Investor Spotlight: Starburst Aerospace CEO François Chopard
The French founder has built a global network of accelerators and investment funds that have worked with more than 120 startups in aerospace and defense.
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French Tech News: Sweetch Energy Makes Waves By Turning Water into Wattage
Also inside: Inside EDF Pulse Ventures; Verve Ventures is a Deep Tech European investor scouting startups in France; and Zama leads the latest funding rounds.
How Sweetch Energy Wants To Tap Into Water Power
CEO Nicolas Heuzé reveals how the Rennes-based startup will use its €25m Series to begin scaling a water-powered generation process that he believes could one day provide 15% of the world's energy.
The Big Deals 💣 : Zama, Greenly, Lago, Diabeloop, Sublime Energie & more!
Plus: Bene Bono, Alpinov X, Anozr Way, and Hawkcell.
Spotlight Interview: EDF Pulse Ventures Director Yann Coïc
The corporate venture fund has invested €500m since its creation in 2017 to find startups that will help transform the energy giant for the future.
Seed Scout #12: Phospho Is Forging Picks And Shovels For The GenAI Gold Rush
Plus: Varsity co-founder Didier Valet discusses the journey from banking titan to his new pan-European Seed Fund.
Hot seed deals 🔥: Adaptive ML, Moment, Avatar Medical, Composable Prompts, Agnostic, & More!
GenAI x 2, plus climate tech, XR for medtech, and foodtech.
Investor Spotlight: Varsity Co-Founder Didier Valet
The former Société Générale exec co-founded a European Seed Fund that just announced its first closing of €80m to back fintech, healthtech, climatetech and enterprise Saas startups.
Seed Of The Week: Phospho
The open-source startup raised a €1.7m Pre-Seed round to build the picks and shovels for the GenAI Gold Rush.
French Tech News: Beyond Aero Flies The Cleaner Skies
Also inside: A French FoodTech fight; Techinnov tries to build bridges between corporates and startups; Earlybird Venture Capital expands in France; and GenAI takes over the country.
Beyond Aero: French Sustainable Aviation Plans Take Flight
The startup recently staged the first test flights of its hydrogen-electric system for low-carbon airplanes. With aerospace a major piece of the French economy, the nation is counting on such aviation innovation to secure the sector's future.
Spotlight Interview: Techinnov's Aurélie Hard
Hard talks corporate interest in startups: "We're lagging behind foreign countries and we need to catch up. I think the major groups are becoming aware of this, but we need to catch up with countries like China or the United States, and that's undeniable."
The Big Deals 💣 : Unseenlabs, Planity, Photoroom, Bioptimus, Filigran & more!
SpaceTech, security, and GenAI drew the big checks.
Seed Scout #11: Pimento Building GenAI To Boost Brainstorming
Plus: Agrilife Studio co-founders explain how they want to help entrepreneurs build AgTech Startups.
Investor Spotlight: Agrilife Studio Co-Founders Priscilla Rozé-Pagès and Antoine Coutant
The new AgTech studio aims to identify ideas and founders that can be catalyzed into high-impact startups. The co-founders just raised €25 million to accelerate their mission.
Hot seed deals 🔥: Guided Energy, Geev, LiveMeUp & more!
GreenTech, FinTech, DeepTech are all in the crosshairs of early investors.