# Top 50 InsurTech Startup Investors in France in May 2026 ## Elaia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Evolem Start - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France - Relevant deals: 4 - 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€. ## Accel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce First partner to exceptional teams everywhere ## BlackFin Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## astorya.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Financial Services Scope . New technologies enable insurance, to change its status quo, business models and way of serving customers in the age of continuous change. We are investing in visionary founders eager to build this next generation of insurance and capable to take their vision off-the-ground. ## Hi Inov - Dentressangle - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology Hi inov is a regulated Venture capital management company dedicated to early stage investment in B2B digital start-ups. We have €165M under management. They are 7 investors based in Paris, Lyon and Munich and also have an operating team.Hi Inov supports young and innovative digital BtoB companies from their very beginnings, and stimulates theirlong-term growth to help them become tomorrow’s leading companies. ## 42CAP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence 42CAP is a seed stage investment firm based in Munich, Germany. They initially invest € 0.5 to 1.5m in seed-stage tech- and data-driven companies across Europe with global ambition.With eCircle they previously built one of Europe’s largest SaaS companies and sold the profitable business to Teradata (NYSE:TDC) in 2012. ## MAIF Avenir - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, FinTech MAIF Avenir is a French VC firm investing in post-seed to series B startups founded by French entrepreneurs. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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: 2 - 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. ## Macif - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Fitness A group with mutualist values, Macif brings together almost 5m members to protect what is essential to everyone - life, family and property. ## Mosaic Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology We back founders who are reimagining the world. We invest $1-10m early, in those building daring adventures in Europe. ## Olivier Legrain - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Sports Olivier Legrain - CEO @ IBA ## Guillaume Lestrade - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto. ## MacKinnon, Bennett & Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy Sector specialists investing in high-impact companies accelerating the decarbonization of the global economy. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Chris Varelas - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Social News, Information Technology Chris Varelas - Co-Founding Partner @ Riverwood Capital ## Ronan Le Moal - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Sports Ronan Le Moal is the Founding Partner and Managing Director at Epopée Gestion. Ronan Le Moal attended HEC Paris. ## Raise Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Fabrice Bernhard - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, IaaS, PaaS Fabrice Bernhard is the Co founder & CTO of Theodo and Co-founder & CTO of Allomatch. He attended Ecole Polytechnique ETH Zurich. ## Societe Generale - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Software, Energy, Manufacturing Societe Generale is one of the European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth, aiming to be the trusted partner for its clients, committed to the positive transformations of the world.Active inthe real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale employs over 149,000 members of staff in 67 countries and supports on a daily basis 31 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world. The Group offers a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions to secure transactions, protect and manage assets and savings, and help its clients finance their projects. Societe Generale seeks to protect them in both their day-to-day life and their professional activities, offering the innovative services and solutions they require. The Group’s mission is to empower each and everyone who wants to have a positive impact on the future. ## SIDE Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## 360 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Serena - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Alma Mundi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, InsurTech, Insurance We back bold and purpose-driven founders. ## Benjamin Griveaux - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Sports, Education Benjamin Griveaux is a former minister and an entrepreneur. ## 5M Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Internet, Innovation Management, Recruiting 5M Ventures is a unique Start-Up accelerator that has a complete ecosystem that meets all the needs of entrepreneurs: Fundraising, Consulting, Media For Equity, Purchase of Space and an Investment Fund dedicated to Products Consumer Goods.The founders and shareholders of 5M Ventures, investors in over 250 Start-Up companies, are convinced thatbusiness creators need tailor-made support to succeed in the world of Venture Capital.5M Venture is an innovative model for capital risk investment, offering B2C companies experiencing rapid growth the possibility to advertise in top quality media space in exchange for shares in the said companies. ## 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 ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Matmut - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Matmut is a financial company that offers a full range of property and personal insurance products (car, motorcycle, home, boat, hunting, responsibilities, protection of the family, health, welfare, legal protection, assistance) and financial services. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in Rouen, France. ## Baptiste Hamel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, InsurTech, Insurance Baptiste Hamel ## Eric Sibony - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, InsurTech, Insurance Shift Technology’s CSO Eric Sibony was Jeremy’s classmate at Ecole Polytechnique where he earned his degree in engineering and mathematics. He later received his MS from Université Paris VI and his PhD from Telecom ParisTech where he focused on probabilistic modelling on permutations, machine learning algorithms on rankings, and applications torecommender systems. Jeremy and Eric both have technical & mathematics backgrounds and experienced the problem of insurance claims fraud first-hand as analysts within the Fraud Detection department of Paris-based AXA, one of the world’s largest insurance carriers. They realized that there was a real need for industrialization in this field and that an IT solution integrating real business expertise was required. After their internship at AXA, they developed a prototype solution combining their know-how in combating fraud and their newly acquired skills in statistical data processing. Shift was later founded in March 2013. ## Cathay Innovation - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech A Global Venture Capital Platform Connecting Innovators Everywhere ## Karim Irouche - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Karim Irouche ## Lucie Lefevre - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Lucie Lefèvre is a French Champion and medalist at the European and World Cyclo-cross Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2014. ## Cleverton Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, InsurTech, Insurance Cleverton Ventures is a Venture Capital fund investing in early-stage FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech and FoodTech startups in Europe, North America and Israel at the late Seed and Series A level. ## William Bonnet - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech William Bonnet participated in 10 Tour de France, 5 Tours of Spain and 3 Tours of Italy. ## Raphael Vullierme - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Cloud Security Raphael Vullierme is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Luko. ## Stéphane Rossetto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Stéphane Rossetto is a combatant of the Tour de France 2019. ## Patrick Weil - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Patrick Weil is the President of the Prunay Group and of Prunay Impact -Startup Studio. ## Eric Dodin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Eric Dodin is the ex CEO of Europcar and CEO of AssurOne. ## Petitjean Patrick - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech Patrick Petitjean is the ex-CEO of the April group and ex-CEO and co-founder of Utwin. ## François Pervis - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, InsurTech François Pervis is a Multiple world champion and Olympic medalist in track cycling in 2016 and 2020. ## Breega - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours. ## OneRagtime - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - 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? ## BNP Paribas Développement - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care BNP Paribas Développement is the investment arm of BNP Paribas that specializes in SME development. It specializes in second stage, mezzanine, bridge, acquisition, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, recapitalization, special situations, and privatizations transactions.The firm considers investments in manufacturing, service industries,medicine, electronics, energy, chemistry, new materials, industrial automations, industrial goods and services, transportation, consumer goods, commerce and distribution, buildings and public works, wholesale retail, biotechnology, telecommunications, and information technology sectors.BNP Paribas Développement was established in 1988 and is based in Paris, France. ## Julien Codorniou - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys. ## Benhamou Global Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS BGV Focuses on Enterprise 4.0 companies and cross-border innovation. We deploy our financial and human capital from seed stage to IPO. ## MTech Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Insurance, InsurTech, FinTech MTech Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) and London investing in InsurTech - technology companies operating in the insurance industry. ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet,the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project. # 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