# Francis Nappez

> Francis Nappez is a seed investor at Tech.Rocks (Paris) backing Software and Internet. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tech.Rocks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-rocks)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fnappez
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/fnapz
- Website: https://x.com/fnapz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francisnappez

Francis Nappez is a seed investor at Tech.Rocks in Paris focused on Software and Internet. Francis leads the technical and product evolution of BlaBlaCar and has been instrumental in building the platform since 2006, allowing it to grow from hosting a few thousand members to millions today. He knows how to turn ambitious ideas into reality, and believes in building robust solutions which can adapt to fast growth and stay relevant for thelong-term. Francis cares about building agile cross-functional teams across locations to deliver efficiently on ambitious objectives. Pragmatic and result-oriented, he is driven by the opportunity to create disruptive solutions which better the user experience. Before joining BlaBlaCar, Francis led major technical developments for big names in European consumer internet which drove impactful disruptions in their respective sectors, including Free and Meetic. Francis holds a degree in Technology and Communications Research from the Joseph Fourier University. Find him @fnapz.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $439k–$3.9M |
| Angel | $658k–$1.1M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 38% |
| Internet | 5 | 31% |
| SaaS | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| Payments | 2 | 13% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Angel | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 11 | 69% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alvie | Alvie creates products based on sensors and an AI platform to assist farmers in adjusting pesticide doses. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Inarix | Inarix utilizes the latest technologies in artificial intelligence and image analysis to develop its technology. Your pocket laboratory on your smartphone. You can get reliable results from your samples in seconds by snapping a picture. The monitoring platform for your flows is global and instantaneous. Management tools tailored to your needs. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Imagination Machine | Imagination Machine Imagination Machine is a startup studio. | $9.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| La Solive | La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2022 |  |
| Kard | Kard believes young people deserve a banking experience that is adapted to their needs and gives them control. It offers an intuitive mobile app adapted to the codes of teenagers and a Mastercard card allowing them to pay online or in-store. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Cowboy | Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $11M | Series A | Oct 23, 2018 |  |
| Zenaton | Zenaton provides a SaaS technology to orchestrate your background tasks and create world-class business processes. | $2.4M | Seed | Jun 18, 2018 |  |
| Cowboy | Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2018 |  |
| Supermood | Supermood is the first engagement and happiness at work platform! - SuperScore : Measure your teams engagement with a simple barometer - SuperFeedback : Collect and analyze useful feedback and make better HR decisions - SuperLike : Boost recognition in your teams, one like at a time Thanks to Supermood, you get qualified and quantified data thatyou can use to take the best decisions with confidence. Based on your data, they push you personalized HR recommendations from our experts. Their surveys are beautiful (80% response rate) !So, improve your company culture, get the best candidates, reduce your turnover and increase your employees productivity ! Setup takes 10 minutes, first results after one week and the value lasts forever. | $2.7M | Series A | Feb 19, 2018 |  |
| ProcessOut | ProcessOut offers a smart router that facilitates international payment solutions and services. It enables its users to find and connect with payment providers and is able to analyze and control its customers’ payment data. ProcessOut offers its services for an annual payment. ProcessOut was founded in 2015 and has offices in New York and Paris. | $1M | Angel | Feb 07, 2018 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Adour Business Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adour-business-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AQUITI Gestion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiti-gestion-aci) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greyhound Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greyhound-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Tech.Rocks

VC Fund · Paris, France

Tech.Rocks is an internet company.

1 contacts available at Tech.Rocks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francis Nappez | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francis-nappez |

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## FAQ

### What does Francis Nappez invest in?

Francis Nappez invests primarily in Software, Internet and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Francis Nappez's check size?

Francis Nappez typically joins rounds of $439k–$3.9M at Seed, $658k–$1.1M at Angel and $1.2M–$11M 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 Francis Nappez participates in.

### When did Francis Nappez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francis Nappez closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 16 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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