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4elements

France
Pre Seed
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About 4elements

4elements is a venture capital firm based in France, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Climate Sustainability
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep-tech founders decarbonizing energy, mobility, food, or built environment

Climate Tech
Decarbonization
AI / Deep-Tech
Clean Energy & Waste Reduction
Built Environment & Sustainable Food

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co Cedrus expanding France & internationalexternal
Portfolio hiring across tech, data, AI rolesexternal
Invests up to €6M internally per companyexternal
Co-founds from scratch — true operator-investorsexternal
Broad thesis: 6 climate verticals coveredexternal
3 portfolio companies confirmed: shipping, carbon, retrofitexternal
Leads Pre-Creation, Pre-Seed & Seed roundsexternal
Website confirms: 3 open founder entry pointswebsite
Supply chain, manufacturing support hands-onwebsite
Covers product, GTM, HR, fundraising hands-onwebsite
Active community: experts, corporates, investors networkwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Limited GP visibility onlineexternal
Venture studio model — equity terms may differexternal
Small core team — bandwidth may be limitedexternal

Founder Do's

Build tech at intersection of AI + climate
Show clear decarbonization use case
Target real estate / built environment / food
Scientists & TTOs welcome to co-found
Open to co-founding from pre-seed or scratch

Founder Don'ts

Pure software without sector depth
No measurable impact angle
Pre-idea or pre-product stage

Key GPs & Partners

CF
Cédric Favier
Venture Builder / Investor
deep-techimpact-drivenco-founder
VA
Vanessa Amaral
Venture Builder / Investor
impact-drivencommunity-builderoperator
JG
Jean-Baptiste Goffart
Venture Builder / Investor
deep-techoperatorco-founder
CB
Cédric Boisart
Venture Builder / Investor
impact-drivenoperatorinvestor
OF
Olivier Fléchon
Venture Builder / Investor
impact-drivenoperatorcommunity-builder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€27M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Cédric Favier, Jean Baptiste Goffart

Cédric FavierVenture Builder / Investor
Vanessa AmaralVenture Builder / Investor
Jean-Baptiste GoffartVenture Builder / Investor
Cédric BoisartVenture Builder / Investor
Olivier FléchonVenture Builder / Investor

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