Kheops Raises €12M Series A to Connect Local Food Suppliers with Grocery Retail

Kheops Closes €12M Series A

Kheops, a French startup connecting local and specialty food suppliers directly with grocery retail stores, has raised €12 million in Series A funding. The round included participation from Elaia, ISAI and Odyssée Venture. No lead investor was disclosed.

What Kheops Does

Kheops automates the full commercial relationship between local and specialty food suppliers and grocery retail stores. Its platform covers product listing, ordering, delivery, invoicing and payment.

The company addresses a specific gap in French grocery retail. Large-volume central purchasing models dominate the sector, but stores often want to differentiate their shelf offer with local products outside centralized purchasing. Kheops gives stores a way to do that while giving suppliers a direct sales channel.

According to the company, suppliers on the platform see an average 20% revenue uplift per store served.

Scale and Partnerships

Kheops is deployed in more than 500 stores. The platform provides access to over 200,000 products from more than 3,000 suppliers. It also runs an extended partnership with Carrefour covering about 100 stores.

The company was founded in 2021 by Caroline Poinsignon and Thibault Boyeux.

Why This Round Matters

Kheops sits at the intersection of grocery retail logistics and supplier commerce. Its model complements, rather than replaces, the central purchasing systems that define French grocery retail. That positioning may make it easier for retail chains to adopt the platform alongside existing procurement infrastructure.

The Carrefour partnership is a notable reference point. A deployment covering roughly 100 stores within a major retail group demonstrates that the platform can operate at chain scale, not just in independent stores.

Acquisition Angle

For strategic buyers, Kheops offers several potential points of interest:

• Retail integration: The platform connects directly into grocery retail operations, including a partnership with Carrefour.
• Two-sided network: More than 3,000 suppliers and over 500 stores create a marketplace dynamic.
• Product breadth: The platform automates listing, ordering, delivery, invoicing and payment, covering the full commercial relationship.
• Supplier economics: A stated average 20% revenue uplift per store served is a measurable value proposition for suppliers.
• Category positioning: Local and specialty food is a growing area of differentiation for grocery retailers.

The Funding Details

• Company: Kheops
• Round: Series A
• Amount: €12 million
• Investors: Elaia, ISAI, Odyssée Venture
• Funding date: 21 September 2026

What to Watch

Kheops operates in grocery retail, a sector with thin margins and complex logistics. The company's ability to expand its store footprint beyond the current 500-plus locations, and to deepen partnerships with major retail groups, will be key indicators of its value to acquirers in retail tech, supply chain software or food distribution.

With this Series A, Kheops has capital to scale its platform and extend its reach across French grocery retail. For acquirers tracking commerce infrastructure and supplier networks, the company is now a funded player with meaningful deployment and a major retail partnership.