Firms

Elaia

Elaia

Paris, France · Belgium

Elaia is a leading European full-stack venture capital firm specializing in digital and deep tech, headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 2002, it partners with ambitious B2B technology entrepreneurs from pre-seed to Series B, focusing on AI, cybersecurity, techbio, and industrial innovation.

Founded
2002
Type
Venture capital

Funds3

  • Deep Tech Seed 3€134M

    DTS3 final close, EUR134m supersedes EUR60m March2024 first close and EUR120m target. Fund-specific preseed/seed EUR1m–13m tickets, not firmwide initial checks.

  • Digital Venture 5€120M

    DV5 EUR120m FIRST CLOSE, not final size. Date from Maddyness 2026-02-11 reporting; official HTML undated. Fund-specific preseed–SeriesB tickets EUR1m–15m; mimic first investment, exact allocation unknown.

  • Digital Venture 4€200M

    DV4 EUR200m final close reported 2023-03-30, supersedes earlier commitments/target.

Team

Benoit Georis
Benoit Georis

Elaia, venture_partner

$1M$100K – $5MBelgium
$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
Céline Passedouet
Céline Passedouet

Elaia, managing_director

$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
Pauline Roux
Pauline Roux

Elaia, managing_partner

$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
$1M$100K – $5MParis, France
—$100K – $5MParis, France
—$100K – $5MParis, France

Co-investing

Redalpine
Accel
  • H AI$220M · 2024-05-21
  • H$220M · 2024-05-21
  • Shift$60M · 2019-03-04
  • Shift$28M · 2017-10-23
Balderton Capital
Cherry Ventures
Creandum

Investments