French Tech Funding Wire February 28: Adocia, Edumapper, Byzantine Finance & More!
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📇 Company: Adocia
🔍 Description: A biotechnology company developing innovative treatments for diabetes and metabolic diseases.
💻 Website: http://adocia.com
📍 HQ City: Lyon
🧗 Round: Private Placement VC
💰 Amount Raised: €9.73M
🏦 Investors: Armistice Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Gérard Soula; Olivier Soula
🗞️ News: Adocia
📇 Company: Edumapper
🔍 Description: An educational platform providing tools to optimize learning experiences.
💻 Website: https://www.edumapper.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Pre-Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €5M
🏦 Investors: Kima Ventures; Eurazeo; Daphni; Ring Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Sébastien de Lafond, Julien Cheyssial, Jordan Sanial, Valentine Mandon
🗞️ News: LinkedIn
📇 Company: Activ’Inside
🔍 Description: A company focused on the development, production, and marketing of nutraceuticals.
💻 Website: https://activinside.com/
📍 HQ City: Bordeaux
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €4M
🏦 Investors: Aquiti; Bpifrance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Gaudout
🗞️ News: Neutraceutical
📇 Company: Byzantine Finance
🔍 Description: A decentralized finance platform providing financial solutions in the blockchain space.
💻 Website: https://byzantine.fi
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2.73M
🏦 Investors: Node Capital; Blockwall; Kiln; Lightshift; MASTERKEY Venture Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Gaia Ferrero Regis, Jonas Bokelmann
🗞️ News: Binance
📇 Company: MoEa
🔍 Description: Innovative vegan sneakers
💻 Website: https://moea.io/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2.3M
🏦 Investors: Go Capital; Ring Capital; Climate Club; Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Achille Gazagnes, Benoit Habfast
🗞️ News: LinkedIn
📇 Company: BiOceanOr
🔍 Description: Developer of the first underwater weather station for real-time and predictive water quality monitoring.
💻 Website: http://bioceanor.com
📍 HQ City: Valbonne
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €2M
🏦 Investors: GO Capital; Caisse d'Epargne; EY Ventury Avocats; The Yield Lab Europe
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Charlotte Dupont; Samuel Dupont
🗞️ News: Igrownews
📇 Company: Vegetal Food
🔍 Description: Specialist in Snacks and fresh Vegan products, sugar-free, gluten-free, organic and very greedy.
💻 Website: https://www.vegetalfood.fr/
📍 HQ City: Rungis
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.2M
🏦 Investors: Elevation Capital; Foodxpert
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Fitoussi, Laura Fitoussi
🗞️ News: LinkedIn
📇 Company: Akidaia
🔍 Description: Offers a non-connected access control solution
💻 Website: https://akidaia.com/
📍 HQ City: Nice
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.4M
🏦 Investors: Leonard Invest; Construction Venture; Advans Group; Paris Business Angels; Provence Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Gaël Lededantec; Ouajdi Babay Rouis
🗞️ News: FrenchWeb
📇 Company: CCE Group
🔍 Description: Aerospace platform specializing in cabin and cargo equipment solutions with a focus on niche market leadership.
💻 Website: https://www.cc-equipment.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Growth Equity
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: HIG Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Klaus Hofmann; Pierre Mazieres
🗞️ News: PR
📇 Company: MB Therapeutics
🔍 Description: Transforming health with 3D printing medicines.
💻 Website: http://mb-therapeutics.com/
📍 HQ City: Montpellier
🧗 Round: N/A
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Beprep; Calyseed; Angels Santé; Bpifrance; Sébastien Gallice (Co-owner of Pharmacie des Rosiers and President of the French Society of Compounding Pharmacists - PREF)
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Ian Soulairol; Stéphane Roulon
🗞️ News: Voxel Matters
📇 Company: Akira Technologies
🔍 Description: Specializes in the design and realization of engineering projects.
💻 Website: http://akira.pro
📍 HQ City: Bayonne
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance; Definvest; MBDA
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Jeremy Lucas
🗞️ News: Fusacq, LinkedIn
📇 Company: WeWard
🔍 Description: A mobile application that converts steps into euros, rewarding users for walking.
💻 Website: https://wewardapp.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Angel
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Venus Williams
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Yves Benchimol; Tanguy de La Villegeorges; Nicolas Hardy
🗞️ News: Maddyness