Founded by the serial European tech entrepreneur, Marc Ménasé, Founders Future is a venture studio, providing creativity, network, support and productive capital. We've built a investment platform dedicated to entrepreneurs and managed by entrepreneurs, bringing high value and an ambitious mindset. We aim to partner with outstanding personalities, to align stakeholder’s interest and to foster operational partnerships. Our mission is to become a sparring-partner and continuously try to impact the business on the product, go-to-market, business development and talent acquisition. We've hired top-notch operating partners coming from the best entrepreneurial ventures to cover the key functions of the company. While sourcing off-market deals and keeping a high flexibility on our investment criteria, we intent to be entrepreneur-friendly and to leverage synergies with our Entrepreneurial European tier one investors. Our sweet-spot: a A+ team, a scalable business (platforms, marketplace and SAAS), a market in transformation with significant opportunities. We focus on investing at 3 different stages: startup studio, pre-seed, seed and series A
Location: France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 05.04.2023 | Zealy | zealy.io | $3.5M | United Kin... |
| 23.11.2021 | Maki Peopl... | makipeople.com | $40.97M | France, Il... |
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| 09.07.2025 | ZeroEntropy Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding | ZeroEntropy, a San Francisco, CA-based startup that makes an AI retrieval engine for developers, raised $4.2M in seed funding. The round was led by Initialized Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Transpose Platform, 22 Ventures, ... |
| 26.05.2025 | Veesion Raises €53M in Funding | Veesion, a Paris, France-based provider of a tech platform to detect suspicious behaviour in physical stores, raised €53M in funding. Bakers included White Star Capital, Red River West, Bpifrance, Odyssée Ventures, Verve Ventures, and Found... |
| 21.05.2025 | Paris-based Veesion raises €53 million to stop shoplifting with AI that understands gestures | Veesion, a French startup building AI tools to detect suspicious behaviour in physical stores, has announced a €38 million Series B funding round, accompanied by €15 million in non-dilutive funding, bringing the total raised to €53 million.... |
| 07.05.2025 | Merging Forces: Function Health and Ezra Revolutionize Preventive Care | In a bold move, Function Health has acquired Ezra, a Romanian-founded healthcare technology company, merging two innovative forces in preventive health. This acquisition is not just a business transaction; it’s a leap into the future of hea... |
| 06.05.2025 | Romanian-founded Ezra is acquired by American Function Health | Bucharest, Romania ~ Company: Healthcare technology companies Function Health and Ezra have announced their merger, with Function Health acquiring Ezra to integrate full-body MRI imaging with lab-based health assessments. The move brings to... |
| 31.03.2025 | Tomorro raises €25 million looking to become the European standard in contract management | Paris-based Tomorro, a platform innovating the contract-management market, has raised €25 million in its latest funding round, which will go hand-in-hand with the opening of offices outside France, more specifically in the Cologne region, i... |
| 02.12.2024 | French startup Raidium secures 13M Seed for precision radiology | French precision radiology startup Raidium has raised $13 million Seed funding led by Newfund and Kurma, with additional support from Founders Future, Galion.exe, and the European EIC fund. Designed to address the complex needs of both clin... |
| 09.02.2024 | Romanian-founded healthcare AI startup Ezra receives $21M investment | Romanian-founded healthcare AI startup Ezra receives $21M investment 09 February, 2024, 16:34 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> NY-based startup with Romanian roots,... |
| 10.11.2023 | Paris-based Beev secures €3M to create an ecosystem around electric mobility | Read this article in: Paris-based Beev, a partner for a “smooth” transition to electric mobility, announced that it has secured €3M in a fresh round of funding to accelerate the electrification of businesses. The investment came from Founde... |
| 18.10.2023 | French VC firm Founders Future just acquired an equity crowdfunding platform, Sowefund | Here’s an interesting move. Founders Future, a well-known VC firm in the French tech ecosystem, acquired an equity crowdfunding marketplace called Sowefund. While terms of the deal remain undisclosed, Sowefund has been profitable since 2022... |
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