EElaia
Elaia is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2002 that invests in tech and deep tech companies, with offices in Barcelona and Tel Aviv. It describes itself as a full-stack investor, backing science- and technology-driven founders from pre-seed to pre-IPO across computing, AI, quantum, robotics, industrial technologies, life sciences, digital health and B2B software. Its funds include the €134M DeepTech Seed Fund III (closed in 2026) and the €120M Digital Venture Fund V, and together with the Lazard Elaia Capital joint venture the firm manages around €1 billion. It has backed more than 100 start-ups, including Criteo, Mirakl, Shift Technology, Alice & Bob, Aqemia, Gleamer, Proxima Fusion, SandboxAQ and the Spanish company Holded, with exits including Orchestra Networks (to Tibco) and Volterra (to F5).
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GFunding rounds 9
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| 2025-08-04 | Qbeast | Seed | €6.5M |
Peak XV Partners
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| 2025-02-20 | Zymvol | Seed | €3M |
Faber Ventures
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| 2023-05-17 | Mitiga Solutions | Series A | €21.3M |
Kibo Ventures
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| 2023-02-23 | Qbeast | Seed | €2.5M |
Elaia
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| 2023-02-21 | Zymvol | Seed | €1.3M | Elaia Partners |
| 2022-04-20 | Nuclia | Seed | €5M | Crane Venture Partners, Elaia |
| 2021-05-10 | Nuclia | Pre-seed | €400K |
Elaia
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| 2021-02-02 | Holded | Series B | €15M |
Elaia
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| 2020-06-09 | The Hotels Network | Series B | €10M |
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| 2026-07-06 |
Aylight closes €4.5M pre-seed round to advance optical interconnect technology ↗
Tech.eu
2026-07-06 |
| 2026-03-12 |
Elaia closes €134M fund DTS3 to back Europe's next generation of breakthrough startups ↗
Tech.eu
2026-03-12 |
| 2026-02-11 |
Elaia's Digital Venture Fund V reaches €120M at first close ↗
Tech.eu
2026-02-11 |
| 2025-11-18 |
AI customer support agent startup GetVocal raises $26M ↗
Tech.eu
2025-11-18 |
| 2025-10-29 |
Primaa raises €7M to accelerate product growth and international expansion ↗
Tech.eu
2025-10-29 |
| 2025-08-04 |
Qbeast secures $7.6M in seed funding to help open data platforms scale efficiently ↗
GlobeNewswire
2025-08-04 |
| 2024-06-04 |
Climate risk quantifier Mitiga bags €8M Series A extension ↗
Tech.eu
2024-06-04 |
| 2024-04-18 |
Lazard and Elaia Partners Form Strategic Partnership ↗
Lazard (press release)
2024-04-18 |
| 2024-03-13 |
As European dynamism gathers momentum, Elaia and partners double down with new deep tech fund ↗
TechCrunch
2024-03-13 |