Augustin Sayer
Partner @ Newfund
Paris, France
Augustin Sayer is a General Partner at OVNI Capital, a VC seed fund specializing in France-based tech startups. He is based in Paris and manages the company's investments in France and Israel. Previously he was a Partner at Newfund, a french-american fund where he oversaw 20 investments in companies such as FairMoney, the largest Africanneo-bank, and Umiami, a plant-based texture technology company.Augustin started his career in 2008 at Lazard Frères in their Mergers & Acquisitions team in New York. He then joined Colony Capital in their investment team. In 2015, he moved to Mexico to start Rescata, a chain of phone repair stores, and from 2017 until late 2022 was at Newfund.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 65%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Augustin Sayer invests in
Stages Augustin Sayer invests in
Countries Augustin Sayer invests in
Contacts
| Type | Contact | Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | ||
| Personal email | ||
| Work phone | ||
| Personal phone | ||
| Socials |
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (18%)
- Information Technology 5 (15%)
- FinTech 3 (9%)
- Retail Technology 3 (9%)
- Financial Services 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (62%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (18%)
- Series A 4 (12%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Country
- France 24 (71%)
- Mali 1 (3%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $15M / Series A / May 29, 2026 | ||
| baCta engineer microorganisms to produce rubber from carbon. | $8.2M / Seed / Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $3.1M / Seed / Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| EPYR is an energy technology company focused on advancing large-scale industrial decarbonization and sovereignty.EPYR Combine innovation and practicality to simplify electrification through innovative thermal energy storage solutions, empowering industries to seamlessly transition to renewable energy for a sustainable future. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| baCta engineer microorganisms to produce rubber from carbon. | $3.6M / Pre-Seed / Oct 10, 2024 | ||
| Resolve Stroke builds academic studies to improve ultrasound-captured data using cutting-edge algorithms and artificial intelligence. Resolve Stroke intends to improve diagnostics for better and faster patient treatment by offering clinicians a portable, non-user-dependent, and safe device that dramatically increases contrast, resolution, andpenetration depth of ultrasound for blood flow imaging and characterizations. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| Resolve Stroke builds academic studies to improve ultrasound-captured data using cutting-edge algorithms and artificial intelligence. Resolve Stroke intends to improve diagnostics for better and faster patient treatment by offering clinicians a portable, non-user-dependent, and safe device that dramatically increases contrast, resolution, andpenetration depth of ultrasound for blood flow imaging and characterizations. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| Axeptio is a developer of a marketing and compliance platform. They offer widgets, educational editorials, and micro-animations, and they allow changing texts, pictures, fonts, and sizes, enabling website developers to increase engagement and collect and store the consent of their users. | $3.9M / Seed / May 03, 2023 | ||
| Inarix utilizes the latest technologies in artificial intelligence and image analysis to develop its technology. Your pocket laboratory on your smartphone. You can get reliable results from your samples in seconds by snapping a picture. The monitoring platform for your flows is global and instantaneous. Management tools tailored to your needs. | $3.3M / Seed / Feb 27, 2023 | ||
| ShareID is a digital trust platform specialized in digital security, compliance and fraud prevention. The solution enables real-time identity verification using government-issued IDs and biometric liveness detection. The company provides a privacy-first authentication solution, including document verification, biometric verification, and stronguser authentication (MFA). It allows regulated institutions to comply with technical regulations such as eIDAS 2.0, GDPR, PSD2, and MICA. | $2.2M / Seed / Jan 25, 2023 | ||
| See all 34 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Newfund
Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.
Newfund Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Henri Deshays
Investor
|
|||
Adama Wade
Financial Controller
|
|||
Agathe Descamps
Development Nouvelle Aquitaine
|
|||
Francois Veron
Founder
|
|||
Julien Boubel
EIR, Sales
|
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Augustin Sayer invest in?
Augustin Sayer invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Augustin Sayer?
Public channels for Augustin Sayer include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
When did Augustin Sayer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Augustin Sayer closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 34 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
