Expansion Ventures

About Expansion Ventures

Expansion Ventures is a venture capital firm based in France, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StageSeries A

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Climate Sustainability

Enterprise Software

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European deep tech founders building critical infrastructure at Series A

European deep tech

space infrastructure

Series A

dual-use / security

hard tech

Bullish Signals

Co-led €25.7M Series A (ATMOS)external

Investing in European space infrastructureexternal

Partners with EIC & Keen Venturesexternal

ATMOS flew PHOENIX 1 pre-raiselinkedin

Backs orbital return logistics gaplinkedin

Portfolio transitioning to operational deploymentlinkedin

Co-led with Balnord on ATMOSlinkedin

Backs institutional + commercial space use caseslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Niche: space logistics, limited deal flowexternal

Long capital cycles in hard techexternal

Fleet build-out = heavy capex aheadlinkedin

Founder Do's

Build foundational infrastructure, not point solutions

Show operational milestones before raising

Target European autonomy & resilience angle

Co-lead rounds with strategic co-investors

Demonstrate mission proof points pre-raise

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure software plays

Don't skip traction before Series A

No US-only market focus

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€137M

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Key People

Charles Beigbeder, Sandra Budimir, Ted Elvhage