Time4 Fund I

About Time4 Fund I

French impact fund with €50M first close targeting €100M. Backs pre-seed and seed startups led by diverse and rural founders across France. €100K-€1M checks, ~60 planned investments. LPs include MGEN, Bpifrance, Covéa, BNP Paribas.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Climate Sustainability

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech founders solving real-world automation with enterprise traction

physical AI

robotics

retail tech

automation infrastructure

B2B deep tech

Bullish Signals

Led $110M Series B in Sereactexternal

Dedicated retail fund Dastore activeexternal

Portfolio: BMW, Mercedes, Daimler Truckexternal

Backing physical AI infrastructure playsexternal

Active community & podcast ecosystemlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Retail-specific fund limits broad accessexternal

Late-stage Series B entry pointexternal

Social impact focus may dilute thesislinkedin

Podcast content skews social/impact over techlinkedin

Founder Do's

Show real-world traction with enterprise clients

Build data flywheel from live deployments

Hardware-agnostic, scalable architecture

Target industrial/manufacturing verticals

Demonstrate category-defining potential

Founder Don'ts

Lab-only tech without live deployments

Hardware-locked or single-system approach

No clear enterprise validation

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M

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Key People

Time4 (daphni, Les Déterminés, Live for Good, HEC Paris)