🔥 Hot Seed Deals: Agendize, Floatee, Greenscope, NomadHer & More!
What: Agendize, a publisher of appointment scheduling and diary management software for businesses
Why: to ensure companies remain accessible, even outside of regular business hours, save time, and increase productivity by streamlining scheduling management
Funding: €3.6 million
Who: Co-Founders Alexandre Rambaud, Cédric Peyruqueou, Christophe Berge
Investors: Entrepreneur Invest
What's next: the raise will be used to fuel the company's growth in France and abroad.
What: Floatee, producer of anti-drowning, anti-UV tee-shirts for children and adults
Why: To help save lives.
Funding: €2.2 million
Who: Co-Founders Philippe Rouvier & Thibaut Choulet
Investors: Blast Club & several Business Angels
What's next: The fundraising will go towards the startup's US and Brazilian expansion.
What: Greenscope, is a CSR/ESG management solution for companies and financial institutions.
Why: To support investors and companies in their 360° environmental transition process with ESG reporting & CSR diagnosis, EU Taxonomy reporting & CSRD/SFDR reporting, and Carbon & biodiversity footprint calculation
Funding: €3 million
Who: Co-Founders Grégoire Etienne, Eric Chéa, Pierre-Édouard Montabrun
Investors: Épopée gestion, Newfund
What's next: The new money will go towards supporting sales growth and improving the startup's product portfolio by integrating AI into its solutions and launching additional functions.
What: Steerlab, an AI platform for presales teams.
Why: To make life easier for presales teams by automating responses to requests for proposals (RFP) and vendor questionnaires.
Funding: €1.7 million
Who: Co-Founders Rami Iguerwane & Othmane Hamzaoui
Investors: Dreamcraft VC, Heartfelt_, VC Lumière AI, and business angels
What's next: The funding round will enable the startup to enforcer sa plateforme d’IA, améliorer l’efficacité des équipes de PreSales et de sécurité en réduisant de 80 % le temps consacré aux réponses tout en les aidant à sécuriser plus de deals.
What: Daurema, an industrial startup and producer of an ecological, recyclable, durable molded cellulose packaging solution notably for the food, cosmetic, and plant industries
Why: To provide an environmentally friendly sustainable alternative to plastic packaging following the French law prohibiting the production of single-use plastic packaging in various sectors, including fruits and vegetables came into effect on January 1, 2024
Funding: €1,35 million
Who: Co-Founders, Florian Lefebvre, Frédéric Salomon, Cyril Forestier
Investors: Nord Création, IRD Invest & various Business Angels
What's next: The new funding will be used to boost the startup's sales and marketing efforts and the setting up of a new R&D design office.
What: Kwan-Tek, a Deeptech company that develops and markets quantum sensors (metrology solutions).
Why: To use NV diamond technology to develop and industrialize a wide range of high-tech, highly sensitive, stable, and robust measuring instruments for various demanding applications.
Funding: €1.2 million
Who: Founder & CEO, Remi Geiger
Investors: Breizh rebond, SFLD, iXCore Group, Defense Angels, Bretagne Sud Angels, business angels
What's next: The fund-raising will be used to help accelerate the marketing of “KWANTEACH®” and to strengthen the development of non-destructive testing solutions.
What: NomadHer, a travel App for women.
Why: To provide as much information as possible about a travel destination, from a female traveler’s perspective, that’s commonly overlooked by traditional travel platforms.
Funding: €1.2 million
Who: Founder & CEO, Hyojeong Kim
Investors: NBH Capital, CNT Tech, Kosnet Technology, K Bridge Investment
What's next: The fresh cash will go towards fueling the startup's growth.
What: Jared, a developer of an intelligent financial aimed at both individuals and finance professionals.
Why: To provide users with all the support they need to manage their finances wisely.
Funding: €1 million
Who: Founder & CEO Alexi Perrino
Investors: Caisse d'épargne, Bpifrance and several Business Angels
What's next: The new funding will allow the fintech to form a team of beta testers to experiment with its solution, recruit new profiles, and strengthen its technology with a view to releasing a public version of its application by year-end.
What: Lockself, an ANSSI-certified digital vault solution.
Why: To protect businesses' work documents by allowing them to implement secure password management across their entire organization and safeguard data whilst enabling it to be shared internally and with outside stakeholders.
Funding: Undisclosed
Who: Co-Founders Julien Tessier & Lucas Tadajewsk
Investors: Bpifrance and several Business Angels
What's next: The undisclosed amount will enable the company to support both its internal and external growth and accelerate into the sensitive data management market for enterprises.