French Tech Funding Wire November 29: Devialet, Lactips, Biolevate & More!
π Company: Devialet
π Description: An acoustic engineering technology company.
π» Website: https://www.devialet.com/fr-fr/
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: LATE VC
π° Amount Raised: β¬30.0M
π¦ Investors: Korelya Capital
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Quentin SanniΓ©
ποΈ News: https://www.frenchweb.fr/fleur-pellerin-vient-au-secours-de-devialet-qui-leve-30-millions-deuros/450069
π Company: Lactips
π Description: Lactips makes recyclable food packaging, with casein-based thermoplastics (milk protein), the only biodegradable and water-soluble substance
π» Website: http://lactips.com
π HQ City: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
π§ Round: SERIES C
π° Amount Raised: β¬16.0M
π¦ Investors: Bpifrance; GO Capital; SWEN Capital Partners; BNP Paribas DΓ©veloppement
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Fabrice Plasson; FrΓ©dΓ©ric Prochazka; Marie-HΓ©lΓ¨ne Gramatikoff
ποΈ News: https://www.sustainableplastics.com/news/french-bioplastics-start-raises-eu16m-expand-americas-japan
π Company: Raidium
π Description: Raidium develops the world's first foundation model for precision radiology, offering a multimodal AI-native PACS viewer with advanced imaging capabilities designed for clinical and research use.
π» Website: www.raidium.eu
π HQ City: Paris, France
π§ Round: Seed
π° Amount Raised: β¬16M
π¦ Investors: Newfund; Kurma Partners; Founders Future; Galion.exe; Techmind; Debiopharm Corporate Ventures; European EIC Fund
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Dr. Paul HΓ©rent (CEO); Pierre Manceron (CSO)
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π Company: The Marshmallow Project
π Description: Uses AI to develop educational content for children via digital platforms
π HQ City: Marseille
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: β¬10.0M
π¦ Investors: Balderton Capital; Kima Ventures; General Catalyst
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Cedric O; Flore Cousin; Nicolas Princen; FrΓ©deric Bardeau
ποΈ News: https://sifted.eu/articles/cedric-o-the-marshmallow-project-news
π Company: Biolevate
π Description: Biolevate is a VC-backed B2B startup harnessing synthetic biology to develop sustainable food alternatives
π» Website: https://www.biolevate.com/
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: β¬6.0M
π¦ Investors: Bpifrance; EQT Ventures; Mehdi Ghissassi
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Joel Belafa; Anas Laaroussi; Antoine De Torcy
ποΈ News: https://www.eu-startups.com/2024/11/paris-based-biolevate-raises-e6-million-for-their-ai-assisted-medical-writing-platform/
π Company: TEEPTRAK
π Description: Unleash the power of your production to connect, monitor, and optimize manufacturing processes
π» Website: http://www.teeptrak.com/en/
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: EARLY VC
π° Amount Raised: β¬5.0M
π¦ Investors: XAnge; SHIFT Invest; Sia Partners; EDF
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Francois Coulloudon; Guillaume Artigue; Antonin Girard
ποΈ News: https://teeptrak.com/en/teeptrak-announces-e5-million-fundraising-to-drive-global-expansion-and-equip-industrial-manufacturers-of-all-sizes-and-across-all-sectors/
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π Company: Argil
π Description: Argil is a French generative AI startup that enables users to create realistic, multilingual video avatars, transforming text and audio content into engaging videos in minutes.
π» Website: https://www.argil.com
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: Pre-seed & Seed
π° Amount Raised: β¬4.9M
π¦ Investors: EQT Ventures; Kwebblekop (YouTube Star); Charles Gorintin (Cofounder & CTO, Alan); Seedcamp; Axeleo
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Laodis Menard; Brivael Arzel
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π Company: Kapsera
π Description: Offers natural and innovative formulations for microbials-based biofertilizers and biopesticides
π» Website: https://www.kapsera.com/
π HQ City: Bordeaux
π§ Round: SERIES A
π° Amount Raised: β¬4.2M
π¦ Investors: Demeter Partners; The Yield Lab; Banque des Territoires
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Γdouard DuliΓ¨ge
ποΈ News: https://igrownews.com/kapsera-secures-e4-2m-funding-to-accelerate-industrialization-of-sustainable-microencapsulation-solutions
π Company: Darwin
π Description: Darwin offers a biodiversity calculation engine, allowing nature teams to integrate biodiversity impact and dependency metrics into their software
π» Website: https://darwindata.io
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: N/A
π° Amount Raised: β¬1.5M
π¦ Investors: AstΓ©rion and Business Angels
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Cyprien HallΓ©; Aurore Falque-Pierrotin
ποΈ News: https://tech.eu/2024/11/28/biodiversity-startup-darwin-secures-eur15m-for/
π Company: Mago
π Description: Provider of AI tools empowering creators to transform and stylise any video
π» Website: https://www.mago.studio/
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: β¬1.5M
π¦ Investors: Atlantic Labs
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Aleksandr Spirin; Alvaro Lamarche Toloza
ποΈ News: https://siliconcanals.com/french-startup-mago-raises-1-5m/
π Company: Les CosmΓ©tiques Frais Freedge
π Description: N/A
π» Website: https://horeecosmetiques.com
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: β¬0.33M
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Laurence Caisey
π Company: Kryll
π Description: Kryll.io β Powerful Crypto Trading Bots for Binance, Kraken, Bittrex
π» Website: http://kryll.io
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: EARLY VC
π° Amount Raised: $200,000
π¦ Investors: Google
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Luca Benevolo; Philippe LongΓ¨re
ποΈ News: https://www.accesswire.com/945566/google-invests-200000-in-ai-powered-crypto-platform-kryll
π Company: Serenn
π Description: La solution de pilotage de cabinet dentaire qui prend soin des dentistes
π» Website: https://serenn.com
π HQ City: Gagnac-sur-Garonne
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: N/A
π¦ Investors: Nubbo
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Marcel Mateescu
π Company: Efectis
π Description: Tests materials for fire safety
π» Website: https://www.efectis.com/en/
π HQ City: Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
π§ Round: SPINOUT
π° Amount Raised: N/A
π¦ Investors: University of Ulster
π Company: Klart AI
π Description: Enterprise-grade AI Assistant Connected to Company Knowledge & Tools
π» Website: http://klartai.com
π HQ City: Paris
π§ Round: SEED
π° Amount Raised: N/A
π¦ Investors: Startup Wise Guys
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Erol Koseoglu; Noyan Bilge
ποΈ News: https://swipeline.co/sirketlere-yapay-zeka-asistanlari-sunan-klart-ai-tohum-oncesi-yatirimi-aldi/
π Company: I-TRACING
π Description: Addressing customer needs for IT security and data protection
π» Website: http://i-tracing.com
π HQ City: Puteaux
π§ Round: GROWTH EQUITY VC
π° Amount Raised: N/A
π¦ Investors: Eurazeo
π¨πΌπ©πΌ Founders: Laurent CharvΓ©riat