SEMIA
AcceleratorStrasbourg · Pre-Seed–Seed
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Investment thesis
SEMIA is a startup incubator based in Strasbourg, France, founded in 1999 and part of the Quest for change incubator network covering the Grand Est region. It supports early-stage entrepreneurs across sectors with tailored coaching, training, and help securing financing, with particular expertise in health, industry, information technology, and the bioeconomy.
What they invest in
from 1 of 3 portfolio companiesBiotech ×1Deep Tech ×1Healthtech ×1
HQs:France×1
Portfolio companies · 3 tracked
alumni founders can tell you what the program is really likeAmyPore is a biotech developing computational algorithms and a proprietary adaptive-peptide platform to design therapies targeting intrinsically disordered proteins and membrane gangliosides.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Nouara Yahi(Founder)Jacques Fantini(Founder)
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Arphamid TherapeuticsKainosense
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does SEMIA invest at?
- SEMIA invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does SEMIA focus on?
- SEMIA focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is SEMIA located?
- SEMIA is headquartered in Strasbourg, FR.
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