Polytechnique Ventures II

About Polytechnique Ventures II

Alumni-run fund of École Polytechnique with €21M first close (target €30-40M). Backs 15-20 startups tied to the university with €250K-€1M initial tickets.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Deep Tech

Digital Health

Energy Tech

Fintech

Manufacturing

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Polytechnique alumni founder, early-stage, deep tech or hard startup

deep tech

alumni-backed

École Polytechnique ecosystem

early-stage

French tech

Bullish Signals

Active alumni deal flow via X-UP incubatorexternal

Monthly founder events, strong communityexternal

Backed by École Polytechnique ecosystemexternal

X-UP + Polytechnique Ventures formal partnership confirmedlinkedin

Regular alumni speaker series activelinkedin

Monthly 'Start-up Xpériences' series ongoinglinkedin

Drahi-X student + founder community engagedlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Network-gated: alumni-only deal accessexternal

GP roles unclear, academic-heavy teamexternal

No investment professionals visible publiclylinkedin

Founder Do's

Be an École Polytechnique alumni

Show resilience & honest pivot history

Demonstrate strong team-building skills

Prove product-market fit progress

Engage with X-UP / Drahi-X community

Founder Don'ts

Avoid idealized success narratives

Don't skip team & culture story

No weak PMF evidence

Key GPs & Partners

Bruno Martinaud

Academic Lead Entrepreneurship

educatorecosystem-builderalumni-network

Philippe Hazet

Incubator Lead

operatorincubatorcommunity-builder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€21M

Saves0

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Key People

Cécile Tharaud, Denis Lucquin

Bruno MartinaudAcademic Lead Entrepreneurship

Philippe HazetIncubator Lead