Michael Chekroun

Director, MedVallée | Investor & Board Member | Founder, Carenity (exit in 2023) | Healthtech and Longevity Expert

📍 France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2024
VC🌍 France
13
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6y
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Jul 2024
French start-up Artifeels mission is to enable infrastructure operators to ensure the continuity and availability of their services (telecoms, energy, water, gas, rail networks, real estate, etc.), by protecting even the most complex technical infrastructures from third-party attacks. How can we do this? By reinventing physical infrastructure protection and monitoring technologies thanks to AI Edge and IoT. Tech start-up, Artifeel designs and markets intelligent, connected and autonomous alarm systems that adapt to every structure, even the most isolated and complex. A specialist in embedded Artificial Intelligence and IoT, Artifeel has patented “Check-In” technology, the industrys only 100% autonomous system, requiring neither Wi-Fi nor electricity, for 24/7 protection from the moment it is installed. Technologies designed, manufactured and continuously perfected in France by our teams based in Paris and Lyon. Since our creation in 2021, the innovative nature of our technology and approach has been recognized by 10 innovation prizes and awards: Trophées de la sécurité 2022 et 2024, innovation award at CES2023, selected French Tech, Startup Gold Trophy at ExpoProtection and APS,... To find out more, visit www.artifeel.com or or contact us at contact@artifeel.com
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Dec 2023
We transform any webcam or smartphone into a Medical Device. We measure heart rate, frequency rate, SpO2 and more just by analysing your face with a camera !
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Nov 2023
Climate Investment Club. The Climate Club is backed by 130+ entrepreneurs and climate experts. We invest 100k tickets into companies that will help slow down Climate Change. We will help you with what makes the difference: money, expertise and network.
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Nov 2022
2050 is a new kind of investment fund that combines performance and company alignment. It empowers those who are building a fertile future, a world aligned with economic, social and ecological challenges.
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Sep 2022
We are a new generation of venture capital funders backing exceptional female founders and gender-balanced teams. SISTAFUND is a pan-European VC fund backing female founders and gender-balanced teams, building companies that challenge the status quo. With €70 million, SISTAFUND will be deployed from pre-seed to Series A, mainly in France and Europe, with some investments in the U.S. SISTAFUND’s ambition is twofold: Drive the performance of backed companies, since start-ups founded or co-founded by women are 2.5 times more profitable investments than others (BCG study, 2018). Accelerate a new generation of diversified leaders, by supporting start-ups with at least one female co-founder We focus on four key themes: Fintech, Healthtech, Frontier tech and, Sustainability startups. SISTAFUND I is a Professional Private Equity Investment Fund (FPCI) reserved for qualified investors. The Funds Management Company, SUNSHINE, is a SAS with a registered office at 1-3 rue dEnghien, 75010 Paris, RCS Paris n°983 158 023, approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers as a portfolio management company under the number GP-20240015 since July 23rd, 2024.
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Apr 2022
May accompagne les (futurs) parents au quotidien dans lincroyable aventure de la parentalité.
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Mar 2022
YCombinator-backed Trendex connects the worlds top and most promising athletes, artists & creators with their fans through an innovative gamified experience. Trendex is an international, fast-growing startup supported by the most successful investors & stars in the world.
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Dec 2021
Melba is the #1 intimacy app for couples, designed to help you reconnect, play, and explore new ways of loving, together. With over 1 million couples already guided through our playful, voice-led experiences, Melba transforms routine into adventure. Co-created with leading therapists and intimacy experts, our app combines science, sensuality, and spontaneity to support modern relationships. Whether you want to spark desire, improve communication, or deepen emotional and physical connection, Melba makes intimacy easy, safe, and fun. 💬 “Like a personal intimacy coach in your pocket.” 🧠 Backed by science. ❤️ Recommended by therapists. 🎧 Loved by couples.
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Jul 2021
La solution la plus fiable et la plus complète pour suivre votre actionnariat, votre captable et vos plans de BSPCE !
Member and Investor
Dec 2020
Le Collectif des entrepreneurs de la Tech - Vous êtes fondatrice ou fondateur dans la Tech et avez levé au moins 3M€ ? Alors rejoignez-nous !
Experience · 17 entries
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2025
Co-fondateur
Feb 2025
Board Project est une association loi 1901 visant à valoriser et professionnaliser les administrateurs indépendants et à renforcer la gouvernance des entreprises innovantes européennes. Avec une mission centrée sur l’éthique, l’indépendance et la performance, Board Project s’impose comme un acteur clé de l’écosystème entrepreneurial.
2024
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Jul 2024
French start-up Artifeels mission is to enable infrastructure operators to ensure the continuity and availability of their services (telecoms, energy, water, gas, rail networks, real estate, etc.), by protecting even the most complex technical infrastructures from third-party attacks. How can we do this? By reinventing physical infrastructure protection and monitoring technologies thanks to AI Edge and IoT. Tech start-up, Artifeel designs and markets intelligent, connected and autonomous alarm systems that adapt to every structure, even the most isolated and complex. A specialist in embedded Artificial Intelligence and IoT, Artifeel has patented “Check-In” technology, the industrys only 100% autonomous system, requiring neither Wi-Fi nor electricity, for 24/7 protection from the moment it is installed. Technologies designed, manufactured and continuously perfected in France by our teams based in Paris and Lyon. Since our creation in 2021, the innovative nature of our technology and approach has been recognized by 10 innovation prizes and awards: Trophées de la sécurité 2022 et 2024, innovation award at CES2023, selected French Tech, Startup Gold Trophy at ExpoProtection and APS,... To find out more, visit www.artifeel.com or or contact us at contact@artifeel.com
2023
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Dec 2023
We transform any webcam or smartphone into a Medical Device. We measure heart rate, frequency rate, SpO2 and more just by analysing your face with a camera !
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Dec 2023
IRIS is a leading venture capital and growth firm investing in tech platforms in Seed, series A, Late-stage and Growth. Our team of local experts based in Berlin, Munich and Paris has invested over a billion euros in more than 350 innovative companies across the world. The IRIS team supports disruptive tech companies like Shift, Kyriba, LeanIX, Forto, Exotec, Escape, Jedox, Virtuo, Zeta Global, Spinergie and many more. Want to talk to our team? Dont hesitate to send us your deck on www.iris.vc/submit-a-project
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Nov 2023
Climate Investment Club. The Climate Club is backed by 130+ entrepreneurs and climate experts. We invest 100k tickets into companies that will help slow down Climate Change. We will help you with what makes the difference: money, expertise and network.
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