Fundraising FoxKREAXI
Venture capitalLyon · Pre-Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Kreaxi is a specialist investment management company backing high-potential innovative and technology-driven startups, with a focus on deeptech and lowtech. It typically enters at the first funding round with tickets ranging from €100k to €2m, supporting entrepreneurs across seed, acceleration, and development stages. The firm manages a range of regional funds invested in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region alongside national and pan-European funds. Positioning itself as a patient, value-creating capital partner, Kreaxi emphasizes long-term partnership with founders, offering not only financing but also industry expertise, network access, and active involvement in governance and strategic decision-making.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 11 people
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Sébastien Touvron has been CEO and Managing Partner of KREAXI since November 2016, a firm formed by the merger of Banexi Ventures Partners with Rhône-Alpes Création, where he had served as President since 2012. Earlier, he was Investment Director at Siparex Group's venture capital team (Sigefi Ventures Gestion), managing 15 investment vehicles totaling €250m across more than 120 portfolio companies, and previously invested for Sud Partners' Sudinnova II fund and began his career as an investment manager at Rhône-Alpes Création. He is a graduate of Burgundy Business School.
Michel Dahan structured the LBO of software publisher SAARI and served as its COO until it was sold to the SAGE group. He previously worked in the cabinet of the French Minister of Industrial Affairs and led a business unit at the software firm STERIA. He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and ENSAE.
Biochemist with 15+ years across deeptech, chemistry, healthcare and industrial innovation, now leading investments for Axeleo's Greentech Industry fund.
Isabelle Bou Antoun is a Partner at Kreaxi and a Board Member, chairing the board of RAC I and serving as deputy director for RAC II, as well as sitting on several investment committees. She has focused on seed capital, assessing and financing more than 40 early-stage companies across sectors including software, life sciences, industry and services, and has completed over 20 exits including two IPOs. She is a graduate of the Tours business school.
Pierre-Antoine Cognard began his career in SNCF's Open Innovation department, sourcing startups to address the group's strategic and operational challenges. He later helped set up an accelerator at Amaris and worked at Kinov, a SaaS company focused on collaboration between large corporations and startups. He joined Kreaxi in 2018 as an Associate and holds a degree from Grenoble Business School with a dual specialization in entrepreneurship and finance.
What they invest in
from 4 of 14 portfolio companiesCleantech ×2SaaS ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1AI & Machine Learning ×1Climate Tech ×1Deep Tech ×1Future of Work ×1New Materials ×1
HQs:France×2
Investments · 14 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCilkoa builds post-treatment reactors that improve cellulose's resistance to water, moisture, grease, and oxygen, producing packaging material that is nearly pure cellulose and plastic-free.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials
Gryzzly is a time-tracking and project-management tool that lets teams log time quickly and gives managers real-time visibility into time spent, budgets, and project profitability.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSLyon, FR
Florian Meffre(Founder)
REVCOO develops and industrializes CarbonCloud®, a proprietary retrofit-ready technology that captures, purifies, and conditions CO₂ directly from industrial post-combustion flue gases into ready-to-use high-purity liquid CO₂.
CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Co-investorsAFI Ventures
Tilkee by Efalia is a sales tracking tool that generates a unique link to share commercial proposals and documents with prospects, then tracks engagement signals to identify decision-makers and reveal the best moment to close.
SaaSSales Tech
Timothée Saumet(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalOmnes Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AmoebaCarot'Digitiz meDocea PowerGroupe TerresensMathymPrevia MedicalQuick OffSentryoStromacare
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has KREAXI made?
- KREAXI has 14 tracked investments.
- What stage does KREAXI invest at?
- KREAXI invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is KREAXI's typical check size?
- KREAXI typically writes checks of $110K – $2.2M.
- What sectors does KREAXI focus on?
- KREAXI focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, Medical Devices, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is KREAXI located?
- KREAXI is headquartered in Lyon, FR.
- Does KREAXI lead rounds?
- Yes, KREAXI leads investment rounds.
- Who does KREAXI co-invest with?
- KREAXI most often shares deals with Octalfa, AFI Ventures, Seventure Partners, among 3 tracked co-investors.
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