Drysdale Ventures
VC Fund
Paris, France
Drysdale Ventures is a brand-new angel fund managed by Nicolas Essayan, backed by international investors, tech entrepreneurs and several family offices.As Co-Founder of Motier Ventures, Nicolas has invested in 92 companies, including Dust, Mistral, Poolside, Filigran, Adaptive, Payflows, Autone, New Tales and more.We invest up to €500k asBusiness Angel from your day 0 and following on next rounds.We focus on FinTech & DeFi, Infra & Tooling, Consumer & Gaming, and Business Solutions, with Artificial Intelligence as transversal expertise.We support French founders and any human seeking a local partner in the French market.If you dare to explore undocumented territories, we would be happy to connect.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Drysdale Ventures invests in
Stages Drysdale Ventures invests in
Countries Drysdale Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.9M–$105M
- Pre-Seed
- $2M–$6M
- Series A
- $30M–$225M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (31%)
- Information Technology 5 (19%)
- Internet 4 (15%)
- Software 4 (15%)
- Robotics 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (15%)
- Series A 1 (4%)
Country
- France 7 (27%)
- United States 6 (23%)
- Belgium 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicolas Essayan
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Nicolas Essayan
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 109 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
ZML
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ZML develops a production inference stack that decouples artificial intelligence workloads from specific proprietary hardware targets. The platform compiles open-source machine learning models directly into optimized code for multiple chip types without using traditional Python runtimes. | $20M / Seed / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Macrodata Labs
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Macrodata Labs is a technology company that provides data infrastructure for the artificial intelligence and robotics industries. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Jun 30, 2026 | |
Concord
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Concord is an AI agent focused on media buying and workflow automation, especially for advertising operations. | $3M / Seed / Jun 23, 2026 | |
Noa
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noa is a digital fitness and wellness company that offers premium, structured training programs for strength, pilates, and overall well-being through expert coaching and technology-driven experiences. | $5.8M / Seed / Jun 01, 2026 | |
Polsia
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Polsia is an autonomous software platform that acts as a complete "business-in-a-box" for entrepreneurs. The platform replaces human employees by deploying nine specialized AI agents to manage daily operations. These virtual workers automatically handle critical business tasks like coding, marketing, sales, and customer service. Bylinking these roles together, it allows founders to launch and run an entire company on autopilot. Ultimately, it eliminates the need for solo creators to hire staff or pay for multiple software tools. | $30M / Series A / May 25, 2026 | |
White Circle
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White Circle detects and fixes AI vulnerabilities automatically, keeping your system under control. | $11M / Seed / May 12, 2026 | |
Sillage
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Sillage is building a signal engine for sales teams, designed to help reps engage target accounts at the right time, with the right message, without replacing the human relationships at the center of enterprise selling. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Apr 22, 2026 | |
Omniscient
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Omniscient is a Paris-based AI-powered decision intelligence platform designed for boards and C-suite executives. It aggregates data from over 100,000 sources like media, social channels, and internal systems to deliver real-time, contextualized insights on corporate reputation, geopolitical risks, narrative strategy, and more. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Apr 03, 2026 | |
Omniscient
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Omniscient is a decision intelligence platform for senior corporate leadership. Omniscient platform is to aggregate and synthesize external and internal data into a centralized management cockpit. | $4.1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 02, 2026 | |
Piston
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Piston is the first Agentic ERP that thinks, advises, and executes tasks autonomously. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 26, 2026 | |
| See all 26 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Drysdale Ventures invest in?
Drysdale Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Drysdale Ventures's check size?
Drysdale Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$105M at Seed, $2M–$6M at Pre-Seed and $30M–$225M 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 Drysdale Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Drysdale Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Drysdale Ventures?
The team at Drysdale Ventures includes Nicolas Essayan (Co-Founder) and Nicolas Essayan (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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