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Demeter

Founders Dimitri Onistsuk Gaia Dempsey

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Total investments 71
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$19M
Portfolio companies 55
Rounds per year 3.74
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.21
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Software
  • Farming
Summary

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Ynsect, Aledia, TIBOT Technologies. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Hardware, Biotechnology.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Demeter, startups are often financed by Demeter Partners, Emertec Gestion, CEA Investissement. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bpifrance, Supernova Invest, Kouros. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Bpifrance, VisVires New Protein, The Yield Lab.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

This organization was formed by Dimitri Onistsuk, Gaia Dempsey.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Minitrucks Robotics

Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation
$1M11 Jan 2024 Rhone-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Sweetch Energy

Energy
Renewable Energy
$29M18 Dec 2023 Rennes, Bretagne, France

RED Horticulture

Green Building
Horticulture
$20M21 Nov 2023 Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France

Recyc'Elit

Manufacturing
Recycling
$3M27 Oct 2023 Rhone-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Plan A

GreenTech
Insurance
Social Impact
$27M19 Sep 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

BeFC Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells

Electronics
Energy
Fuel Cell
Renewable Energy
$18M08 Jun 2023 Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Aptimiz

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$3M11 May 2023 Angers, Pays de la Loire, France

ZEWAY

Automotive
Renewable Energy
$30M20 Mar 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Spareka

E-Commerce
Retail
$12M07 Mar 2023 Montreuil, Ile-de-France, France
News
SoftBank, Demeter and Coparion invest $3M into Plan A’s B2B carbon monitoring and ESG platform

– Plan A, a Berlin-based automated SaaS B2B startup, has raised $3m for its platform that lets companies measure, monitor, reduce and report their environmental footprint, thus improving their ESG ratings.
– French VC Demeter led the round with German VC Coparion; SoftBank joined the round as a strategic investor.
– The cash will be used to enhance Plans A’s carbon emission and ESG management software for enterprise customers in Europe, and for international expansion.
– Some estimates put the market for emission management solutions at between $10 billion and $26 billion in the next five years.
– The U.S. Green Deal and new “EU taxonomy for sustainable activities” is putting pressure on businesses to manage their carbon emissions, leading to the rise of platforms like Plan A.

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Total investments 71
Average round size 19M
Rounds per year 3.74
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.21
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Minitrucks Robotics

Construction
Manufacturing
Transportation
$1M11 Jan 2024 Rhone-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Sweetch Energy

Energy
Renewable Energy
$29M18 Dec 2023 Rennes, Bretagne, France

RED Horticulture

Green Building
Horticulture
$20M21 Nov 2023 Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France

Recyc'Elit

Manufacturing
Recycling
$3M27 Oct 2023 Rhone-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Plan A

GreenTech
Insurance
Social Impact
$27M19 Sep 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

BeFC Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells

Electronics
Energy
Fuel Cell
Renewable Energy
$18M08 Jun 2023 Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Aptimiz

Apps
Information Technology
Software
$3M11 May 2023 Angers, Pays de la Loire, France

ZEWAY

Automotive
Renewable Energy
$30M20 Mar 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Spareka

E-Commerce
Retail
$12M07 Mar 2023 Montreuil, Ile-de-France, France
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