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French Tech Funding Wire November 1: Beyond Aero, Filigran, Hubcycle & More!

French startups that raised money the week of October 28 to November 1 also include Vaxinano, NetZero, and Wine In Block.

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📇 Company: Vaxinano
🔍 Description: Developing innovative subunit vaccines against parasites of livestock
💻 Website: Vaxinano
📍 HQ City: Loos
🧗 Round: EARLY VC
💰 Amount raised: €6.0 million
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance, Wiseed, Nord France Amorcage, TCD Capital, CAPTECH Santé Nutrition
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Didier Betbeder
🗞️ News: https://www.finsmes.com/2024/10/vaxinano-raises-e6m-in-funding.html


📇 Company: NetZero
🔍 Description: A climate venture specializing in long-term carbon removal from the atmosphere
💻 Website: NetZero
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: EARLY VC
💰 Amount raised: €7.0 million
🏦 Investors: INNOVX
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Aimé Njiakin, Axel Reinaud, Olivier Reinaud
🗞️ News: https://www.maddyness.com/2024/10/29/netzero-leve-7-millions-deuros-pour-accelerer-sur-le-continent-africain/


📇 Company: Hubcycle
🔍 Description: Offers a hub that converts fruit and vegetable waste into innovative raw materials for personal care and food industries.
💻 Website: Hubcycle
📍 HQ City: Avignon
🧗 Round: EARLY VC
💰 Amount raised: €15.0 million
🏦 Investors: Daphni, RAISE, Citizen Capital, ETF Partners, SWEN Capital Partners, Bleu Capital, Techmind VC
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Julien Lesage
🗞️ News: https://etfpartners.capital/articles/etf-partners-invests-in-hubcycle-a-groundbreaking-company-revolutionising-the-upcycling-of-food-by-products/


📇 Company: Beyond Aero
🔍 Description: World's first electric business aircraft using hydrogen propulsion to reach more than 800 nautical miles
💻 Website: Beyond Aero
📍 HQ City: Cugnaux
🧗 Round: SERIES A
💰 Amount raised: €18.18 million
🏦 Investors: Bpifrance, Initialized Capital, Nathan Blecharczyk, Arash Ferdowsi, Giant Ventures, Teampact Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Valentin Chomel, Hugo Tarlé, Eloa Guillotin
🗞️ News: https://tech.eu/2024/10/28/beyond-aero-raises-44m-to-electrify-aviation/


📇 Company: Filigran
🔍 Description: Provides cyber threat intelligence, knowledge subsystems, and crisis response solutions worldwide
💻 Website: Filigran
📍 HQ City: Asnières-sur-Seine
🧗 Round: SERIES B
💰 Amount raised: €31.82 million
🏦 Investors: Accel, Insight Partners, Moonfire Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Julien Richard, Samuel Hassine
🗞️ News: https://frenchtechjournal.com/filigran-raises-35m-for-ai-powered-cyber-threat-intelligence/


📇 Company: Wine In Block
🔍 Description: Innovative NFT marketplace for wines and spirits leveraging blockchain technology
💻 Website: Wine In Block
📍 HQ City: Aix-en-Provence
🧗 Round: SEED
💰 Amount raised: €0.2 million
🏦 Investors: Provence Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Sylvie Busca, Jean-Rémi Quiricon, Fabien Guédé, Rodolphe De Noose
🗞️ News: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7252619461680156673/


Léni Maroglou and Marin Vogler

📇 Company: Coda
🔍 Description: Higher education for IT
💻 Website: www.coda.school
📍 HQ City: Orleans
🧗 Round: Early Stage
💰 Amount raised: €910,000
🏦 Investors: Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Léni Maroglou and Marin Vogler
🗞️ News: https://www.coda.school/blog/coda-levee-de-fonds-10-ecoles-d-informatique-en-10-ans


📇 Company: Sairen
🔍 Description: SaaS B2B company specializing in automating incoming and outgoing telephone calls for SMEs and midcaps through artificial intelligence.
💻 Website: www.sairen.io
📍 HQ City: Paris
💰 Amount raised: €1M
🏦 Investors: Business Angels, Bpifrance


📇 Company: Starfish Bioscience
🔍 Description: Rebuilding soil ecosystems to restore fertility and enable a sustainable agri-food system.
💻 Website: https://www.starfishbio.com/
📍 HQ City: Bordeaux
💰 Amount raised: €700,000
🏦 Investors: IRDI Capital Investissement, Bpifrance


📇 Company: Survoltage
🔍 Description: Electricity consumption monitoring and optimization
💻 Website: http://survoltage.fr
📍 HQ City: Grenoble
💰 Amount raised: €1.5M
🏦 Investors: Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Joris Brémond and Jeff Knoepfli
🗞️ News: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/survoltage_la-start-up-is%C3%A9roise-survoltage-acc%C3%A9l%C3%A8re-activity-7254763708285898753-Fd99?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop


📇 Company: Kamea Labs
🔍 Description: Tokenization investment platform for startups.
💻 Website: http://kamealabs.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
💰 Amount raised: €600,000
🏦 Investors: 50 Partners, Provence Angels, Cedar Mundi Ventures, Sharpstone, Diagonale Capital, business angels
🏦 Investors: Business Angels
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Constantin Dubus and André Dibé


📇 Company: Startin'Blox
🔍 Description: Web application creation software.
💻 Website: https://startinblox.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
💰 Amount raised: €300,000
🏦 Investors: CoopVenture
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Alex Bourlier
🗞️ News: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/startinblox_interoperability-fundraising-activity-7256975023779827712-Eqz5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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