Paris-Saclay Seed Fund
Venture capitalSaclay · Seed
Investment thesis
Established by Université Paris-Saclay's member institutions, the fund provides tailored equity financing to start-ups emerging from the university ecosystem — students, recent graduates, and researchers. It aims to back roughly forty to fifty young companies, offering up to €2.5M in equity across multiple investment rounds. Management is entrusted to Partech Ventures for digital and IT ventures, while Kurma Partners oversees life-sciences investments. The initiative is positioned as a differentiating tool and competitive advantage for talent on the Paris-Saclay plateau, promoting innovation through start-up creation. Regular on-campus office hours are held across partner sites including Polytechnique, HEC, and SATT Paris-Saclay.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
What they invest in
from 2 of 7 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×1Digital Health ×1Medical Devices ×1PropTech ×1
HQs:France×1
Investments · 7 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDamae Medical develops deepLive, a non-invasive skin imaging system based on LC-OCT (Line-field Confocal Optical Coherence Tomography) that produces 3D histology-like and confocal-like images of skin tissue.
Deep TechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Anaïs Barut(Co-founder & CEO)David Siret(Co-founder & CTO)Arnaud Dubois(Co-founder & CSO)
Co-investorsIdinvest PartnersKurma PartnersPartech Ventures
Cloud-based ECG analysis platform; raised a $6.4M Series A to accelerate commercial development in the US and Europe.
AI technology to build, deploy, and scale chatbots for the travel, tourism, and urban mobility sectors.
Combines pressure sensors, an inertial unit, and learning algorithms to analyze gait in real time for patient rehabilitation and sports performance.
Manda (flatlooker.com) is a French real estate company that manages property projects for clients, combining field operations, technology, and energy renovation expertise.
PropTech
Co-investorsKima VenturesBpifrance
Founded in 2016, manages short-term apartment rentals for owners on vacation, using machine learning to optimize pricing and maximize revenue.
AI-driven micro-sensors that detect the composition of brain occlusions during stroke treatment.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFlatlooker · techfundingnews.com · Jul 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Paris-Saclay Seed Fund made?
- Paris-Saclay Seed Fund has 6 tracked investments.
- What stage does Paris-Saclay Seed Fund invest at?
- Paris-Saclay Seed Fund invests at the Seed stage.
- What is Paris-Saclay Seed Fund's typical check size?
- Paris-Saclay Seed Fund typically writes checks of $2.5M.
- What sectors does Paris-Saclay Seed Fund focus on?
- Paris-Saclay Seed Fund focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Medical Devices.
- Where is Paris-Saclay Seed Fund located?
- Paris-Saclay Seed Fund is headquartered in Saclay, FR.
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