Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primary investments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.  Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more.

Idinvest Partners

Daphni is a VC as a platform that invests in user-oriented startups with European DNA and strong international ambition. The company is supported by daphnipolis, a closely-knit community of 200+ entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and advisors, and a digital platform to ensure both efficiency and full transparency. The firm as established in 2015 and is based in Paris, France.

Daphni

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco, and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.  Since 1996, Index has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to reshape the world. The companies they’ve started include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell.

Index Ventures

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey. The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors; backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth. Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset. Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Kima Ventures

Headline (formerly e.ventures) is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. It invests across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. The firm's Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil, and invest locally. Its San Francisco-based Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond, working in collaboration with their Early Stage Teams. The sizes and locations of these funds make it possible for them to see local trends up close, identify winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble, and Yeahka are among the stars in Headline’s world. Headline was founded in San Francisco, California in 1998.

Headline

Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business. Bpifrance was founded in 2012 and is based in Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France.

Bpifrance

SoftBank provides fixed-line, mobile telephony, internet, telecommunications, and digital television products. It is a multinational telecommunications and internet corporation focused on broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, the internet, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. The company operates through four segments. The mobile communications segment provides mobile communications services, produces and distributes online games for smartphones and other devices, offers mobile broadband services, provides supply chain solutions, handset protection, and insurance, buy-back and trade-in services, omnichannel solutions, and financial services, and sells mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and SoftBank smartphones. The Sprint segment offers mobile and fixed-line voice and data transmission services for individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and sells mobile devices and accessories. The fixed-line telecommunications segment offers telecom services such as fixed-line telephone and data communications services to corporate customers and broadband services to individual customers. The internet segment is engaged in the operation of the Yahoo! Japan portal, the sale of internet advertising, the operation of e-commerce sites, the provision of membership services, the sale and marketing of data centers, the provision of online automobile-related information, and the operation of the internet affiliate system. SoftBank also generates and sells electricity from renewable energy sources; provides payment processing, invoice collections, and computation services for businesses; distributes video, voice, and data content via media; operates the IT information site ITmedia; provides solutions and services for online businesses; and operates online games and software downloads. Additionally, it is involved in the ownership of professional baseball teams, the operation of baseball games, the management and maintenance of baseball stadiums and other sports facilities, and the procurement of funds by issuing preferred securities.

SoftBank

Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets. With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with the necessary investments needed to realize their growth potential. The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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French neobank Helios offers sustainable digital banking services and personal finance management tools via its web and mobile apps. It operates under the banking license of Solarisbank AG and finances only sustainable projects using customer deposits and interchange fees. Helios also partners with sustainable brands to offer discounts on their products. It is available to residents of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.Helios offers checking accounts with a Visa debit card through three types of accounts: an account aimed at the 18–23-years demographic, a regular current account, and a joint account, with monthly fees of EUR 3–6. Within the Eurozone, withdrawal fees of EUR 0.85 are charged after 2–5 free withdrawals, while a 1% commission and EUR 1.5 fee are charged outside the Eurozone. Card payments are also charged a 1% commission outside the Eurozone. The app also offers automatic categorization of expenses with plans to offer savings accounts.Funding and financialsThe company raised a total of EUR 1.5 million (~USD 1.8 million) in pre-seed funding by November 2021. In April 2022, Helios raised EUR 9 million (~USD 9.6 million) in Series A funding led by Racine2. The company planned to use the fresh funds to introduce new banking products.

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Helios is a French fintech company that offers sustainable and ecological banking solutions. Launched in 2020, it pioneered a new approach to protecting the environment by ensuring that not a single euro funds polluting industries like oil or coal. Instead, Helios exclusively supports environmentally-friendly investment projects, providing complete transparency regarding the destination of financing. The company operates a digital eco-bank, allowing environmental investments from the very first euro deposited.
Helios offers products like current accounts, shared accounts, youth accounts, and sustainable savings accounts crowdsourced with its community of users. The accounts can be managed easily through mobile or desktop platforms, with users having access to dedicated financial advisors for a monthly fee of EUR 6. As of April 2022, Helios had a community of 50,000 users and processed nearly EUR 40 million in transactions, avoiding around 20,000 tons of CO2 emissions and investing EUR 1 million into the ecological transition.
In April 2022, Helios raised EUR 9 million in a seed funding round led by Racine, with participation from Raise Seed for Good funds and prominent angel investors. The funding aims to position Helios as the leading sustainable bank in Europe, with plans to hire over 20 employees in 2022 and reach 100,000 customers and EUR 30 million in investments by the end of 2023.

Leading sustainable banking alternative - 100% transparent and dedicated to limite climate change

Swile got its start by disrupting the incumbent meal voucher market in France. Their all-in-one smartcard groups together all employee benefits such as meal vouchers, gift vouchers, and mobility benefits. Swile also aims to reinvent life at work and create a better work culture for all employees with their super app. Features include praises, event creation, collections and P2P payments between colleagues. They also offer employee engagement surveys and insight analytics.  It was founded in 2018 by Loïc Soubeyrand and is based in Paris, France.

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