# Didier Valet

> Didier Valet is a seed investor at Varsity (Paris) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Varsity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varsityvc)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/didier-valet/?originalSubdomain=fr
- Website: http://xantheconseil.com/

Didier Valet is a seed investor at Varsity in Paris focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Didier Valet

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $760k–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $558k–$2.4M |
| Series A | $6.4M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 24 | 37% |
| FinTech | 19 | 29% |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 15% |
| Payments | 6 | 9% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 35 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 20% |
| Series A | 12 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 40 | 62% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Israel | 2 | 3% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bohr Energy | Bohr Energy is an artificial intelligence firm that aims to make the energy market accessible to independent producers. | $11.4M | Series A | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Kalipso | Kalipso automates regulatory compliance with smart mapping and policy update tools. | $3.2M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Celest Science | Celest Science is a combination of climate science and machine learning to improve the prediction and understanding of extreme weather events. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Grâce | Grâce offers innovative insurance solutions to enhance customer experience and improve process efficiency. | $6.5M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| RockFi | RockFi is a private management company offering wealth management services. | $19.4M | Series A | Mar 24, 2025 |  |
| Little John | Little John creates a platform using generative AI to empower insurance brokers. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Quiet | Quiet specializes in acquiring and revitalizing mobile games and applications. The company focuses on providing a second life to games and apps by enhancing their features, improving user engagement, and extending their market presence. Quiet's portfolio includes a variety of genres, aiming to cater to a broad audience of mobile users seekingentertainment. The team at Quiet leverages their expertise in game development, marketing, and user experience design to breathe new life into acquired properties, ensuring they meet the current standards and expectations of players. | $4.9M | Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Bohr Energy | Bohr Energy is an artificial intelligence firm that aims to make the energy market accessible to independent producers. | $4.4M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| C12 Quantum Electronics | C12 Quantum Electronics develop reliable quantum processors with carbon nanotubes. Its unique technology reduces drastically the error rate, making the platform a prime candidate for noisy intermediate-scale quantum applications. The Paris, Ile-de-France, France-based company was formed in 2019 by Pierre and Matthieu Desjardins. | $19.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| RockFi | RockFi is a private management company offering wealth management services. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Purple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/purple-8123) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Founders Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-future) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Varsity

VC Fund

Just like the NBA draft, we pick up 30 startups in our seed fund, then propel them into the portfolios of the world’s best early-stage VCs

5 contacts available at Varsity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Didier Valet | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/didier-valet |
| Eloi Verspieren | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eloi-verspieren |
| Florent Thomas | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florent-thomas-f380 |
| Jennifer Auvray | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-auvray |
| Kamel Zeroual | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamel-zeroual |

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## FAQ

### What does Didier Valet invest in?

Didier Valet invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Didier Valet's check size?

Didier Valet typically joins rounds of $760k–$10M at Seed, $558k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $6.4M–$21M 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 Didier Valet participates in.

### When did Didier Valet last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Didier Valet closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 65 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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