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We’ve ranked the top 101 Venture Capital companies in France. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Venture Capital Companies & Startups (France)
Omnes Capital
Founders | Unknown |
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Omnes Venture Capital provides financial assistance to startups in the ICT and life sciences sectors.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Founders | Bill Gates, Jack Ma, Jeff Bezos, John Doerr, Vinod Khosla |
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Breakthrough Energy provides reliable and affordable power without contributing to climate change.
Karmen
Founders | Baptiste Wiel, Gabriel Thierry, Sebastien Lubineau |
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Karmen offers revenue-based financial solutions such as venture capital and loans to accelerate business growth for SaaS companies.
NUMA
Founders | Fred Oru, Marie-Vorgan Le Barzic |
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NUMA is a innovation hub which brings together community events, startup acceleration, and innovation programs for corporates.
Tikehau Capital
Founders | Antoine Flamarion |
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Tikehau Capital Advisors, entrepreneurial company asset management company.
Kima Ventures
Founders | Jeremie Berrebi, Xavier Niel |
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Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.
AXA Venture Partners
Founders | Imran Akram |
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AXA Venture Partners is a venture capital fund investing in high-growth, technology-enabled companies.
XAnge
Founders | Unknown |
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XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages assets and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.
Future Shape
Founders | Tony Fadell |
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Future Shape is an investment and advisory firm that invests in engineers and scientists that develops deep technology.
Aglaé Ventures
Founders | Antoine Loison, Cyril Guenoun |
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Aglaé Ventures funds and supports passionate entrepreneurs who are committed to building transformational products and services.
Ventech
Founders | Alain Caffi |
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Ventech is a European & Chinese early-stage investment fund that invests in the digital economy.
Partech
Founders | John Sung Kim, Thomas G. McKinley, Vincent Worms |
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Partech is a technology venture firm that invests in seed, venture, and growth stages.
Elaia
Founders | Philippe Gire, Xavier Lazarus |
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Elaia is a venture capital firm that focuses on European digital and deep tech startups investing from early-stage to growth development.
SmartAngels.fr
Founders | Benoit Bazzocchi |
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SmartAngels is the crowdfunding platform dedicated to capital investment of start-ups and growth SMEs.
Seventure Partners
Founders | Isabelle de Cremoux |
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Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in information and communication technology, and life sciences companies.
Prodways
Founders | Andre-Luc Allanic |
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Prodways is one of the few players able to drive the emergence of 3D printing for series manufacturing.
Daphni
Founders | Marie Ekeland, Mathieu Daix, Pierre-Eric Leibovici, Pierre-Yves Meerschman, Willy Braun |
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Daphni is a venture capital fund investing in user-oriented, early stage startups with the European DNA and strong international ambition.
Newfund
Founders | Francois Veron, Patrick Malka |
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Newfund is an Early-Stage Cross-Border People-Driven Entrepreneurial VC firm.
Sofinnova Partners
Founders | Jean Deleage |
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Sofinnova Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in the life sciences sector, from seed to later-stage.
HCVC
Founders | Alexis Houssou, Barbara Belvisi |
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HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm investing in companies automating and digitizing the physical world.
Jeito Capital
Founders | Rafaele Tordjman |
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Jeito Capital is a private equity general partner firm headquartered in Paris, France.
Astorg
Founders | Thierry Timsit |
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Astorg is an independent private equity group with over €8 bn of assets under management.
Demeter
Founders | Dimitri Onistsuk, Gaia Dempsey |
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Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the energy and ecological transition.
Isai
Founders | Christophe Raynaud, Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, Jean-David Chamboredon, Ouriel Ohayon, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, Stephane Treppoz |
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Isai is a tech entrepreneurs’ fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small to mid cap tech private equity deals.
Supernova Invest
Founders | Regis Saleur |
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Supernova Invest finances and supports start-ups in areas of life sciences, energy & environment, industry, microelectronics and digital.
FinKey
Founders | Adrien Pelletant |
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FinKey is a digital platform dedicated to M&A for start-ups and small businesses.
OSS Ventures
Founders | Renan Devillieres |
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OSS is the startup studio of the manufacturing future
Singular
Founders | Jeremy Uzan, Raffi Kamber |
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Singular is a generalist venture capital firm backing ambitious European entrepreneurs.
Wilco
Founders | Unknown |
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Wilco is a non-profit organization to support the creation of young innovative technological enterprises.
Five Seasons Ventures
Founders | Ivan Farneti, Niccolo Manzoni |
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Five Seasons Ventures is a venture capital fund aimed at solving the global challenges of the food industry.
BlackFin Capital Partners
Founders | Bruno Rostain, Eric May, Laurent Bouyoux, Paul Mizrahi |
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BlackFin Capital Partners is a fully independent private equity and venture capital firm focusing on Financial Services.
CapHorn Invest
Founders | Foucauld Delannoy, Guillaume Dupont, Hugues Joubert, Romain Vidal |
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CapHorn Invest is a French VC firm investing in B2B digital companies.
Otium Capital
Founders | Antoine Fine, Bruno Raillard, Pierre-Edouard Stérin |
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Otium is an early stage European venture capital fund.
Entrepreneur Venture
Founders | Alain Beaulac, Bertrand Folliet, Bruno Jacquot, Frédéric Zablocki |
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Entrepreneur Venture is one of the French Management Company in the Venture Capital Market.
Aster
Founders | Jean-Marc Bally |
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Aster is a Venture Capital firm, partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers.
Idinvest Partners
Founders | Christophe Baviere |
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Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle market segments.
The Family
Founders | Alice Zagury, Nicolas Colin, Oussama Ammar |
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The Family nurtures Entrepreneurs through Education, Unfair Advantages & Capital.
Korelya Capital
Founders | Antoine Dresch, Fleur Pellerin |
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Korelya Capital is a VC firm managing €200M that supports European tech start-ups in their growth in Asia.
Brighteye Ventures
Founders | Unknown |
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Brighteye Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in edtech companies.
PAI Partners
Founders | Michel Paris |
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PAI is a major European private equity firm and is the largest private equity investor in France.
Iris Capital
Founders | Antoine Garrigues, Pierre de Fouquet |
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Iris Capital is a European venture capital supporting entrepreneurs at seed, early, and later stage.
Ring Capital
Founders | Geoffroy Bragadir, Nicolas Bailly, Nicolas Celier |
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Ring Capital is a France-based venture capital firm, providing finance to fast growing digital scale-ups.
Viareport
Founders | Emmanuel Amon |
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Viareport offers Finance Departments and CPAs modular solutions in financial consolidation, reporting, governance and tax.
OneRagtime
Founders | Jean-Marie Messier, Philippe Bourguignon, Stephanie Hospital |
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OneRagtime is the venture platform built to make investments easier for investors and support start-ups in their full journey to success.
Renault Group
Founders | Fernand Renault, Louis Renault, Marcel Renault |
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Renault Group designs, manufactures, sells, repairs, maintains, and leases motor vehicles.
InvestiGroup
Founders | Alexandre Azoulay |
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InvestiGroup assists individuals in learning, understanding, and starting financial investments
CAPZA
Founders | Christophe Karvelis Senn |
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CAPZA is an established European private investment platform focused on small & mid cap companies.
Quadrille Capital
Founders | Raffi Kamber |
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Quadrille Capital is an independent private investment firm based in Paris and San Francisco.
C4 Ventures
Founders | Pascal Cagni |
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C4 Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on early stage startups.
Partech Ventures
Founders | Unknown |
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Partech International places and manages venture capital investments in technology companies.
NewAlpha Asset Management
Founders | Philippe Paquet |
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NewAlpha is a leading European investor providing venture capital solutions to emerging Fintech and Insurtech companies
Future Positive Capital
Founders | Alexandre Terrien, Michael Rosen, Sofia Hmich |
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Future Positive Capital is an investment firm that invests in deep tech companies.
Turenne Capital
Founders | François Lombard |
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Turenne Capital is a private equity management and venture capital company.
Revaia
Founders | Alice Albizzati, Elina Berrebi |
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Revaia is a growth equity investment fund that focuses on European technology companies with a sustainable ethos.
Argos Wityu
Founders | Gilles Mougenot |
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Argos Wityu is an independent European private equity group supporting management buyouts of medium sized companies.
Serena
Founders | Marc Fournier, Philippe Hayat, Xavier Lorphelin |
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Serena Capital caters to technology companies with seed, early, and later stage venture investments.
50 Partners
Founders | Charles Fourault, Jerome Masurel |
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50 Partners is a French accelerator providing IT startups with mentoring, financing, and office space in central Paris.
Siparex Groupe
Founders | Dominique Nouvellet |
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Siparex is a private equity investment group that provides funding and assistance to companies from the start-up phase to mid-market size.
Karista
Founders | Olivier Dubuisson |
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VC firm with a focus on early-stage innovative companies with high-growth potential in Health, Digital, Tech, and NewSpace.
Truffle Capital
Founders | Bernard-Louis Roques, Dimitri Popov, Henri Moulard, Jean-Francois Fourt, Philippe Pouletty |
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Truffle Capital is an independent European private equity firm originally set up for investing in technology spin-offs.
Business France
Founders | Unknown |
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Business France is the national agency responsible for the development of exports and international investment in France.
Frst
Founders | Bruno Raillard, Pierre Entremont |
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Frst is a seed-focused venture firm supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions.
Paris Business Angels
Founders | Unknown |
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Paris Business Angels is an investment firm.
Financiere Saint James
Founders | Michael Benabou |
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Financiere Saint James invests in venture capital (seed to late stage)
Kerala Ventures
Founders | Antoine Freysz, Marc Laurent, Olivier Occelli |
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Kerala Ventures is a VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups (SaaS, marketplaces, AI, data, tech-enabled services …) based in France.
Emertec
Founders | Unknown |
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Emertec is a Grenoble-based company managing early-stage venture funds focused on ICT and cleantech startups.
Merieux Developpement
Founders | Francois Valencony |
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Merieux Equity Partners is an investment firm that specializes in healthcare and nutrition sectors.
Aster Capital
Founders | Unknown |
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VC fund
123Venture
Founders | Olivier Goy |
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123 Venture is an independent asset management company.
Groupe BPCE
Founders | Unknown |
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Groupe BPCE provides a range of banking and insurance services in France.
Auriga Partners
Founders | Bernard Daugeras, Jacques Chatain, Patrick Bamas |
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Since 1998, AURIGA PARTNERS, an independent Venture Capital firm, has been managing several early stage funds specializing in Information
Generis Capital Partners
Founders | Thibaut de Roux |
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Generis Capital Partners is an independent venture capital firm focused on providing both equity and debt financing to growth companies.
astorya.vc
Founders | Florian Graillot, Jan Kastory |
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Astorya.vc is a VC fund investing in insurance technologies, with a focus on early-stage / European startups.
RYSE
Founders | Guillaume Rivron, Sylvain Ramousse |
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Investment Management Platform for VC/BA/Incubators and accelerators
Ditto Bank
Founders | Sylvain Pignet |
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Ditto by Travelex is the first digital bank dedicated to currency management.
iBionext
Founders | Alexia Perouse, Bernard Gilly |
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iBionext is a unique healthcare fund created within a proven breakthrough innovation accelerator.
IDI Group
Founders | Unknown |
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IDI Group provides investment support to small and mid-sized companies.
I-Source Gestion
Founders | Unknown |
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I-Source Gestion is a French venture capital firm focused on early-stage information and communication technologies.
Electranova Capital
Founders | Unknown |
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Electranova Capital, a venture capital fund managed by Idinvest Partners and sponsored by EDF Group, works with entrepreneurs to build
BlockVen
Founders | Charlie Méraud, Karim Sabba, Zahreddine Touag |
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Building the European digital assets market infrastructure
Inco
Founders | Nicolas Hazard, Sandy Khan |
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The catalyst for social and green start-ups.
Cap10
Founders | Abhishek Chandra |
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Cap10 was founded in 2015 and covers the intersection of finance, technology, culture and all things venture capital.
MG Ventures
Founders | Maurice Gopikian |
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Holding, Investment, Fundraising, M&A
ODDO BHF Private Equity
Founders | Unknown |
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ODDO BHF Private Equity (formerly ACG Capital) is a management company dedicated to Private Equity.
Weinberg Capital Partners
Founders | Serge Weinberg |
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Weinberg Capital Partners is an investment firm.
SOYA CAPITAL
Founders | Unknown |
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Powering visionary entrepreneurs with smart money.
Momentum Invest
Founders | Alain Cochenet, Pierre le Tanneur |
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Momentum Invest is a constructive investor dedicated to small and medium-sized companies in the services sector.
HUB612
Founders | Cédric Nieutin |
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HUB612 is a Accelerator VC based in Lyon, France.
Habert Dassault Finance
Founders | Unknown |
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Habert Dassault Finance is an investment firm which prefers to make seed, early stage and later stage investments.
Shapr Ventures
Founders | Ludovic Huraux, Vincent Bobin |
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The Seed Fund launched by a startup. We invest tickets ranging from 300k to €1M.
The Hardware Club
Founders | Alexis Houssou |
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The Hardware Club is a venture capital firm that helps fearless founders tackle hard problems with capital, resources and collaboration.
Alven Capital
Founders | Unknown |
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Alven is an early-stage venture capital firm with over $500 million under management.
Angelor
Founders | Unknown |
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Angelor is an investment company.
Elephants & Ventures
Founders | Alexis Houssou, Barbara Belvisi |
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Elephants&Ventures is an early-stage venture boutique for hardware & software companies.
Chaineum
Founders | Laurent Leloup |
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Chaineum, the DeFi Company (blockchain technology & finance)
My New Startup
Founders | Alex McCauley, Thomas Derosne |
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Financement participatif / crowdfunding pour les PME, et pour jeune entreprise ou entrepreneur. Accompagnement de startup.
POSITIVE CAPITAL
Founders | Unknown |
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POSITIVE CAPITAL supports all stages of the company’s lifecycle: Venture, Growth, LBO, M&A.
Partech Shaker
Founders | Unknown |
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The Partech Shaker is a startup campus designed for tech companies from all over the world.
CDC Enterprises
Founders | Unknown |
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CDC Enterprises is a French Government (French treasury) owned €150 million fund of funds, that encourages more early-stage co-funds.
TotalEnergies Ventures
Founders | Jean Odoux, Thuy Bui |
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TotalEnergies Ventures is TotalEnergies’ venture capital arm focusing on climatech start-ups.
Borderless Ventures
Founders | Ethan Pierse, Pascal Condamine |
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Borderless Ventures enables cross-border investment, fundraising and corporate business development for FrenchTech and ASEAN startups.
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