# Top 35 Email Startup Investors in France in May 2026

## Hexa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

eFounders partners with talented co-founders to build the future of product-led SaaS.

## SIDE Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Smart Investment for Disruptive Entrepreneurs Fonds d'investissement early-stage pour les start-ups tech & digitales

## 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

## Entrepreneur Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Marketing

Entrepreneur Venture is a private equity firm based in Paris, France. The firm seeks to invest in the retail, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Europe.

## KREAXI
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Limonest, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Kreaxi is a management company specializing for over 30 years in investing in the capital of innovative and technological startups with high potential.

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Bertrand Jacquelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

## A Plus Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Telecommunications

A Plus Finance, which is headquartered in Paris (France), is an independent trust company specialising in the management of Common Investment Fundsfor Innovation (FCPI) and Proximity Investment Funds (FIP). A Plus Finance is involved in all innovative sectors, particularly in the IT, media and security fields.The A Plus Finance team includesfinanciers and entrepreneurs, thus providing companies with both an awareness of the daily constraints of management and a long-term perspective on the development of their business. Managing funds amounting to nearly €220m, A Plus Finance invests between €1 million and €4 million per project.per

## Avolta Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Advertising

Avolta Partners provides independent M&A and corporate finance advice to young, cutting-edge, and leading startups in Europe. They have a strong track record of M&A and Venture Capital deals such as TokTokTok, Qarnot Computing or Smartangels.

## Andreas Ehn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Andreas is working on a service that will connect people, time and places on the web. He also works as an independent consultant helping other startups with product strategy, technical infrastructure, scalability and recruiting as well as financial companies (venture capital and private equity) with technical due diligence and in other advisorroles.He was CTO at Spotify from the launch of the company in August 2006 until November 2009. Before that he worked at Stardoll as an engineer and project manager.

## Cyril Moutran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, TV

Cyril Moutran - Cofounder - Product & Strategy @ feedly

## Bill Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce

Bill Lee was CEO and co-founder of Remarq, a Benchmark Capital-backed collaboration company. At Remarq, Bill guided the company in its development of a complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration platform. Before its acquisition by Critical Path in March 2000, the company developed high-volume messaging platforms for sites such aseBay, Sun, Novell, and Amazon. The company raised over $43 million in venture and debt financing.Bill has been appointed by the Mayor of San Jose to the Redevelopment Committee of San Jose. Bill also graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in accounting/finance and received a JD/MBA from UCLA.

## IT-Translation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

IT-Translation: investor and co-founder of digital technology start-ups developed from research

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

## XAnge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Isai
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## SaaS Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Email, Software

SaaS Lab is a vehicle dedicated to manage assets for the long term by sharing knowledge via a large network of entrepreneurs & experts.

## Laurent Asscher
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B

Previously, I was also Investor in several industry-defining companies, notably Themis (sold to Mercury Systems), Ixia (sold to Keysight), Webedia (sold to Fimalac), Centellax (sold to Microsemi), CacheIQ (sold to NetApp), Anametrix (sold to Enlighten), KitLocate (sold to Yandex), Tekelec (sold to Siris Capital Group), LibertySurf (IPO),Aufeminin.com (IPO), Freever (sold to Buongiorno), Sidetrade (IPO), EmailVision (IPO) and Instranet (sold to SFDC).

## Dave Morin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, Software

Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

## Jeanine Heller
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, CRM

A forward thinking entrepreneur, marketing and brand strategist with an appetite to disrupt, create and reinvent products and experiences that transform industries, engage consumers, and enable positive change.

## Stephan Dietrich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Security, Software, Enterprise Software

Stephan Dietrich is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a 25 year experience in the high tech industry and an exceptional track record growing and scaling start-ups all the way to successful exits. Sold Neolane to Adobe Systems for $600M.
Co-Founder of Neolane in 2001, Stephan was responsible for driving Neolane’s corporate vision,international business development and its high growth in North America. In 2013, with $60MM revenues and 400 employees, Neolane was acquired for a 10x multiple on revenue. Since the acquisition of Neolane, Stephane was instrumental in defining a new Marketing & Experience Cloud category, combining the best of the Neolane DNA with the strengths of Adobe resulting in a 40%+ CAGR over 4 years and an undisputed worldwide leadership position for the Adobe Campaign business. Prior to Neolane, Stephan was Founder and CEO of CubicSoft and also Co-Founder and VP of AGDS, acquired by Peregrine Systems, now HP.Stephan is a recognized thought leader and a Digital Marketing expert. He is regularly interviewed in high-level publications and has spoken at several major worldwide marketing & entrepreneurship events.Stephan lives in Boston, he holds a Master of Science degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and earned his Master in Business Administration from the College des Ingenieurs.

## General Catalyst
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

## Naxicap Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Retail

Naxicap Partners is a financial partner responsible, active and present along with its holdings. Their concept of partnership is to provide their participants and their managers substantial support in periods of expansion as in times of difficulty, with lines of action to be effective and practical.

## Adam Nash
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Adam Nash is the Co-Founder and CEO at Daffy. He attended Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

## Gustaf Alstromer
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, SaaS

Gustaf Alstromer is a partner at Y Combinator. Before joining Y Combinator he spent 4.5 years at Airbnb where he worked as a Product Lead on the Growth team, a team he helped start in 2012.

## David King
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, Blockchain

David King is a Founder of Highlighter. He attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for Computer Engineering.

## Prehype
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Mobile, Freelance

Prehype is venture development firm HQ in NYC with offices in London, Copenhagen and Sydney, Detroit.Prehype is a venture development firm, building new businesses in partnership with the world’s finest corporations and VCs. They run workshops for companies like Diageo, NewsCorp, Mondelez, LEGO, and Verizon, in which they identify problems ormissed opportunities and resolve them through their startup/early-stage approach. Some of their very successful ventures are Bark & Co (barkbox), basno.com, and Managed By Q.

## Elliot Shmukler
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Email, Events

Elliot Shmukler is the VP of Product & Growth at Welathfront.Elliot is the VP of Product and Growth, is an accomplished Silicon Valley “growth hacker,” having led the strategy and execution behind LinkedIn’s growth from 20M to more than 200M members.He joined Wealthfront from LinkedIn, where, as Sr. Director of Product Management, he alsooversaw much of the consumer product experience, including Profile, Search, Endorsements and People You May Know. Previous to LinkedIn, Elliot held Technical and Leadership roles at eBay, About.com, Sombasa Media and Microsoft.Elliot holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller scholar.He holds a BA magna cum laude in Computer Science from Harvard University.

## Thomas France
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Entrepreneur, Investor

## Crédit Industriel et Commercial
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Information Technology, Information Services, Internet

CIC Lyonnaise De Banque offers commercial banking services. CIC is the fourth largest banking group in France, consisting of seven regional banks which operate across France through a network of 1,844 branches employing 24,000 staff. CIC's customer base includes 2.7 million retail clients.

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Hunter Walk
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Machine Learning

Hunter Walk is a Partner at Homebrew. He holds a BA degree in History from Vassar and MBA from Stanford University.

## 3T Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet

3T Capital is a venture capital fund, serving innovative companies within the Information Technology and Communication sector from their seed and early-stage phases.
3T Capital is funded by the European Investment Fund, BPI France, and its strategic partner, Institut Mines Telecom.

## Nestadio Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Plouhinec, Bretagne, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Nestadio Capital is a French venture capital and private equity firm specialized in direct investments.

## Sowefund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Environmental Consulting, Retail, Renewable Energy

Sowefund is a investment platform in supporting innovative companies in their search for financing.

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