François Breniaux

General Partner, Supernova Invest
François Breniaux has partnered with the French Atomic Energy Commission since the mid-2000s, specializing in spinning CEA research into startups, and previously founded and ran an electrochemical deposition semiconductor company.
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About François Breniaux

François Breniaux is a General Partner at Supernova Invest who has been investing alongside the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) since the mid-2000s, making him one of the long-standing specialists in turning CEA research into startups. Before becoming an investor, he co-founded and ran Aveni, a startup developing electrochemical deposition processes for semiconductor manufacturing, giving him hands-on experience as an entrepreneur in advanced industrial technology.

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Supernova Invest is a European deeptech venture capital fund that takes companies from lab research through global industrial scale, managing both multi-stage investments and Orano's €50m corporate venture fund focused on industrial and decarbonization startups. The fund operates a ~€300m late-stage vehicle specifically designed to address Europe's scale-up gap in deeptech, with a portfolio spanning quantum computing, space infrastructure, and industrial robotics companies like Alice & Bob, Loft Orbital, and ANYbotics.

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