# Critical Path Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Critical Path Ventures is a vc firm based in France. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/critical-path-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Critical Path Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 5 cheques on record.

Deploying now VC firm

Seed Deeptech Scientific Research

Deploying now

**50%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **35** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$16M** Rounds led **3 of 5**

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## Critical Path Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Growth: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Led 3 rounds

## What they do

> Depuis 2022, Critical Path Ventures investit dans des projets de recherche scientifique innovants, en soutenant financièrement des startups créés par des chercheurs-entrepreneurs deeptech dès la phase d’amorçage. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed
- **Sectors:** Deeptech Scientific Research
- **Based in:** Paris, France
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Sept** **[HighLife](https://millionrounds.com/company/highlife)** Growth · Capricorn Partners **$90M** With 12 others
- **2025** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Alkion BioInnovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/alkion-bioinnovations)** Seed · FR · Critical Path Ventures **$5.1M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[RDS](https://millionrounds.com/company/rds)** Series A · FR · Critical Path Ventures **$16M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Sonomind](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonomind)** Seed · FR · Critical Path Ventures **$2.3M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[BrainEver](https://millionrounds.com/company/brainever)** Series B · FR · Critical Path Ventures **$39M** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque

Led 3 of 5 rounds **60%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Growth *1*
- Series A *1*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Bpifrance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance) 3
- [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Critical Path Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Bpifrance** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance)[**EIC Accelerator** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Critical Path Ventures put money into.

[**HighLife** $90M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/highlife)[**Alkion BioInnovations** $5.1M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/alkion-bioinnovations)[**RDS** $16M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/rds)[**Sonomind** $2.3M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/sonomind)[**BrainEver** $39M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/brainever)

## Quick answers about Critical Path Ventures

### What does Critical Path Ventures invest in?

Critical Path Ventures invests most often at Seed and Growth (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deeptech and Scientific Research.

### How active is Critical Path Ventures?

5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Critical Path Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: HighLife (Growth, Sept 2026), Alkion BioInnovations (Seed, Nov 2025) and RDS (Series A, Sept 2025).

### How big are Critical Path Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M.

### Does Critical Path Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 3 of its 5 investments on record (60%).

### Is Critical Path Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Critical Path Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Bpifrance (3 rounds together) and EIC Accelerator (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Critical Path Ventures?

Critical Path Ventures is a VC firm based in Paris, France.

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