1Kubator

What 1Kubator does

1Kubator SAS is a privately held French startup accelerator and investment fund headquartered in Lyon. Founded in 2016 by Alexandre Fourtoy, the company operated incubators in 10 cities across France over a seven-year active period (2016–2023), combining seed-stage capital deployment with co-founding support and hands-on incubation services for early-stage French entrepreneurs. Across its active window, 1Kubator financed and co-founded approximately 300 startups and accompanied roughly 2,000 entrepreneurs across all sectors. In January 2021, the company raised approximately $7.36 million from a syndicate of French institutional and banking investors, including Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Cardif, Banque Populaire Rhône Alpes, Caisse d'Epargne, and Grand Sud Ouest Capital.

Since 2023, 1Kubator has ceased incubating new projects and restructured to focus exclusively on supporting its existing portfolio of invested startups. The company's primary offering is a single integrated acceleration and investment program rather than a modular product suite, and its core business model revolves around equity participation, co-founding, and operational support to early-stage ventures. The legal entity is structured as a French SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) and currently operates from a Lyon office under shared-services arrangement c/o Nova7, with 101–250 employees. No proprietary technology platform, AI capabilities, patents, or third-party integrations are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

1Kubator

Legal name

1Kubator SAS

Website

https://1kubator.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

1Kubator SAS is a Lyon-based French startup accelerator and investment fund that, between 2016 and 2023, financed and co-founded around 300 startups across 10 French cities and has since shifted to portfolio support only.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Startup Incubation and Venture Capital Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venture Studios / Company Builders (FSANAAAH)

Keywords

• Startup incubation services
• Venture capital investment
• Startup acceleration programs
• Entrepreneurship support
• Early-stage venture funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

1Kubator is a French startup incubator and investment fund founded in 2016 by Alexandre Fourtoy. Over a 7-year active incubation period (2016-2023), it financed and co-founded approximately 300 startups and accompanied around 2,000 entrepreneurs across 10 cities in France. Since 2023, the company has stopped incubating new projects and now focuses exclusively on supporting its existing portfolio of invested startups through dedicated portfolio management and business development services.

Product overview

1Kubator operates as a single integrated investment and acceleration offering rather than a modular software platform. The company functions as a startup accelerator and investment fund, providing financing, co-founding, and business development support to early-stage French startups. Since 2023, the company has shifted from incubating new projects to focusing exclusively on supporting its existing portfolio of approximately 300 invested startups. The primary service offering is the acceleration program itself, which combines capital investment with hands-on entrepreneurial support across multiple French cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 1Kubator Startup Acceleration & Investment Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 startups financed and co-founded
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Regional players

• Euratechnologies: Incubator and accelerator based in Lille serving French and Northern European startups, with comparable programmes but a regionally anchored footprint versus 1Kubator's national spread.
• H7 (Lyon): Lyon-based incubator operating from the same city as 1Kubator's headquarters, with overlapping regional founder support activities and French early-stage deal flow.

Direct peers

• The Family: European accelerator and education platform supporting early-stage founders with funding, mentorship, and community, operating across multiple European markets similarly to 1Kubator's French footprint.
• NUMA: Accelerator and innovation network operating in France with corporate partnerships and acceleration programmes aimed at early-stage startups, comparable to 1Kubator's incubation focus.
• Agoranov: Paris-based deep-tech incubator providing early-stage support and seed funding to French startups, structurally comparable to 1Kubator's acceleration model.
• Wilco: French startup accelerator running programmes for early-stage ventures across France, offering financing, mentorship, and operational support similar to 1Kubator's core offering.
• Raise: France-based startup accelerator and investment community providing early-stage funding and mentorship, directly comparable to 1Kubator's role.
• Station F: Paris-based mega-incubator supporting thousands of early-stage startups; offers incubation, acceleration, and investor access closely comparable to 1Kubator's startup support model.

Broad incumbents

• Partech: Established French venture capital firm investing across stages; 1Kubator's seed/early-stage French focus puts it in a comparable thematic lane with Partech's earlier funds.
• Bpifrance Le Lab / Le Hub: Public French development bank offering incubation, acceleration, and funding to startups; overlaps with 1Kubator's mandate and shares Bpifrance as a common backer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/1kubator

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments2 records

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