Wind Venture
Venture capitalParis · Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
Wind Venture backs visionary founders with strong business instincts, bold ideas, and deep purpose. One thesis focuses on entrepreneurs building smarter, more balanced systems around how people eat, move, and live, supporting both people and the planet. A second thesis targets deeptech founders advancing European sovereignty across AI, cybersecurity, space, and defense to build strategic independence. Positioning itself as entrepreneurs, innovators, and sparring partners, the firm emphasizes full commitment to advising and supporting founders through good and bad times, seeking game-changing innovators and boldly investing where others hesitate.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 53 of 105 portfolio companiesConsumer ×14Marketplaces ×10SaaS ×9AI & Machine Learning ×6Marketing Tech ×6Mobility & Transportation ×6Deep Tech ×5Direct to Consumer ×5
HQs:France×22United States×8Canada×1Kenya×1
Investments · 105 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12020 · 12 dated
Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureNew York, US
Michael Jaconi(Executive Officer, Director)CHRISTOPHER MOORE(Director)Olivier Pomel(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)Dev Ittycheria(Director)
Ad4screen is a mobile-first performance marketing agency that runs digital acquisition, media, measurement, and CRM/engagement campaigns for large enterprises and scale-ups.
AdTechMarketing Tech
Philippe Leclercq(Président)Khadija Bouzoubaa(Directrice Associée)Solène Delooz(Directrice Associée)Emile Arriat(Directeur Commercial)Malek Karoui(Directeur Technique)Anne-Lise Ghirardo(VP Sales Groupe)
Aldoria develops space surveillance technology for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM), serving governments, space agencies, institutions, and commercial satellite operators.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Romain Lucken(Co-founder)Damien Giolito(Co-founder)
Atelier Cologne Paris is a French perfume house that creates high-end cologne fragrances, drawing on traditional French perfumery craftsmanship.
ConsumerDirect to Consumer
Digital insurance platform for automobile and health insurance.
Architecture firm providing renovation, building and office layout services.
Cafés Belleville runs a coffee subscription service where customers choose a monthly quantity of whole-bean or ground coffee, which is roasted to order and shipped the same day it is roasted.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech
Bling is a financial services company that offers simple money tools, including free cash advances/loans, aimed at people underserved by traditional banking.
ConsumerFintech
Next-generation energy-efficient, low-carbon air conditioners.
Concord is an AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform that handles contracts from intake through renewal, with features like automated alerts, AI-assisted review, self-serve intake, redlining, e-signature, and integrations with tools like Salesforce and Slack.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Face recognition app to identify celebrities via smartphone.
Cosma develops precise, repeatable and scalable underwater mapping and environmental survey solutions, focused on benthic biodiversity monitoring and subsea obstacle identification.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechRoboticsLa Seyne-sur-Mer, FR
Frédéric Mittaine(Founder & CEO)Yannick(Co-founder)
Costockage offers self-storage boxes across France, letting individuals rent storage space with autonomous 7-day access, insurance included, and no deposit.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces
Cowboy makes electric bikes featuring its AdaptivePower technology, which senses incline, wind, and weight to adjust motor power in real time for the rider.
ConsumerHardwareMobility & Transportation
Creative analytics to help marketers make data-based creative decisions.
EQS Group provides a unified software platform for compliance, data privacy, ESG/CSRD reporting, and investor relations, covering whistleblowing case management, third-party risk, policy management, conflict-of-interest disclosures, DPIA/RoPA data-protection records, and regulated financial disclosure.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Diplomeo is an online platform that helps students in France find and compare higher-education programs and schools, and connects them with institutions to request information.
EdTechMarketplaces
Vegan supplements made from Brazilian botanicals for holistic health.
Dossier is a direct-to-consumer fragrance brand that sells premium French perfumes crafted in Grasse at lower price points than luxury alternatives.
ConsumerDirect to Consumer
Eclipse develops and optimizes battery energy storage systems (BESS), handling project development (site identification, permits, grid connection, installation) and real-time optimization of batteries on electricity markets.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
AI-generated human-quality on-demand voices for video games.
Getaround is a car-sharing marketplace that allows users to book and rent vehicles from private and professional owners through a mobile app, with keyless vehicle access and included trip liability insurance.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Jessica Scorpio(Founder and Vice President of Marketing)Sam Zaid(Founder & CEO)inBruno Bowden(Director)Jeffrey Russakow(Director)Spencer Jackson(Executive Officer)Tom Alderman(Executive Officer)
Clean, targeted nutrition products for fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and breastfeeding.
Sustainable thermal insulators made from construction waste.
Platform for collective intelligence and engagement in collaborative work.
Kolibree sells a smart kids toothbrush kit paired with a freemium mobile app that uses augmented reality game worlds and an AR brushing coach to guide children's brushing.
ConsumerDigital HealthHardware
Craft brewery offering IPAs, pale ales, stouts and sours.
La Brasserie Fondamentale (L.B.F.) is a French craft brewery that produces beer, focusing on rare hops and varied aroma and bitterness profiles.
ConsumerFoodTech
3D food-printing technology for bespoke sweets and desserts.
La Pâtisserie Numérique develops Patiss3, a 3D food printer designed for professional pastry chefs, bakeries, restaurants, and makers to produce items such as 3D biscuits and macarons.
Advanced ManufacturingFoodTechHardware
SaaS log management platform for real-time troubleshooting; acquired by Datadog in 2017.
Tea-based skincare for healthy, luminous beauty.
Proprietary technology stack to identify, qualify and quantify natural hydrogen reservoirs at commercial scale.
Mini Green Power builds automated, patented industrial plants that convert biomass, industrial, and household waste into decarbonized heat and electricity, along with biochar production for CO2 sequestration.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechEnergy
misterb&b is an online booking platform for LGBTQ+ travelers, connecting them with gay-friendly hosts, private stays, rooms, and hotels across 200 countries.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Property rental marketplace connecting travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ community.
San Francisco, US
Jean Bourcereau(Director)Anton Waitz(Director)Marc Delonder(Executive Officer, Director)Francois De Landes(Executive Officer, Director)Matthieu Jost(Executive Officer, Director)
Transforms non-recyclable waste into mineral aggregates.
Exits · 3
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPortfolio news
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Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Wind Venture invest at?
- Wind Venture invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Wind Venture focus on?
- Wind Venture focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Space Tech.
- Where is Wind Venture located?
- Wind Venture is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Does Wind Venture lead rounds?
- Wind Venture typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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