Volta, a French-Italian startup building an AI-powered commerce platform for B2B distributors and suppliers, announced today that it has secured €11 million in funding, including a recent €5 million extension to its prior round. This funding round was led by RTP Global, with participation from existing investors including Emblem, Robin Capital, Founders Future, and new strategic backer Pascal Houillon (former CEO of Cegid and Sage) who has joined as an investor and advisor.
Founded in 2024 by Paul Guillemin and Mario Parteli, Volta addresses the long-standing digital gap in B2B commerce — a sector that still relies heavily on spreadsheets, PDFs, fragmented orders and manual workflows. The platform automates manual tasks, centralises catalogues, pricing and orders, and provides AI-driven sales recommendations.
Volta’s key capabilities include unifying disparate order channels (email, PDF, WhatsApp) into one stream, the ability to automate up to 90% of manual work such as order entry and price updates, boosting sales performance as the company reports an average +11 % uplift in sales and more than 7 hours saved per employee per week among early users.
The funding will be used to expand the team and extend product development.
KEY QUOTES:
“We’re building European technology for the businesses that power our real economy. B2B makes up 80% of global commerce, yet it’s one of the least digitized sectors out there. Our goal is simple: bring speed, transparency, and intelligence back to commerce between businesses.”
“Our mission is to make B2B a hotbed of innovation again. We believe in European tech sovereignty, and in AI that makes work simpler, not harder. The future of B2B commerce has to be automated, human, and European.”
Paul Guillemin, co-founder and CEO of Volta
“What Volta is building goes way beyond automation. It’s a fundamentally new approach to B2B software: smarter, smoother, more integrated. The team has sharp vision, moves fast, and truly gets the on-the-ground realities.”
Pascal Houillon
