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TEEPTRAK selected for the Scale Up Excellence programme
TEEPTRAK, a specialist in real-time industrial performance, is one of 14 companies chosen for the inaugural Scale Up Excellence cohort run by French Tech Grand Paris. This national programme identifies and supports high-potential scale-ups on their path to the FT120. Out of 24 companies pitching to Partech, 14 were selected. TEEPTRAK is the only industrial IoT player in this cohort, underlining how manufacturing is now firmly recognised as a tech sector in its own right.
Testimony
80% time saved on EDF Hydro Alpes operations thanks to Siteflow
Siteflow is a French startup in which EDF invested in 2025 through its corporate venture arm, EDF Pulse Ventures. EDF Hydro Alpes adopted its solution to improve the efficiency of field operations. The result? Up to 80% time savings on certain tasks. Teams at Hydro Alpes share their experience.
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Against the backdrop of accelerating climate change, the Climate50 has established itself as a leading global benchmark for identifying the key investors driving the deployment of innovative climate solutions. EDF Pulse Ventures’ 33rd-place ranking highlights EDF Group’s strategic role, working alongside startups to speed up the energy transition and help deliver a net-zero world.
EDF Pulse Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of the EDF group, will be attending Europe’s leading ClimateTech event, the Energy Tech Summit, on 15 and 16 April. The team will be joined by five startups from its portfolio: Chemdoc Water Technologies, Inicio, Metroscope, NatureMetrics and Sweetch Energy.
On August 11, 2025, EDF Pulse Ventures entered into an investment agreement with Mara Holdings that enabled Mara France to acquire a 64% stake in Exaion, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent, including the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals. Following the fulfillment of the conditions precedent, the transaction has been completed.
On Thursday 12 February 2026, EDF Pulse Ventures was awarded Corporate Venture of the Year at the Maddy Invest Awards. This distinction highlights the pivotal role played by the EDF Group in working alongside start-ups through win–win partnerships, designed to enhance performance and accelerate the production of low carbon energy, in support of a world free from CO₂ emissions.
Appearing on the Deep In Tech podcast, Yann Coïc, Head of EDF Pulse Ventures, explains how EDF’s corporate venture arm puts innovation to work for decarbonisation, and reflects on the major challenges facing the deeptech sector.
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.