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"Lorsqu’elle est correctement financée et orientée vers des solutions concrètes, l’innovation technologique peut démultiplier l’impact des scientifiques, des ingénieurs et des entrepreneurs, en leur donnant les moyens de relever les grands défis des décennies à venir."

Olivier Le Blainvaux, Founding Partner

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l'impact

Agriculture

Restaurer des écosystèmes productifs et durables

Chimie & Matériaux

Fournir des matériaux durables à notre industrie

Santé

Améliorer les soins tout en maîtrisant les coûts

Sécurité & Spatial

Renforcer nos capacités pour être plus résilient

IA & Electronique

Développer une IA frugale et éthique

Energie

Accélérer la décarbonation

Equipe

d'investissement

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
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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.
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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.
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Notre collaboration avec Technofounders a permis de transférer une innovation thérapeutique prometteuse vers une startup médicale. Leur capacité d’adaptation et de collaboration avec le monde académique ont été déterminants pour concrétiser cette initiative.

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