By Armelle de Tinguy, Saish Rane with help from Marc Rougier At first look, France doesn’t seem like the birthplace of entrepreneurship despite having invented the word. …

(and we’re not even talking about the weather) — By Agathe Destruhaut with the help of Christophe Primault, Sébastien Lefebvre, Xavier Lazarus, Julien Macquet, Marc Rougier and Saish Rane. 1. Why we chose to invest in Spain From entering a nascent market… (pre-2010) Elaia’s strong interest in Spain is not accidental. Shortly after launching Elaia, Xavier Lazarus, who is half-Catalan, noticed a growing opportunity in this emerging tech ecosystem.

By Xavier Lazarus with help from Marc Rougier, Saish Rane, Delphine Villuendas & Louisa Mesnard There is a stark difference in the VC world between the end of 2021, the beginning of 2022 and now; going from 5 unicorn announcements in January to a funding winter in the span of…

By Gabriel Franz, with the help of Samantha Jérusalmy, Sacha Loiseau, Marc Rougier, Saish Rane, Louisa Mesnard and Jean-David Zeitoun In July 2021, DeepMind (acquired by Google in 2014) released AlphaFold, a groundbreaking AI system to predict the 3D structure of a protein based only on its basic formula. Trained…

Crisis-time update from a European VC with 13 investments in Cyber By Gabriel Lévy with the help of Marc Rougier, Louisa Mesnard & Saish Rane Is Cyber truly crisis-proof? The current macroeconomic crisis has hit hard: from public markets to private investments, the fall has come hard on some sectors and through a general…

By Benoît Georis with the help of Samantha Jérusalmy, Marc Rougier, Louisa Mesnard & Saish Rane In recent years, France has seen a significant growth (60+ startups every year) in the number of health tech startups (1,700+ so far) incorporated all over its regions. When zooming further, a fraction of…

Why Elaia invests in Industrial Biotechnologies By Franck Lescure, with help from Marc Rougier & Saish Rane

By Saish Rane with help from Louisa Mesnard & Marc Rougier We defined community and spoke about the importance of building one in the last article and just how relevant it is in 2022 with founders, executives and managers alike wanting to invest in Community and make it a pillar…

By Armelle de Tinguy, Amélie Juge with the help of Saish Rane, Marc Rougier, & Xavier Lazarus What are the next hot topics as an investor? This multi-billion dollar question is on everybody’s lips. Our crystal ball at Elaia is no more accurate than others. But our analysis has highlighted…