Top 15 Art Angel Investors in France (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Nicolas Julia
Angel
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2 | France, Israel, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $400k–$15M |
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Frédéric Jousset
Angel
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2 | France | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Art, FinTech, Finance | |
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Thomas France
Angel
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2 | France, United States, Cayman Islands | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology | $400k–$31M |
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Julien Codorniou
Angel
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1 | France, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $125k–$23M |
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Ludwig Sels
Angel
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1 | France | Pre-Seed | Art, Music, Software | |
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Steven E. Spooner
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Art, Internet, Software | |
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Guillaume Houzé
Angel
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1 | Spain, France | Seed, Angel | Art, Web Apps, Communities | |
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Chantal Baudron
Angel
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1 | France | Seed, Series A | Fashion, Software, Analytics | $757k–$3.1M |
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Denis Fayolle
Angel
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1 | France | Angel, Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace | $329k–$1.2M |
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Violette Taquet
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Art, Internet, Software | |
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Gabriel Jarrosson
Angel
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1 | United States, France, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $50k–$17M |
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Laurent Dassault
Angel
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1 | France, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Angel | Art, SaaS, Banking | $592k–$7M |
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Luc Doublet
Angel
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1 | France | Seed | Art, Internet, Software | |
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Jean-Baptiste Hironde
Angel
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1 | France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile Apps, Art, Music | $1.2M–$3.8M |
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Flavien Kulawik
Angel
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1 | France, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.3M–$7M |
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Nicolas Julia is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Sorare. Nicolas previously worked at Stratumn as a VP of Operations. Nicolas Julia attended the EM Lyon Business School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, Israel, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- cubzh — cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system.
- Altertable — We're building an AI-driven, proactive, unified platform that redefines how modern companies leverage their data.
- Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about
Olivier Duha at Bain & Company, Frédéric co-founded Webhelp, which originally provided online support services for businesses and the general public, in June 2000. Rapid growth and innovation over the following years has resulted in the BPO provider and customer experience engineer that is Webhelp today.Frédéric graduated from HEC in 1992 andbegan his career in 1994 at L’Oréal. He handled marketing and familiarised himself with new product development, consumer brand management and advertising strategies. Paying close attention to new technologies, he decided to buy DIALOG, a software vendor, in 1998 and soon merged it with its competitor, IKOSOFT. He then joined Bain & Company in 1999 as part of the private equity practice, where he participated in several consulting assignments guiding the engagement strategy of major funding institutions.Frederic is a Knight of the Order of Merit and the Arts & Humanities, and Commander of Wissam Al-Aouite of the Kingdom of Morocco. Since October 2011, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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- Industry: Art, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Artsper — Artsper is a contemporary art marketplace where galleries selected across the World can sell their artworks. They work with hundreds of galleries, which enables us to promote more than 10 000 artworks proposed by 4 000 artists.
- Climb — TacoTax offers an online platform that enables its users to file their taxes while automatically optimizing for the highest tax return and to talk to an expert in order to make financial investments TacoTax was founded by Aldric Emie and Rodrigue Menegaux in April 2016.
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
Entrepreneur, Investor
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- Industry: Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Cayman Islands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $400k–$7.2M; Series A $2.8M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Keplr — Introducing the first, and leading, IBC-enabled wallet for Cosmos and beyond
- Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
- Belfort — Enabling Fully Homomorphic Encryption through Hardware Acceleration
Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.7M; Series A $3.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Claimy — Integrate Claimy to unlock the full potential of your catalogue, recover missing royalties, and gain real-time insights into your performances.
- Jolly — Jolly is a rewards platform for the workplace that incentivizes employee performance. It implements performance-based incentives to increase employees utilization, compliance, referrals, and loyalty.
- Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
Owner, Loeben Limited
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- Industry: Art, Music, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Claimy — Integrate Claimy to unlock the full potential of your catalogue, recover missing royalties, and gain real-time insights into your performances.
With over 23 years in the high-tech and telecommunications sector, Steve Spooner brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance and strategic business planning to Mitel®. As Chief Financial Officer, Steve is responsible for global financial operations and investor relations for Mitel. Prior to Mitel, Steve was Chief Executive Officer ofprivately-held Stream Intelligent Networks Corp. During his time as CEO, Steve led the company to substantial growth during a recessed telecom market, through focused activities in investor relations, corporate strategy and development, strategic alliances and marketing. Steve also brings a tech-savvy understanding of finance and corporate strategy from his time as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CrossKeys Systems Corporation. Steve led the strategic implementation of private financing, acquisitions, and divestitures for the company. In December of 1997, Steve successfully spearheaded CrossKey's Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ and TSE. In addition, Steve brings extensive experience in financial governance from senior positions at SHL Systemhouse Inc.,Wang Canada Ltd., Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd., and Arthur Anderson & Co. Steve is a seasoned industry speaker having spoken at a variety of venues on topics ranging from Metropolitan Networks to Entrepeneurship. Steve sits on numerous strategic advisory boards and is an active board member of the Canadian Wireless Telecom Association (CWTA) as well as a former chairman of CWTA's fixed wireless committee.
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- Industry: Art, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
Guillaume Houzé Directeur de l’Image et de la Communication, Membre du Directoire chez Groupe Galeries Lafayette
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- Industry: Art, Web Apps, Communities
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Spain, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Reforestum — Reforestum is part of a new generation of marketplaces aiming to make carbon offsets more impactful and trustworthy, using a technology stack to improve the transparency of the project verification, monitoring, and financing. The marketplace can scale in fully automated ways using customer APIs on the demand side, and a combination of in-housetree-planting projects as well as third-party reforestation/avoided deforestation projects on the supply side.
- LaCollection — LaCollection is creating a new way of owning digital versions of a physical artwork by working with cultural institutions. Like a limited edition “digital lithography”, collectors are now able to own certified digital twins of masterpieces from the world’s greatest museums, galleries, and artists.
Chantal Baudron is the CEO of Chantal Baudron SAS.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $757k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kleep — Search, sizing, virtual try-on, recommendations and merchandising from one AI model that understands fashion. 300+ brands boost conversion and cut returns with Kleep.
- OMAJ — OMAJ is an online fashion consignment store. We help people sell their clothes and offer a curated selection of pre-loved items.
- Tandem — Tandem provides companies with comprehensive bicycle leasing services for employees. Their offerings include premium electric bicycles, insurance against theft and damage, regular maintenance, and essential accessories like U-locks and helmets. Tandem aims to make functional bicycles accessible to employees, facilitating their daily commutes andpromoting sustainable mobility.
Denis Fayolle is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Seed and Seeds. He previously worked at Next Station as a Co-Founder and Board Member. Denis Fayolle attended ENSIIE - National School of Computer Science for Industry and Business.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $640k–$672k; Angel $329k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Singulart — At Singulart, They are convinced that the digital space is an invaluable tool for bringing transparency and equity to the art market.They provide artists with the tools that enable them to independently manage the sale of their works. Their team is working around the clock, committing their energy to promoting Singulart artists to a globalaudience.In showcasing artists around the world, they also hope to allow art lovers and collectors alike to explore new artistic horizons, to embrace new cultures and to be inspired by the works of talented artists that they never would have come across if it wasn't for Singulart.
- Sensaterra — Sensaterra is an e-commerce platform for coffees, teas, chocolates, herbal teas, and equipment.
- Next Station — Next Station is a smart recruiting platform.
Violette Taquet
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- Industry: Art, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
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Browse database — It's Free!Gabriel Jarrosson created his first website at 13, then sold his first startup at 25. Serial entrepreneur and investor in more than 100 startups with 15 exits, he has since founded Leonis Investissement, a private club that offers its members the opportunity to invest in fast-growing startups in Silicon Valley that they would not have access toalone. He has invested more than $30M through this club. He is the creator of the YouTube channel "Leonis Investissement", the most followed in France on this theme. Since 2023, he has also manages Lobster Capital, a $10M investment fund that invests in Silicon Valley startups.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $329k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2M; Series A $2.7M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 54gene — 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
- Apprente — Intelligent voice-based conversational agents for the enterprise.
- Jeeves Inc. — Pay for anything, anywhere, in your local currency. No fees. No interest. No personal guarantees. Mobile-first, built with your team in mind.
Born July 7, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Laurent Dassault is the son of Serge Dassault (1925). Married to Martine de Souza Lambrey Dassault in 2002. He Has two sounds, Julien and Adrien, from His previous wedding with Martine Raych.After 13 years in banking, Laurent Dassault in 1991 joined the group founded by his grandfather Marcel Dassault. AtDassault Investissements, he handles indirect compensation involved in military aeronautical contracts.He has also developed—and increased the value of—the firm’s investments in the arts and vineyards. Profoundly forward-looking and business oriented, Laurent Dassault enjoys creating, innovating and building. He is also deeply involved in many charitable and humanitarian organizations.Laurent Dassault today sits on some 30 boards involved principally in the financial, industrial and artistic sectors.
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- Industry: Art, SaaS, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: France, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $592k–$3.3M; Series A $3M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inbolt — InBolt has developed the world’s smallest and most efficient 3D camera tracking system. Their first product is a hardware module / device that an operator can plug onto all manual tools such as a drill, a screwdriver or a torque wrench. Once on the tool, it guides the operator, validates the completion of a task in real time and registers allthe completion parameters.
- Respaid — Respaid is a fintech startup that is revolutionizing debt recovery for businesses. Our platform combines the expertise of amicable debt collectors with AI technology to deliver a faster, more efficient, and more personalized debt recovery process. With a success rate of 50% in just 20 days, Respaid's platform is 3 times more efficient and 6times faster than traditional debt recovery agencies. We offer transparent pricing based on successful debt recovery, making it easier for businesses to manage their cash flow.But we're more than just a debt recovery platform. At Respaid, we are committed to making a positive social impact by donating a portion of our revenue to families in financial hardship through our partnership with charitable organization. This helps us give back to the community and create a sustainable, long-term solution for families in need.Join Respaid in revolutionizing debt recovery and making a positive impact on society. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, we have the expertise and technology to help you recover unpaid debts quickly and efficiently.
- Carré d'Artistes — Carré d'artistes offers the nicest and friendliest galleries to shop original art in the Netherlands and abroad. In our four galleries in Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht they represent a total of nearly 50 international artists. A large diversity of styles, techniques and formats means that there is a work of art for every taste, space andoccasion. They can also frame the paintings directly for you.
Luc Doublet
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- Industry: Art, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eunomart — Eunomart provides a simple solution to the challenges of the fight against money laundering. They develop an automated vigilance procedure tool intended to help analyze the legal risks to which art professionals are exposed.
Jean-Baptiste Hironde - CEO & Founder @ MWM
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Art, Music
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Claimy — Integrate Claimy to unlock the full potential of your catalogue, recover missing royalties, and gain real-time insights into your performances.
- Feels — Not a dating app, just relaxed relationships without rules or labels, without societal pressure, paternalistic injunctions or traditional norms. Because swiping is boring, we've created an experience designed for natural, healthy and pressure-free interactions as easy as on social networks.
- The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.
Flavien Kulawik
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Claimy — Integrate Claimy to unlock the full potential of your catalogue, recover missing royalties, and gain real-time insights into your performances.
- HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
- Piston — AI-native ERP for manufacturers, food & beverage producers, and distributors. Built-in dashboards, Ask, and agents that run your operations end-to-end.
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