Polytechnique Ventures
Venture capitalParis · Pre-Seed–Series A
Investment thesis
Polytechnique Ventures is an alumni-funded seed fund backing startups tied to the École polytechnique ecosystem. It invests at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages in companies founded by one or more alumni, spun out of the school's laboratories, or incubated at the X. The fund focuses on the technology sectors where École polytechnique excels. Beyond capital, it offers founders proximity to the campus and its incubators, technical platforms, and Fab Lab, along with early-stage financing experience and access to a network of scientific, technological, industrial, strategic, and commercial experts and mentors.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
What they invest in
from 19 of 25 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×7Biotech ×4Deep Tech ×4Cleantech ×3Climate Tech ×3Digital Health ×3Hardware ×3Robotics ×3
HQs:France×10
Investments · 25 tracked
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Airthium manufactures high-temperature industrial heat pumps that reach up to 550°C and operate in hybrid mode, switching between electricity and gas to optimize cost and carbon emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareParis, FR
Andrei Klochko(Founder/CEO)inFranck Lahaye(Co-Founder)inFranck Gilles Lahaye(Director)
Byorna develops a bioproduction platform that uses eukaryotic cell biofactories to manufacture high-quality messenger RNA (mRNA) at lower cost, isolating the mRNA in cellular subcompartments for extraction and GMP-grade production.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
SaaS 'Stratech' platform using AI to automate market analysis and strategic scenario planning for decision-making.
Digital platform partnering with major contemporary art galleries, using AI and expert curation to help users discover and collect contemporary art.
Docent is an art-tech company that runs a membership community connecting artists, collectors and brands, offering advisory services and curation drawing on a network of over 3,000 artists and 200+ galleries.
ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Galam Robotics develops modular warehouse automation robots that integrate into existing fulfillment operations, enabling higher throughput, vertical storage utilization, and flexible order routing without requiring facility redesign.
Deep TechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsFrance, FR
Bano develops AI-based robotic models that automate complex, dexterous manual tasks such as soft manipulation, bin picking, packing, and assembly for industrial operations.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Goodvest is an online investment platform offering responsible savings products — life insurance (assurance-vie), retirement savings plans (PER), children's life insurance, and a savings passbook — with portfolios screened against the Paris Agreement and minimal exposure to fossil fuels.
Climate TechFintechImpact & Social Good
Hyperplan provides field-level crop intelligence for enterprise agribusiness teams, enabling data-driven commercial decisions on market sizing, territory planning, and harvest timing.
AgTechData & Infrastructure
Jimmy designs and operates thermal generators that supply decarbonized industrial heat to industrial clients, at a price lower than fossil-fuel heat and fixed over 20 years.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Builds tools to secure the analysis of sensitive data, ensuring end-to-end confidentiality on untrusted infrastructure such as remote cloud using secure enclaves.
Mithril Security builds a secure supply chain for AI providers, offering provenance traceability, model protection, and data confidentiality.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Okomera builds a platform combining miniaturized tumor-on-chip technology and AI imaging to analyze patient-derived biopsies and predict personalized drug response for cancer treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
One Biosciences offers a single-cell analysis platform that resolves tumor samples (FFPE or frozen) cell by cell, producing single-cell maps and clinician-ready reports within two weeks.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital Health
Qivia is a fleet management platform that unifies mobility payments (fuel, public charging, tolls, parking, washing), vehicle telematics data, driver and mission management, and the transition to electric vehicles, including automated reimbursement of home charging and workplace charger installation via partners.
EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS
REEV develops intelligent wearable robotic systems, including a robotic knee orthosis and gait-analysis technology, to restore mobility for people with movement disorders.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsToulouse, FR
Amaury Ciurana(CEO & Co-Founder)Robin Temporelli(CTO & Co-Founder)
VSORA is a fabless semiconductor company designing AI inference chips, including the Jotunn8 data-center chip and the Tyr edge-AI chip, aimed at lowering the cost and energy use of running trained AI models.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsMeudon-la-Forêt, FR
Khaled Maalej(Co-founder & CEO)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAirthium · superpowers4good.com · Nov 26, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Polytechnique Ventures invest at?
- Polytechnique Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Polytechnique Ventures focus on?
- Polytechnique Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Fintech, LegalTech, Medical Devices, Robotics, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is Polytechnique Ventures located?
- Polytechnique Ventures is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Does Polytechnique Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Polytechnique Ventures leads investment rounds.
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