# Frédéric Plais

> Frédéric Plais is a seed investor at Upsun backing Big Data and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Upsun
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fplais

Frédéric Plais is a seed investor at Upsun in Paris focused on Big Data and Software. Frédéric Plais is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Upsun.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Open Source | 1 | 33% |
| Data Integration | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kestra Technologies | Kestra is an infinitely scalable orchestration and scheduling platform, creating, running, scheduling, and monitoring millions of complex pipelines. | $7.7M | Series A | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Kestra Technologies | Kestra is an infinitely scalable orchestration and scheduling platform, creating, running, scheduling, and monitoring millions of complex pipelines. | $8M | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Syroco | Syroco is the next generation innovation lab, looking to improve the systemic efficiency of energy and transportation industries.Syroco was born from the alliance of diverse profiles: a kitesurfer, two times world sailing speed recordman, three startupers/digital entrepreneurs, and a naval architect.Syroco’s innovation approach revolvesaround “moonshot challenges”: extreme challenges that stretch the envelope of technology. In the research lab, the team invents and develops cutting edge concepts and best practices to achieve these challenges, engaging with the industry throughout the process to leverage the image, research facilities and IP. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 29, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Isai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isai) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axeleo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axeleo-sas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Upsun

VC Fund · Paris, France

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5 contacts available at Upsun.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frédéric Plais | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-plais |
| Christian Yates | Vice President Of Product Strategy | — |
| Christophe Dujarric | Product Director Observability | — |
| Damien Tournoud | Founder and CTO | — |
| Fred Plais | Co-Founder & CEO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Frédéric Plais invest in?

Frédéric Plais invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Open Source startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Frédéric Plais's check size?

Frédéric Plais typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Frédéric Plais participates in.

### How do I contact Frédéric Plais?

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### When did Frédéric Plais last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Frédéric Plais closed in Sep 2024. 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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