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French Tech Funding Wire June 27: Zama, Orus, Melvan & More!

17 companies raised a total of €177.08 million last week. Other startups that raised a round between June 23 and June 27 include: Ever Dye, Policloud, Le Drive tout nu, Wilgo, Qomon, DejaBlue, GeodAlsics, Waypoint AI, Oria Bioscience, Altertable, Vipali, Hydroclimat, Stairling, and Winalist.

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📇 Company: Zama
🔍 Description: Enables web2 and web3 developers to use Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) without having to learn cryptography
💻 Website: zama.ai
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount Raised: €51.82M
🏦 Investors: Pantera Capital, Blockchange Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Rand Hindi, Pascal Paillier
🗞️ News: Tech.eu


📇 Company: Orus
🔍 Description: Simple, affordable, and tailored insurance coverage that allows business owners to focus on what matters
💻 Website: orus.eu
📍 HQ City: Saint-Mandé
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount Raised: €25M
🏦 Investors: Notion Capital, Redstone, Singular
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Samuel Rossille, Tom Le Bras, Côme Dartiguenave
🗞️ News: Maddyness


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📇 Company: Melvan
🔍 Description: Developer of biomethane production and purification units, enabling decentralized and low-carbon energy from agricultural and industrial biomass.
💻 Website: https://www.melvan.fr/
📍 HQ City: Nantes
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €25M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance (via SPI2 fund), Demeter Partners, GO Capital, Pays de la Loire Participations
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Philippe Guglielmetti
🗞️ News: Bpifrance


📇 Company: Ever Dye
🔍 Description: Reshaping the fashion industry with efficient dyeing processes and sustainable colors
💻 Website: everdye.fr
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €15M
🏦 Investors: Daphni, European Innovation Council, Ring Capital, Maki.vc, Asterion Ventures, Crédit Mutuel Innovation, 212 NexT
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Ilan Palacci, Amira Erokh
🗞️ News: Les Echos


📇 Company: Policloud
🔍 Description: Affordable, high-performance GPU cloud computing for AI startups with a focus on data sovereignty and sustainability.
💻 Website: http://policloud.com/
📍 HQ City: Cannes
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €7.5m
🏦 Investors: Global Ventures, Inria Participations, OneRagTime, Mi8, BA
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Gurle
🗞️ News: Finsmes


📇 Company: Le Drive tout nu
🔍 Description: The first network of supermarkets 0 waste and responsible
💻 Website: https://ledrivetoutnu.com/
📍 HQ City: Toulouse
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €7m
🏦 Investors: SWEN Capital Partners, BNP Paribas
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Pierre Géraud-Lir, Salomé Géraud
🗞️ News: LinkedIn


📇 Company: Wilgo
🔍 Description: Using AI to empower the next generation with the tools, mindset, and motivation to learn, grow, and thrive.
💻 Website: wilgo.ai
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount Raised: €6M
🏦 Investors: Kima Ventures, Sequoia, Daphni, Founders Future, Simon Dawlat, Amaury Sepulchre, Thibaud Hug de Larauze, Epsilon Venture Partners, Nathalie Balla, Better Angle
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Louis Balladur
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Qomon
🔍 Description: Volunteer App & Action Platform for Politics & Nonprofits.
💻 Website: https://qomon.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €5.5m (including €0.2m debt)
🏦 Investors: Asterion Ventures, Ternel, Good Only Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Florent Barre, Jean-Baptiste Daniel
🗞️ News: Tech.eu


📇 Company: DejaBlue
🔍 Description: Develops, installs, and operates smart, scalable EV charging solutions across large numbers of colocated vehicles.
💻 Website: http://dejablue.energy/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €5.2M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance, Redalpine, Zeno Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Baptiste Richard, Parker Spielman
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: GeodAlsics
🔍 Description: Develop Clinical Decision Support Systems in all medical fields based on Responsible Artificial Intelligence.
💻 Website: http://geodaisics.com/
📍 HQ City: La Tronche
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount Raised: €5m (including €0.2m debt)
🏦 Investors: Vidi Capital, Les Biologistes Indépendants, Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Arnaud ATTYÉ, Félix RENARD, Arnaud JEAN, Pierre HEUDEL
🗞️ News: Lyonbiopole


📇 Company: Waypoint AI
🔍 Description: Developer of AI-powered customer support automation, offering autonomous AI support engineers for complex technical queries.
💻 Website: https://www.waypoint-ai.com/
📍 HQ City: San Francisco/Lille
🧗 Round: Pre-Seed
💰 Amount Raised: $3.1M
🏦 Investors: 42CAP, SkyDeck VC, Dreamcraft Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Tomas Polivka, Steve Boogar, and Liam Boogar-Azoulay
🗞️ News: Morningstar


📇 Company: Oria Bioscience
🔍 Description: An ENS PSL Spin-Off, specializes in developing a unique process for generating and purifying enlarged cell organelles
💻 Website: https://www.oriabs.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2.7m
🏦 Investors: Newfund, Galion.exe, Cenitz, Calyseed
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Abdou Rachid Thiam, Marine Moutia
🗞️ News: LinkedIn


📇 Company: Altertable
🔍 Description: AI-driven data copilot platform that automates data queries, insights, and anomaly detection
💻 Website: altertable.ai
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount Raised: €2.5M
🏦 Investors: Kima Ventures, Nicolas Dessaigne, Romain Niccoli, The Twenty Minute VC, Nicolas Julia, Drysdale Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Kevin Granger, Sylvain Utard, Yannick Utard
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Vipali
🔍 Description: As a pioneer in health prevention in France, Vipali is transforming the approach to well-being by combining technological innovation and human support.
💻 Website: https://www.vipali.com
📍 HQ City: Lille
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount Raised: €2.5M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance, Groupe Baudelet
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Cécile Annequin, Gille Lechantre, Charlotte
Wattinne, Alain Lignier, Alexandre Morel, Damien Monnot, Antoine Moraux, Julie Machin et Jérôme Mizon
🗞️ News: Maddyness


📇 Company: Hydroclimat
🔍 Description: French expertise in climate data engineering for a resilient future in the face of climate change, at the crossroads between digital hydroclimatology, artificial intelligence, and climate big data.
💻 Website: https://hydroclimat.com/fr/
📍 HQ City: Aubagne
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2m (including €0.1m subsidies)
🏦 Investors: Starquest, Région Sud Investissement
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Adrien Lambert, Magali Troin
🗞️ News: LinkedIn


📇 Company: Stairling
🔍 Description: Employment-as-a-service platform for ride-hailing drivers
💻 Website: https://hydroclimat.com/fr/
📍 HQ City: Aubagne
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.5m (including €0.1m debt)
🏦 Investors: Plug and Play Ventures, Kima Ventures, Source Ventures, Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Mimoun B. El Alami, Sarah Bouleau
🗞️ News: LinkedIn


📇 Company: Winalist
🔍 Description: Marketplace for booking winery tours, tastings, and visits
💻 Website: winalist.com
📍 HQ City: Saint-Romain-d'Ay
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1M
🏦 Investors: Portugal Ventures, Plug and Play, Vessoa Private Equity
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Nicolas Manfredini, Gregoire Letort
🗞️ News: EU Startups


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