# Francoise Brougher

> Francoise Brougher is a seed investor backing Software and Energy. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoise-brougher-341a72/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/francoisebr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/francoise.brougher

Francoise Brougher is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Software and Energy. Francoise Brougher is based out of Silicon Valley, California, and is the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Director at Pebl. Francoise previously served as the Chief Operating Officer at Pinterest.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Electronics | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Humanitas Technologies | Humanitas Technologies leverages machine learning techniques and training datasets to build infrastructure for social impact. | $1.5M | Seed | May 18, 2022 | https://humanitas.ai |
| Hourly | Hourly is an insurtech/fintech that simplifies workers’ comp insurance, payroll, and time tracking for small business owners. They built the platform to manage, pay, and insure the hourly workforce. They bring enterprise-level technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Palo Alto,California. | $7.2M | Seed | Sep 13, 2019 | https://www.hourly.io |
| Optivolt | Optivolt builds the world's leading shade tolerant solar systems to seamlessly power electric devices & machines. Compared to today’s best solar technologies, Optivolt’s full-stack solar products are up to 25X more powerful in shade.Optivolt is taking solar where it's never gone before & creating an era of perpetually-poweredelectric machines that completely run on the sun. We enable fundamentally new solar applications such as self-powered 5G infrastructure, mission critical energy solutions for the military, & solar powered vehicles that can still charge when in shade. | $1.8M | Angel | Aug 22, 2019 | https://www.optivolt.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [S Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [J-Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [J-Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-ventures-f370) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MS&AD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ms-ad-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Francoise Brougher invest in?

Francoise Brougher invests primarily in Software, Energy and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Francoise Brougher?

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### When did Francoise Brougher last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francoise Brougher closed in May 2022. 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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