# Nicolas Douay

> Nicolas Douay is a seed investor at Better Angle backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 59 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Better Angle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-angle)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 59
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasdouay/
- Website: https://better-angle.com/

Nicolas Douay is a seed investor at Better Angle in Paris focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor @ Better Angle

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $768k–$5.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$8.6M |
| Series A | $6.4M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 10% |
| Health Care | 5 | 8% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 7% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 38 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 22% |
| Series A | 2 | 3% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 37 | 63% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kando | Voice & Visual assistant and software for caregiver | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Stockline | We’re building an AI-native ERP for food-industry wholesalers, starting by the fish industry. We use AI to help them eliminate manual administrative tasks, cut errors and foodwaste. Wholesalers receive orders from retailers (restaurants, supermarkets, etc.) via WhatsApp, email or text message. We fetch those orders with AI, analyze them, and pushthem directly into the ERP in a structured format, removing the triple manual data entry | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Minitap | Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices. | $4.1M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Outcome | Outcome is developing TeamOS, a copilot for platform teams to enable user-centric decisions, accelerate improvements, and maximize impact. It uses AI to analyze interactions in Slack, Jira, GitHub, and other collaboration tools, turning observed behavior and direct feedback from internal customers into prioritized improvement initiatives. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Rentr | Rentr gives next-gen property management solutions. |  | Seed | Dec 31, 2024 |  |
| Alvie | Alvie creates products based on sensors and an AI platform to assist farmers in adjusting pesticide doses. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Alvie | Alvie creates products based on sensors and an AI platform to assist farmers in adjusting pesticide doses. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Freqens | We transform B2B negotiations with our advanced intelligence platform, empowering finance teams and buyers to lead confidently. Centralize your suppliers, leverage real-time market data to benchmark your terms, and gain a strategic edge in every deal. Secure optimal buying conditions while building and maintaining trusted supplier relationships. | $3.1M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Workflow | Workflow as a company that specializes in creating client portals for creative agencies. It's aim is to highlight your services and provide value to potential clients while showcasing how your solution enhances their operations. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Theremia | Theremia is an innovative health tech firm that uses cutting-edge AI technologies to revolutionize drug development. They specialize in neurological illnesses and optimize drug compounds for particular demographic groupings. Their technology offers more effective and individualized healthcare solutions, which increases treatment efficacy anddecreases negative effects. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 07, 2024 |  |

10 of 59 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Financiere Saint James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financiere-saint-james) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [AFI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afi-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Better Angle

VC Fund · Paris, France

Better Angle is a micro venture capital firm that focuses on early stage startups.

2 contacts available at Better Angle.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baptiste Hamel | Cofounder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baptist-hamel |
| Nicolas Douay | Cofounder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-douay |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicolas Douay invest in?

Nicolas Douay invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 59 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Nicolas Douay's check size?

Nicolas Douay typically joins rounds of $768k–$5.3M at Seed, $500k–$8.6M at Pre-Seed and $6.4M–$14M 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 Nicolas Douay participates in.

### When did Nicolas Douay last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicolas Douay closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 59 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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