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French Tech Funding Wire March 14: Ambos Energy, OpusMajor, Fizimed & More!

Startups that raised from March 10 to March 14 also include: Fizimed, DashBook, Ateliers HeritageBike, DrugOptimal, MSInsight, Beyond Green, NOIISE, and Sootenir.

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📇 Company: Ambos Energy
🔍 Description: Deploying large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across Europe.
💻 Website: https://www.ambos-energy.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €10M
🏦 Investors: Eurazeo and the Ecotechnologies 2 fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance under the France 2030 framework
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Olivier Carré, Thomas Guillaume
🗞️ News: LinkedIn


📇 Company: OpusMajor
🔍 Description: Game studio dedicated to creating games and entertainment where music unites people.
💻 Website: http://opusmajor.io
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €9.09M
🏦 Investors: Alven; Griffin Gaming Partners
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Jean-Nicolas Vernin; Pierre-Armand Nicq
🗞️ News: VentureBeat


📇 Company: Ostrea
🔍 Description: Transforms shelled waste into a unique mineral material. Used in worktops, furniture trays and coverings. A responsible, sustainable and ethical solution.
💻 Website: https://www.ostreadesign.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris and Rennes
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €5M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance Amorçage Industriel, BNP Paribas Développement, business angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Camille Callennec, Tanguy Blevin
🗞️ News: Bpifrance


📇 Company: Fizimed
🔍 Description: Developed Emy Trainer, a connected probe that allows women to strengthen their perineum at home, via a fun mobile application.
💻 Website: https://www.fizimed.com/en/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €4M
🏦 Investors: Fonds Patient Autonome (Bpifrance), UNIQA, UI Investissement
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Emeline Hahn, Julien Guay
🗞️ News: FrenchWeb, LinkedIn


📇 Company: Ateliers HeritageBike
🔍 Description: “Made in France” electric bikes and electrmotorcycles
💻 Website: https://ateliers-heritagebike.com/fr/
📍 HQ City: Annecy
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €3.3 million raised, aiming for a total of €4 million
🏦 Investors: 60 Business Angels, including Romain Lacroix, President of Maped; Guerlain Chicherit, real estate investor; Pascal Cantenot, an industrial baker; Christophe Bouvet, a former executive at Mavic
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Xavier Wargnier, Guillaume Monsigny
🗞️ News: Les Echos


📇 Company: DashBook
🔍 Description: SaaS and AI tools help you publish your work and reach your readers in just a few clicks.
💻 Website: https://www.dashbook.fr/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €3M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance; Seventure Partners
👨💼👩💼 Founders: David Botvinik


📇 Company: DrugOptimal
🔍 Description: AI to automate drug incompatibility detection
💻 Website: https://www.drugoptimal.com/
📍 HQ City: Meylan
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €2.9M (including €1.6m debt)
🏦 Investors: Business Angels, Bpifrance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Lugan Flacher, Matthieu GASC
🗞️ News: Les Echos


📇 Company: MSInsight
🔍 Description: Empowers the fight against cancer by revealing actionable information from the genome.
💻 Website: https://www.msinsight.tech
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.6M
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance; Capital Cell; PSBA by Finance & Technologie; Yes Securities; Calyseed
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Arnaud Cutivet
🗞️ News: EU Startups


Beyond Green co-founders Maxime Durand and Stéphane Delebassé

📇 Company: Beyond Green
🔍 Description: Group of food brands committed to farmers towards more sustainable agriculture.
💻 Website: https://beyond-green.org/
📍 HQ City: Lille
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount Raised: €1.5M
🏦 Investors:
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Maxime Durand; Stéphane Delebassé
🗞️ News: LSA Conso, LinkedIn


📇 Company: Sootenir
🔍 Description: Transforms corporate loyalty by turning customer and employee rewards into pre-funded donations to NGOs, promoting engagement with impact.
💻 Website: https://sootenir.com
📍 HQ City: Tours
🧗 Round: Angel
💰 Amount Raised: €40K
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Antoine Coudert; Baptiste Bech


📇 Company: NOIISE
🔍 Description: N/A
💻 Website: https://www.noiise.com
📍 HQ City: Lyon
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount Raised: N/A
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Mathieu Jarsaillon

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