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

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 20
- 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.

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 17
- 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.

## M Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Software

M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM.
A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth.
In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies.

## Angelsquare
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 11
- 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.

## Alven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 10
- 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

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 9
- 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: 9
- 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.

## Financiere Saint James
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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.

## Isai
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## Newfund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

## Serena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## 360 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Early stage european VC investing on ClimateTech, DeepTech, Mass Consumption and Business Automation.

## Finorpa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Industrial, Software

Finorpa is a venture capital firm based in France that finances seed and early stage investments of Small and Medium Enterprises.

## Otium Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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

## Ventech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology

On-the-ground expert investors in early-stage digital. Ready to meet you, wherever you are.

## 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.

## Capagro
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing

The First European Independent Venture Capital fund dedicated to AgTech and Food Tech

## Eutopia VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce

Eutopia is a fund for consumer startups. We back founders who are rethinking the way we eat, shop, sleep and feel. We are backing 26 startups

## Astanor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology

We help the ambitious build a food system that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted and produces delicious food for all.

## Crédit Agricole
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

Credit Agricole is a banking corporation with focuses on corporate and investment banking, retail banking, and savings management. Crédit Agricole Group is a responsible, helpful bank serving 49 million customers, 7.4 million mutual shareholders, and 1.2 million shareholders. Crédit Agricole Group supports its customers in their plans and projectsin France and around the world, through its operations in all segments of the market including insurance, real estate, payment systems, asset management, leasing and factoring, consumer finance, and corporate and investment banking.
Crédit Agricole also stands out for its dynamic, innovative corporate social responsibility policy serving the economy. This policy is based on a pragmatic approach that permeates throughout the entire Group and engages all its employees. Its recent inclusion in the Vigeo-NYSE Euronext extra-financial indices is recognition of this engagement.

## Elaia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Elaia is French venture capital firm focused on European digital and deep tech startups, from early stage to growth developpement. We back tech disruptors.

## Investisseurs privés
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Blanquefort, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Investisseurs privés

## Seventure Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in information and communication technology, and life sciences companies. It funds innovation and participates in the entrepreneurial adventure, alongside entrepreneurs and sharing their passion.Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of the European leaders in venture capital, with€ 660 million under management as of December 31, 2016. It is an active partner of innovative companies that, according to the management team, show strong growth potential and evolving in two fields of activity: Digital Technologies and Life Sciences. With more than 20 employees, including some 15 investors, Seventure Partners has a proven track record and in-depth expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, and various private equity operations.Seventure's goal is to identify and support the development of tomorrow's European leaders in order to accelerate their growth. To do this, the firm provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks, and know-how of its internal team of investors.

## Elevation Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Advertising

The management company of the Inter Invest Group.

## Educapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, EdTech

The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund.

## Senseii Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Cannabis, Messaging

Senseii Ventures is an accelerator and a venture capital investment firm that focuses on digital disrupting ideas and projects. It provides strategic assistance, industrial capital, and capital funding to startups. The firm was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

## Demeter Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Electronics

Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the ecological transition. We invest from €1m to €30m to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.

## Headline
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Stride.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Stride.VC is a London-based seed-stage tech fund; a small team of dedicated venture investors backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs.  We favour prototypes over powerpoints and whiteboards over boards.  We love our craft.

## GO CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rennes, Bretagne, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

GO CAPITAL is a management company approved by the AMF and a member of AFIC. It is based in Rennes, and manages more than 130 million of assets by investing primarily in western France in innovative companies with high growth potential.

## WeLikeStartup
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Augmented Reality

WeLikeStartup is a crowdfunding platform. WeLikeStartup brings startups their initial financing by the pre-sale or fundraising capital and provides investors to support entrepreneurship and job creation in France while providing services tailored to their security concerns and liquidity. Created by a recognized entrepreneurs and financeprofessionals team is WeLikeStartup Financial Investment Adviser, registered with ORIAS ( Unique Register of Insurance Intermediaries, Banking and Finance ), Member of the CNCIF ( National Chamber of Investment Advisers financial ) and Associate Partner of the first Business Angels network in France ( Investessor ).

## Blue Horizon Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a new Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet.

## Quadia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail

Quadia is a regulated investment manager specialized in social and environmental finance. With more than CHF 70 million invested in over 20 companies, Quadia is a leading and pioneering impact investor. Our core investment thesis centers on sustainability as a pillar of risk management and economic valuation. It targets significantly impactfulcompanies which have positioned their products and services to meet a growing demand which is influenced by an irreversible paradigm shift. This paradigm shift is driven by worldwide interdependent social, environmental and economic stakes.

## Investessor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Augmented Reality

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## Karista
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Karista is an early-stage venture capital firm created in 2001 investing in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.

## IDIA Capital Investissement
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Manufacturing

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## Evolem Start
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Evolem is an evergreen fund sponsored by an entrepreneur with net worth > 850m€ (Bruno Rousset, Founder of April, listed insurance broker with 1B€ market cap). No external LP's, quick process and no exit deadline. We invest from 100k to 3M€ in french startup raising 500k€ to 10M€.

## Siparex Groupe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology

Siparex, France,s first multi-sectoral private equity investment company, is founded in Lyon.It was a start-up at a time when the spirit of enterprise was flagging. It emerged in one of France's regions, listed the shares of the original company one of its main vehicles on the stock market, grew internationally, and has become one of theindependent groups in its line of business in the space of 30 years.

## LeadX Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: München, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Restaurants, SaaS, Software

Driving digital transformation of consumer industries. As a leading growth capital investor, we combine deep investment experience with commercial reach.

## Samaipata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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

## Starquest Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Starquest Capital is a venture capital firm based in France that helps accelerate the growth of entrepreneurs.

## UI Investissement
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology

Since 1967, the UI brand embodies a partnership with companies. Actor of the economy, UI has accompanied more than 120 SMEs over the last fifteen years, investing more than 550m € and giving substance to their development projects. Combining experience and corporate culture, UI has established itself as an involved and independent partner, able tocount on its shareholder leaders to favor, independently, the sustainable performance of the SMEs it accompanies.

## Danone Manifesto Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Health Care

We are a corporate venture group located in New York City and Paris that is part of a global food and beverage company with a unique manifesto and world-class expertise and resources.

## Blockwall
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology

Thesis-driven, industry-focused and independent blockchain investment firm funding the development of Web 3.0 and decentralized technologies from the heart of Europe, Frankfurt - Germany

## Unigrains
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Farming

Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector.

## Paca Investissement
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Manufacturing

Paca Investissement is specializes in investing in startups and developmental stages. The fund invests in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region.

## Id4 ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- 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

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

## Sofilaro
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing

Sofilaro is an investment arm of Crédit Agricole S.A. specializing in late venture, mature, growth capital, buyouts, and middle market investments. 

## Breega
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

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