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BNP Paribas Développement
Corporate VC · France · Europe
BNP Paribas Développement is a subsidiary of the BNP Paribas group that has invested its own funds directly for over 38 years as a minority shareholder in French SMEs and mid-sized companies (PME/ETI). It supports their development and long-term continuity, including facilitating ownership transmission, and since 2016 has also backed high-growth startups.
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Your fit with BNP Paribas Développement
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Or find every investor that fitsBNP Paribas Développement lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 34 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 29% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (26%), Education (19%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (11%). 33% of its companies are based in France. It invests most often alongside Citi Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and SMBC Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BNP Paribas Développement, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 24% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 24% |
| Growth | 24% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 18 | 5 |
| '26 | 16 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 98th | 18 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 59th | 24% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 38th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 26% | 12% |
| Education | 19% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Citi Ventures | 5 |
| J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners | 5 |
| SMBC Venture Capital | 3 |
| Supernova Invest | 3 |
| Allianz X | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| AENU | 1 |
| AFI Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2997%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare BNP Paribas Développement head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with BNP Paribas Développement| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 13 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Series B Led |
Round details for BNP Paribas Développement
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BNP Paribas Développement's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaysha Energy builds and operates mega-scale battery storage solutions | EducationEducation | Sept 2025Debt | Funding round | |
| ARRAY Technologies is a company that delivers renewable energy solutions, including utility-scale solar trackers, for customers around the globe. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Debt | Funding round | |
Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Aug 2025Debt | Funding round | ||
| The company provides credit cards and related financial services to small businesses. | FintechFintech | Nov 2025Debt | Funding round | |
| Capitolis provides technology solutions for the capital markets, including capital marketplace, portfolio optimization, and securities lending services. | FintechFintech | Aug 2025Series C+ · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Digital Asset helps market leaders build, connect, and scale on the Canton platform for tokenization and other financial services | FintechDeveloper Tools | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| The company develops biodegradable polymer materials using bacterial fermentation technology to convert biowaste into PHA polymers. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Eclipse develops and optimizes grid-scale battery assets for energy storage and power system flexibility | EducationEducation | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Elaia empowers entrepreneurs and their teams from inception to leadership as a full stack investor | Fintech | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Entrix offers optimization services for battery storage systems, maximizing their performance and ensuring reliable returns through AI technology and a full-service approach. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Mar 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Fnality International provides a digital settlement layer for wholesale financial markets | FintechFintech | Sept 2025Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Genoskin keeps real, donor-consented human skin alive and immunocompetent for up to 10 days in culture, so teams can generate reliable human data before clinical trials. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| GoCanopy provides a real estate investment management platform that uses AI to structure documents and surface insights for investment teams. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Jan 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Heliup develops and produces photovoltaic solutions for building roofs | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Mar 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| HighLife Medical develops a transcatheter solution for mitral valve replacement to treat mitral regurgitation | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| ILiAD Biotechnologies develops a vaccine for pertussis | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Inbolt develops artificial intelligence for industrial robots to see, think, and adapt in real time | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Kaiko provides data, analytics, and indices to the crypto industry | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Sept 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Madison Energy Infrastructure develops and builds community infrastructure, including distributed energy capacity and energy storage solutions | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Debt | Funding round | |
| Poppins develops a medical application for children with dyslexia | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- bnpparibasdeveloppement.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 30
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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