# Top 50 Finance VC (Venture Capital) Funds in France in May 2026

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Daphni
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.

## Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Le Relecq-kerhuon, Bretagne, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

In 2002, the three federations of Crédit Mutuel de Bretagne (CMB), Crédit Mutuel du Sud-Ouest (CMSO) and Crédit Mutuel Massif Central (CMMC) and the twenty or so specialised subsidiaries formed a group that took the name Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. As a manufacturer and distributor, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa covers all areas of banking, insurance and finance.

## 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.

## BlackFin Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

BlackFin Capital Partners is the leading pan-European Financial Services PE Platform. The team consists of +35 experienced professionals from several nationalities.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Investisseurs privés
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Blanquefort, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Investisseurs privés

## AXA Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

AXA is a French multinational insurance firm that focuses on global insurance, investment management, and other financial services. AXA helps its clients live more confidently day after day, by protecting them, their families and their property against risks, and by managing their savings and their assets .the company operates in 64 countries witha presence primarily in Western Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East, as well as in Africa. AXA is a conglomerate of independently run businesses which operate according to the laws and regulations of many different countries.The company’s primary goal is to protect customers by focusing on its core business: insurance and asset management.

## Otium Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

In 2015, two independant investment teams were created in Paris inside Otium Capital, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's family office:* Otium Venture, focused on Seed investments in Tech companies (€40m invested in 14 companies among which Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)* Otium Brands, focused on Seed & Series A investments in Consumer GoodscompaniesIn 2019, the two teams spun off to become independant investment firms:* Otium Venture became frst* Otium Brands became Eutopia

## Serena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Serena invests in bold ventures and provides them with an unrivaled level of expertise and operational resources.
In ten years, the firm has already contributed to the emergence of many success stories (Aramisauto - Acquired by PSA, The Fork - acquired by TripAdvisor, Cheerz -acquired by Cewe), and has currently 40 handpicked startups in itsportfolio such as Dataiku, Evaneos, Malt, iBanFirst, CybelAngel, or Lifen.

## Super Capital VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Finance, Financial Services

Super Capital 1 in January 2021 with 100+ international investors to provide finance and support to high potential startups. They invest €25k to €100k per startup and do 1 to 2 investments per month in France, Europe and in the US.

## 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...

## 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.

## Avolta Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Caisse d’Epargne
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Caisse d’Epargne is a cooperative bank that supports all economic players. It shares its values ​​of social responsibility and humanism with its member customers. It is committed to the heart of the regions, the 15 regional savings banks are involved on a daily basis in their clients' projects and provide them with tailor-made solutions.Ithas now had 4.8 million members and 20.6 million customers, managed by 4,182 bank branches and the My Online Banker branch.It was created in 1818 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

## Havenrock
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B
- Focus: Finance, FinTech, Analytics

Havenrock is a investment firm.

## Fasanara Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

FASANARA CAPITAL is an independent, owner-managed alternative asset management company authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Co-founded by CEO Francesco Filia in 2011, Fasanara is based in London with alliance offices in Milan. 

## Financiere Saint James
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Internet

Financiere Saint James is the Family Office of Michaël Benabou, vente-privée.com's co-founder. We invest in digital startups bringing disruptive services to the market. Financiere Saint James invested in companies such Welcome to the Jungle, Glovo, Alma, WeMaintain, Spendesk. Financiere Saint James also invests in PE/VC funds.

## Raise Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

Raise Ventures is a Venture Capital structure dedicated to innovative startups in France and Europe.

## ESA Business Applications
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software

ESA Business Applications is the go-to place for business ideas involving space in all areas of society and economy. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs in Europe in the development of business using satellite applications and space technology.The programme is designed to provide multiple entry points such as ESA Business Incubation Centres(ESA BICs), ESA Technology Transfer Brokers, ESA Business Application Ambassadors and the ESA Business Applications programme. It can also support ideas of transferring space technology into non-space markets or vice versa.

## Sequoia Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

We help the daring build legendary companies.

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

We are a venture capital platform that sources, finances and scales early-stage European start-ups. Our fully digitised investment process offers our exclusive community the freedom and flexibility to choose how they invest, on a deal-by-deal basis or via our funds.
Are you looking to be funded? Are you looking to invest in exclusive start-ups?

## Samaipata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Real Estate

Samaipata is a specialized and pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. With over $160M of assets under management, we start with investments of $750k to $2.5m and reserve up to $10m for future rounds, from pre-seed to Se

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Generis Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Generis Capital Partners is a management company approved by the AMF, whose mission is to provide financing to SMEs in the form of capital contribution or the form of bonds. Generis Capital Partners is a crossroads between the banking business and the business of traditional venture capital. Generis Capital Partners provides innovativefinancing and technical pioneers to best meet the needs of SMEs and investors. Thanks to its technology and a diversified and balanced allocation of assets, Generis Capital Partners has the objective to provide better protection to investors while retaining the possibility of strong gains linked to capital investment.

## Developing World Markets
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Banking

Developing World Markets helped invent modern impact investing more than 20 years ago and has been a leader in the field ever since.

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

AngelSquare is a venture capital firm that prefers to provide seed and series A investments to companies operating in the fintech, SaaS, artificial intelligence and software sectors.

## 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.

## Purple
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps

Bringing together knowledge, people, best practices and capital, we invest from pre-seed to series A in companies we share values and vision.
Venture capital arm of Laurent Ritter (co-founder of Voodoo).

## Reflexion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Cyber Security, Supply Chain Management

Reflexion Capital is supporting with 1 to 5 m€ tickets entrepreneurs willing to build profitable business in tech B2B.
We are focused on FR, CH and BE for now.

## La Poste Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Legal, Finance

La Poste Ventures, financing startups committed to challenge the status quo and generate a positive impact on business.

## Leap Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

Global tech from MENA

## AFD Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Since 1999, our specialists, with 50 years of combined experience, have taken a practical approach to capitalizing every finance and insurance profit opportunity.
AFD Group works with premier service providers who have unique product niches designed to enhance the profitability and customer experience of your organization.

## 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.

## Truffle Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Financial Services, Health Care

Business Builders, Truffle

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

## Positive Planet
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Positive Planet's primary objective is to develop economic, social and environmental INCLUSION across the world in a fair and sustainable way. Its projects are carefully developed and managed to promote the fulfillment of individual aspirations empowering them to benefit future generations. Positive Planet will achieve this ambition bygiving access to financial services, education, entrepreneurship, markets, health, housing, water and sanitation, and clean energy to the greatest number, and particularly the poorest and most needy.

## Atomico
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

## gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

gCC (gumi Cryptos Capital) is a blockchain and cryptographic asset fund that invests in the crypto native stack from L1 to the application layer, as well as in traditional businesses supporting the ecosystem.

## Greenfield
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology

We are long-term backers of early developer teams building toward an open, decentralized and more robust architecture of tomorrow’s web.

## BNP Paribas
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software

BNP Paribas provides banking, financing, investment, savings, and protection solutions. Their investment services include businesses that provide savings, investment, and protection services. They provide financing and investment services to retail customers, associations, businesses, and corporations.

## Mandalore Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Asset Management

Mandalore is a Corporate Venture Capital-as-a-Service that de-risks your innovation venturing programs with strategic and impact investments.

## Id4 ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Id4 is an asset manager, designed for family offices and private investors, committed to unearth valuable and outstanding tech opportunities in Europe

## CMT Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

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CMT Digital is a blockchain and digital assets focused subsidiary of the CMT Group, a 24 year-old trading and investments firm. The CMT Group has operated as a valued partner to entrepreneurs, traders, and technologists

## TheClubDeal
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Uccle, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology

TheClubDeal is a Brussels-based Venture Capital-Private Equity fund manager investing in scale-ups and SMEs located in Belgium and northern France.

## IFC Asset Management Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series E
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

IFC Asset Management Company LLC (AMC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFC, invests third party capital, enabling investors to benefit from IFC’s expertise in achieving strong equity returns, as well as positive development impact in the countries in which it invests. AMC has raised $8.7 billion of capital across 11 investment funds.

## European Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

## Crédit Mutuel Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Crédit Mutuel Innovation is the evergreen venture capital entity of Crédit Mutuel Equity (€3.5 billion in capital). We invest €1-20M in life science, digital and deeptech companies from seed to growth stages.We help bold and ambitious entrepreneurs to develop their strong growth potential with our worldwide enterprise ecosystem (our 350+portfolio companies, our abroad subsidiaries, 150+ largest global corporates and the best-in-class experts). Because it takes more than 5 years to build a Unicorn, we invest our own equity and ensure durable partnerships with visionary leaders.Today, the 350 companies in which we have invested generate a cumulative annual turnover of €50bn and create more than 250,000 jobs.

## Credit Mutuel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Strasbourg, Alsace, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Credit Mutuel is a French investment bank specialized in early stage venture investments.

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