French Tech Funding Wire February 14: Germitec, ScorePlay, Smile Wanted & More!

📇 Company: Germitec
🔍 Description: Leading provider of chemical-free and ultra-fast automated high-level disinfection solutions for reprocessing ultrasound probes.
💻 Website: http://germitec.com
📍 HQ City: Ivry-sur-Seine
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount Raised: €29M
🏦 Investors: Turenne Capital; Eurazeo; Financière Arbevel; Kurma Partners
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Clément Deshays
🗞️ News: Maddyness, EU Startups

📇 Company: ScorePlay
🔍 Description: An AI-powered platform revolutionizing sports media management by automating the tagging, organization, and distribution of content for sports organizations.
💻 Website: https://www.scoreplay.io/
📍 HQ City: New York and Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €12.5M
🏦 Investors: 20VC; Seven Seven Six; APEX Capital; BYL Ventures; Trybe Ventures; FIBA; LORi6 Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Victorien Tixier; Xavier Green
🗞️ News: EU Startups

📇 Company: Smile Wanted
🔍 Description: An adtech company that has developed a marketplace connecting content publishers with advertisers through an algorithm that filters and categorizes high-performing advertising spaces using cookieless criteria.
💻 Website: https://www.smilewanted.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €10M
🏦 Investors: Elevation Capital Partners; Bpifrance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Jérémy Abitan (CEO)
🗞️ News: Maddyness

📇 Company: Alterdiag
🔍 Description: Developer of rapid diagnostic tests using single-domain antibodies
💻 Website: https://alterdiag.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2m
🏦 Investors: Forepont
👨💼👩💼 Founders: CEDRIC BECHET, Karine Mignon Godefroy
🗞️ News: PR

📇 Company: Ekstere
🔍 Description: A platform specializing in the sale of reconditioned electric bicycles, promoting sustainability and circular economy practices.
💻 Website: https://ekstere.eco/
📍 HQ City: Vélizy-Villacoublay
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.6M
🏦 Investors: Seventure Partners; Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Philippe Masseau,
🗞️ News: PR

📇 Company: Oncodiag
🔍 Description: Developer of non-invasive diagnostic testing kits designed to help in the early detection of urological cancers
💻 Website: https://www.oncodiag.fr/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €1.4m
🏦 Investors: Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Claude Hennion, Jean-Pierre Roperch

📇 Company: Speeral
🔍 Description: A marketplace connecting businesses with second-hand product sites, promoting a circular economy and sustainability.
💻 Website: https://speeral.io/
📍 HQ City: Nantes
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.2M
🏦 Investors: Aquiti; Emmanuel Grenier; Philippe Brochard; Guillaume Cavaroc; Antony Rode
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Julien Chevalier
🗞️ News: LinkedIn

📇 Company: ExtraJool
🔍 Description: Converts industrial waste heat into electricity, promoting energy efficiency in manufacturing.
💻 Website: https://extrajool.com/
📍 HQ City: Bordeaux
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1M
🏦 Investors: Aquiti; SideAngels; One Green
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Euryale Chatelard

📇 Company: ENERSENS
🔍 Description: Develops best-in-class thermal barriers for batteries and aerospace applications.
💻 Website: https://enersens.eu/
📍 HQ City: Rochetoirin
🧗 Round: Convertible
💰 Amount Raised: €1M
🏦 Investors: European Innovation Council
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Denery Fenouil

📇 Company: ToumAI
🔍 Description: Provides local ESG data solutions for Africa, amplifying community voices to enhance sustainability.
💻 Website: https://toum.ai
📍 HQ City: Goetzenbruck
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance; Orange Ventures; Digital Africa; Launch Africa Ventures; Go Ventures; Madica
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Bruno Akpaka
🗞️ News: LinkedIn

📇 Company: Agri Lab Leverage
🔍 Description: Promotes the use of co-products and plant-based waste for sustainable agriculture.
💻 Website: http://agrilableverage.com
📍 HQ City: Lyon
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.9M
🏦 Investors: Femmes Business Angels; SideAngels; Foodara; TimeToAct Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Céline Domerc, Michel Zuliani
🗞️ News: PR

📇 Company: CountAct
🔍 Description: An enterprise emergency management application designed to improve safety response times and coordination in the workplace.
💻 Website: http://countact.fr/
📍 HQ City: Grenoble
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €780K
🏦 Investors: Grenoble Angels; 50 Partners Capital; Kapa Invest; Grenoble Alpes Métropole; Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Lounis LAKHAL, Iliès LAKHAL,
🗞️ News: LinkedIn

📇 Company: AuraLIP
🔍 Description: Develops sustainable ingredients as meat alternatives.
💻 Website: https://auralip.com/
📍 HQ City: Évry-Courcouronnes
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.55M
🏦 Investors: Femmes Business Angels; BADGE
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Laetitia Halbeisen; Marine Messant
🗞️ News: New Food Finance

📇 Company: Plantibodies
🔍 Description: Develops a sustainable biotech platform to produce and deliver oral biologics with increased efficacy and fewer side effects.
💻 Website: http://plantibodies.tech
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.19M
🏦 Investors: BADGE
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Pierre Bauër

📇 Company: Wallace Technologies
🔍 Description: Provides alternative energy storage solutions.
💻 Website: http://wallace-technologies.com
📍 HQ City: Clermont-Ferrand
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: BADGE
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Benjamin Dupas

📇 Company: EyePick
🔍 Description: Develops robotic and machine-learning technologies to enable automation in industries and increase productivity.
💻 Website: https://eyepick.co/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Entrepreneur First
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Mehdi Adjaoue; Florian Fontaine-Papion

📇 Company: VCAST
🔍 Description: Provides online and multichannel voting solutions for private sector businesses in industry, services, and distribution.
💻 Website: http://vcast.vote
📍 HQ City: Villers-lès-Nancy
🧗 Round: Spinout
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: INRIA; French National Centre for Scientific Research
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Michael Houalef, Stephane Glondu

📇 Company: INOE
🔍 Description: Wood energy development
💻 Website: https://inoe-idf.fr/
📍 HQ City: Orgeval
🧗 Round: Growth Equity VC
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Meanings Capital Partners
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Eric Walmé
🗞️ News: Fusacq