# Top 50 Cryptocurrency Startup Investors in France in May 2026 ## SGH CAPITAL - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Capital That Makes Sense. Tactical early stage technology investors in the US, Europe and beyond. ## XAnge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology For 20 years, XAnge has been a key venture capital fund in Europe. With 70 startups in its portfolio, XAnge invests early in innovative tech companies. ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.Bpifrance was founded in 2012 and is based in Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France,France. ## BlueYard Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Internet BlueYard backs founders building the interconnected elements that can become the fabric of our future. ## Eric Larchevêque - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Bitcoin, Blockchain Serial experienced entrepreneur, Eric Larchevêque developped several French and European projects, including the Montorgueil Group, sold to Rentabiliweb in 2007, and Prixing, a mobile price comparator bought by HighCo in 2013. Passionate about Bitcoin and the high potential of distributed consensus technologies, he founds la Maison du Bitcoin, aParisian place for for startups working on implementation of Bitcoin technology, and first physical purchase counter of bitcoins in Europe. He’s currently CEO of Ledger, a startup addressing end user security on distributed consensus technologies such as Bitcoin. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries. ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times. ## Julien Bouteloup - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech Julien Bouteloup is a Founder and CEO at Stake Capital Group. Julien previously worked at The British Blockchain Association as a Information Technology Advisor.Julien Bouteloup is a serial entrepreneur and inventor addicted to crazy innovative ideas. He has started his entrepreneurial career building websites and selling hardware technologies atage 14. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Union Graduate College (USA) and a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from GEM (France), specializing in Artificial Intelligence.He started working in the research sector in USA and then went back to Europe where he started freelancing full-time and consulting in the IT sector for Security & Defence. After 2 years, he quit his freelance position to become a full-time entrepreneur and left to Asia. He has helped and started multiple tech startups in different locations: NYC, Paris, London, Hong-Kong, Brussels and Singapore.In 2017, he founded the Flyingcarpet Network. ## Pascal Gauthier - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, FinTech Pascal Gauthier is a Chairman and CEO at Ledger. ## Cygni Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Investing in the future of trust (Blockchain, Privacy, AI) ## Thomas France - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur, Investor ## Semantic Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software Semantic Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in open markets and networks. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England. ## Isai - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders. ## Nicolas Louvet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics CEO of Coinhouse, a Paris-based Blockchain startup and a seasoned Venture Capital investor (Sofinnova, Serena Capital, Société Générale Private Equity and Ecomobilité Venture). Founder of Keya Capital, a consulting company which advises large Corporate in their CVC and Corporate Innovation activities.As a Partner in VC fund, he invested in -Dataiku (colead, Series A) - FinalCad (lead, Series A) - Lengow (lead, Series B) - Ouicar (sold to SNCF) (lead, Seed and Series A), - Solutions30 (IPO), (lead, Series B) - TR Com (sold to Bull) (colead, Seed) - Sensitive Objects (sold to Tyco Electronics) (lead, Seed and Series A, B) - and 15+ other companies... He has also personally invested in several companies : Ledger (seed, Series), Assoconnect (Seed), Zeenea (Seed), Atria Gestion (seed) Skills: - Entrepreneurship, company management, business development - Venture Capital investment (seed to growth capital) in Tech sectors (software, AI, tech, smart cities, telecom, retail) in Europe - Fund management and creation - Corporate Finance (fund raising, build up, merger, acquisition) - Corporate Strategy (business model, growth strategic plan, competitive positioning) ## Shana Fisher - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Fashion Shana Fisher is the Managing Partner of HLVP, a NY Based venture fund focused on early stage investments. From December 2003 to June 2010, Ms. Fisher served as IAC's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisherserved as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University's ITP. ## Fabric Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Fabric backs the founders of the Open Economy. Investing in builders, businesses, and networks from inception to scaling since 2012. ## MOVE Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin MOVE Capital is a NEAR ecosystem native investment vehicle that exists to support founders and developers launching products on top of NEAR Protocol. ## Tiny VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Backing great companies when they're tiny ## Motier Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services Motier Ventures is the Family Office managing the investments in Tech start-ups made by the Moulin-Houzés, owners of the Galeries Lafayette Group.We back founders who use technology to unlock creativity at scale.We provide agile and patient capital, investing up to €300k as Business Angel in your early days and following with up to €3m on nextrounds. Our favorite investment themes include Future of Commerce, FinTech, Web3 Picks & Shovels, and Creative Technologies.We bring for your business 125 years of experience in entrepreneurship and a wide network within our brands (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, BHV, Citynove...) and across many industries.If you are aiming at changing the game in your industry, we would be happy to connect. ## ConsenSys - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite. ## Declan Kelly - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine. ## Alexis Bonillo - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet COO & Co-founder @ Zenly Retired Pole Vaulter ## w3b.vc - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain AngelList Syndicate ## Draper Dragon - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech We invest in the We Love Entreprenuers About Us Founded by Larry Li, Andy Tang, Bobby Chao, and Tim Draper in 2006, Draper Dragon is a cross-border venture fund that connects Silicon Valley and Asia. We have offices in Silicon Valley, Toronto, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangalore. We look for early-stage companies that would... ## Coinbase - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Coinbase is an online platform that allows merchants, consumers, and traders to transact with digital currency. It allows its users to create their own Bitcoin wallets and start buying or selling bitcoins by connecting with their bank accounts. Also, it provides a series of merchant payment processing systems and tools that support manyhighly-trafficked websites on the internet. Coinbase was launched in 2012 with a mission to create an open financial system for the world. It is operated from San Francisco, California. ## Bonfire Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage ## Headline - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global. ## SVA - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund. Their experience spans helping companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, DoorDash, Faire, Flexport, GitHub, Notion, Pinterest, Snap, Square, and Stripe Scale. Over the last 30 years of investing, their core values of trust, loyalty, and integrity along with a founder-first approach have driven ourstrategy. They are a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward. ## Orange DAO - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team ## NOIA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Fashion NOIA Capital is an actively managed alternative asset manager pursuing excellence in digital assets and blockchain technology investments. ## Visary Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services Visary Capital is an early stage fund investing in teams building infrastructure, protocols, and applications for the next generation digital economy.Investment areas include crypto assets, distributed systems, financial services, data analytics, machine learning, healthcare, media, remote work, and more. Partnering closely with companies andopen-source communities enabling freedom, inclusiveness, education, and major societal efficiencies through technology. ## Bilal EL ALAMY - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Bilal EL ALAMY - Co-founder and CEO @ EquiSafe ## Axeleo Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Axeleo is the leading Enterprise Technology acceleration platform (both VC and Accelerator), backed by a partnership of over 60 entrepreneurs and executives, and the French Tech Acceleration Fund. ## Golden Record Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Payments, Cryptocurrency Golden Record Ventures ## Third Kind Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Actual contact with an alien is a Close Encounter of the Third Kind ## Michael Kong - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Michael Kong ## Animoca Brands - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. ## Meltem Demirors - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an investment firm that manages $750M in assets, and is a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem. Meltem oversees the firm’s managed strategies group and its New York office, and leads corporate development as a board director. Previously, shewas part of the founding team of Digital Currency Group. She teaches at MIT and Oxford, and serves on the WEF Blockchain Council. Meltem leads CoinShares' venture strategy and is an active angel investor, having invested in over 150 companies in the digital currency ecosystem since 2015. ## FEBE Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software FEBE Ventures (“For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs”) is an early stage Venture Capital fund supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in Vietnam & Southeast Asia. The fund is managed by 4 entrepreneurs with +28 years of experience building and scaling companies in Vietnam & Southeast Asia, and investing in tech startups in Asia, Europe andSouth America. We apply a value-added approach, backing the best founders and offering our local business expertise, operational know-how, and global network. ## Chris Hitchen - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT. ## Draper Associates - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a great company takes time to build and we'd like to ensure that entrepreneurs are in for the long haul. ## Gautham Radhakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Rental Gautham has been a Partner with the Tata Opportunities Fund since 2013. Previously, he was a Director with Actis in Mumbai since 2009 and a Principal at Warburg Pincus in London since 2001. His investing and board level experience covers the technology, business services, financial services, industrial and consumer sectors including venture, growthand leveraged buyouts. Gautham started his career in 1995 with JP Morgan in London handling Fixed Income and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has also worked at the BBC, Cricinfo, and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.Gautham graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He also holds an MA (Scholar) from St John's College, University of Cambridge and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Imperial College, University of London. ## Didier Valet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Didier Valet ## Protocol Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency Protocol Labs is building the next generation of the internet. ## Point Nine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages. ## Jim Baldy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Jim Baldy is Yugo Private Aviation. Attended to INSEAD Learning to Lead. ## Alexis Bonte - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Apps Alexis is a Venture Partner at Atomico advising on new investments in France, Spain & Portugal and Eastern Europe as well as sourcing and accelerating growth in the games, blockchain and travels vertical. He is passionate about high-impact, purpose-driven companies, and he currently serves on the boards of Bossa Studios and OhBiBi, Atomico’slatest game investment. He splits his time between London, Paris, Bucharest, Stockholm and Madrid.Alexis is co-founder and CEO of games company eRepublik Labs (eRepublik.com, Age of Lords, World at War, War and Peace) a “free-to-play” pioneer that he sold in June of 2017 to Stillfront Group. Alexis remains the company’s CEO, and is also the Group COO for Stillfront, giving him a unique mix of investor as well as operational expertise. Prior to Erepublik Labs, Alexis was part of the first wave of internet start ups and was with lastminute.com for six years right up to its $1.1B trade sale to Sabre in 2005.Alexis has numerous angel investments, mainly in Europe, and has been active in supporting the development of the European digital ecosystem through events and associations.Alexis is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian and understands basic Romanian if pushed. A long time ago he was a national sailing champion in Portugal, but now he prefers to stay dry and play chess with one of his three children. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co