# Henri Seydoux

> Henri Seydoux is a seed investor at Parrot (Paris) backing Wireless, Fruit and AgTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Parrot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parrot)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henri-seydoux-343033a0

Henri Seydoux is a seed investor at Parrot in Paris focused on Wireless and Fruit. Henri Seydoux founded Parrot in 1994 and has been its CEO ever since its inception. Parrot is today one of the major players in the civil drone market. Self-taught, Henri started his career in 1978 as a trainee and then as a journalist for the magazine Actuel. In 1982, he joined the company SSCI as a developer and then, the company Micro Archi. In1986, he created BSCA, a company that specialized in rendering 3D computer images and served as CEO until 1990. In 1991, along with three other partners, he founded Christian Louboutin, a luxury shoes company.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wireless | 2 | 33% |
| Fruit | 1 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Farming | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series E | 1 | 17% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agricool | Agricool has been created in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier and Gonzague Gru with the purpose of making local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables available to all. To do so, Agricool is recycling shipping containers into urban farms, transforming into a small paradise for fruits and vegetables (lighting, air quality, irrigation, etc.).The technology developed enables the farms to be 120 times more productive than in conventional farming, to save more than 90% of water and to be run entirely on renewable energies. Today, the company grows strawberries in Paris and Dubai, but tomorrow, the ambition is to help feed the world with all types of fruits and vegetables and be part of the urban farming movement. | $26.5M | Series B | Dec 04, 2018 |  |
| Agricool | Agricool has been created in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier and Gonzague Gru with the purpose of making local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables available to all. To do so, Agricool is recycling shipping containers into urban farms, transforming into a small paradise for fruits and vegetables (lighting, air quality, irrigation, etc.).The technology developed enables the farms to be 120 times more productive than in conventional farming, to save more than 90% of water and to be run entirely on renewable energies. Today, the company grows strawberries in Paris and Dubai, but tomorrow, the ambition is to help feed the world with all types of fruits and vegetables and be part of the urban farming movement. | $8.8M | Series A | Jul 11, 2017 |  |
| Agricool | Agricool has been created in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier and Gonzague Gru with the purpose of making local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables available to all. To do so, Agricool is recycling shipping containers into urban farms, transforming into a small paradise for fruits and vegetables (lighting, air quality, irrigation, etc.).The technology developed enables the farms to be 120 times more productive than in conventional farming, to save more than 90% of water and to be run entirely on renewable energies. Today, the company grows strawberries in Paris and Dubai, but tomorrow, the ambition is to help feed the world with all types of fruits and vegetables and be part of the urban farming movement. | $4.4M | Seed | Nov 23, 2016 |  |
| SIGFOX | Sigfox is the world’s leading provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT). The company has built a global network to connect billions of devices to the Internet while consuming as little energy as possible, as simply as possible.Sigfox’s unique approach to device-to-cloud communications addresses the three greatest barriers toglobal IoT adoption: cost, energy consumption, and global scalability. Today, the network is present in 26 countries and on track to cover 60 by 2018 – covering a population of 397 million people. With millions of objects connected and a rapidly growing partner ecosystem, Sigfox empowers companies to create new innovations on the IoT.Founded in 2010 by Ludovic Le Moan and Christophe Fourtet, the company is headquartered in Labège near Toulouse, France’s “IoT Valley”. Sigfox also has offices in Paris, Madrid, Munich, Boston, San Francisco, Dubai and Singapore. | $164.6M | Series E | Nov 18, 2016 |  |
| Parrot | Parrot, a global leader in wireless devices for mobile phones, stands on the cutting edge of innovation. The company was founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux as part of his determination to drive the inevitable breakthrough of mobile phones into everyday life by creating high-quality, user-friendly wireless devices for easy living. Parrot hasdeveloped the most extensive range of hands-free systems on the market for cars. Its globally recognised expertise in the fields of mobile connectivity and multimedia around Smartphones has positioned Parrot as a key player of in-car infotainment.Additionally, Parrot designs and markets a prestigious line of high-end wireless multimedia products in collaboration with some of the world’s most well-renowned designers. Finally, Parrot is expanding on the UAV market with the Parrot AR.Drone, the first quadricopter piloted via Wi-Fi and using augmented reality and so with new solutions to address the UAV market for professional use.Parrot, headquartered in Paris, currently employs more than 750 people worldwide and generates the majority of its sales overseas. Parrot is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006. | $36.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 15, 2015 |  |
| USINE IO | USINE IO is a unique space to move from idea to prototype and to prepare for industrialization. No selection. Not making capital. Prototyping Workshop High-tech. Experts full time (electronic, CAD, design for manufacturing). Coworking. | $1M | Seed | May 28, 2014 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Daphni](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphni) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Air Liquide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-liquide) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Danone Manifesto Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danone-manifesto-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elliott Management Corp.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliott-management-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IXO Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ixo-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Parrot

VC Fund · Paris, France

Parrot, a global leader in wireless devices for mobile phones, stands on the cutting edge of innovation. The company was founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux as part of his determination to drive the inevitable breakthrough of mobile phones into everyday life by creating high-quality, user-friendly wireless devices for easy living. Parrot hasdeveloped the most extensive range of hands-free systems on the market for cars. Its globally recognised expertise in the fields of mobile connectivity and multimedia around Smartphones has positioned Parrot as a key player of in-car infotainment.Additionally, Parrot designs and markets a prestigious line of high-end wireless multimedia products in collaboration with some of the world’s most well-renowned designers. Finally, Parrot is expanding on the UAV market with the Parrot AR.Drone, the first quadricopter piloted via Wi-Fi and using augmented reality and so with new solutions to address the UAV market for professional use.Parrot, headquartered in Paris, currently employs more than 750 people worldwide and generates the majority of its sales overseas. Parrot is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006.

5 contacts available at Parrot.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elise Tchen | CEO Parrot Asia Pacific | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elise-tchen |
| Henri Seydoux | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henri-seydoux |
| Henry Seydoux | Founder Chairman and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-seydoux |
| Philippe Duvivier | Corporate Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philippe-duvivier |
| Eric Baum | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-baum-47ef |

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## FAQ

### What does Henri Seydoux invest in?

Henri Seydoux invests primarily in Wireless, Fruit and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Henri Seydoux's check size?

Henri Seydoux typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Henri Seydoux participates in.

### When did Henri Seydoux last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Henri Seydoux closed in Dec 2018. Shizune tracks 6 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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