Teampact Ventures Research
Investment Thesis
Teampact Ventures is a Paris-based venture fund that backs European critical-deeptech and impact founders in climate and health. Its pitch is that about 60% of startup failures trace back to team problems, so the firm pairs capital with a toolbox for attracting, developing and retaining talent, including a proprietary team-scoring methodology. The homepage line is "Talent wins games."
The distinctive piece is the community: more than 60 elite athletes and operators act as LPs, mentors and advisors. Examples named on the site include Raphael Varane, Nikola Karabatic, Antoine Dupont, Cyril Gane and Malia Metella, alongside entrepreneurs such as Olivier Duha (Webhelp), Jean-Charles Samuelian (Alan), Mathieu Chabran (Tikehau) and Celine Remy (Neoness).
Stage Focus
The firm is a seed investor with some pre-seed activity. Its portfolio skews to early rounds in deeptech, biotech and hardware, with follow-ons in companies such as Wandercraft, Alan and Squaremind as they scale.
Check Size
No check size is published. With a EUR 20M+ first fund spread over roughly 30 companies, initial tickets are likely small (low hundreds of thousands to low millions of euros). This is an inference, not a stated figure.
Lead Tendency
Unknown. Recent rounds such as HyLight's EUR 13M (October 2026) show Teampact participating alongside Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW, Y Combinator and Ring Capital rather than clearly leading.
Recent Activity
SLP Teampact Fund I held its final close at EUR 20M+ in late 2025, after a first close in early 2024 that targeted EUR 50M. It is managed by FundPartner AM, an AMF-authorised management company. The fund is actively deploying: its latest recorded investments were HyLight (October 2026) and Mallow (October 2026). Portfolio news in October 2026 includes Wandercraft acquiring Ekso Bionics, Clue launching Get Care and partnering with FLORA, Alan's first international campaign with Kylian Mbappe, and AZmed's hospital partnerships. SquareMind closed an $18M round led by Sonder Capital.
Portfolio Highlights
The portfolio lists 32 companies, 15 tagged Climate and 17 tagged Health.
- Health: Alan, AZmed, BioHive, Clue, Generare, GROWL, Kobi, Mallow, neuroClues, Orakl Oncology, RainPath, Spore.Bio, Squaremind, SurgeCare, Tremplin Capital, UNVEIL, Wandercraft
- Climate and industry: 8inks, Acta Power, Back Market, Beyond Aero, Entocycle, Genomines, Hephaestus, HyLight, Le Fourgon, MORFO, Murfy, Omie&cie, Proxima Fusion, Really Clever, Strong by Form
Notable scale-ups include Alan (1.1M+ members), Back Market, Wandercraft and Proxima Fusion. No exits are listed on the site.
Team
- Basile Agay: Co-Founder
- Benjamin Kayser: Co-Founder, former France international rugby player, host of The Grind Game podcast
- Romain Vidal: Co-Founder
- Louis Sutre: Partner and CFO
- Laura Cachera, PhD: Head of Impact
- Hugo Cabanes: Associate
- Amath M'Baye: Venture Partner
Decision Process
Partnership-style decisions among the three co-founders and partners, supported by an advisory community. Details of the process and timeline are not public.
Founder Preferences
Mission-driven founders with measurable positive impact, a strong team culture and a coachable, athlete-like mindset. Deeptech in climate, health, robotics and fusion is the center of gravity. Founders can tap the athlete community for mentoring and visibility.
Geographic Focus
Primarily France, with portfolio companies across Europe, including Germany (Proxima Fusion) and the UK (Clue, Entocycle), and Belgium and the US through acquisitions and partnerships of portfolio companies.
Gaps
Check size, lead behavior, reserves and the target number of new investments per year are not published. AUM is converted from EUR 20M+ at an approximate rate.