# Stéphane Distinguin

> Stéphane Distinguin is a pre-seed investor in Paris backing TV and Retail. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanedistinguin/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/fano

Stéphane Distinguin is a pre-seed investor in Paris focused on TV and Retail. Stéphane Distinguin is the founder and CEO of FABERNOVEL. Stéphane graduated from ESCP Europe in 1997 and joined Deloitte & Touche. In 1999 he participated in the creation of Up&Up, an early stage investment fund. In 2003, he created FABERNOVEL. As a French entrepreneur and activist in the field of new technology and innovation, Stéphaneparticipated in the launch of new event formats like BarCamps, MobileMondays, CleanTuesdays and TEDxParis. He also played an important role in the creation of the co-working spaces of the ‘Cantines” network, PARISOMA in San Fransisco and the start-up accelerator Le Camping. Stéphane is chairman of Cap Digital, member of the French Digital Council and honorary chairman of Silicon Sentier.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$3.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TV | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| Fashion | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Lending | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 5 | 83% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HyprView | HyprView is an IT company that provides data storage, data processing, and multimodal imaging platform solutions. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2025 | https://www.hyprview.com/ |
| Actionable | Actionable is a startup specialized in predictive analysis of customer satisfaction through artificial intelligence. With its innovative platform, it provides businesses with the ability to predict the satisfaction of their entire customer base on a daily basis. By employing an innovative method that analyzes data throughout the customer journey,Actionable identifies the key factors driving this satisfaction and enables tracking of key metrics in real-time through a comprehensive dashboard and widgets. Its goal is to transform the measurement of customer satisfaction into a continuous, precise, and actionable process. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2024 | https://actionable.live/ |
| Olyzon | Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors. | $3.2M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 | https://olyzon.tv |
| Wise Trail Running | Wise Trail Running is an online retailer and designer of environmentally friendly apparel and equipment for trail and ultra-trail runs. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 25, 2024 | https://en.wisetrailrunning.com |
| Sezame | Sezame is a real estate firm. They offer real estate property by leasing or renting with an option to buy, enabling customers to buy property in a hassle-free way and become owners in less than three years. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 21, 2022 | https://www.hellosezame.com/ |
| SmartAngels.fr | SmartAngels is the crowdfunding platform dedicated to capital investment of start-ups and growth SMEs. | $1.1M | Angel | Apr 24, 2014 | https://sowefund.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SAMBA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samba-e9da) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Stéphane Distinguin invest in?

Stéphane Distinguin invests primarily in TV, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Stéphane Distinguin's check size?

Stéphane Distinguin typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.2M at Seed and $1.1M–$2.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stéphane Distinguin participates in.

### How do I contact Stéphane Distinguin?

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### When did Stéphane Distinguin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stéphane Distinguin closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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