# OVNI Capital

> OVNI Capital is a VC fund in Paris backing Software and Semiconductor. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ovnicap/
- Website: https://ovni.vc

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$18M |
| Pre-Seed | $2.4M–$8.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 10% |
| Energy | 1 | 5% |
| Mining | 1 | 5% |
| FinTech | 1 | 5% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 35% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 8 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arnaud Laurent | General Partner and Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arnaud-laurent |
| Augustin Sayer | General Partner and Co-Founder | 34 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augustin-sayer |
| Gilles Moncaubeig | Operating Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-moncaubeig |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mendo | 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 | 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 | Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $15M | Series A | May 29, 2026 |  |
| Lithosquare | Lithosquare is a mining company that specializes in the extraction of non-ferrous metal ores. | $25M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Piston | Piston is the first Agentic ERP that thinks, advises, and executes tasks autonomously. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| baCta | baCta engineer microorganisms to produce rubber from carbon. | $8.2M | Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| NcodiN | 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 | 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 | IsentroniQ is a Semiconductor quantum processors manufacturing firm. | $8.7M | Pre-Seed | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Mokn | Mokn operates as a smartest way to end credential threats. | $3.1M | Seed | Oct 03, 2025 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

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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?

Public channels for OVNI Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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