Daphni
VC Fund
Paris, France
Daphni is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Founded in 2015, daphni is a venture capital firm that invests primarily from seed to Series A in projects with a positive societal and/or environmental impact. With almost €1 billion under management, daphni has over 90 active portfolio companies, including Back Market, Pasqal, Carbon Maps, Hubcycle, Swile, Epyr, Ankar, Moonwatt, and Karavela. The funds managed by daphni focus on new usages and disruptive deeptech technologies, especially ones with a strong science angle in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and life sciences. As a mission-driven and B Corp certified company, daphni is committed to shaping a more sustainable future. In order to do so, daphni is powered by a community of 450+ entrepreneurs, executives, academics, creatives, and experts who engage with both daphni’s team and the founders backed in its portfolio. Flamel, daphni’s proprietary open-innovation platform, incorporates AI-driven components that strengthen every step of our mission. This is venture capital, done our way. Since 2022, daphni has managed Dastore, a fund launched in partnership with Carrefour, dedicated to support early stage startups building the future of commerce. At the end of 2024, daphni announced its work on Time4, a seed fund designed to support projects led by entrepreneurs from unique backgrounds and untapped markets.
- Total investments:
- 148
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
- Fund size:
- $281M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Daphni invests in
Stages Daphni invests in
Countries Daphni invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $2.4M–$13M
- Series A
- $6.1M–$23M
- Series B
- $17M–$110M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 15 (10%)
- E-Commerce 11 (7%)
- Information Technology 11 (7%)
- Financial Services 8 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 44 (30%)
- Seed 43 (29%)
- Series B 13 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (7%)
Country
- France 66 (45%)
- United Kingdom 7 (5%)
- United States 5 (3%)
- Germany 3 (2%)
- Brazil 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aurélie Van Peteghem
Head of Community & communication
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Head of Community & communication | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Marc Simoncini
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Marc Simoncini
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Paul Bazin
Investment
|
Investment | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Pierre-Eric Leibovici
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | $16.8M / Series A / Oct 13, 2026 | ||
| Quartz operates a personal wealth platform that brings financial accounts and assets into one dashboard. The platform learns about users' goals and provides personalized financial information based on portfolio data, market information, news, and other financial inputs. Users can review their wealth across categories such as property, stocks, and cryptocurrency. Quartz also provides account information services under its United Kingdom regulatory registration and is developing the product for launch. | $3.7M / Pre-Seed / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Astral Systems is a pioneering transformative fusion technology to address real global health and energy challenges.Our mission is to provide innovative, cutting edge fusion technology that enhance access to critical medical isotopes, accelerate fusion research, and lay the groundwork for sustainable energy systems. | $30.4M / Series A / Jun 23, 2026 | ||
| Graph is a precision immunology techbio that leverages perturbation modeling from primary patient cell samples combined with multi-omics data to deliver transformative targeted therapies and biomarkers for immune-driven diseases. Graph believes that due to an incomplete understanding of complex immune-mediated diseases, millions of people are leftwithout adequate treatment options - and AI trained with complex disease data can solve this. | $5M / Seed / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| Rocapine AI-native venture studio focused on developing mobile apps within the digital health and self-care sectors. Utilizing a high-velocity model, the company tests hundreds of minimal app prototypes annually in partnership with independent developers. Their strategy emphasizes a "hold instead of hook" philosophy, focusing on fosteringhealthy user habits rather than maximizing screen time. | $13M / Series A / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Certo is an agentic AI company that offers a product compliance platform for regulatory management. | $4M / Seed / May 26, 2026 | ||
| Lithosquare is a mining company that specializes in the extraction of non-ferrous metal ores. | $25M / Seed / May 05, 2026 | ||
| Sereact created an adaptable AI in order to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They developed adaptable AI to commercialise a new era of intelligent robots. They use artificial intelligence to assist their customers in closing automation gaps and achieving new levels of cost-efficiency. | $110M / Series B / Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Generare is a biotech startup that discovers next-generation medicines and high-value molecules hiding in soil bacteria. | $23.1M / Series A / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| TerraSpark Energy specializing in software solutions for renewable energy asset management. The product, TerraSpark Hub, provides comprehensive oversight of commercial and technical data for green energy assets like solar and wind projects. | $5.8M / Pre-Seed / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| See all 148 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Daphni invest in?
Daphni invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 148 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Daphni invest in?
Daphni typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$13M at Seed, $6.1M–$23M at Series A and $17M–$110M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Daphni's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Daphni took part in.
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Who are the partners at Daphni?
The team at Daphni includes Aurélie Van Peteghem (Head of Community & communication), Marc Simoncini (Partner) and Marc Simoncini (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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