BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund
Actively targeting entrepreneurs accelerating the ecological transition
Energy, mobility, agri-food and more
BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund (BNPP SIVF) focuses on impactful scale-up companies to accelerate the ecological transition across themes such as energy, smart cities and industries, sustainable mobility, the circular economy, water and ocean management, biodiversity, and agri-food.
Our mission
Launched in Paris in 2022, BNPP SIVF exclusively targets high potential growth start-up companies in the scale-up phase that are developing innovative technologies to accelerate the ecological transition. To do so, we leverage on a unique partnership between BNP Paribas and Bertrand Picard’s Solar Impulse Foundation, whose teams have labelled 1,500+ solutions protecting the environment. As an anchor investor, we aim to provide financial resources in the form of direct investments, investment and domain expertise, a wide network of industry connections and influence to actively foster and accelerate the emergence of future sustainable leaders.
Our approach
Using our extensive industry network and rigorous due diligence, we seek to source and to identify 15 to 20 high-potential growth scale-ups with proven commercial traction that offer both ecological impact and attractive returns. With a size of EUR 172 million, BNPP SIVF invests across sub-sectors of the ecological transition and across geographies, notably in Europe & the UK, North America, and Israel. Our investment approach is pragmatic, opportunistic and technology driven, and we are well-equipped to accelerate the development of entrepreneurs from early stage to scale.
Series A, B & C Funding
Global reach
Experienced team
Our portfolio
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Naturemetrics – Biodiversity measurement and monitoring company -
Phenix – Circular economy company helping to reduce food and non-food waste -
Axioma – A promising bio-solutions start-up seeking to accelerate the ecological transition of agriculture -
Hellowatt – A French company active in energy efficiency -
Chemix – A US tech company leveraging its integrated lab and advanced AI platform to develop ultra-efficient batteries for electric vehicles -
A French company, empowers fashion brands to transition to more sustainable production -
A US company, offers end-to-end performance assurance for distributed renewable energy assets that delivers a lower total cost of ownership and a transformative customer experience -
A global intelligence-as-a-service company leveraging thermal data for wildfire monitoring enhanced by priorietary satellite sensor network to improve real-time response and continuous coverage -
A Canadian company developing energy-efficient HVAC and air handling systems for mission-critical facilities such as healthcare, battery plants and datacenters
Our people
Investment team
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Yann Lagalaye – Managing Partner -
Olivier Warnan – Partner -
Laura Wirsztel-Antonmattei – Partner -
Lucas Guillet – Investment Director -
Pauline Blanquart-Challine – Investment Manager -
Etienne Valleix – Investment Manager -
Matthieu Léraudat – Investment Analyst
Solar Impulse Foundation team
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Bertrand Piccard – Chairman Solar Impulse Foundation -
Gregory Blatt – Managing Director Solar Impulse Foundation -
Robin Henri – Investor Relations Solar Impulse Foundation
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