Driving Positive Impact Through Deeptech Innovation: Our Investment Themes
At Technofounders, we create, fund, and accelerate virtuous industrial deeptech projects across Europe, focusing on three core themes that address major societal challenges while creating sustainable value.
Improving Patient Care
The healthcare sector isn't just about treating illness—it's about transforming lives through innovation that makes quality care more accessible and sustainable for everyone.
Sébastien Balas, Venture Partner Healthcare
Our commitment to healthcare innovation stems from the growing need for more effective, accessible, and cost-efficient medical solutions. Through deeptech investments in the healthcare sector, we aim to revolutionize patient treatment while controlling associated costs.
Our portfolio includes groundbreaking companies like PLASANA, which has developed a medical device to drastically reduce chronic wound treatment time through accelerated healing, and STIMULI, offering solutions for patients with bladder hyperactivity. These investments reflect our dedication to addressing critical healthcare challenges with technological breakthroughs.
Target sectors:
Medical devices, biotechnology, materials and pharmaceutical innovations that enhance treatment efficacy while optimizing healthcare economics.
Health
Materials & Chemistry


Preserving Our Environment
The most exciting innovations today are those that align economic performance with environmental stewardship. We're proving that sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand.
Thibault Gerard, Venture Partner Industries
Environmental preservation stands at the heart of our investment philosophy. We recognize that sustainable agriculture and materials are essential for humanity’s future, and we actively invest in deeptech solutions that promote ecological balance while maintaining productivity.
Our environmental focus has led us to invest in companies like UV BOOSTING, which develops equipment to stimulate plants’ natural defenses through UV-C flashes, and NEOFARM, creating agroecological and technological farms for sustainable vegetable production. We’re also supporting advancements in sustainable materials and decarbonization efforts.
Target sectors:
Sustainable agriculture, eco-friendly materials, green chemistry, and energy solutions that accelerate decarbonization while ensuring production efficiency.
Agriculture
Materials & Chemistry
Energy
Strengthening Sovereignty
Technological sovereignty isn't just about national security—it's about ensuring we have the capabilities and resilience to address tomorrow's challenges on our own terms.
Olivier Le Blainvaux, Managing Partner
In an increasingly interconnected yet vulnerable world, technological sovereignty has become a cornerstone of national resilience. Our investments in security, space, electronics, agriculture and AI aim to reinforce industrial capabilities and strategic autonomy.
Our portfolio reflects this commitment with companies like CERBAIR, a French leader in anti-drone solutions, and ION-X, developing EHD propulsion for small satellites. These investments demonstrate our belief that deeptech innovation is essential for maintaining technological independence and resilience.
Target sectors:
Space technologies, cybersecurity solutions, advanced electronics, ethical AI, and other critical technologies that enhance industrial capabilities and strategic independence.
Security & Space
Materials & Chemistry
Agriculture
AI & Electronics

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