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French Tech Funding Wire January 17: Loft Orbital, Bioptimus, Robeauté, Maki, & More!

Startups that raised from Jan. 13 to Jan. 17 also include: Leakmited, Spareka, VIPOGroup, KAI, Spliiit, Hyperline, Toploc, Snowpack, Smartviser, Avicenna.ai, Kuantom, and Zelros.

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📇 Company: Loft Orbital

🔍 Description: Provides space infrastructure by owning and operating satellites, allowing customers to deploy space-based missions without managing the underlying hardware.

💻 Website: https://loftorbital.com

📍 HQ City: Toulouse, France and San Francisco, USA

🧗 Round: Series C

💰 Amount Raised: €170M

🏦 Investors: Tikehau Capital; Axial Partners; Temasek; Supernova Invest; Bpifrance; Tribeca Venture Partners; Starburst Ventures; Arkenstone; GSBackers

👨💼👩💼 Founders: Pierre-Damien Vaujour; Antoine de Chassy

🗞️ News: Sifted


📇 Company: Bioptimus
🔍 Description: Building a reference multi-level foundation model for biology to transform multiscale data into actionable representations for breakthrough discoveries.
💻 Website: https://www.bioptimus.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €37.27M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance; Cathay Innovation; Emmanuel Cassimatis; Andera Partners; Sofinnova; Thomas Wolf; Boom Capital Ventures; Hitachi Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Cahané; Eric Durand; Jean-Philippe Vert; Rodolphe Jenatton; Felipe Llinares López; Zelda Mariet
🗞️ News: Sifted


📇 Company: Robeauté
🔍 Description: Developing a sub-millimetric microrobot for brain navigation, accessing complex areas with precision for data gathering.
💻 Website: http://www.robeaute.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €27.00M
🏦 Investors: Brainlab; Cherry Ventures; LocalGlobe; APEX Ventures; Think.Health; Kindred Ventures; Plural
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Bertrand Duplat; Joana Cartocci
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Maki
🔍 Description: AI-powered recruitment platform redefining KPIs for hiring by focusing on candidate skills and cultural fit.
💻 Website: https://www.makipeople.com/
📍 HQ City: New York City and Paris
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount Raised: €26M
🏦 Investors: Blossom Capital, DST Global, Frst, GFC, and Picus Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Maxime Legardez, Paul-Louis Caylar, and Benjamin Chino
🗞️ News: FrenchWeb


📇 Company: Hyperline
🔍 Description: Automated billing platform designed to streamline and simplify subscription-based businesses' financial operations.
💻 Website: http://hyperline.co/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: $10M
🏦 Investors: Index Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Lucas Bédout
🗞️ News: TechCrunch


📇 Company: Leakmited
🔍 Description: Locates water leaks in pipes using AI and satellite images.
💻 Website: http://leakmited.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €5.00M
🏦 Investors: Starquest Capital; Banque des Territoires
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Juan Barragan; Hubert Baya Toda
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Spareka
🔍 Description: Provides spare parts and repair services for home appliances.
💻 Website: https://www.spareka.fr
📍 HQ City: Montreuil
🧗 Round: Late VC
💰 Amount Raised: €2.26M
🏦 Investors: Sowefund
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Geoffroy Malaterre
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: VIPOGroup
🔍 Description: Business intelligence solutions enhancing retail customer experience and optimizing inventory management.
💻 Website: https://vipogroup.com/
📍 HQ City: Rennes
🧗 Round: Support Program
💰 Amount Raised: €0.73M
🏦 Investors: EIT Digital Accelerator
👨💼👩💼 Founders: N/A
🗞️ News: N/A


📇 Company: KAI
🔍 Description: Data cleansing solutions reducing storage costs and carbon footprint by eliminating up to 80% of dark data.
💻 Website: http://k-ai.ai
📍 HQ City: N/A
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.6M
🏦 Investors: Seed4Soft
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Quang Ngo
🗞️ News: FrenchWeb


📇 Company: Spliiit
🔍 Description: N/A
💻 Website: https://www.spliiit.com
📍 HQ City: Rosières-près-Troyes
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.5M
🏦 Investors: Superprof
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Guillaume Lochard
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Toploc
🔍 Description: N/A
💻 Website: https://toploc.com/
📍 HQ City: Annecy
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €0.45M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Clément Morel
🗞️ News: N/A


📇 Company: Snowpack
🔍 Description: Combines privacy and security in a unique overlay network to ensure true invisibility on the internet.
💻 Website: http://snowpack.eu
📍 HQ City: Orsay
🧗 Round: Support Program
💰 Amount Raised: €0.03M
🏦 Investors: EIT Digital Accelerator
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Gonzalez; Frédéric Laurent; Baptiste Polvé
🗞️ News: N/A


📇 Company: Smartviser
🔍 Description: Solutions for validating all connected devices.
💻 Website: http://www.smartviser.com/
📍 HQ City: Cesson-Sévigné
🧗 Round: Support Program
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: EIT Digital Accelerator
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Gilles Ricordel
🗞️ News: N/A


📇 Company: Avicenna.ai
🔍 Description: Empowering radiologists with AI-driven solutions.
💻 Website: https://avicenna.ai/
📍 HQ City: La Ciotat
🧗 Round: Support Program
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: EIT Digital Accelerator
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Cyril Di Grandi
🗞️ News: N/A


📇 Company: Kuantom
🔍 Description: Design of connected solutions for the beverage industry.
💻 Website: http://www.kuantom.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Late VC
💰 Amount Raised: €0.0M
🏦 Investors: SEB Alliance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Valentin Lecomte
🗞️ News: LSA


📇 Company: Zelros
🔍 Description: AI and machine learning solutions to help insurance advisors improve client service through upselling and cross-selling.
💻 Website: http://zelros.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Support Program
💰 Amount Raised: €0.0M
🏦 Investors: EIT Digital Accelerator
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Christophe Bourguignat; Damien Philippon; Fabien Vauchelles
🗞️ News: N/A


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