TERNEL

Growing With Direction

Early-stage impact & tech

We back European founders building for

Healing.Regenerating.Rethinking.

Seed to Series A cheques of €500K–5M into companies whose impact is built into the product — across health, planet & living systems, and the future of learning & work.

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Paris-based · European reach
What we back

We invest in three futures.

01

Healthcare

Digital health and medical devices. We want to transform how care is delivered, coordinated, and accessed — from clinical workflows to patient pathways.

Digital healthDiagnosticsMedical devicesCare pathway
Tracked impact
Patients & physicians onboardedPatients responding positively to treatmentSuccessful care pathways
Selected companies
02

Regenerating the planet

Backing founders redesigning how energy, materials, and resources are produced, distributed and consumed — from grid flexibility to circular supply chains.

EnergyIndustryCircularNew materialsWaterBiodiversity
Tracked impact
Avoided GHG emissionsProtected surface area (km²)Product environmental performance
Selected companies
03

Rethinking learning & work

Investing in technologies reshaping how people work, train and grow — skill gaps, workforce mobility, inclusion & empowerment. We target lasting structural needs.

Diversity & inclusionFuture of workEdtechReskillingCommunity
Tracked impact
Trained employees Positive employment outcomes Total beneficiaries
Selected companies
Who we are

More than a VC — a €1B platform, 650+ entrepreneur-LPs, and a hands-on operating team.

Ternel is an impact-native venture fund, part of Capital Croissance. We invest at the earliest stages and stay close — sharing the network, operators, follow-on capital and impact capabilities that help founders crack their industry.

42
Companies backed since 2015
15
Exits
650+
Entrepreneurs-LP
€1B+ €200M
Capital Croissance · Ternel AUM
6
Strategies from VC to buy-out
12
Operating team FTEs
Building something that matters ?

If your impact is built into the product, we should talk.

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