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4elements

Geography: France
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €27M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

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.

N°02 / Thesis

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

5 portfolio companies: shipping, carbon, retrofit, agritech, electrolysiswebsite

Leads Pre-Creation, Pre-Seed & Seed roundswebsite

3 founder entry points: project holders, scientists/TTOs, pre-seedwebsite

Supply chain, manufacturing support hands-onwebsite

Covers product, GTM, HR, fundraising hands-onwebsite

Active community: experts, corporates, investors networkwebsite

Portfolio: biomimetic shipping, satellite imagery, real estate AI, agritech, electrolysis CO2website

6 sectors: clean energy, mobility, recycling, production, built environment, foodwebsite

Internal financing up to €6M per venturewebsite

Scientists & TTO co-founding pathway explicitly supportedwebsite

Named 4elements — venture studio for sustainable futurewebsite

Scalable tech-based solutions core missionwebsite

Dedicated multi-hat team: entrepreneurs, builders, community, investorswebsite

Whale-inspired biomimetic shipping propulsion in portfoliowebsite

Agritech: biodegradable plant-based frost protection spraywebsite

Electrolysis CO2 capture with low energy consumptionwebsite

Real estate decarbonization via AI renovation optimizationwebsite

Satellite imagery + physical models for urban impact monetizationwebsite

Venture builders act as co-founders, hands-on partnership modelwebsite

True partner beyond cash — ecosystem cultivatorwebsite

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

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€27M

Saves0

Website

People

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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