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“Science has always provided answers to our most fundamental needs. We turn today’s most promising innovations into successful companies that sustainably improve patient care, preserve our environment and strengthen our sovereignty."

Driven by

purpose

We don’t chase trends. We focus on what truly matters.

Agriculture

Restoring productive and sustainable ecosystems

Materials & Chemistry

Providing sustainable materials to our industry

Health

Improving care and containing its costs

Security & Space

Building capacities to become more resilient

AI & Electronics

Building frugal and ethical AI

Energy

Intensifying the decarbonisation

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Turning scientific breakthroughs into ambitious industrial ventures is how we shape the future.

17+ startups created & supported

€30M+ invested

€90M+ in co-investment raised

Strong ties with leading research institutions

We work closely with France’s leading research institutions, including CNRS, INRAE and CEA.

A proven track record

Cerbair, ION-X and Les Fermes Debout demonstrate our ability to turn scientific innovation into successful deeptech companies.

Trusted by leading investors

Institutional investors, family offices and leading entrepreneurs trust us to identify, build and back promising deeptech companies.

A diversified deeptech fund

TF Participations II gives investors access to a diversified portfolio of companies built around promising scientific innovations.

A hands-on team

Our Venture Partners and Operating Partners work alongside our companies from day one, supporting them from creation through their early stages of growth.

Investment

Team

Olivier Le Blainvaux

Managing Partner

Olivier Le Blainvaux, Managing Partner

French entrepreneur and co-founder of Technofounders. A graduate of École Polytechnique (2006–2010), he began his career at McKinsey & Company before transitioning to entrepreneurship. He is actively involved in identifying disruptive technologies and structuring investment vehicles to fund innovative projects

Pierre Le Blainvaux

Managing Partner

Pierre Le Blainvaux, Managing Partner

French entrepreneur and co-founder of Technofounders. A graduate of École Polytechnique, Pierre focuses on creating impactful industrial companies by leveraging existing research projects. Pierre serves as the studio's president and actively collaborates with major research institutions in France to transform innovative technologies into successful businesses.

Sébastien Wuidart

Managing Partner

Sébastien Wuidart, Managing Partner

Sébastien Wuidart is Managing Partner at Technofounders, specializing in fundraising and investor relations for industrial deeptech ventures. Previously, he spent nearly two decades at Société Générale, where he held leadership roles in trading and private banking. He also serves as a board member for several high-tech startups, supporting innovation at the intersection of finance and technology.

What they say about us

Our collaboration with Technofounders enabled the transfer of a promising therapeutic innovation to a medical startup. Their ability to adapt and to collaborate with the academic world was instrumental in bringing this initiative to fruition.

Laurence Petit, Director for Innovation, Start-ups, and Investments at CEA

Technofounders excellent knowledge of the academic ecosystem and their ability to quickly assess the value-creation potential of technologies that are sometimes still at a very early stage have led to the creation of five high-potential CNRS spin-offs, such as Ion-X in the NewSpace sector and Hiqute Diamond in the strategic field of industrial diamond production.

Thomas Ribeiro, Managing Director at CNRS Innovation