Building an impact company is demanding work — it requires investors who understand not just the numbers, but the mission, the territory, and the people behind it. The founders we back share their experience of working with FAMAE Impact: a partnership built on intellectual honesty, long-term commitment, and genuine alignment of interests. Their words reflect the kind of relationship we strive to build with every entrepreneur in our portfolio.
FAMAE Impact was our first institutional investor, and they joined us when the technology was proven but the commercial scale-up was still a real challenge. What distinguished them was their willingness to engage deeply with the technical complexity of our solution rather than just the financial model. Over three years, they have been a genuine sounding board — never intrusive, always available when it mattered. Their network opened doors we could not have reached on our own.
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— Matthieu Leblanc
We were looking for an investor who understood that building a company rooted in a specific territory takes more time and more patience than a purely scalable digital business. FAMAE Impact not only understood that — they celebrated it. Their impact measurement framework helped us articulate our value to customers and regulators in ways we had not fully developed before. The relationship has been genuinely collaborative from day one.
★★★★★
— Amandine Rivière
The due diligence process at FAMAE was thorough but fair — they asked hard questions about our unit economics and our impact methodology, and those conversations made us a stronger business. Once they invested, they brought real operational expertise to our board discussions, particularly on internationalisation and talent strategy. I would recommend them to any entrepreneur who wants an investor that takes both performance and purpose seriously.
★★★★★
— Thomas Delcourt
What struck me most about FAMAE Impact is that they think in decades, not quarters. When we were under pressure to pursue faster but less meaningful growth, they helped us stay anchored to our long-term mission without losing commercial momentum. Their experience across environmental, territorial, and health sectors also brought unexpected cross-portfolio insights that were genuinely useful for our own strategy.
★★★★☆
— Inès Barthélémy
As a health-sector entrepreneur, I found most impact investors were either too generalist or too focused on digital health metrics to truly grasp our model. FAMAE Impact's Social & Health thesis showed that they had done the intellectual work to understand systemic change in healthcare. Their engagement went beyond capital — they facilitated introductions to key institutional partners and helped us navigate complex regulatory environments with real confidence.
★★★★★
— Sébastien Morel