# Chausson Finance

> Chausson Finance is a VC fund in Paris backing Travel and Leisure. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chausson-finance
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ChaussonFinance
- Website: http://chaussonfinance.com

Chausson Finance is a French corporate finance “boutique“ focusing on venture capital fund raising for fast growing companies, mainly operating in the information technology and life science fields.Established in 1992 by Christophe Chausson, Chausson Finance is known as historical player within the European venture capital industry. Since itsincorporation, Chausson Finance has provided the highest level of services to visionary entrepreneurs and helped them build their success stories.Beyond words, our track record speaks for itself with an aggregated amount of EUR 450 million raised over the past few years for the benefit of more than 130 companies.We are particularly proud to count in our credentials companies such as AlloCiné, Corevalve, Delamaison, DxO Labs, MeilleurMobile, NetCentrex, Nexway, PurePeople, Sarenza, Talend, TvTrip, Viadeo, and many others which we helped emerge and build up.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6.9M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |
| Hardware | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bastien Laterza | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bastien-laterza |
| Christophe Chausson | Founder | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-chausson |
| Joris Thomas | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joris-thomas |
| Katherine Wong Selz | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katherine-wong-selz |
| Romain Dehaussy | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/romain-dehaussy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hiboo | Hiboo, they live by the concept of giving industrials a bird's-eye view of their operations. They insist on making it easy for operational teams to monitor their assets and resources. The way they approach it is very simple: within no time collect all your valuable data then restore on a user-friendly platform or a fully fledged API. Just likethat, your team can get real-time visibility of all operations internationally.Dive into your equipment operations Collect, standardize, and activate your equipment data to run your worksites, inventory, maintenance and more. | $10.2M | Series A | Jan 09, 2024 | https://www.hiboo.io/ |
| Elevo | Elevo is a Paris-based performance management platform. | $6.9M | Series A | Oct 07, 2021 | http://www.elevo.fr |
| Dayuse.com | Dayuse.com is the first site to offer daytime hotel bookings.Founded by David Lebée at the age of 29, along with his two partners Eugénie Lebée and Thibaud D’Agrèves, Dayuse.com saw the day in 2010. Working as director within large Parisian hotel groups at the time, David Lebée was often asked about daytime bookings. Guests wished to book a roomfor just a few hours, but traditional structures never had an appropriate service to offer. Dayuse.com was created to suit this exact need. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 02, 2015 | http://www.dayuse.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citizen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citizen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elaia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaia-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerald Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerald-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Industry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-industry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nabtesco Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nabtesco-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chausson Finance invest in?

Chausson Finance invests primarily in Travel, Leisure and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chausson Finance's check size?

Chausson Finance typically joins rounds of $6.9M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chausson Finance participates in.

### How do I contact Chausson Finance?

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### Who are the partners at Chausson Finance?

The team at Chausson Finance includes Bastien Laterza (Director), Christophe Chausson (Founder) and Joris Thomas (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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