About Polytechnique Ventures
Polytechnique Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Paris, France. As of Jul 2026, Polytechnique Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 17 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in France based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Porelio A lot of funds co-invest with Polytechnique Ventures, with names like Galion.exe sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Polytechnique Ventures has team of 5 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Polytechnique Ventures' List of Top Investments
Polytechnique Ventures has a portfolio of 17 companies. Their most notable investments are in Spinergie and REEV.Their portfolio spans across France, Germany and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Polytechnique Ventures:Developer of single-cell therapeutics solutions to treat multiple health disorders. The company's proprietary platform uses single-cell RNA and DNA sequencing that helps to analyze disease-causing agents and provides treatment solutions. The company has developed single-cell computational software for the analysis of genomic data.
Key facts about One Biosciences
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $22.4M
- Employee Count: 44 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Redmile Group, Kima Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 28, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. PACT
Developer of sustainable biomaterials from organic materials. It provides users with an organisation dedicated to creating sustainable, transformative biomaterials from earthly resources like collagen, oils, minerals, and herbal extracts. They also provide a selection of things manufactured using organic cotton, such as apparel and housewares.
Key facts about PACT
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Cambridge (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $32.2M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: HV Capital, Entrepreneurs First and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 30, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Jimmy
Operator of thermal generators providing decarbonized heat to industrial clients. The company designs, installs, operates, and dismantles thermal generators. These generators utilize high-temperature reactor technology to supply heat. The generators offer a competitive and secure heat source.
Key facts about Jimmy
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Levallois Perret (France)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $17.3M
- Employee Count: 133 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Otium Capital, Noria and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 24, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Spinergie
Cloud based predictive analytics solutions for the oil and gas industry. The SaaS solution uses natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to structure publicly available data and generate actionable insights to optimize operations.
Key facts about Spinergie
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Paris (France)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.6M
- Employee Count: 70 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Kima Ventures, IRIS and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 28, 2022, $*****
5. mirSense
mirSense develops and manufactures industrial Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) and QCL-based spectrometer modules which provide very low detection levels for the control of gas emissions, detection of dangerous substances or the analysis of biological samples. Its offerings include uniMirTM- DFB Quantum Cascade Lasers for application requiring high spectral purity; multiMirTM- a full microelectronic type tunable QCL source based on mixed Si and IIIV technology; multiSenseTM module- a full multi-gas detection chain integrated in a single compact package; and powerMirTM- power lasers for defense and security applications.
Key facts about mirSense
Polytechnique Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Polytechnique Ventures has invested in 17 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Porelio and most recent follow-on round was in Goodvest.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Polytechnique Ventures' Investments by Stage
Polytechnique Ventures has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.96M and 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.3M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 7 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytechnique Ventures' Investments by Sector
Polytechnique Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, Sustainability Tech and Chemicals and Materials Tech. Notably, it has invested in 16 Tech companies, 14 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Tech hardware companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 7 |
Enterprise Applications | 6 |
Life Sciences | 3 |
Sustainability Tech | 3 |
Chemicals and Materials Tech | 2 |
Others | 24 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytechnique Ventures' Investments by Geography
Polytechnique Ventures has made most investments in France (14), followed by Germany where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
France | 14 |
Germany | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytechnique Ventures' recent investments
Polytechnique Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Porelio.Here are the most recent investments by Polytechnique Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 07, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 4377 | [+1] | |
Sep 24, 2025 | France | Series B | 6128 | [+3] | |
Jul 17, 2025 | France | Series A | 1204 | [+6] | |
Apr 23, 2025 | France | Series A | 2413 | [+2] | |
Mar 18, 2025 | France | Series A | 3885 | [+2] |
Team profile of Polytechnique Ventures
Polytechnique Ventures has a team of 5 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in France. Polytechnique Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Polytechnique Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Paris | - | - | |
Partner | France | - | - | |
Principal | France | - |
Co-investors of Polytechnique Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 76 investors have co-invested in Polytechnique Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Polytechnique Ventures: Supernova Invest, XAnge and 10 others have invested in rounds before Polytechnique Ventures. There is 1 company where Supernova Invest has invested before Polytechnique Ventures and 1 company where XAnge has invested before Polytechnique Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Polytechnique Ventures: 58 investors entered a company along with Polytechnique Ventures. These include investors like Galion.exe (2 companies).
- Invested after Polytechnique Ventures: A total of 6 investors have invested in Polytechnique Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bpifrance (1 company), Forbion (1 company) and HV Capital (1 company).
Recent News related to Polytechnique Ventures
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One Biosciences raises $17.5M for oncology platform MobiHealthNews•Jul 22, 2025•One Biosciences, Redmile Group, Galion.exe, Blast.Club and 5 others
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French AI-driven biotech firm bags $17.4m series ATech in Asia•Jul 18, 2025•One Biosciences, Redmile Group, Blast.Club, Galion.exe and 5 others
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Paris-based Galam Robotics raises €10M to scale modular warehouse robotsSilicon Canals•Mar 19, 2025•Polytechnique Ventures, Supernova Invest, Bpifrance, Galam Robotics
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Galam Robotics raises €10 million to industrialize its storage automation systemVoxLog•Mar 18, 2025•Galam Robotics, Supernova Invest, Polytechnique Ventures, Bpifrance
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REEV Raises $9.2M in FundingFinSMEs•Feb 06, 2025•reev, Newfund, Polytechnique Ventures, IRDI Capital Investissement and 3 others
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PACT raises £9m to industrialise 'world first' collagen-based biomaterialsBusinessGreen•Sep 26, 2024•PACT, Polytechnique Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, ReGen Ventures and 2 others
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Paris-based Descartes&Mauss gets €5.5M to help companies automate the decision-making process usingSilicon Canals•Jun 04, 2024•Elaia, Polytechnique Ventures
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Airthium raises € 3 million to develop its industrial heat pumpGreenUnivers•Mar 26, 2024•Airthium, Daphni, Eren Group, Polytechnique Ventures
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Okomera raises 10.2 million euros to predict responses to cancer treatmentsusine-digitale.fr•Dec 20, 2023•Okomera, Resonance, Polytechnique Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
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Jimini AI, an AI co-pilot for legal professionals raises €1.9MTech.eu•Nov 13, 2023•Polytechnique Ventures, J12, Galion.exe, EVOLEM and 3 others
