# Gabriel James Safar

> Gabriel James Safar is a seed investor at Datadog backing Database. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Datadog](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/datadog)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-james-safar-44789260
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Ghaplo
- Website: https://x.com/Ghaplo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrieljames.safar

Gabriel James Safar is a seed investor at Datadog in Paris focused on Database and Software. Gabriel James Safar is based out of Paris and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tsuga. Gabriel previously worked at Datadog as a Senior Director of Product Management. Gabriel James Safar attended HEC Paris.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Database | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| La Taloche | La Taloche is a professional training firm that provides hyper boot camps in the construction industry, specifically finishing labor. They teach students the principles of several trades so that they can begin a new career by joining a construction company or starting their own business. | $1.9M | Seed | Sep 22, 2023 |  |
| Popsink | Popsink creates data processing tools for the next generation of data stacks. They want to make real-time data and continuous data operations accessible to businesses of all sizes. Popsink allows hyper-automation for real-time decision-making and operations. Popsink is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 2021. | $994.4K | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [XAnge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xange-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Datadog

VC Fund · New York, United States

Datadog is an essential monitoring platform for cloud applications. It brings together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your stack entirely observable. These capabilities help DevOps teams avoid downtime, resolve performance issues, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.

5 contacts available at Datadog.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Blitzer | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-blitzer |
| Alex Rosemblat | VP of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-rosemblat |
| Bharat Sajnani | SVP & Head of Corporate Development and Platforms | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharat-sajnani-a766 |
| Laurent Bernaille | Staff Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurent-bernaille |
| Pascal Schaary | Director of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-schaary |

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## FAQ

### What does Gabriel James Safar invest in?

Gabriel James Safar invests primarily in Database, Software and Training startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Gabriel James Safar?

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### When did Gabriel James Safar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gabriel James Safar closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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