# Marc Simoncini

> Marc Simoncini is a seed investor at Jaina Capital (Paris) backing Software and Finance. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jaina Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaina-capital)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-simoncini
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/marcsimoncini
- Website: https://www.jaina.fr

Marc Simoncini is a seed investor at Jaina Capital in Paris focused on Software and Finance. Marc Simoncini is the CEO, Co-Founder and Owner of Jaina Capital. He previously worked at MEETIC as a Founder, Owner and Ex-CEO. Marc Simoncini attended E.S.I.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$10M |
| Angel | $219k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Finance | 2 | 18% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 18% |
| Audio | 1 | 9% |
| Beauty | 1 | 9% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Angel | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ADN Skis | ADN Skis are developing a technology that integrates eco-design and composite material dismantling processes for the outdoor sports industry. The company shifted its business model to focus on technology licensing, transforming ADN into an ingredient brand, offering solutions for ski manufacturers and recycling players. | $219K | Angel | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| URBAN CUISINE | Urban Cuisine creates interconnected indoor gardens where plants can thrive to produce fruit, vegetables, and flavorful herbs near where people live or work. Their business line includes urban farming, homedesign, fresh produce, agriculture, and technology. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Shadow | Shadow is a high-performance cloud-based computer that has an automated hardware evolution. Shadow offers a perfect and ultimate experience. With its automated hardware evolution, the user will never again need to buy a computer. Its first product, shadow, is a high-performance PC based entirely in the cloud. It hires a team of passionate, highlyskilled developers, as well as experts in business, law, marketing and distribution, and gaming.Shadow was founded on 2015 and is based in Paris, France. | $161.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $22.6M | Series A | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Typology | Typology is a skincare and cosmetics products company. | $10M | Seed | Feb 20, 2019 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $7.4M | Seed | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Popchef | PopChef launched at Paris Founders Event Winter 2015 and they were curious to get some updates on this flavourful, fairly-price, conscious business, but firstly let’s find out how everything started out and the obstacles these three young entrepreneurs faced along the way. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 18, 2016 |  |
| Braineet | Braineet's innovation hub encompasses the whole innovation lifecycle Give the strategic direction with in-depth market insights. Ideate at scale with your employees, customers and partners. Empower teams to use these ideas to improve processes and make better products. Pilot it all in Braineet while fostering a real innovation culture forlong-term change. | $1.1M | Seed | May 17, 2016 |  |
| Devialet | Devialet is an audio tech company that offers solutions ranging from ADH intelligence to sound amplification. The company's mission is to make Devialet audio technology universal. It has developed a pair of wireless earbuds called Gemini. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France. | $20M | Series B | Jun 18, 2015 |  |
| SmartAngels.fr | SmartAngels is the crowdfunding platform dedicated to capital investment of start-ups and growth SMEs. | $1.1M | Angel | Apr 24, 2014 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Daphni](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphni) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [101PROJETS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/101projets) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlackFin Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackfin-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elaia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaia-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jaina Capital

VC Fund · Paris, France

Jaina Capital is a venture capital firm that offers seed- and early-stage investment services to firms in the internet, IT, communications technology, and environmental industries. It was founded in 2010 by Marc Simoncini and is based in Paris.

4 contacts available at Jaina Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marc Simoncini | CEO, Co-Founder and Owner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-simoncini-7ee1 |
| Angelique Lenain | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anglique-lenain |
| Emmanuel Prevost | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmanuel-prevost |
| Marc Simoncini | CEO, Co-Founder and Owner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-simoncini |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc Simoncini invest in?

Marc Simoncini invests primarily in Software, Finance and Consumer Goods startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Marc Simoncini's check size?

Marc Simoncini typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$10M at Seed and $219k–$1.1M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marc Simoncini participates in.

### When did Marc Simoncini last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc Simoncini closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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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