# Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in France in May 2026 ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Turenne Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Rebel Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders ## 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 ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Kois Invest - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: B2B, Dental, Education Kois Invest ## Alto Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Versailles, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology ALTO INVEST was founded by partners Antoine Valdes and Jean-François Paumelle, who have worked together since 1994 for one of Europe's largest financial institutions. Their team has managed several portfolios on behalf of institutional and private clients, and made more than 50 private equity investments in Europe, North America and Asia. ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Angelsquare - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## 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. ## 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. ## Denis Fayolle - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds. ## Thierry Petit - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to: • Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic). Today Showroomprive.com is: • A team of 500 employees • A community of 20 million members in Europe • A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development: Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi Health : Feeli, Lifen, May, Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot, Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor, FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE. More info : http://www.made-for-all.com ## Jean-Baptiste Rudelle - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Recruiting Jean-Baptiste Rudelle is the President at The Galion Project. ## Alter Equity 3P - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Energy, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce Alter Equity 3P specializes in growth capital and buyout investments. ## Loic Le Meur - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Mobile Apps Loic Le Meur - Founder & CEO @ Leade.rs ## Finorpa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Alain Thibaut - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Freelance, Recruiting, Virtual Workforce Alain Thibaut ## Région Sud Investissement - Type: VC Fund - Location: Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning Région Sud Investissement is an investment Firm. ## Banque des Territoires - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Cyber Security Banque des Territoires is a Investment Firm. ## 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. ## Cabiedes & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services. Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## Sofiouest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Recruiting, Information Technology, Human Resources Sofiouest is an investment and participation company that invests in “late stage start-ups”, companies with high potential in the field of innovation having proven their business model and wishing to boost their growth. ## Alven - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm that backs European category-defining startups with global reach starting at Series A or Seed stage ## Daphni - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Purple - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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). ## 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. ## 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 ## Olivier Bonnet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, Pet, Apps Bonnet joined BlaBlaCar in 2017 following a leadership role at Apple, where he spent more than a decade as a software engineer manager. In 2012, he made the move from Paris to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, leading the Operating System teams charged with the development of iCloud. Bonnet joined Apple in 2004 as an engineer afterearning a master’s degree in engineering from École Polytechnique and Telecom ParisTech. ## Sam Edelson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Recruiting, CRM Sam Edelson ## Nicolas Marchais - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: CRM, Apps, Internet Nicolas Marchais working as VP Sales at Spendesk ## Credit du Nord - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Winery, Internet, Consulting Credit du Nord is a France based regional ban ## Frédéric Mazzella - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Apps Frédéric Mazzella is the Founder and President at BlaBlaCar. Frédéric Mazzella attended The Stanford University. ## Market One Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce Market One Capital | Seed fund empowering marketplaces and network effects platforms across Europe ## 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. ## Jonathan Widawski - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Internet Jonathan Widawski is the Founder and CEO at Maze. ## Bridge to Growth - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Freelance, Recruiting Bridge To Growth provides Venture Debt for young, fast growing technology companies in Germany and the rest of Europe in need of short/medium term capital and not being bankable yet. ## Nicolas Douay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Fashion Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor & VP @ Entrepreneur First Paris ## INCO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Software, Training INCO Ventures is an AMF-licensed fund manager, specialised in venture capital and pioneer in impact investing. INCO Ventures manages or advises more than €500M of assets to invest in the most promising start-ups and companies that are shaping the new inclusive and sustainable economy, and advises funds on their investments or on impactmeasurement. ## IXO Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Biotechnology The private equity fund focused on adding high value.IXO Private Equity is a private equity management company recognized, approved and authorized by the Financial Market Authorities (AMF) operating under the number GP03018.IXO Private Equity is the most important independent regional private equity General Partner in France.The companymanages French General Private Equity Investment Funds (known in France as F.C.P.R.), Local Private Equity Investment Fund (known in France as F.I.P.), and Private Equity Investment Funds for Innovation (F.C.P.I.) to meet the equity needs for the best companies in Western and Southern France. ## Jean-Marc BUCHET - Type: Angel - Location: Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Recruiting 52 years old - Graduate of the IGIA (ESSEC Master) Master in Biology.Jean-Marc spent 2 years at the Bank HERVET and 8 years as Regional Delegate of SODERO (Regional Development Company of the West). From 1996 to 2000, he became CEO of Financière PLASTIGOM (72), and operates two producing footwear medium-high range (approx. 5 M € turnover, 90employees) before joining the Group SIPAREX SMEs NCI in 2000 to create and ensure its direction after leaving the group in 2005. ## Capital Croissance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Advertising, Health Care Capital Croissance makes equity investments in French SMEs through transfer or growth capital transactions with a dual objective: to accelerate their growth and make them bigger by offering tailor-made support to management teams for their strategic projects. ## Nord Création - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Agriculture, Farming, Big Data An Investment Firm. ## Nick Caldwell - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, CRM Nick Caldwell is the General Manager of Core Tech at Twitter. Nick Caldwell attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. ## Michael Benabou - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services President at Financiere Saint James. ## Kernel Investissements - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software Founded in 2008, Kernel Investissements is a Paris-based venture capital firm that funds enterprise software companies. ## Thomas Landais - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Computer, Software Previously : Co-Founder of DOCTOLIB & Country Manager at LAFOURCHETTE Now : Working on new projects & Business Angel (mainly focusing on web&mobile / gastronomy opportunities) I keep paying attention to any challenging and innovative projects. ## Elevation Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Advertising The management company of the Inter Invest Group. ## Edenred Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Edenred Capital Partners is the Venture Capital investment arm of Edenred group. Employee Benefits, Payment, Mobility, Human Resources, and Retail. ## Redstone - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists. # 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