# Christophe Poupinel

> Christophe Poupinel is a seed investor at Isai (Paris) backing SaaS and Travel. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/christophe-poupinel-668418
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cpoup
- Website: https://x.com/cpoup

Christophe Poupinel is a seed investor at Isai in Paris focused on SaaS and Travel. Chairman & CEO/founder of Fine Media - Ooreka one of the top 5 of fastest growing websites in France along with Twitter and Dropbox.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Leisure | 1 | 33% |
| Tourism | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vendredi | Vendredi develop your skills in innovative structures that make our society more beautiful. | $4.8M | Series A | Mar 24, 2022 |  |
| DataDome | DataDome is a SaaS bot protection solution for e-commerce and classifieds businesses. DataDome offers real-time AI protection against all OWASP automated threats, including credential stuffing, layer 7 DDoS attacks, SQL injection & intensive scraping.The solution deploys in minutes on any web infrastructure, without changing the existingarchitecture. It runs anywhere, in any cloud, and is compatible with multi-cloud and multi-CDN setups.DataDome runs on autopilot and takes care of all unwanted traffic so its users don’t have to. They still remain in full control and can monitor detection and customize responses, thanks to the industry’s most comprehensive dashboard.DataDome’s cybersecurity technology protects 10 000+ eCommerce and Classifieds domains from all over the world, including TripAdvisor, Rakuten, Kurt Geiger, ClassMates, BlaBlaCar and Adevinta. | $1.1M | Angel | Jan 25, 2017 |  |
| Tripndrive | Tripndrive enables car sharing for travellers. The departing traveller gets the use of a free parking space by renting their car at low cost to another traveller. Supported by the ISAI investment fund (the early backer of Blablacar), our ambition is to offer more people a new way to travel in Europe that’s simpler, cheaper and smarter. | $878K | Seed | Nov 03, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aonia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aonia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evolem Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolem-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [INCO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inco-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Polymatter Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polymatter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Isai

VC Fund · Paris, France

Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.

5 contacts available at Isai.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Poupinel | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-poupinel |
| Francois Collet | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-collet |
| Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffroy-roux-de-bzieux |
| Jean-David Chamboredon | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-david-chamboredon |
| Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet | Co-Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-kosciusko-morizet |

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## FAQ

### What does Christophe Poupinel invest in?

Christophe Poupinel invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and Leisure startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### When did Christophe Poupinel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christophe Poupinel closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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