71 investors have funded 14 Generative AI companies head-officed in Paris, across 102 rounds (Oct 2016 – Feb 2026). They are ranked by how many Paris companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Paris" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motier | Paris, France | SeedSeries BSeries A | 3 | 5 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 56 |
| 2 | Bpifrance | Maisons Alfort, France | Series ASeries BSeries C | 2 | 4 | 1 | Sep 2025 | 936 |
| 3 | DST Global | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 2025 | 214 |
| 4 | Betaworks | New York City, United States | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Feb 2026 | 168 |
| 5 | Firstminute Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series BSeed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2023 | 123 |
| 6 | Founders Future | Paris, France | Series BSeed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 137 |
| 7 | Cathay Innovation | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries A | 2 | 2 | 2 | Dec 2024 | 94 |
| 8 | Quantonation | Paris, France | Seed | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 2024 | 35 |
| 9 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 4 | 2 | Sep 2025 | 860 |
| 10 | Andreessen Horowitz | New York City, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2025 | 1,117 |
| 11 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2025 | 855 |
| 12 | Elaia | Paris, France | SeedSeries A | 1 | 3 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 131 |
| 13 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2023 | 5,648 |
| 14 | Index Ventures | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2025 | 639 |
| 15 | Balderton Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Dec 2023 | 244 |
| 16 | Entrepreneur First | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2022 | 292 |
| 17 | Eurazeo | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 191 |
| 18 | NVIDIA | Santa Clara, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2025 | 121 |
| 19 | henQ | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2025 | 35 |
| 20 | Financiere Saint James | Paris, France | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2025 | 35 |
| 21 | Resonance | Paris, France | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 8 |
| 22 | Redpoint Ventures | Woodside, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 421 |
| 23 | Kima Ventures | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2016 | 636 |
| 24 | Salesforce Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2023 | 364 |
| 25 | HV Capital | Munich, Germany | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 270 |
| 26 | Animoca Brands | Kowloon, China | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 320 |
| 27 | LocalGlobe | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 208 |
| 28 | Microsoft | Redmond, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 173 |
| 29 | BNP Paribas | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2023 | 153 |
| 30 | XAnge | Paris, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 101 |
| 31 | Cathay Capital | Paris, France | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 127 |
| 32 | Sofina | Brussels, Belgium | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 71 |
| 33 | Highland Europe | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2025 | 76 |
| 34 | Exor | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 97 |
| 35 | Daphni | Paris, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2021 | 76 |
| 36 | Acton Capital | Munich, Germany | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2025 | 75 |
| 37 | Aglae Ventures | Paris, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2023 | 73 |
| 38 | StageOne Ventures | Herzliya, Israel | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2025 | 52 |
| 39 | Salesforce | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 69 |
| 40 | Axon Partners Group | Madrid, Spain | Post-IPO | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 71 |
| 41 | Otium Capital | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 51 |
| 42 | Samsung | Suwon-si, South Korea | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 55 |
| 43 | La Famiglia | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 47 |
| 44 | Paris Business Angels | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 53 |
| 45 | IBM | Armonk, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 49 |
| 46 | Anorak Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2018 | 46 |
| 47 | Databricks | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 52 |
| 48 | Conviction | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2023 | 43 |
| 49 | Frst Capital | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 37 |
| 50 | MAIF Avenir | Niort, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 37 |
| 51 | OneRagtime | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 37 |
| 52 | Cisco | San Jose, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 31 |
| 53 | CMA CGM | Marseille, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2023 | 25 |
| 54 | The Family | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2016 | 19 |
| 55 | Femmes Business Angels | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 22 |
| 56 | Adelie | Paris, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2025 | 14 |
| 57 | Wendel | Paris, France | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 13 |
| 58 | The Sandbox | Montreal, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 14 |
| 59 | Arts and Crafts Business Angels | Paris, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2020 | 13 |
| 60 | Wix | Tel Aviv, Israel | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2025 | 10 |
| 61 | Crescendo Venture Partners | Tel Aviv, Israel | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2025 | 6 |
| 62 | Samsung SDS | Seoul, South Korea | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2025 | 6 |
| 63 | Build Collective | Sacramento, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2025 | 5 |
| 64 | ZEBOX | Marseille, France | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2024 | 5 |
| 65 | Clarim Ventures | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2025 | 4 | |
| 66 | JCDecaux | Neuilly sur seine, France | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 4 |
| 67 | Factorial Funds | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 4 |
| 68 | ASML | Veldhoven, Netherlands | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2025 | 2 |
| 69 | Sparkle Ventures | Noida, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 2 |
| 70 | Artemis Health | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2021 | 1 |
| 71 | ZEPETO | Seongnam-si, South Korea | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Generative AI companies head-officed in Paris that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI mistral.ai |
27 | 38 | $25.5B | Series C Sep 2025 |
| Nabla nabla.com |
10 | 10 | $459.1M | Series C Jun 2025 |
| Tomorro tomorro.com |
8 | 12 | $264.2M | Series B Mar 2025 |
| Kinetix kinetix.tech |
6 | 7 | $55.6M | Seed Jun 2022 |
| Aqemia aqemia.com |
5 | 9 | $289M | Series A Dec 2024 |
| Doctrine doctrine.fr |
4 | 4 | $27.6M | Series A Jun 2018 |
| Eikona eikona.io |
4 | 4 | $20M | Seed Dec 2025 |
| PhotoRoom photoroom.com |
3 | 5 | $148.2M | Series B Dec 2023 |
| LightOn lighton.ai |
3 | 3 | $19.1M | Post-IPO Dec 2024 |
| Twin twin.so |
3 | 3 | $9M | Seed Feb 2024 |
| Yelda yelda.ai |
3 | 3 | $1.8M | Seed Dec 2020 |
| Golem.ai golem.ai |
2 | 2 | $11.9M | Series A Mar 2021 |
| Solaya solaya.ai |
1 | 1 | $2M | Seed Feb 2026 |
| Quantum Signals quantumsignals.ai |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Sep 2024 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | BetaworksLED | Solaya | Seed | $2M |
| Dec 2025 | Wix | Eikona | Seed | $5M |
| Dec 2025 | StageOne VenturesLED | Eikona | Seed | $5M |
| Dec 2025 | Clarim Ventures | Eikona | Seed | $5M |
| Dec 2025 | Crescendo Venture Partners | Eikona | Seed | $5M |
| Sep 2025 | Lightspeed Venture Partners | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | Andreessen Horowitz | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | Index Ventures | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | General Catalyst | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | Nvidia | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | DST Global | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | ASMLLED | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Sep 2025 | Bpifrance | Mistral AI | Series C | $2B |
| Jun 2025 | Highland EuropeLED | Nabla | Series C | $70M |
| Jun 2025 | DST Global | Nabla | Series C | $70M |
| Jun 2025 | Build Collective | Nabla | Series C | $70M |
| Jun 2025 | HV CapitalLED | Nabla | Series C | $70M |
| Jun 2025 | Cathay Capital | Nabla | Series C | $70M |
| Mar 2025 | Acton CapitalLED | Tomorro | Series B | $27.1M |
| Mar 2025 | Financiere Saint James | Tomorro | Series B | $27.1M |
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