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Top 25 Seed stage investors based in France

RevenueBase identified 94 seed stage investors headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 976 professional contacts across them, including 199 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers seed stage investors headquartered in France, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest seed stage investors based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 94 seed stage investors based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to seed stage investors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-50107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Serena is one of Europe's leading investment firm, with €1bn under management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a88 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avec près de 200 membres investisseurs actifs, Paris Business Angels (PBA) est un leader en France du financement des start-ups en phase d'amorçage.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5084 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded on the core principle that the next wave of tech is born in the startup streets - the natural environment of tomorrow’s innovation superstars - Ventech has been a pioneer…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Started in 2008 by and for founders, Newfund Capital is an early-stage VC firm active in France and in the USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5043 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Moon Venture, c’est le Venture Capital qui finance les startups, en amorçage et en Série A, et qui les accompagne dans leur hypercroissance grâce à une équipe opérationnelle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Source Ventures is a micro VC Pre-Seed and Seed Fund dedicated to tech startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Alven is an independent early-stage venture capital firm with over $500m under management and a successful track record of backing more than 130 startups over 20 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1026 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Better Angle is an early stage investor founded by experienced entrepreneurs who became business angels.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Educapital is the largest European Impact VC fund backing tech entrepreneurs shaping the future of education and work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNantes, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Un réseau engagé et solidaire de Startupers et d’Entrepreneurs de la Tech pour accompagner et financer les premiers pas des Startups de l’ouest.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CREALIA® est un fonds d'amorçage : sa vocation est de financer la création d’entreprise innovante au travers d’un prêt d'honneur personnel à taux 0, l’objectif étant la réussite…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Flag is your exclusive partner for your scale-up phase : Equity from pre-seed to Serie A; Non-dilutives fundings; Taxation for innovation; Part Time CFO.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kerala has developed the concept of "Cofounding Investor", partnering with top entrepreneurs from their startup inception, bringing a massive support with a specific focus on…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HAND PARTNERS est une société d'investissement, constituée d'investisseurs privés - associés, qui accompagne de façon pro-active les dirigeants talentueux et leurs projets dans…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Polytechnique Ventures is the seed fund of Ecole Polytechnique, created in 2020.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Strong evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-109 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sienna Venture Capital is an early-growth stage investor backing leading tech companies from Israel and the US as they scale internationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“One Green est le cercle où les meilleurs investisseurs rencontrent les meilleurs fondateurs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceBiot, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-109 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Group Ott was established out of the collective ambition of investors experienced in the business and finance industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The world produces a handful of world-class entrepreneurs a year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Venture studio, also known as startup studio Thanks to our team of entrepreneur-investors and an ecosystem of partners: We test the feasibility and viability of projects.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“France's 1st Student VC We back France's most ambitious young Founders.(students and young graduates) Our Founders get up to 200k euros in funding.(equity + non dillutive) Learn…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are reinventing the seed investment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceSceaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fin'Up accelerates startups launch and growth through a co-founding approach:=>"Fin'Up Partners" provides financial and sales support to the founders =>"Fin'Up Invest" is the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AVP (AXA Venture Partners) is a venture capital fund investing in high-growth, technology-enabled companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Resonance, a €50m VC fund investing between €500k and €5m at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds in European tech firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Seed stage investors based in France at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
20.4%Verified-email coverage
10.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
61.7%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
76
11-50
17
51-200
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 94 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among seed stage investors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “seed stage investors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names seed stage investors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among seed stage investors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 199 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Seed stage investors by metro

  • Seed stage investors in Paris58

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names seed stage investors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many seed stage investors are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 94 seed stage investors headquartered in France as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Serena, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most seed stage investors?

Paris leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (3) and Angers (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 199 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.