> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 🔥Hot Seed Deals: Blackleaf, Veesual, Hylight & More - URL: https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/hot-seed-deals-blackleaf-veesual-hylight/ - Published: 2024-04-24T13:52:04.000Z - Updated: 2024-04-24T13:52:04.000Z - Description: Also inside: Estaly, United Visual Researchers, Reverto, and Mayam. - Author: Helen O'Reilly-Durand - Tags: Funding News ![BLACKLEAF : tout savoir sur la start-up - Challenges](https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-44458d4a-a865-484c-9b14-de6b95a72f3b.png) **What:** [**Blackleaf**](https://www.blackleaf.fr/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com), a French leader in Graphene production. **Why:** To revolutionize graphene production, a strategic material with multiple applications, crucial for ecological transition. **Funding:** €7 million ‌‌ **Who:** Co-Founders [Yannick Lafue](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yannicklafue/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com), [Housseinou BA,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/housseinou-ba-a44abb94/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) [Cuong Pham-Huu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cuong-pham-huu-61882618/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) ‌**Investors**: Armor Group, Bpifrance, CIC, BNP Paribas, and Crédit Agricole Alsace Vosges & circa 50 Business Angels **What's next:** The new funding will help fuel the company's growth as it expands the team of 12 to 40 forty employees by 2025\. Additionally, the startup's goal is both to establish a real industrial production capacity and, in parallel, to develop solutions and products using graphene. ![Veesual : Virtual Try-On for Real People](https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-b02fe68a-75b1-468b-aa02-f82776a5773a.png) **What**:[**Veesual**](https://www.veesual.ai/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**,** a publisher of an artificial intelligence-based virtual reality online clothes fitting solution. **Why:** To allow online clothes shoppers to visualize the outfits they want to purchase on themselves before buying, thereby enhancing the way buyers shop online while reducing waste. **Funding:** €5 million **Who:** Co-founders [Maxime Patte](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-patte/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) & [Damien Meurisse](https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-meurisse-b122114/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) **Investors:** Axa Venture Partners, Techstars & various Business Angels **What's next:** The new money will help accelerate the company's development in the American market with the opening in 2025 of its first US office in New York and the recruitment of senior American talents. ![HyLight - Scaling inspections of energy infrastructures](https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-295f3985-342e-4c81-9f45-8c667e8c5808.jpeg) **What**: [**Hylight**](https://www.hylight.aero/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**,** a manufacturer of multi-sensor hydrogen airship drones for infrastructure inspections and management. **Why:** To decarbonize safe air inspection. **Funding:** €3.7 million **Who:** Co-founders [Martin Bocken ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-bocken/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)& [Thomas Laporte](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaslaporte/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) **Investors:** Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Kima Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Marc Tarpenning (Tesla co-founder) **What's next:** The new cash will be used to accelerate the development of its zero-emission aerial data drones. ![RiskAssur : Estaly leve 3,6 millions d euros en Seed (par RiskAssur, le magazine des Risques et des Assurances)](https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-b52bc8ca-0155-46cb-960f-cf0078c3c8e3.png) **What:** [**Estaly**](https://www.estaly.co/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**,** an insurtech that simplifies and improves commercial insurance services for consumers and merchants. **Why:** To revolutionize insurance for consumers to experience insurance and enable merchants to build connections with their customers. **Funding:** €3.6 million ‌‌ **Who:** Co-founders [Mathis Batoul,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbatoul/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) [Youssef Kanouni,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssefkanouni/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) [Karim Mezzour ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-mezzour-0291a6187/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) ‌**Investors**: OneRagtime, CDG Invest & various Business Angels from the retail and insurance sectors. **What's next:** The new funding will be used to recruit new talents, in particular technical and product profiles, finance its R&D efforts, and enter new markets. ![?u=https://cdn-api.swapcard.com/public/images/0dd016eb70bb4d25a4af776246e2bdbc.png&q=0.8&m=fit&w=400&h=200](https://www.frenchtechjournal.com/content/images/2024/04/data-src-image-dac858f1-06ac-42e5-b979-6da1f3f77dce.png) **What:** [**United Visual Researchers**](https://www.united-vr.com/home?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) **(UVR),** a startup specializing in modern optical simulation. **Why:** To revolutionize industrial design by developing a software suite that produces reliable visual digital twins. UVR significantly reduces the need for physical prototypes through advanced optical simulations. **Funding:** €2 million ‌‌ **Who:** Co-Founders [Thomas Muller](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyx/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) & [Philippe Porral](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippe-porral/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) ‌**Investors**: Go Capital **What's next:** The new funding will go towards accelerating UVR's international development, particularly in Asia, and support its journey towards profitability. ![](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NbIvk0ppyI9kZfxhOwQeVwBRVLMcjTGL3S-KPymHNwQeaAe31wheEDjsuy5T__vW2-5CyBsJEzUMsekZFPGJ0k8ctr1KWYHr9v8jf4gtrU5bxiO7NyBiw_Mx0_9k4FKsEQvpkhauaochA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://img.mail.luqi.fr/s3_ckf_files/a2t2p000001Z5sEAAS/image-20240415065459-0.png) **What:** [**Reverto**](https://reverto.fr/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**,** a creator of virtual reality training programs to address psychosocial risks in the workplace. **Why:** To highlight and help companies overcome sexism, sexual abuse, mental health issues. **Funding:** €1.2 million ‌‌ **Who:** Founder & CEO [Guillaume Clere](https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaume-clere/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) ‌**Investors**: Human Matter and Various Business Angels **What's next:** The cash will enable the Lyon-based startup to industrialize its creation process, double the size of its R&D team, and develop a new platform to manage client deployment and virtual reality headset fleets. ![](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NbCu3sHHdbPoCTTMByz7-wQWMUXo-ObASIuHhPJot7FIfYT0fWiIX_WH4-6RWqeDpaTkoi8Aa3newuwcN119iHwEoGXnktX2o2y2sBDGlWg3pZ5W_eUbzJWrPqDLS0BeFv1fO1oN8X824IUf2g1OLaHcVekNmAogssK=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mcusercontent.com/b56a273de0c742a861eb109c0/images/815e7110-2b74-53cb-7b08-2047f93f0e08.jpeg) **What:** [**Mayam**](https://www.mayam.io/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com)**,** a tech retail solution for managing bulk goods departments. **Why:** To help combat single-use packaging by allowing retailers to better manage bulk goods departments and sell more unpackaged productsby weight. This includes allowing them to trace unpackaged products, organize shelves, and offer container reuse. **Funding:** €450,000 ‌‌ **Who:** Founder [Sébastien Leflond](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienleflond/?ref=frenchtechjournal.com) ‌**Investors**: France Active Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Amorçage, Crédit Agricole Pyrénées Gascogne, BNP Paribas, Barakinvest, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine **What's next:** The new money will be used to fuel the startup's commercial development.