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Capital matters. It creates time, leverage and room to move. But it does not build judgment.

Too many difficult decisions are still made in isolation: who to hire, what to prioritise, when to raise, when to push forward and when to change course. That is where experience matters, when it is transferred precisely, applied to the decision at hand and backed by real expertise.

Varsity brings clarity when choices become blurred, perspective when speed distorts judgment, and discipline when ambition needs structure.

The work continues long after the investment: at the board, between calls, through key hires, difficult trade-offs and every new stage of growth.

Around Varsity, knowledge moves continuously between partners and founders. Not as a network built for display, but as a working ecosystem designed to challenge decisions, raise standards and help CEOs do their best work.

Varsity backs the next generation of CEOs and stays useful as they become them.

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Didier Valet
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Didier — Bageera
We chose Varsity, but above all Didier. A true sparring partner: close, available, with a deep understanding of our business. His ability to bridge tech, capital and execution makes him a real game changer.
Didier — Bohr Énergie
Didier, our historic investor, brings far more than capital: strategic vision, deep financial expertise and unwavering trust. We're proud to have him by our side.
Didier — RockFi
Didier has been our founding partner since day one, on our call every Tuesday without exception. He helped us close our first 10 clients, and Varsity took us from 0 to €1M in monthly revenue in 30 months.

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Kamel Zeroual
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Kamel — Revo
Kamel is your Morpheus: brutal clarity without shrinking your vision. He exposes your blind spots and stays deep in the struggle when things get hard. The kind of investor you want beside you while eating glass.
Kamel — Tamtam
Kamel has a rare mix of business and product intuition. He spots what matters in a product before users can put words on it, keeping Tamtam ahead of the competition.
Kamel — Pharaday
Kamel is always available when it matters, with the right perspective and sound advice at decisive moments for the company.
Kamel — Hoora
Kamel gives founders real ownership over their product and vision. He trusts us to move fast, while being there to challenge key strategic decisions. That balance is rare.

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Florent — RockFi
Florent's network quickly became a key hiring channel for RockFi: two of our five leadership team members came through his introductions in the first year.
Florent — C12
Florent's sourcing is a goldmine for high-impact talent. Efficient, trustworthy, and far beyond traditional headhunting. I'm always impressed by the caliber of people he brings forward.

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Bohr Energie secures €10 million to scale its AI-powered renewable energy aggregation platform
Bohr Energie secures €10 million to scale its AI-powered renewable energy aggregation platform

Bohr Energie secures €10 million to scale its AI-powered renewable energy aggregation platform

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Bohr Energie secures €10 million to scale its AI-powered renewable energy aggregation platform

Bohr Energie, a Toulouse-based scale-up specialised in the aggregation, optimisation and management of distributed renewable and flexible assets, including batteries and hybrid systems, has secured €10 million in a Series A round.

The round was led by Suma Capital through SC Net Zero Ventures, its fund specialising in European scale-ups developing technologies to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonisation. The round also included participation from Irdi Capital Investissement, GSO Capital and Crédit Agricole, as well as renewed support from existing shareholders Varsity, Founders Future and AFI Ventures.

Tamtam raises €3M less than a year after launch to supercharge complex sales with AI
Tamtam raises €3M less than a year after launch to supercharge complex sales with AI

Tamtam raises €3M less than a year after launch to supercharge complex sales with AI

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Tamtam raises €3M less than a year after launch to supercharge complex sales with AI

Less than a year after launching, salestech startup Tamtam serves around thirty clients and has raised €3 million Seed funding.

Tamtam was co-founded by Edouard Epaud (CEO), a graduate of Télécom Paris and HEC Paris and former Head of Sales at Mytraffic with nearly 10 years of experience in strategic sales; and François Misslin (CTO), a graduate of Mines Paris and HEC Paris and co-founder of Ayolab, with more than 15 years of SaaS expertise.

Tamtam targets teams engaged in complex sales, deals that require deep understanding of prospects, and supports them throughout the entire sales cycle.

Kalipso raised $3.2M to revolutionise regulatory compliance
Kalipso raised $3.2M to revolutionise regulatory compliance

Kalipso raised $3.2M to revolutionise regulatory compliance

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Kalipso raised $3.2M to revolutionise regulatory compliance

Kalipso, the regulatory technology platform built by lawyers and engineers to help organisations operationalise regulatory change, has raised $3.2 million in funding as it expands across key international markets and grows its team to meet rising global demand for scalable RegTech infrastructure.

The company already works with institutions including Groupe Caisse des Dépôts in France and Alma, and is seeing rising demand from enterprise compliance teams managing increasingly complex obligations across the markets in which they operate.

The round was led by Varsity, with participation from Lanai, Kima Ventures, Vento, and both Plug and Play and the EA Ventures Plug and Play EMEA Fund.

C12, a French quantum computing startup founded by twin brothers, raises $19.4M
C12, a French quantum computing startup founded by twin brothers, raises $19.4M

C12, a French quantum computing startup founded by twin brothers, raises $19.4M

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C12, a French quantum computing startup founded by twin brothers, raises $19.4M

C12 is announcing that it recently raised an €18 million funding round ($19.4 million at today’s exchange rate). Originally founded in 2020 as a spinoff from the Physics Laboratory of the École Normale Supérieure, the company has been working on a unique process to create quantum computers based on carbon nanotubes.

While the concept of quantum computing isn’t new, it is still very much a work in progress. Many scientific teams have been approaching this topic from different angles. The goal is to create a quantum computer at scale that can execute calculations with a low amount of errors.

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