Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Venture Capital startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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KREAXI | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Limonest, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe | ||
Emertec | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe | ||
Merieux Developpement | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Private Equity | Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe | ||
Hi Inov – Dentressangle | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe | ||
HUB612 | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Early Stage Venture investors in Rhone-Alpes. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
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- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
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Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Rhone-Alpes)

Emertec
EMERTEC’s experienced investment team has developed proven track record and has been able to develop close ties with major industrial players, many of them also being investors in their funds.These close ties are extremely valuable as to understand medium and long-term requirements of major order placers and high-level commercial opportunities. This brings visibility and confidence for entrepreneurs as well as for its investors. Their objective is to create value by turning ground-breaking technological innovations into commercial and financial successful companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe
Industries: Semiconductor, Venture Capital
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Merieux Developpement
Mérieux Développement is specialized in Growth and Venture capital transactions in the healthcare and nutrition sectors. We support companies with products or services offering true differentiation and capacity to create substantial value over the long term. Our investment team, based in Europe and North America, brings its expertise and international network to help entrepreneurs disrupt and grasp substantial market opportunities. Mérieux Développement is an affiliate of Institut Mérieux, which employs approximately 17,000 employees worldwide, with consolidated revenues exceeding 2.5 billion Euros in 2017.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Private Equity
Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe
Industries: Health Care, Life Science, Medical Device, Nutrition, Pharmaceutical, Venture Capital
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Hi Inov – Dentressangle
Hi inov is a regulated Venture capital management company dedicated to early stage investment in B2B digital start-ups. We have €165M under management. They are 7 investors based in Paris, Lyon and Munich and also have an operating team. Hi Inov supports young and innovative digital BtoB companies from their very beginnings, and stimulates their long-term growth to help them become tomorrow’s leading companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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BACS-Innov
BACS-Innov is an investment firm that invests in and supports various types of startups and sectors. The purpose of the BACS-Innov investment company is to support young innovative companies, with the following condition that the investors and founders are exclusively Alumni of Ecoles Centrale (Paris and regions), Supélec, and Centrale Supélec.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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