With 4 new investments and 3 startup exits, 2025 was a year full of highlights for the Group's corporate venture capital arm. Yann Coïc, Investment Director, reviews the year 2025.
2025 was marked by EDF Pulse Ventures' investment in 4 startups: can you tell us more about this?
In 2025, EDF Pulse Ventures confirmed its role as a catalyst for innovation in the service of the electric revolution. This year, we invested in four high-impact startups: La Solive, which trains the talents of tomorrow in energy renovation professions; MX3D, a pioneer in metal additive manufacturing to optimise industrial performance; Siteflow, which digitises field operations using a SaaS solution; and Inicio, which provides a solution to improve the competitiveness of terrestrial solar production projects.
These choices are part of a roadmap that is directly aligned with the EDF group's operational priorities, while bringing diversity and complementarity to the portfolio.
How have these investments had a positive impact within the Group?
Each investment we make is based on specific synergies with one or more business units: because beyond the investment itself, we seek above all to create concrete synergies with the Group.
Each of these startups has signed at least one MoU or POC with EDF (and some have signed commercial contracts), giving full meaning to the mission of a corporate venture: to build win-win partnerships.
MX3D, for example, is already collaborating with 4 Group entities, including Framatome, to reduce costs and improve industrial performance through additive manufacturing. Siteflow's solution is also used by several of the Group's nuclear and hydroelectric power plants to reduce metal time.
Beyond investment, we have exited 2 startups: Ekoscan and Zenpark. Can you tell us about that?
For a corporate venture to remain relevant, it is important that its startup portfolio is dynamic. This involves selling startups to make room for new companies in our portfolio.
There are several reasons why we might exit a company: because it is the right time to realise a financial gain, because we have given it everything we can, or so that it can grow and go further with new partners.
It is in this context that we sold our shares in Ekoscan and Zenpark. In the case of Ekoscan, this enabled us to make a significant capital gain while continuing the synergies we had established, particularly with our nuclear divisions. This proves that our approach creates lasting and strategic relationships.
For Zenpark, we sold our shares to Yespark, which will enable the company to continue to grow in the collaborative parking market by consolidating its position with a leading player in the sector.
What are your main priorities for 2026?
By 2026, EDF Pulse Ventures will focus its new investments on 3 priorities. The first concerns the electrification of uses, mainly in transport, construction and industry. The second focuses on improving the performance of carbon-free production. Finally, we will look at all innovations in the field of health and safety.
Finally, we will continue to develop as many synergies as possible between the EDF Group entities and the startups in our portfolio, in order to create ever more value.