# Frenchfounders

> Frenchfounders is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frenchfounders
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/frenchfounders
- Website: http://www.frenchfounders.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frenchfounders

Frenchfounders is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and SaaS. FrenchFounders provides its members with a networking platform for premium business profiles.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Frenchfounders. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Frenchfounders. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/frenchfounders?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$8.5M |
| Series A | $6M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 30% |
| SaaS | 10 | 27% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 14% |
| B2B | 4 | 11% |

89 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 62% |
| Series A | 7 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 24 | 65% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| Canada | 3 | 8% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vincent Deruelle | Co Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vincent-deruelle |
| Augustin van Rijckevorsel | Ambassador | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augustin-van-rijckevorsel |
| Christophe Montague | Member | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-montague |
| Geraldine Le Meur | Partner & GP | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geraldine-le-meur |
| Quentin Thireau | Senior Business Relationship Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quentin-thireau |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fairly Made | Fairly Made assesses your products' environmental and social effect so you can make improvements and guarantee CSR is at the heart of your success. The company provides you with a worldwide view of your products' influence, allowing you to drive change. | $16.6M | Series A | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| firmly.ai | firmly.ai makes digital ads and impressions more shoppable with significantly higher conversions. It a multi-patented streamlined checkout experience that requires 0 changes for the Merchant site where the customer is inspired to shop—without redirects, extra clicks or missing data. |  | Seed | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| Groover | Groover, the all-in-one platform for independent artists. Groover has built a community of 200,000 independent artists subscribed to its platform in more than 186 different countries. Over two million feedback were made on tracks from Groover's vetted community of 3,000 music curators and professionals. | $8M | Series A | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Flitter | Flitter is a neo-insurance company that provides pay-per-mile insurance and connected technology. | $3.8M | Seed | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| French Bloom | French Bloom is a retail store that provides alcohol-free wines. | $8.5M | Seed | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| Albert | Albert is a software company that provides a SaaS platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Paris, France. |  |  | Oct 13, 2023 |  |
| Albert | Albert is a software company that provides a SaaS platform. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Paris, France. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 13, 2023 |  |
| Dataïads | Dataïads is a digital marketing service. They provide an integration platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to identify the micro-segment of the user's campaign for personalized marketing and increase the performance of search, social ads, or retail media campaigns. | $5.2M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Sizzle AI | Sizzle AI operates as a free app that helps you solve problems step-by-step. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Worldia | Worldia is an online travel agency. | $25M | Series B | May 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [LeFonds by FrenchFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lefonds-by-frenchfounders) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bleu Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bleu-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Frenchfounders invest in?

Frenchfounders invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Frenchfounders's check size?

Frenchfounders typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$8.5M at Seed and $6M–$17M 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 Frenchfounders participates in.

### How do I contact Frenchfounders?

Public channels for Frenchfounders include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Frenchfounders?

The team at Frenchfounders includes Vincent Deruelle (Co Founder), Augustin van Rijckevorsel (Ambassador) and Christophe Montague (Member), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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