When was Paris Business Angels founded?

Paris Business Angels was founded in 2004.

Where is Paris Business Angels' headquarters located?

Paris Business Angels' headquarters is located in Paris (France).

How many companies has Paris Business Angels invested in?

Paris Business Angels has invested in 112 companies, including Cailabs & Cheerz.

Which companies has Paris Business Angels invested in lately?

Sitowie & Biomemory are the latest investments by Paris Business Angels.

What sectors does Paris Business Angels focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Paris Business Angels' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (36 investments) and High Tech (21 investments).

How many exits has Paris Business Angels been involved in?

Paris Business Angels' portfolio has seen 13 acquisitions.

Paris Business Angels - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Paris Business Angels, established in 2004, is an angel investment group based in Paris, France. It primarily focuses on Seed investments in companies in France. Its portfolio includes 112 firms, spanning the Enterprise Applications, High Tech sectors. Its most notable investments include companies like Cailabs, Cheerz and Sowefund. As of Jul 2026, Paris Business Angels has witnessed 13 portfolio exits. Its latest investment was a €2.7M Series A round in Sitowie on Apr 28, 2025, which also saw participation from PARIS REGION Venture Fund and Axeleo Capital.

To date, 78 investors have co-invested in Paris Business Angels's portfolio companies, including prominent names like Femmes Business Angels.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2004

Location

Paris, France

Portfolio Companies

Cailabs, Cheerz & 110 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 30 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 1 more

Locations of Investment

France, China & 1 more

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Paris Business Angels has a portfolio of 112 companies. Their most notable investments are in Yelda and Combo.Their portfolio spans across France, China and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 29 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Paris Business Angels:

1. Cailabs

Mode multiplexers and light converters provider. It improves the bandwidth and data transmission speed of fiber-optic networks. Its products are based on MPLC technology which enables efficient light reshaping. Its product portfolio includes spatial multiplexers or demultiplexers, SCADA, multi-mode fiber links, C-RAN, and light converters for light shaping applications. Its applications include local networks, telecommunications, defense, aeronautics, space, and laser material processing.

Key facts about Cailabs

Founded Year: 2013
Location: Rennes (France)
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $124M
Employee Count: 192 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Supernova Invest, Innovacom and 15 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Sep 12, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Cheerz

Cheerz is an online platform to create the personalized photo-based products. It offers products such as photo books, photo calendars, photo wall decor, photo prints, photo scrapbook, photo albums, photo magnets, photo boxes, and photo gifts. Allows users to upload the photos from the devices and create the personalized photo products. It provides an online store to get the photo products delivered to the doorstep. The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Key facts about Cheerz

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Paris (France)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $6.82M
Employee Count: 144 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Serena, FbStart and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 19, 2015, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

3. Sowefund

Sowefund is an equity crowdfunding platform which connects startups with investors. All the startups are pre-vetted before they are made available to the investors. The company only allows accredited investors on its platform.

Key facts about Sowefund

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Paris (France)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $1.12M
Employee Count: 32 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Investisseur Prive, Paris Business Angels and 1 Other
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 04, 2016, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

4. Biomemory

Online platform offering bio-digital data storage solutions. The platform is developing a petrol-free DNA synthesis and copy process based on synthetic biology for data storage. It also allows the production of long, bio-sourced, biocompatible, and bio-secure DNA fragments that can be stored as inert polymers for thousands of years without any energy input.

Key facts about Biomemory

Founded Year: 2021
Location: Paris (France)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $23.2M
Employee Count: 78 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: Bpifrance, Paris Business Angels and 16 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 10, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. NannyBag

Nannybag provides an online marketplace to connect local shops and hotels with travelers for storing luggage. Local shops and hotels sign up as luggage Nanny and store luggage on the behalf of travelers. Charges are dependent on the number of days baggage is stored for starting at 14 Euros for 2 bags for 24 hours. Nannybag charges a fixed commission from hotels and shops for each booking.

Key facts about NannyBag

Founded Year: 2016
Location: Paris (France)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $2.2M
Investors: Expon Capital, Angelsquare and 4 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 28, 2020, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

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Paris Business Angels has invested in 112 companies over the last 18 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Hunt X Pharma and most recent follow-on round was in Sitowie.

Here are Paris Business Angels' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	0	1	1
2024	3	1	4
2023	2	0	2
2022	5	0	5
2021	2	0	2
2020	7	0	7
2019	2	0	2
2018	4	1	5
2017	8	0	8

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Paris Business Angels has made 46 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.15M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.58M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $8.25M.

Here are Paris Business Angels' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	46
Series A	6
Series B	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Paris Business Angels has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, Vertical SaaS and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 79 Tech companies, 63 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 49 Software companies and at least 41 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Paris Business Angels' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	22
High Tech	13
Consumer	10
Vertical SaaS	9
Sustainability Tech	8
Others	71

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Paris Business Angels has made most investments in France (51), followed by China where it has made 1 investment.

Here are Paris Business Angels' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
France	51
China	1
United States	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Paris Business Angels has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Paris Business Angels:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Apr 28, 2025	Sitowie	France	Series A	7484	PARIS REGION Venture Fund ... [+4]
Dec 10, 2024	Biomemory	France	Series A	3064	Crédit Mutuel Innovation [+7]
Sep 19, 2024	Hunt X Pharma	France	Seed	4133	Angels Sante [+1]
Sep 17, 2024	My Digital Buildings	France	Seed	2676	Les Business Angels des Grandes Écoles ... [+3]
Aug 15, 2024	UP&CHARGE	France	Seed	9967	BNP Paribas [+2]

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13 companies from Paris Business Angels' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Orosound in Jun 2026 by Syntiant for $*****.

Here are Paris Business Angels' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Orosound	Jun 15, 2026	-	-	6101
NannyBag	Feb 25, 2026	-	-	2380
BEYABLE	Jan 13, 2026	Aug 18, 2014	Seed	2079
Wisear	Jan 02, 2026	Jan 21, 2022	Seed	2254
URBANSOCCER	Mar 13, 2024	-	-	6943

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Paris Business Angels has a team of 2 members. Paris Business Angels' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

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Over the past 18 years, 134 investors have co-invested in Paris Business Angels's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Paris Business Angels: ISource Gestion, IMT Starter and 15 others have invested in rounds before Paris Business Angels. There are 2 companies where ISource Gestion has invested before Paris Business Angels and 1 company where IMT Starter has invested before Paris Business Angels.
Top Co-investors of Paris Business Angels: 78 investors entered a company along with Paris Business Angels. These include investors like Femmes Business Angels (9 companies).
Invested after Paris Business Angels: A total of 39 investors have invested in Paris Business Angels's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (8 companies) and Bpifrance (4 companies).