# Francois Dufour

> Francois Dufour is a Series A investor at Decibel Partners backing Video and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Decibel Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decibel-vc)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdufour/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/frfrdufour
- Website: https://x.com/frfrdufour

Francois Dufour is a Series A investor at Decibel Partners in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Video and Software. Francois Dufour is the Marketing Partner and CMO at Decibel Partners.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Capsule | Founded in 2021 by Champ Bennett and Joseph Jorgensen, Capsule is designed to help businesses meet the growing demand for video. Built with CapsuleScript, a first-of-its-kind markup language for video that automates video post-production and makes desktop-quality video possible from any device with a browser, Capsule makes it easy to crowdsource,edit and distribute video. Try it at Capsule.video.Capsule has raised funding from top investors in the AI and creative tools space, including Array Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Swift Ventures, Clark Valberg (Founder of InVision), Amjad Masad (CEO, Replit), Arash Ferdowsi (CTO, Dropbox), Kyle Parrish (Head of Sales, Figma), Mike Mignano (ex-Head of Audio & Video, Spotify), Roy Raanani (Co-Founder, Chorus.ai) and Sahil Lavingia (Founder, Gumroad). | $12M | Series A | Apr 16, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomberg-beta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HubSpot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hubspot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Human Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-ventures-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-endeavors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swift Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swift-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Decibel Partners

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Decibel is an independent venture capital firm that provides resources to entrepreneurs.

3 contacts available at Decibel Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francois Dufour | Marketing Partner and CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-dufour |
| Dan Nguyen-Huu | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-nguyen-huu |
| Stacey Wueste | Business Development Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stacey-wueste |

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## FAQ

### What does Francois Dufour invest in?

Francois Dufour invests primarily in Video, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francois Dufour last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francois Dufour closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 1 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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