmet medical needs. The firm actively works with research teams early on to validate discoveries, bringing together healthcare industry experts and experienced entrepreneurs to build high-tech companies. They provide initial capital/funding and invite other investors to participate. They support early-stage companies by offering expertise and their network. Kurma Partners is committed to sustainable development and adheres to established ESG practices. They aim to build the healthcare industry of tomorrow by collaborating with leading European research centers.
Leryon Holdings
Leryon Holdings operates as an investment vehicle with a focus on three core pillars: Real Estate, Financial Products, and Venture Capital. Their overarching investment strategy is guided by three business philosophies: minimize risk, maximize returns, and enhance societal well-being. The firm actively manages investments in stocks and bonds and also functions as a boutique venture capital firm, focusing on identifying and providing initial seed funding to high-potential startups, particularly in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Aerospace (both hardware and software). Leryon Holdings contributes to local economies by offering quality houses to workers and their families in the real estate sector. In real estate, Leryon's strategy involves identifying properties, analyzing financial metrics, revitalizing properties, and renting them out with a clear objective of return maximization, while simultaneously aiming to create a quality lifestyle for its clients. The firm operates in Romania, France, and Spain, with plans for further expansion into other regions and countries. Leryon Holdings emphasizes alternative investments and seeks to make smart investments across various sectors and geographies, aligning with its philosophies of risk minimization, return maximization, and enhancement of societal well-being. Leryon Holdings employs 6 partners and 28 employees, with 28 investments and 13 real estate units under management.
Neo Founders
Neo Founders is an exclusive network of serial entrepreneurs and early-stage investors focused on backing ambitious founders and helping them build market-leading companies. They operate as a club deal, mobilizing expert capital and networks. The firm invests in a highly selective portfolio of 15+ promising startups each year, with a focus on driving growth through go-to-market strategies, HR, CRM, and revenue generation support. Their objective is to prepare founders for subsequent fundraising rounds, attracting Tier-1 investors and achieving successful scale globally. Neo Founders provide access to non-dilutive financing and lead exclusive club deals. The firm supports future fundraising rounds from strategy to execution, provides board seat opportunities to actively accelerate the business and offer high-value, qualified business introductions to drive strategic partnerships and revenue. The firm aids talent acquisition, including direct access to top candidates through school partnerships, alumni network, and targeted talent sourcing. Giving back is also a core value, with 10% of the added-values generated will be donated to a foundation. The firm aims to turn ambition into results by providing funding, growth strategies and talent. Neo Founders focuses on building lasting relationships and supporting founders throughout their journey.
NewAlpha Asset Management
New Alpha Asset Management is a portfolio management and advisory firm providing bespoke investment solutions to leading investors. The firm offers flexible access to a wide range of best-in-class external managers across various strategies through an open-architecture approach. They focus on identifying exceptional investment solutions that lead to robust portfolio construction and effective risk management. New Alpha leverages a global network of fund managers and experienced teams of analysts and portfolio managers to deliver effective investment solutions. They collaborate closely with clients to provide tailored access to top-tier managers, covering a wide spectrum of strategies. Their core values include being unconflicted, unbiased, transparent, and experts in their domain. The firm’s expertise spans across open architecture, manager research, portfolio implementation, advisory services, asset allocation, and emerging managers. They work across liquid strategies (active equity, fixed income & credit, custom multi-asset), absolute return strategies (hedge funds, liquid alts), and private assets (private debt, private equity, infrastructure). This breadth allows them to offer multi-asset class solutions tailored to specific client needs.
Norman K
Norman K. is positioned as a "Neo-Investment Partner," offering wealth management solutions, financing, and corporate advisory services to international entrepreneurs. They aim to guide clients through wealth management, providing customized portfolios diversified across asset classes with dynamic allocations adaptable to market conditions. Their financing solutions cater to both personal and business needs across various sectors. For international entrepreneurs, they offer tailored Corporate Advisory services. Norman K. emphasizes putting the right people in the right roles and fostering long-term investments and lasting partnerships through an entrepreneurial spirit and deep understanding of client needs. The firm operates across Europe and aims to provide solutions best adapted to its client needs, both financially and concerning guarantees.
OBRATORI
A human financial partner supporting high-potential projects aligned with L'Occitane Group’s mission of sustainability and innovation.
OSS Ventures
OSS Ventures focuses on "industrializing discovery" by building and investing in startups solving large-scale problems within the industrial sector. They act as a co-founder in the earliest stages, providing scientific rigor to the chaotic initial phase of company building. Their approach centers around deep partnerships with leading industry operators and exceptional founders, creating a win-win-win scenario where industry partners access innovative solutions, founders receive crucial support, and society benefits from increased talent allocation to vital areas. OSS aims to bring new weapons, sharper tactics, and the grit to see it through for their industry partners.
Omnes Capital
Omnes Capital is a European private equity firm dedicated to the energy transition, empowering entrepreneurs to address societal challenges and deliver growth. They aim to harness innovation and new business models to deliver returns and create value, shaping a more resilient and sustainable future. Their investment approach is centered around partnering with high-potential companies and providing them with the resources and expertise to scale their operations and become leaders in their respective fields. Omnes focuses on integrating ESG criteria and responsible business practices into their investment processes. Omnes employs a unique approach in renewable energy, transforming developers into independent power producers (IPPs). They invest in real-asset joint ventures or at the corporate level in sustainable cities, securing minority positions with strategic veto rights. In Deeptech, they support startups and push the boundaries of innovation in energy transition, sovereignty and applicative AI. Their co-investment strategy involves taking minority positions in attractive deals in Europe and North America, alongside leading private equity firms, offering investors diversification and leveraging the experience of both Omnes' team and lead investors. Their Capenergie funds, under the Renewable Energy strategy, are designed for asset owners seeking financial returns and sustainable impact. For Sustainable Cities, the Construction Energie Plus strategy invests in new high-performance building projects, retrofitting existing structures, and mobility projects. Their Deeptech strategy focuses on early-growth capital to propel entrepreneurs towards success. Omnes co-invests alongside thought-leader GPs on ESG matters and ensures targets' ESG roadmap over the holding period. Omnes' approach includes building frameworks, knowledge sharing, and training for their portfolio companies, focusing on decarbonization, biodiversity, supply chain, and human capital and good governance. They integrate ESG at every stage of the investment process and operate with a commitment to stewardship and sustainable growth, aiming for a double return - real returns through real-world positive impact.
OpenCNP by CNP Assurances
Open CNP invests in European startups to build the future of finance and insurance, leveraging CNP Assurances' expertise and ecosystem to co-create products/services and accelerate growth.
Pléiade Venture
Pléiade Venture positions itself as more than just a financial backer, emphasizing partnership and long-term commitment to innovative companies. Their evergreen fund model allows for flexible investment without a predetermined exit horizon, fostering alignment between entrepreneurs and investors. They focus on providing support and guidance to companies seeking excellence and growth, facilitated by a network of successful entrepreneurs from diverse sectors. This ecosystem allows them to address various business challenges with informed convictions. The firm aims to federate and accelerate action through alignment, sharing, and engagement, providing more than just capital; they provide an ecosystem of support.
Quadrille Capital
Quadrille Capital is an independent investment manager specializing in Venture Capital and Growth Equity. They invest globally in technology and healthcare assets through four complementary strategies: direct investments in growth equity companies, primary commitments to VC funds, secondary purchases in LP/GP-led transactions, and public equity. The firm has built its platform and team to leverage the synergies across these four strategies, aiming to gain a holistic investment approach that unlocks additional intelligence and opportunities. Their approach allows them to see the entire venture and growth equity landscape and capitalize on unique investment prospects. Quadrille positions itself at the heart of the global venture and growth ecosystem, with the intention of being a strategic partner to its portfolio companies and fund managers. The investment philosophy is based on a financial lens and a global scope, looking to support companies and funds throughout their lifecycle and various stages of their growth. By using a multi-pronged strategy, Quadrille attempts to maximize returns and navigate market cycles effectively. Their portfolio companies are in the technology and life science sectors.
Red River West
Red River West focuses on supporting European founders with True Technology Disruption targeting US launch and leadership, while also caring about their impact. They bring support and insights from successful transatlantic Entrepreneurs and Investors, deep expertise in digital models & technologies, unparalleled cross-border access to Decision Makers & Experts, capacity to support in delivering ESG commitments, and cross-border financial scaling capacity. They actively work with portfolio companies on their US market entry, leveraging their understanding of the challenges and opportunities. The Pinault family and Artémis’ senior executives are actively involved, providing 50 years of experience in building global leaders and unrivaled access to global business leadership.
Reflexion Capital
Reflexion Capital focuses on identifying, financing, and supporting high-growth, profitable technology companies. Their strategy emphasizes investing in companies that have achieved rapid profitability, a principle they champion through their "Bootstrap to the Moon" podcast, which showcases entrepreneurs who have successfully combined growth and profitability. The firm appears to target companies in the B2B, SaaS, and Marketplace sectors. They aim to foster a community of investors and entrepreneurs, encouraging expertise sharing and strategic discussions, suggesting a value-added approach extending beyond mere capital infusion. They appear to prefer companies that don't take huge amounts of outside capital, and prioritize a path to profitability.