Featuring voices from Bain, Google and L’Oréal Written by Anya Brochier with assistance from Louisa Mesnard and Marc Rougier. Extracted from a panel moderated by Sébastien Lefebvre featuring speakers: Cyrille Vincey (Partner, Bain Consulting), Nico Gaviola (Director Data Analytics and Sales, Google), and Jean-Paul Paoli (GenAI Business Transformation Director, L’Oréal). As deep science is a part of…

By Florian Denis, with assistance from Marc Rougier, Louisa Mesnard and Anya Brochier We’re back with Part II of our investigation into the intersection of GenAI and drug discovery. In Part I we looked at historical examples and the building blocks of this intersection, now in part II we look…

By Florian Denis, with assistance from Marc Rougier, Louisa Mesnard and Anya Brochier The sonic boom caused by the eruption of generative AI (GenAI) into our vocabulary has asked us to imagine the impact of this new technology on the world of healthcare and specifically on drug discovery. While most…

Following an ESG (environmental, social, governance) framework, our third edition of Elaia’s Annual Sustainability Report evaluates how Elaia and our portfolio companies can adhere to ESG guidelines. From reducing our impact on the environment, to building sustainable relationships with our communities and developing responsible leadership, Elaia is committed to integrating…

By Maxime Lhoustau with the help of Saish Rane, Anne-Sophie Carrese, Sébastien Lefebvre, Julien Macquet & Clément Vanden Driessche Introduction Xavier, before being an investor, started as a mathematician and through his vision and ambition to back technological entrepreneurs, our passion for investing in deep tech was born. Anne-Sophie, meanwhile, started…

At Elaia, we have been backing ambitious tech B2B founders for 20 years and one thing that cannot be understated is that sales are important. …

by Xavier Lazarus Introduction These chapters around “the finance behind startup investing” aim at sharing learnings based on 20 years of experience gathered working at Elaia. In recent years, VC has gained quite the reputation with many SaaS startups reaching the stratosphere and becoming household names. Nevertheless, it is a domain…

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.