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BNP Paribas

Corporate · Founded 1848 · Paris, France

BNP Paribas is a prominent European bank with a global footprint, operating in 65 countries and employing over 190,000 people, including 145,000 in Europe.

496 Portfolio companies+88% in 5 years
129 Unicorns
59 Decacorns
552 Investments
Aug 2026 Last investment
01 · Fund commitments

The funds BNP Paribas backs.

BNP Paribas is a limited partner in 50 funds. 3 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.

Partech
France
#72 Power Law
Elaia
France
#453 Power Law
Eldridge
United States
#474 Power Law
1Kubator
France
Ares Management
United States
AXA Investment Managers
France
Axeleo Capital
France
BlackFin Capital Partners
France
Blisce
France
BNP Paribas Asset Management
France
BNP Paribas Fortis
Belgium
Capital Grand Est
France
02 · Biggest holdings

BNP Paribas’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies BNP Paribas still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for BNP Paribas, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 Mistral AIDecacorn · Enterprise Software · France $13.8B
  2. 2 BoltUnicorn · Food · Estonia $6.8B
  3. 3 SandboxAQUnicorn · Security · USA $5.8B
  4. 4 ContentSquareUnicorn · Marketing · France $5.6B
  5. 5 StegraUnicorn · Energy · Sweden $4.1B
  6. 6 MiraklUnicorn · Marketing · France $3.5B
  7. 7 Suning FinanceUnicorn · Fintech · China $2.5B
  8. 8 1KOMMA5°Unicorn · Real Estate · Germany $2.4B
  9. 9 GetYourGuideUnicorn · Travel · Germany $2.0B
  10. 10 BlaBlaCarUnicorn · Travel · France $2.0B
  11. 11 CapitolisUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.6B
  12. 12 SymphonyUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.4B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds BNP Paribas has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

BNP Paribas’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from BNP Paribas’ transaction record.

$18B IPO · 2026
Now $26BEnterprise Software
$25B IPO · 2026
Now $25BSecurity
Segro
$19B acquisition · 2026
Now $24BReal Estate
$13B IPO · 2021
Now $7.0BFintech
ReNew
$8.0B IPO · 2021
Now $9.6BEnergy
Masorange
$9.3B acquisition · 2025
Energy
Kalyan Jewellers
$52M acquisition · 2026
Now $9.3BJobs Recruitment
Xerox
acquisition · 2018
Now $4.4BEnterprise Software
Amprion
$4.0B acquisition · 2026
Energy
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where BNP Paribas’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 496 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. France192
  2. USA54
  3. India45
  4. UK29
  5. Germany23
  6. Italy18
  7. Spain12
  8. Sweden10
  9. Belgium9
  10. Australia7
  11. Netherlands7
  12. Brazil6
By sectorCount
  1. Energy118
  2. Fintech78
  3. Transportation63
  4. Enterprise Software51
  5. Health41
  6. Food32
  7. Real Estate30
  8. Telecom21
  9. Travel19
  10. Marketing16
  11. Home Living15
  12. Media14
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+89
  2. Series A72
  3. Seed51
By growth stageCount
  1. Mature132
  2. Late Growth130
  3. Breakout Stage127
  4. Early Growth107
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside BNP Paribas’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 496 tracked.

Reliance Jio
Telecom · Centicorn
$115B
Northvolt
Energy
Stegra
Energy · Unicorn
$4.1B
Mistral AI
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$14B
Eni
Energy · Decacorn
$93B
Zomato
Food · Decacorn
$30B
Bolt
Food · Unicorn
$6.8B
SandboxAQ
Security · Unicorn
$5.8B
Ola Electric
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.4B
ContentSquare
Marketing · Unicorn
$5.6B
AUTO1 Group
Fintech · Unicorn
$7.0B
1KOMMA5°
Real Estate · Unicorn
$2.4B
Arrival
Transportation
Mirakl
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.5B
Bending Spoons
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$26B
GetYourGuide
Travel · Unicorn
$2.0B
ReNew
Energy · Unicorn
$9.6B
Suning Finance
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.5B
Digital Asset
Fintech
$101M
Rohlik
Food · Unicorn
$1.2B
IONITY
Energy · Unicorn
$2.5B
Polestar
Transportation · Unicorn
$7.4B
HR Path
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.0B
Capital on Tap
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.4B
BlaBlaCar
Travel · Unicorn
$2.0B
InnovaFeed
Food
$224M
Symphony
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.4B
Stem
Energy
$341M
Aira
Energy
$479M
HelloFresh
Food
$451M
Greenlight Biosciences
Health
$46M
Funding Circle
Fintech
$988M
Salzgitter AG
Media
Capitolis
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.6B
R3
Legal
$535M
AirTrunk
Telecom · Decacorn
$16B
Fnality International
Fintech
$526M
Shriram Finance
Transportation · Decacorn
$55B
Calicéo
Wellness Beauty
Otonomo
Security
ZOLAR
Energy
$440M
Tissium
Health
$275M
Aye Finance
Fintech
$201M
Auxmoney
Fintech
$825M
Madison Energy Investments
Energy
Alma
Fintech
$506M
Castore
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.3B
Protix
Food
$242M
Omnidian
Real Estate
$348M
Quobly
Semiconductors
$506M
Digital Reasoning
Fintech
$80M
Carvana
Fintech · Decacorn
$71B
UroMems
Health
$240M
Ib Vogt
Energy
Iberdrola
Energy · Centicorn
$213B
Proxymity
Fintech
$144M
Heliatek
Energy
$66M
Aphea.Bio
Food
$308M
eCential Robotics
Health
$47M
Otovo
Energy
$97M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where BNP Paribas’ portfolio founders come from.

172 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. France47
  2. United States31
  3. United Kingdom19
  4. Germany18
  5. India17
  6. Italy5
  7. Sweden5
  8. Israel4
  9. Peru4
  10. Estonia3
UniversityCount
  1. CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University9
  2. École Polytechnique - IP Paris8
  3. INSEAD Business School7
  4. Stanford University6
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5
  6. Paris-Saclay University5
  7. ETH Zurich4
  8. Grenoble Alpes University4
  9. Technical University Munich4
  10. Dresden University of Technology3
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company6
  2. Nokia Corporation5
  3. IBM4
  4. Tesla4
  5. Deloitte3
  6. Microsoft3
  7. Sonnen3
  8. World Economic Forum3
  9. Bain & Company2
  10. BofA2