Frst is a seed-stage venture firm focused on supporting a new generation of French entrepreneurs with global ambitions.
A €60m fund, Frst was created in 2019 by the team previously operating Otium Venture (Payfit, Doctrine, Owkin...)
Location: France, Ile-de-France
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2019
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed
Portfolio 14
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 23.06.2023 | LightOn | lighton.ai | - | - |
| 23.06.2023 | Owkin | owkin.com | $332M | Metropolit... |
| 23.06.2023 | Comet | comet.co | $4.2M | France, Il... |
| 23.06.2023 | Shippeo | shippeo.co... | $105.78M | France, Il... |
| 23.06.2023 | Doctrine | doctrine.f... | $11.6M | France, Il... |
| 23.06.2023 | PayFit UK | payfit.com | $497.45M | United Kin... |
| 16.04.2023 | Octoly | octoly.com | $11.2M | - |
| 11.06.2021 | Polar | polaranaly... | $9M | - |
| 15.05.2021 | Riot | tryriot.co... | $12M | France, Il... |
| 10.02.2021 | Cajoo | cajoo.eu | $47.2M | - |
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Persons 4
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Pierre | Entremont | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | p****e@frs... | - |
| - | Bruno | Raillard | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | b***o@frst... | - |
| - | Gabriel | de Vinzell... | Partner | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | g*****l@fr... | - |
| - | Louise | Boucher | Associate | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | l****e@frs... | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 17.04.2024 | Paris-based Dark bags €5.6M to remove dangerous space debris... | Read this article in: Dark, a Paris-based space company focusing on orbital security, announced that... | siliconcan... |
| 17.07.2023 | Rising Titans of FinTech: Ile-de-France’s 15 Pioneering Fina... | Table of Contents show 1 1. SheeldMarket 2 2. Vybe 3 3. Aria 4 4. Fygr 5 5. mondaycar 6 6. KIM... | eustartup.... |
| 26.06.2023 | France’s Frst announce first close of new fund at €72 millio... | Parisian seed fund dedicated solely to French startups, Frst has announced the first close of its ne... | tech.eu/20... |
| 25.06.2023 | French VC firm Frst reaches $80 million first close for its ... | Frst, the Paris-based VC firm with no vowel in its name, is in the process of raising its second fun... | techcrunch... |
| 06.06.2023 | French API security platform Escape raises €3.6 million and ... | French API security platform Escape has raised €3.6 million which will allow the company's plans to ... | tech.eu/20... |
| 27.04.2023 | Bastion raises €2.5 million to give SMBs a fighting chance i... | SMEs are prime targets for ransomware and phishing attacks. Why? Because small teams or local busine... | tech.eu/20... |
| 12.10.2022 | Resonance is a new $150 million VC fund based in Paris | There’s a new VC fund in town — at least if you live in Paris. Meet Resonance, a new $150 million fu... | techcrunch... |
| 20.06.2022 | French fintech FORMANCE taps $3.1 million for real-time paym... | Paris-based fintech startup which develops low code solutions to build payment flows in real-time, F... | tech.eu/20... |
| 07.06.2022 | Paris-based Castor casts a spell to improve data experience ... | Companies are collecting a huge amount of data but struggling to efficiently scale its use. Very oft... | tech.eu/20... |
| 02.06.2022 | Dalma claws on €15 million to unveil superapp for pet parent... | With 200 million cats and dogs in European households in 2021 and a pet population now twice as larg... | tech.eu/20... |
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