HyLight 🇫🇷

Seed

HyLight offers hydrogen-powered airships equipped with advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to conduct aerial inspections of critical infrastructure such as powerlines, railways, and pipelines

About HyLight

HyLight is a France-based company founded in 2020, now around 31 people. FundFinder classes it as AI & ML.

Founded by Thomas Laporte (Co-founder & Chief Business Officer (CBO); previously Ansamble, Reed Smith LLP; École de management de Lyon), Martin Bocken (CEO & co-founder; previously Accuride Corporation, Exploitation Agricole des Dombes; Université de Technologie de Troyes), Josef Rokůsek (Co-founder & CTO; previously ETIC INSA Technologies; Y Combinator), Théo H. (President & Co-founder; Université de Technologie de Troyes).

Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Seed · Generalist (110 funds).

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Seed · Oct 2026

Investors

Kima Ventures

Kima Ventures — Xavier Niel's personal early-stage vehicle, run by a deliberately small 3-4 person team led by Alexis Robert; backs roughly 100 startups a year with fixed, non-negotiable €150k tickets. · cheques £130k – £130k

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