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French Tech Funding Wire November 15: OpenAirlines, Elicit Plant, Agicap & More!

French startups that raised money the week of November 10 to November 15 also include Prelude, Liberlo, Money Walkie, Meet My Mama, Wyden, Alentis Therapeutics, Omaha Insights Trace For Good, IADYS, and AdipoPharma.

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📇 Company: OpenAirlines
🔍 Description: OpenAirlines is a provider of eco-flying software solutions aimed at reducing fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions in the aviation industry.
💻 Website: https://www.openairlines.com
📍 HQ City: Toulouse
🧗 Round: Funding round led by Eiffel Investment Group
💰 Amount raised: Nearly €45 million
🏦 Investors: Eiffel Investment Group, Mirova, with the Caisse de Retraite du Personnel Navigant Professionnel de l’Aéronautique Civile (CRPN) expected to join by the end of the year
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Alexandre Feray
🗞️ News: OpenAirlines has secured close to €45 million to advance sustainable aviation solutions, focusing on enhancing their SkyBreathe® platform, which utilizes AI and machine learning to optimize fuel consumption and reduce CO₂ emissions. | EU-Startups


📇 Company: Prelude
🔍 Description: Prelude offers fraud-resistant SMS verification solutions, acting as an independent broker to identify cost-effective routing options and reduce verification costs.
💻 Website: https://prelude.so
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount raised: €7.6 million
🏦 Investors: Singular, Seedcamp
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Matias Berny, Quentin Le Bras
🗞️ News: Prelude secured €7.6 million to expand its fraud-resistant SMS verification services across Europe and North America, aiming to enhance mobile-first onboarding solutions. | EU-Startups


📇 Company: Liberlo
🔍 Description: Liberlo is a platform dedicated to alternative medicine, connecting users with certified practitioners and offering a unique third-party payment option to simplify reimbursements.
💻 Website: https://liberlo.com
📍 HQ City: Lyon
🧗 Round: Not specified
💰 Amount raised: €2.2 million
🏦 Investors: Not specified
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Not specified
🗞️ News: Liberlo raised €2.2 million to structure a care pathway for alternative medicine, aiming to enhance accessibility and reimbursement processes for patients. | FrenchWeb


📇 Company: Money Walkie
🔍 Description: Money Walkie provides a contactless wallet designed to teach children financial autonomy, featuring a mobile app for parents to manage allowances and monitor spending.
💻 Website: https://moneywalkie.com
📍 HQ City: Paris, France
🧗 Round: Not specified
💰 Amount raised: €4 million
🏦 Investors: BPCE, M6, with a portion reserved for crowdfunding via Sowefund
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Raphaël Leprette, Clémence Coursimault
🗞️ News: Money Walkie raised €4 million and opened its capital to the public to promote financial autonomy among children, aiming to transform the pocket money experience. | Maddyness


📇 Company: Meet My Mama
🔍 Description: Meet My Mama is a catering platform that showcases the culinary talents of women from around the world, offering immersive culinary experiences and supporting chefs in professionalizing their skills.
💻 Website: https://meetmymama.com
📍 HQ City: Paris, France
🧗 Round: Not specified
💰 Amount raised: €3 million
🏦 Investors: Kimpa, Fair Equity, BNP Paribas, Olympe Capital, Groupe Up
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Youssef Oudahman, Donia Souad Amamra, Loubna Ksibi
🗞️ News: Meet My Mama raised €3 million to help chefs professionalize, aiming to scale their platform and integrate new features for clients and chefs. | Maddyness


📇 Company: Elicit Plant
🔍 Description: Elicit Plant is an agritech company developing biostimulants that reduce water consumption in plants by approximately 20%, enhancing their resistance to environmental stress.
💻 Website: https://elicit-plant.com
📍 HQ City: Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye, France
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount raised: €45 million
🏦 Investors: Carbyne Partners, Sofinnova Partners, ECBF, BPI EcoGreenTech
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Jean-François Déchant
🗞️ News: Elicit Plant raised €45 million to expand its biostimulant products that reduce plant water consumption and to develop new solutions for crops like vines and potatoes. | Maddyness


📇 Company: Wyden
🔍 Description: Wyden is a leader in digital asset trading technology for financial institutions, offering a full-cycle trading platform that integrates with asset custody, banking, and portfolio management systems to simplify trading processes.
💻 Website: http://www.wyden.io
📍 HQ City: Zurich, Switzerland (with offices in New York and Singapore)
🧗 Round: Series B
💰 Amount raised: €15.4 million
🏦 Investors: Truffle Capital, PostFinance, SBI Sygnum, FiveT Fintech, C3 Venture Capital (existing investor)
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Andy Flury
🗞️ News: The funding will accelerate Wyden's expansion into regulated markets worldwide, enhance product development, and grow its client base, including banks and brokers across various regions.


📇 Company: Alentis Therapeutics
🔍 Description: Alentis Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies targeting CLDN1 for the treatment of CLDN1-positive tumors and fibrosis.
💻 Website: https://www.alentis.ch
📍 HQ City: Basel, Switzerland (R&D site in Strasbourg, France)
🧗 Round: Series D
💰 Amount raised: €164.5 million
🏦 Investors: Jeito Capital, OrbiMed, Novo Holdings, Frazier Life Sciences, Longitude Capital, Catalio Capital, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, Avego Bioscience Capital, RA Capital Management, Morningside Venture Investments, BB Pureos, Bpifrance (InnoBio 2)
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Dr. Roberto Iacone (CEO)
🗞️ News: The new funding will support clinical trials for Alentis' antibody-drug conjugates targeting CLDN1 in solid tumors, with studies commencing in 2025. The financing reflects ongoing support for innovative cancer therapies.


Omaha

📇 Company: Omaha Insights
🔍 Description: Normalized financial data and analytical tools for small businesses.
💻 Website: https://www.omaha-insights.com/
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Seed
💰 Amount raised: €3.5 million
🏦 Investors: Ventech, Axeleo Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Jordan Alloun, Bryant Matthews
🗞️ News: Omaha Insights raises funding


Trace For Good co-founders Léa Gillet (left) and Laura Bréban

📇 Company: Trace For Good
🔍 Description: Traceability and data management software for food supply chains.
💻 Website: http://traceforgood.com
📍 HQ City: Paris
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount raised: €3.5 million
🏦 Investors: Seed4Soft, Hi Inov, Ankaa Ventures
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Léa Gillet
🗞️ News: Trace For Good funding details


📇 Company: IADYS
🔍 Description: Designs, develops and delivers Artificial Intelligence solutions.
💻 Website: http://www.iadys.com
📍 HQ City: Roquefort-la-Bédoule
🧗 Round: Series A
💰 Amount raised: €10 million
🏦 Investors: Innovacom, Région Sud Investissement, GO Capital
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Nicolas Carlési
🗞️ News: IADYS funding announcement


📇 Company: AdipoPharma
🔍 Description: Not specified.
💻 Website: http://adipopharma.com
📍 HQ City: Strasbourg
🧗 Round: Early VC
💰 Amount raised: Not specified
🏦 Investors: Sambrinvest, Okeanos, Good Growth Capital, Newton Fund
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Vincent Marion
🗞️ News: AdipoPharma funding details


Agicap co-founders (left to right): Lucas Bertola (CTO), Sebastien Beyet (CEO), Clément Mauguet (Chief Expansion Officer)

📇 Company: Agicap
🔍 Description: A software adapted to all the SMEs for the management of cash flow.
💻 Website: https://agicap.com/fr/
📍 HQ City: Lyon
🧗 Round: Series C
💰 Amount raised: €43.84 million
🏦 Investors: AXA Venture Partners
👨💼👩💼 Founders: Sebastien Beyet, Sylvain Tessier
🗞️ News: Agicap raises funds

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