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Nord France Amorçage

Hôtel de Région, 151 boulevard du Président Hoover, Lille, Nord, 59555, France

Overview

Nord France Amorçage is a regional co-investment fund, exclusively supported by the Hauts-de-France Region. This seed fund has been involved since 2013 in financing innovative businesses that create jobs and add value to the region. In 6 years, NFA has more than 50 participants spread across the region.

Total investments
5
Lead investments
2
Investments · 12mo
2
Active investors
0
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Investment portfolio

  • NeoCem

    Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

    NeoCem commercializes NeoFlash, an argile calcinée (calcined clay) product designed to replace part of clinker in cement formulations and cut associated CO2 emissions by as much as 90% in specific substitutions. The company uses a proprietary, high-efficiency flash-calcination process and recycles clays sourced from construction and demolition waste. NeoCem operates an industrial plant in Saint-Maximin (Hauts-de-France) and plans to scale that facility to 200,000 tonnes of NeoFlash production per year while recycling 300,000 tonnes of clays. The technology is described as mature and ready for large-scale deployment, and the offer already attracts interest from major construction firms. Financially, NeoCem recently raised €17 million from Crédit Mutuel Impact and a consortium of regional investors and banks, supplementing prior support from historical investors and the EU Innovation Fund to fund industrial expansion and commercial development.

  • Lattice Medical

    Participated · Series B · Oct 2025

    Lattice Medical develops resorbable, 3D-printed implantable devices for reconstruction of soft tissues such as in post-cancer breast and deep subcutaneous tissue reconstruction. The company plans to integrate a supercritical CO2 sterilization process into its industrial 3D-printing manufacturing chain to meet implantable-device sterility requirements while preserving material properties. It also intends to shorten production times, reinforce regulatory control, secure critical manufacturing steps, and offer sterilization services to third parties. Founded in 2017 by Julien Payen, the company holds 14 international patents. Financially, Lattice Medical raised approximately €2.15 million for the MEDCO2 project and previously completed a €43 million funding round in 2025. Clinically, it closed the first phase of its TIDE trial with 10 patients enrolled.

  • Ausha

    Led · Equity · Mar 2020

    Ausha provides a platform that allows users to host podcasts and increase their visibility. The company serves customers such as Libération, BNP Paribas and Décathlon and today hosts more than 2,500 radio stations in 120 countries. Founded in 2018 by Maxime Piquette, Ausha is a French company focused on podcast hosting and distribution. The platform continues to be developed to improve hosting and visibility features. The company intends to use the new funds to consolidate its presence in France and expand across Europe. The financing will support continued product development and regional growth.

  • HOOTSIDE

    Led · Equity · Jan 2020

    Hootside, founded in 2017 and based at the Lille incubator Euratechnologies, builds an app offering a catalog of augmented-reality games. Its core product is an AR games app and immersive experiences, including past collaborations integrating Ubisoft franchises such as Assassin’s Creed and Rabbids. The company plans to use new funding to develop its AR games app, acquire rights to operate additional popular franchises, and expand its presence in France and internationally. The round will also finance a planned 60% increase in headcount. Hootside emphasizes technological and narrative innovation in geolocated open-world and site-based AR experiences. No operating metrics (revenue/users) are provided in the article.

  • OpenIO

    Participated · Equity · Oct 2017

    OpenIO offers an open-source object storage framework that lets organizations turn any computing device into the backend of an S3-compatible storage service. Its software can run on a cheap virtual private server with 512MB of RAM and supports mixed-hardware clusters combining x86 servers and ARMv7 devices. The platform scales to multiple petabytes of data and is already used by customers including video site Dailymotion. OpenIO positions its technology for edge and fog computing use cases where latency, bandwidth, and storing data near end customers matter. With the new funding, the company plans to expand its customer footprint to the U.S. and Japan in addition to EMEA. OpenIO raised $5 million from Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures and Nord France Amorçage.

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