ODYSSEE VENTURE
VC Fund
Paris, France
ODYSSEE VENTURE is a French Venture Capital and Private Equity firm. It was founded by Mathieu Boillet and Sébastien Sassolas in 1999 and is based in Paris, France. The company has raised over 600M€.
- Total investments:
- 87
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries ODYSSEE VENTURE invests in
Stages ODYSSEE VENTURE invests in
Countries ODYSSEE VENTURE invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $878k–$6.9M
- Series A
- $1.6M–$11M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.7M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (21%)
- Information Technology 13 (15%)
- SaaS 8 (9%)
- Analytics 8 (9%)
- Internet 7 (8%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 25 (29%)
- Series A 18 (21%)
- Seed 11 (13%)
- Private Equity 11 (13%)
- Funding Round 7 (8%)
Country
- France 72 (83%)
- United States 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sébastien Sassolas
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Florent Violette
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Julien Andrieux
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
|
Julien Andrieux
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Mathieu Boillet
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kheops is a tool that shops and producers use to search and order local products. | $13.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| ENGO Eyewear is a specialist tech company that designs and builds high performance smart glasses tailored specifically for endurance athletes like runners, cyclists, and triathletes. | $5.8M / Seed / Jul 17, 2026 | ||
| Elixir Aircraft is an aerospace company that provides aircraft, component manufacturing, and training services. | $51.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 02, 2026 | ||
| BrightHeart is a medical technology startup that is developing artificial intelligence software to help diagnose congenital heart abnormalities in foetuses. | $12.8M / Series A / Jan 08, 2026 | ||
| Real-time gesture recognition algorithm to automatically detect shoplifting behaviors. | $43M / Series B / May 21, 2025 | ||
| Terratis is a French company that uses the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to reduce the populations of tiger mosquitoes and agricultural pests. Their mission is to diminish harmful insect populations effectively on a large scale using a scientific, innovative, ecological, and efficient approach. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 07, 2025 | ||
| Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. The most effective way to prevent recurrence is to perform an interventional procedure: ablation. Most of these procedures are performed by Radiofrequency or by a more recent technique, the Cryoballoon. The latter has many advantages including speed and simplicity but has a complicationthat is specific to it: the risk of creating Diaphragmatic Paralysis. Circle Safe is developing a solution with the aim of permanently eliminating this complication. | $8.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Copains is a bakery that produces a wide variety of pastry and confectionery items intended to offer a healthy eating approach. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 15, 2024 | ||
| La Blanchisserie de Paris is a clothing laundry company that offers maintenance services for clothing and sanitary appliances | $6.4M / Private Equity / Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| Ecomiam is an online store that offers frozen food products. They offer products that include meats, fish, seafood, vegetables, potatoes, slices of bread, pastries, desserts, and more. | $5.7M / Post-IPO Equity / Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| See all 87 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does ODYSSEE VENTURE invest in?
ODYSSEE VENTURE invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 87 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ODYSSEE VENTURE's check size?
ODYSSEE VENTURE typically joins rounds of $878k–$6.9M at Seed, $1.6M–$11M at Series A and $1.7M–$16M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ODYSSEE VENTURE participates in.
How do I contact ODYSSEE VENTURE?
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Who are the partners at ODYSSEE VENTURE?
The team at ODYSSEE VENTURE includes Sébastien Sassolas (Founder), Florent Violette (Investment Director) and Julien Andrieux (Investment Director). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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