# Bernard Arnault

> Bernard Arnault is a seed investor at LVMH (Paris) backing Artificial Intelligence and Events. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LVMH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lvmh)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Bernard Arnault is a seed investor at LVMH in Paris focused on Artificial Intelligence and Events. Bernard Arnault is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group. Born to an industrial family in Roubaix, France on March 5, 1949, Bernard attended the Roubaix lycée and the Faidherbe lycée in Lille. Bernard then went on to study at the EcolePolytechnique, graduating in 1971. Bernard began his professional career that year as an Engineer with the Ferret-Savinel construction company and successively was promoted to various executive management positions before becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1978. Bernard remained there until 1984, when he undertook the reorganization of the Financière Agache holding company. Bernard returned the group to profitability as he embarked upon a strategy of developing the world’s leading luxury products company. In the process, Bernard reinvigorated Christian Dior as the cornerstone of the new organization. In 1989, Bernard became the majority shareholder of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, creating the world’s leading luxury products group. Bernard has been Chairman of the BOard of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the company since that date. Bernard is also President of the Board of Directors of Groupe Arnault S.A. (his family holding company). Bernard is married and has five children. Bernard has been awarded the honory titles of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100M–$100M |
| Series A | $10M–$25M |
| Series D | $15M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| Events | 1 | 11% |
| Banking | 1 | 11% |
| Security | 1 | 11% |
| Software | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series D | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 11% |
| Israel | 1 | 11% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H Company | Holistic AI provides artificial intelligence models within the technology sector and helps in data analysis. | $100M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| H Company | Holistic AI provides artificial intelligence models within the technology sector and helps in data analysis. | $100M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Lamini | PowerML creates a robust language model engine crafted to construct and possess large language models utilizing their data.Through reinforcement learning from human feedback and fine-tuning their data, the company aids engineering teams in surpassing general-purpose large language models. This empowers clients to enhance their AI applications byleveraging their data with cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. |  | Seed | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Lamini | PowerML creates a robust language model engine crafted to construct and possess large language models utilizing their data.Through reinforcement learning from human feedback and fine-tuning their data, the company aids engineering teams in surpassing general-purpose large language models. This empowers clients to enhance their AI applications byleveraging their data with cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. | $25M | Series A | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Wiz | Wiz is a cloud security platform that enables organizations to enhance collaboration among security, development, and DevOps teams while facilitating a self-service model for managing cloud infrastructure and identifying potential risks. The platform provides comprehensive visibility across cloud environments, allowing users to detectvulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues in real-time. By integrating seamlessly with existing workflows and tools, Wiz supports automated security assessments and prioritizes remediation efforts based on risk levels, helping teams to maintain security without hindering development speed. Additionally, Wiz offers insights into cloud usage patterns and security posture, empowering organizations to make informed decisions regarding their cloud strategy. | $300M | Series D | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Hadada | Hadada provides merchants, fintechs, lending agencies, and MFBs with the ability to take an instant look at the health of a user’s account, analyze financial behavior, and then make accurate credit decisions. They offer banking solutions using a fintech framework to optimize banking workflows for customers. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Workstream | Workstream is the leading HR, Payroll, and Hiring platform for the hourly workforce. Its smart technology streamlines HR tasks so franchise and business owners can move fast, reduce labor costs, and simplify operations—all in one place. 46 of the top 50 quick-service restaurant brands—including Burger King, Jimmy John’s, Taco Bell—rely onWorkstream to hire, retain, and pay their teams. Learn more at workstream.us. | $10M | Series A | May 07, 2020 |  |
| Viagogo | Viagogo is an online event ticket marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers. If you have extra football or concert tickets that you want to unload than Viagogo is the place to go. Users can list tickets, browse event listings by category or purchase tickets. Viagogo adds a ten percent service charge to buyers' prices and takes a fifteenpercent commission on sellers' prices.The site's interface is simple and easy to navigate on first visit, especially if you have used competitor Viagogo is an official secondary reseller of Cleveland Browns football tickets. The site provides ticket sellers a great venue for selling to more mainstream ticket buyers with its professional look and providing a buffer between buyers and sellers. Most people don't trust barebones marketplaces with direct communication between buyers and sellers like Viagogo was founded in 2005 and launched in mid-2006. | $15M | Series D | Feb 05, 2009 |  |
| Viagogo | Viagogo is an online event ticket marketplace for secondary buyers and sellers. If you have extra football or concert tickets that you want to unload than Viagogo is the place to go. Users can list tickets, browse event listings by category or purchase tickets. Viagogo adds a ten percent service charge to buyers' prices and takes a fifteenpercent commission on sellers' prices.The site's interface is simple and easy to navigate on first visit, especially if you have used competitor Viagogo is an official secondary reseller of Cleveland Browns football tickets. The site provides ticket sellers a great venue for selling to more mainstream ticket buyers with its professional look and providing a buffer between buyers and sellers. Most people don't trust barebones marketplaces with direct communication between buyers and sellers like Viagogo was founded in 2005 and launched in mid-2006. | $30M | Series C | Aug 01, 2007 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Visionaries Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionaries-club) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About LVMH

VC Fund · Paris, France

LVMH is a manufacturing company that engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of luxury goods and jewelry worldwide.

5 contacts available at LVMH.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anish Melwani | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anish-melwani |
| Bernard Arnault | Chairman and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernard-arnault |
| Franck Le Moal | Group Information / Technology / IT Digital Director - CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franck-le-moal |
| Ian Rogers | Chief Digital Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-rogers |
| Jennifer Kasper | SVP, Media - Americas | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-kasper |

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## FAQ

### What does Bernard Arnault invest in?

Bernard Arnault invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Events and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bernard Arnault's check size?

Bernard Arnault typically joins rounds of $100M–$100M at Seed, $10M–$25M at Series A and $15M–$300M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bernard Arnault participates in.

### When did Bernard Arnault last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bernard Arnault closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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.

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