Sofiouest
89/91 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, Ile-de-France, 75008, France
Overview
Sofiouest is an investment and participation company that invests in “late stage start-ups”, companies with high potential in the field of innovation having proven their business model and wishing to boost their growth.
- Total investments
- 8
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 2
Investment portfolio
- Santé Académie
Participated · Series A · Feb 2026
Founded in 2020 in Lyon, Santé Académie produces and distributes more than 90 continuing-education programs for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, aides-soignants and hospital managers through e-learning, in-person, virtual-class and blended formats. Its in-house team handles instructional design, video production and platform development, presenting courses as 5- to 15-minute “Netflix-style” episodes that can be viewed on mobile, tablet or desktop over a 90-day pathway. The platform records an 87 % completion rate, a 96 % satisfaction score and has already trained over 35 000 healthcare professionals. Revenue figures are not disclosed, but the company has raised €14 M to date and grown to more than 60 employees split between Lyon and Paris. Future plans (2023-2025) include expanding the catalogue beyond 90 programs, rolling out on-site and virtual-class formats for hospitals, clinics and EHPADs, and partnering with CPTS and Maisons de Santé Pluriprofessionnelles. All courses are certified Qualiopi and ANDPC and are generally 100 % financed through public or professional funds, enhancing accessibility for practitioners nationwide.
- Neocase Software
Participated · Equity · May 2020
Neocase Software provides a SaaS HR service management platform (branded HR Ready©) that uses AI and Big Data to personalize employee requests and automate day-to-day HR tasks. The product targets large enterprises with remote HR needs and the company is extending its offering to mid-market organizations of 1,500+ employees. Neocase says it serves more than 150 clients operating in 180 countries, with about 80% of its clients having 10,000+ employees. The company grew 22% in 2019 and targeted more than 20% growth in 2020 despite the Covid‑19 crisis. Neocase plans to boost R&D and sales efforts and accelerate international expansion into the DACH region (Germany), the Nordics and the UK. The company is headquartered in Paris and maintains offices in London, Amsterdam and Boston. Neocase was founded in 2001. Neocase Software builds software to streamline customer service operations and also provides internal services for human resources, financial resolution and facilities management. The company serves large enterprise clients including Toshiba, L’Oreal and Air France, and announced healthcare consultancy FOX Systems has signed on. Headquartered in San Francisco, Neocase brought in new funding to support product development. The new $10 million fourth-round investment will be used to finalize applications tailored to the retail, healthcare and software sectors, slated for release in 2009. The company previously raised $6.5 million in 2006 from the same investors who participated in the recent round. Neocase Software offers customer service software designed to maximize the productivity and quality of customer service operations. Its platform emphasizes collaboration, knowledge management, self-service, partner centers and advanced workflow management with strict adherence to service level agreements (SLAs). The company was spun out of the Supporter Group in 2001 and has recently relocated from Paris to San Francisco. Neocase raised $6.5 million in its third funding round led by Iris Capital, with participation from Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) and the Supporter Group. The new capital will be used to support the company's expansion efforts in the U.S.
- Andjaro
Led · Equity · Apr 2020
Andjaro offers a platform that maps, reallocates and load-balances internal workforce to cover absences, prioritizing voluntary internal staff before part-time, casual and temporary workers. The tool is powered by algorithms: managers select a desired profile and the platform’s funnel searches internal pools and external categories if needed. By enabling internal reallocation instead of agencies, Andjaro aims to cut labor costs and give employees experience in other parts of the organisation. The startup reports having powered more than 160,000 staff movements and saved its clients over €15 million in costs, and today works with more than 40,000 employees across customers including Elior, Sodexo, Engie and Dalkia. Andjaro launched in Belgium and the UK and was founded in 2015. The recent funding will be used to grow across Western Europe and expand the team, with about fifteen open positions focused on technology and operations. Andjaro offers a workforce 'load-balancing' platform that lets large organisations move available internal staff between locations to cover demand instead of hiring temporary or fixed-term contract workers. The platform both cuts labour costs and provides employees opportunities to experience other parts of the organisation, increasing workforce interconnectedness. Andjaro reports it has powered more than 50,000 staff movements and saved clients an estimated €7 million in costs. It also generated more than 2,000 days of staff movements in a few months, supporting nationwide deployments with major French customers such as Accor Hotels, Crèche Attitude, Elior, Engie Ineo, Groupe Flo, ISS, LeNotre, and Sodexo. The company will use the new funds to accelerate growth, hire, and expand into international markets. Andjaro was founded in 2015 by Alexandre Ramin, Benoit Ozan, Ivan de Pontevès and Quentin Guilluy.
- Clever Connect
Led · Equity · Jun 2019
CleverConnect is an HR tech company founded in 2016 in Paris that provides recruitment platforms including Visiotalent, Meteojob and HRmatch. Its platforms cover employer branding, sourcing, CV matching and interviews to support candidates and employers through the recruitment process. The company works with over 2,000 companies, including HSBC, Axa, Groupama, BNP Paribas and Club Med. In June 2019 CleverConnect raised €5.5m in funding in a round led by Sofiouest. It intends to use the funds to invest in R&D and to expand operations and business reach in France and across Europe.
- Agorize
Participated · Equity · Apr 2019
Agorize operates an online platform for hackathons and open innovation challenges that helps clients launch, organize, and share innovation challenges. Founded in Paris in 2011, the company has offices worldwide, including Toronto and Montreal, and says its community spans five million students, developers, and startups across 185 countries. Agorize has coordinated 500 hackathons, after which over 60,000 people have been recruited or have founded a startup. Its clients include L’Oréal, CBC, TD Insurance, Microsoft, National Bank, and Desjardins. The company said the C$20 million round will be used to expand its Canadian presence, strengthen its platform and community through R&D investment, and support a mass recruitment campaign for its global network of innovators. Currently, North America generates 12 percent of Agorize’s revenue and the company aims for the region to account for 25 percent of its income by 2021. Agorize operates a platform that hosts open-innovation challenges across dedicated communities (students, engineers, startups) to surface ideas and potential hires for corporate clients. The company designs and manages challenges on behalf of customers, promising more actionable recommendations than traditional surveys or Mechanical Turk. Clients mentioned in the article include Google, Microsoft and Bank of America. Challenge fees range from €10,000 up to more than €100,000 depending on scope. More than 2,000 universities worldwide participate in Agorize challenges, providing a large talent pool and community reach. Co-founder and CEO Charles Thou said the platform also functions as a recruitment channel for participating companies.