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BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund

Geography: France
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €172M
Focus: Climate & Sustainability, Mobility & Transport and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund

BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund is a venture capital firm based in France, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in Climate & Sustainability, Mobility Transport, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Climate & Sustainability

Mobility & Transport

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Institutional alternatives or long-term savings managers at scale

large-cap alternatives

long-term savings

ESG/sustainability

European asset management

megatrend investing

Bullish Signals

€1.6T AUM, top-3 European managerexternal

€300B alternatives AUM at scaleexternal

AMplify 2030 strategic expansion planexternal

€350B net inflow target by 2030external

Pre-tax income doubling targeted by 2030external

Record Q1 2026 — NBI up 8.5%external

Betting on European private credit boomexternal

~€400M cost synergies targeted by 2029external

Next-gen actively-managed ETF launch Q2 2026external

#1 European alternatives platform, #1 long-term savingsexternal

Q2 2026 profits surge 33% on trading boomexternal

€14.1B group revenues Q2 26, +12% YoYexternal

Four Chief Investment Officers appointed Sept 1 2026external

€850B long-term savings AUM platformexternal

35 countries active, global scale local insightexternal

20+ years ESG/sustainability integration track recordexternal

Four megatrend investment framework deployed globallyexternal

Partnership Principles: listen, act decisively, deliver transparentlyexternal

Most diversified investment platform at scale Europeexternal

Contrarian Signals

Massive scale — not startup/VC-friendlyexternal

Institutional focus, limited founder accessexternal

GP stakes play, not direct VCexternal

Rising cost of risk flagged Q1 2026external

Founder Do's

Align with long-term institutional capital needs

Demonstrate sustainability integration

Show scalable, diversified strategy

Target €350B net inflow ambition by 2030

Address environment, innovation, geopolitics, demographics

Founder Don'ts

Avoid short-term or speculative pitches

Don't skip ESG credentials

Not suited for early-stage VC raises

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€172M

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Website

People

Key People

Yann Lagalaye

Sandro PierriChief Executive Officer

Su YangVP/Head of AI

Lutz DiederichsCEO BNP Paribas Germany

Four Chief Investment OfficersChief Investment Officers

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