My second Venture Capital experience couldn’t have been more different.

Last week, I wrote about Laboratoire ÜMA.

A mission-driven company improving women’s health through natural, science-based solutions.

Today, a completely different universe.

Artificial Intelligence.

Aerial imagery.

Computer vision.

Deeptech.

At first glance, it has nothing in common.

And yet, it follows exactly the same entrepreneurial logic.

I recently met the founder of BIRDIA, a young engineer whose enthusiasm is as contagious as his ambition.

What immediately caught my attention was not the technology itself.

It was the simplicity of the problem being solved.

Take a roof.

Inspecting it is expensive, time-consuming and sometimes dangerous.

Now imagine being able to analyze high-resolution aerial imagery and automatically identify deterioration, anomalies, compliance issues or risks—within minutes rather than hours.

For roofing companies, insurers and local authorities, this is not simply “AI”.

It is better decisions.

Lower costs.

Faster interventions.

Improved safety.

What impressed me even more was the scalability of the approach.

Today, roofs.

Tomorrow, any infrastructure that can be observed, interpreted and qualified through intelligent image analysis.

The technology remains the same.

The use cases multiply.

This is another lesson I am learning as a Business Angel.

Great startups rarely begin by trying to solve everything.

They solve one problem exceptionally well.

Then they discover that the underlying technology can unlock many others.

That is how platforms are born.

And perhaps this is another reason why I remain optimistic.

France does not lack talented entrepreneurs.

It certainly does not lack brilliant engineers.

What it needs—and increasingly has—is an ecosystem capable of transforming technical excellence into successful businesses.

I’m looking forward to following Birdia’s journey.

And I have the feeling this is only the beginning.