OVNI Capital
VC Fund
Paris, France
OVNI Capital is a VC fund in Paris focused on Software and Semiconductor. OVNI is a Paris-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2022. We partner with aliens seeking to invent new markets or disrupt large existing industries, with a crucial focus on early internationalization.We only invest if a company has the potential to be a global market leader with a strong impact on human lives. We favor being thefirst venture investor and we follow our investments, aiming to be shareholders until the IPO.We invest as little as €250k to seed a company and as much as €2M to lead a round. At the moment, we can only invent in the US and Europe.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries OVNI Capital invests in
Stages OVNI Capital invests in
Countries OVNI Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
2 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $2.4M–$18M
- Pre-Seed
- $2.4M–$8.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (15%)
- Semiconductor 2 (10%)
- Energy 1 (5%)
- Mining 1 (5%)
- FinTech 1 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (35%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (25%)
Country
- France 8 (40%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arnaud Laurent
General Partner and Co-Founder
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General Partner and Co-Founder | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Augustin Sayer
General Partner and Co-Founder
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General Partner and Co-Founder | Total investments: 34 | Find email | |
Gilles Moncaubeig
Operating Partner
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Operating Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Mendo
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Mendo helps large companies embed AI into their workflows and drives adoption by helping teams apply AI to their real-world use cases, without losing the human element.We operate directly in the tools and day-to-day workflows to trigger the right habits at the right moment.The result? Teams that confidently use generative AI in their daily workand a transformation that is concrete, guided, and sustainable. | $13.9M / Series A / Jun 11, 2026 | |
Kyber
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Kyber is a deep-tech infrastructure focused on ultra-low-latency real-time communication technologies for emerging AI-driven systems. | $5M / Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
Mokn
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Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $15M / Series A / May 29, 2026 | |
Lithosquare
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Lithosquare is a mining company that specializes in the extraction of non-ferrous metal ores. | $25M / Seed / May 05, 2026 | |
Piston
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Piston is the first Agentic ERP that thinks, advises, and executes tasks autonomously. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 26, 2026 | |
baCta
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baCta engineer microorganisms to produce rubber from carbon. | $8.2M / Seed / Mar 03, 2026 | |
NcodiN
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NcodiN develops nanophotonic chips for data transport for processors that improves speed, energy efficiency and heating of the circuit | $18.5M / Seed / Nov 20, 2025 | |
Rift
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Rift specializes in building drone network for real-time aerial intelligence, which aims to protect borders, territories and infrastructure. | $3.5M / Seed / Nov 20, 2025 | |
IsentroniQ
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IsentroniQ is a Semiconductor quantum processors manufacturing firm. | $8.7M / Pre-Seed / Oct 14, 2025 | |
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Mokn
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Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $3.1M / Seed / Oct 03, 2025 | |
| See all 20 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does OVNI Capital invest in?
OVNI Capital invests primarily in Software, Semiconductor and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is OVNI Capital's check size?
OVNI Capital typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$18M at Seed and $2.4M–$8.7M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds OVNI Capital participates in.
How do I contact OVNI Capital?
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Who are the partners at OVNI Capital?
The team at OVNI Capital includes Arnaud Laurent (General Partner and Co-Founder), Augustin Sayer (General Partner and Co-Founder) and Gilles Moncaubeig (Operating Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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