# Top 50 Publishing Startup Investors in France in May 2026

## Bpifrance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## 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.

## Breega
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Elevation Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Advertising

The management company of the Inter Invest Group.

## 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.

## Damien Guermonprez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Software

Damien Guermonprez is the Executive Chairman of Lemonway and an equity investor in Financial Services and FinTech, sectors in which he has spent the major part of his career. As a passionate about innovation in financial services, he is co-leading the pan European payment institution Lemonway. In 2014, he sold to a hedge fund the former Belgiansubsidiary of BNP Paribas Personal Finance he had bought 4 years before with Apax Partners. Previously, he founded and led 14 credit institutions, leasing and insurance companies, during the last 20 years. He was CEO at Oney Bank, the Auchan banking division. Prior to Oney Bank, he was the CEO and founder of Case Credit Europe. Earlier in his career he was a Finance Manager at RCI Banque, the bank of Renault. Former board member of BUT and Iéseg Management School. Damien received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Ms in Finance from Essec.

## Idinvest Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primaryinvestments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more.

## A Plus Finance
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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

## 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?

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

## Turenne Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseilles
- Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million.
Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million.
32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement.
Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers.

## 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.

## Spice Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Blockchain, Publishing

With an entrepreneurial spirit and strong family roots, we seek to develop a different approach to asset management, trying to unravel niche investment opportunities and astute diversification.
We have the expertise to build bespoke investments solutions across all assets class, always trying to develop a direct and methodical approach and we makesure of monitoring and following on our investments meticulously.

## Finorpa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## CM-CIC Capital Prive
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

CM-CIC Capital Prive is a French investment company focused on SMEs and innovative companies.

## Inventure Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps

Inventure Partners is an innovative investment fund focused on funding disruptive technology startups. The fund looks for teams with a novel approach to business models, and companies that are able to solve real problems and remove inefficiencies in the market. Inventure Partners backs a wide range of ventures across the technology industry, andthe fund’s portfolio currently includes on-demand service Gett (GetTaxi), leader in US telehealth American Well, long-distance bus tickets platform Busfor, and others.

## Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

The Caisse is a global fund manager. Its clients, which it calls its depositors, are mostly Québec public and private pension funds and insurance plans. The funds entrusted to the Caisse are invested in financial markets in Québec, in Canada and around the world to generate a profit.

## 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.

## Matteo de Brabant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: News, EdTech, FinTech

Matteo de Brabant is Founder and Chairman at Jakala Group. He is the CEO of the company since 2000.

## AperiamVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Advertising, Marketing, Software

Early-stage VC fund focused on marketing and advertising technology.

## IRIS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Iris Capital is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. From Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Dubai, Iris Capital supports start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion with the unique support on its multi corporate partners, including Orange, Publicis, Valeo andBRED.Iris Capital invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, AdTech, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world.

## Innovacom
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Telecommunications

For over eighteen years, Innovacom has helped launch innovative telecommunication and information technology startups such as Business Objects, Cobalt Networks, Gemplus, Infovista, Intershop, Kelkoo, LastMinute.com, Micronas, Soitec, and Tumbleweed.

## Sofimac Investment Managers
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Clermont-ferrand, Auvergne, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing

Acteur incontournable du capital risque de proximité, SOFIMAC PARTNERS accompagne depuis maintenant plus de 30 ans les PME régionales dans le financement de leur développement à moyen / long terme. Répondant à la problématique de sous capitalisation des PME françaises, SOFIMAC PARTNERS intervient en fonds propres aux côtés des chefsd’entreprises quelle que soit leur problématique : Création, Développement, Transmission. Gérant 200 M€ d’actifs au travers de 16 fonds (FCPR, FCPI, SCR, FIP,…), notre groupe réalise ses investissements sur une grande variété de secteurs, couvrant aussi bien les activités traditionnelles que technologiques (chimie verte, éolien, chaudronnerie aéronautique, e-commerce, édition de logiciel, médecine nucléaire etc…)

## ODYSSEE VENTURE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

ODYSSEE VENTURE is a private equity firm. The Company provides independent financial advisory services to management companies, family office, and major institutional networks. It was founded by Mathieu Boillet and Sébastien Sassolas in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

## Exor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, FinTech

With EXOR Seeds, We have reconnected with our entrepreneurial roots and long history of innovation.
We look for exceptional founders, with the ambition to build great businesses in their field. EXOR Seeds offers a truly different type of partnership to the select group of entrepreneurs that it backs:- As a fifth-generation family-ledbusiness, we proved that we are builders not traders;- Our permanent capital allows us to take a long-term view and put the interest of the companies We invest in first;- Our global network, across industries and geographies, is a unique advantage to entrepreneurs

## United Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

We are an independent Venture Capitalfirm supporting visionary entrepreneurs toreinvent industries through technology.

## 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.

## Gimv
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Gimv is a European investment company with over three decades of experience in private equity and venture capital.Gimv is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels. Gimv currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 85 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employover 28,000 professionals.As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: Consumer 2020, Health & Care, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.More information on Gimv can be found on [www.gimv.com].

## Alan Fung
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Consumer, Internet

Alan Fung is a Director of Performance Marketing at King.

## Alexandre Berriche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Alexandre Berriche is currently the CEO of Fleet, a startup which simplifies the access, management and a sustainable renewal of computers for start ups, scale ups and SMB, helping you focus on your growth.He is also an angel investor (companies include Kocomo, Claap, Finary, Convelio and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital.Before launchingFleet he was VP of Operations and Expansion at Ironhack and Managing Director of Jumia Tunisia, a Rocket Internet’s company.Alexandre is trilingual and holds degrees from IESEG, le Wagon and Victoria University.

## Luca Ascani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Luca is founder and CEO of Lambda Alpha, an investment company focused on early stage investment. Its portfolio includes Bear, the Apple Design Award winner notes app, Fintechs as Lendable and Emma App in London, Mansa in Paris and ScalaPay as well as autonomous robots Gideon Brothers and automated pasta restaurant Cala. Recent investmentsincludes Dishpatch, Airbank and RVVUP. Luca started his entrepreneurial career aged 20 when he launched BuyCentral.it, the first Italian shopping comparison site, in 2000. It was sold to Lycos in 2004. In 2002 he founded ADVance which became the leading digital agency in Italy, subsequently sold to NetBooster. In 2004 he cofounded GoAdv, later rebranded Populis, one of the largest vertical digital publishing groups in Europe and Brazil, listed on the Paris Alternext stock exchange. In 2011 Populis was named the fastest growing company in Ireland and part of the top ten in Europe by Deloitte. In 2012 and 2013 he has brought the TechCrunch conference to Italy with the aim of connecting the Italian industry with international investors. For this same purpose he was co-hosting the 2017 Founders Forum in Rome.From 2010 Luca was in the board of IlSecoloXIX, an Italian north west leading newspaper, then acquired by LaStampa in 2014 and he was in the board of the new group, ITEDI, until it was acquired by Gruppo Espresso in 2017.

## 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).

## IDF CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Marketing

Founded in 1995, the IDF Capital (formerly Development IDF) has passed the 185 supported and positioned itself as a major venture capital regions. As such, they develop a network with all stakeholders to share franciliens their respective technical, economic and financial.

## 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.

## Northzone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Northzone is a venture capital fund with a perspective shaped by lives as entrepreneurs. Since 1996, they've made over 175 investments and invest from Seed to Growth. They've partnered with the founders of Spotify, Avito, iZettle, Klarna, Hopin, and hundreds of others to build category-defining businesses. They've raised €1bn inSeptember 2022.

## Alexis Bonillo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

COO & Co-founder @ Zenly
Retired Pole Vaulter

## Marc Menase
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Advertising

Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor

## CASSIUS Family
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Gaming, Health Care

Early stage VC focused on the consumer internet and brands that will shape tomorrow's culture.

## Attilio Mazzilli
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Education, E-Learning

Attilio Mazzilli is Corporate Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, a global law firm where he also serves as Head of the Italian Tech Group and Member of the International Technology Companies Group. He specializes in private	equity and venture capital, with specific skills in both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.Attilio Mazzilli graduated in Law from the University of Milan (dissertation on “The insurance contracts in private international law”). In 2003 he was admitted to the Italian Bar Association. In those years, he started working as Associate for “Pavia e Ansaldo” law firm in Milan. In 2006 he moved to Los Angeles, California and obtained a Master of Laws in Business&Corporate Law from the University of Southern California. The following year he came back to Milan to join “Chiomenti” law firm as Senior Associate. After this working experience, he moved to “Carnelutti” law firm, where he served as Partner and Head of International Development (2011-2015). Subsequently, his career continued at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he currently works as Corporate Partner and Head of the Italian Tech Group. He is also Member of the International Technology Companies Group. He focuses on M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, while advising startups and venture capital firms in areas including financing, corporate law, M&A, and listings. Furthermore, he works as consultant for leading tech companies, supporting their founders at all stages of their life-cycle.
Attilio Mazzilli was awarded “Lawyer of the Year for Venture Capital” in the 2020 Legalcommunity Awards. His commitment contributed to several awards received by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: among these are “Law Firm of the Year 2021 for Venture Capital”, “Law Firm of the Year 2020 for M&A Small Cap” (BeBeez and PBV) and “Law Firm of the Year 2020 for Fintech” (TopLegal Industry Awards).
During the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy, he collaborated with the Italian Ministry of Innovation, the Finance Commission and VC Hub in drafting urgent measures to provide financial support to tech and innovative companies in Italy. In the same period, his client Bending Spoons developed Immuni, the app chosen by the Italian Ministry of Health to track the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
Over more than 22 years of professional experience, Attilio Mazzilli has taken part in many significant transactions and assisted companies the likes of Gruppo Intesa San Paolo, Cattolica Assicurazioni, Teko Telecom, Octo Telematics, and Prima Assicurazioni. He also assisted Banca Sella Holding and Fabrick (joint venture agreement with illimity Bank concerning Hype), Cerba HealthCare (acquisition of Lifebrain from Investindustrial) and Scalapay (Series B financing round led by Tencent and Series A financing round led by Tiger Global).

## Coface
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bois-colombes, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Debt Financing
- Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Internet

Coface provides solutions to companies designed to protect them against the risk of financial default by their debtors, as part of the management of their accounts receivable, on both their domestic and export markets.

## GSO Innovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Leisure, Internet, E-Commerce

GSO Innovation is an Investment Firm.

## Galileo Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

Galileo Partners focuses on funding innovative companies in the Internet, software, electronics, semi-conductors, telecommunications, medical and media sectors.Galileo Partners aims to foster investment in innovative technology but also in media and Internet, areas in which Galileo has already experienced major success. The team shares itsentrepreneurial spirit, its operational and financial expertise and its vision of the market with enthusiastic and highly competent entrepreneurs in innovative technology businesses.Since 1989, Galileo Partners has contributed to many major success stories which are still viewed as remarkable.Gallileo Partners provides financing and strategic advice to its portfolio companies at every stage of their development cycle, from seed or expansion capital to the IPO stage for the “block busters”. Galileo Partners also supports spin-offs from large companies and turnarounds. Galileo Partners currently manages € 250 M of private equity capital from world-class international investors. Galileo Partners invests both as a lead investor and as a co-investor in syndicated venture financing with both international and French investors.

## Ithaca Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet

Ithaca Investments is a Family Investment Office firm mainly focused on early-stage opportunities.

## Jean-Marie Messier
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming

Jean-Marie Messier serves Co-Founder at OneRagtime Platform Limited. Jean-Marie Messier as an Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp., and Dish Network Corp. Jean-Marie Messier is the Founder of Messier Partners, LLC. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi Société Anonyme and served as its Managing Director. He serves asthe Chairman of Ahead LLC USA and Vizzavi Europe Ltd. He served as Chairman of Vivendi and the Vivendi Universal Corporate Foundation. He served as a Trustee of Whitney Museum Of American Art LLC. He was the Chairman of Vizzavi Europe Ltd. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Dalenys(also known as Rentabiliweb Group SA). He serves as Director at OneRagtime Platform Limited. Jean-Marie Messier serves as a Director of: Echostar USA, Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA, Spain and Whitney Museum USA. He served as a Director of BNP Paribas SA since May 4, 1999. He served as a Director of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Vivendi and as Non-executive Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA, Prior to merger with Electrafina S.A. He served as a Director of Alcatel-Lucent, S.A., until March 2003; Compagnie de Saint-Gobain from January 1, 2002 to June 7, 2002 and 3S Photonics SAS (known as Alcatel Optronics France) since 1999. He served as a Member of the Supervisory Board at Veolia Environnement S.A. from April 2000 to April 30, 2003. Jean-Marie Messier studied bachelor's degree in Science Finance from the Ecole Polytechnique from 1976 to 1979 and the Ecole Nationaled' Administration (the ENA).

## Singular
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Enterprise Software

Singular is a generalist venture capital firm backing ambitious European entrepreneurs.

## IronCapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Market Research

The First Investment Fund Dedicated To Subscription Based Digital Services.
They fund early stage start-ups and help ambitious teams develop growth profitable online businesses.
IronCapital will invest 10M€ over 5 years, focusing on early stage investments, from Seed to Series A, providing 100K€ to 300K€ per company.

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

## Eurazeo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets.With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with thenecessary investments needed to realize their growth potential.The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

## Seedcamp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.

## TRAIL SOLUTIONS PATRIMOINE
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Medical Device, Electronics

Le site officiel de Sigma Gestion, Paris.

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