# Pascal Cagni

> Pascal Cagni is a seed investor at C4 Ventures (Paris) backing Hardware and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [C4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c4-ventures)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/pascal-cagni/50/a8/393
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pascalcagni
- Website: https://x.com/pascalcagni

Pascal Cagni is a seed investor at C4 Ventures in Paris focused on Hardware and Software. Pascal Cagni is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Founder & CEO of C4 Ventures. Pascal previously worked at Apple as a General Manager, VP Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). Pascal Cagni attended the HEC Paris.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$13M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$10M |
| Series B | $5.3M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 4 | 27% |
| Software | 4 | 27% |
| Internet | 3 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 20% |
| Consumer Electronics | 3 | 20% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 27% |
| Series A | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 3 | 20% |
| Angel | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 33% |
| France | 4 | 27% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Procure Ai | Procure Ai - Supplier Relationship Intelligence Our mission is to enable companies to run the world’s most intelligent procurement – human and artificial. | $13M | Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Jus Mundi | Building the global rule of law is everyone’s responsibility. Jus Mundi democratizes access to all legal resources thanks to a search engine that combines international legal expertise with artificial intelligence | $10M | Series A | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Lyst | Lyst is a global fashion search platform used by 70 million shoppers every year. Offering over 4 million fashion products from 11,000 of the world’s leading fashion brands and stores, Lyst brings together the widest inventory in luxury and contemporary fashion online. The company has raised $60 million to date, and is backed by range of all-starinvestors including 14W (Moda Operandi, Reformation), Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (Yoox Net-A-Porter Group), Draper Esprit, part of the Draper Venture Network (Hotmail, Skype), and the teams behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, and Tory Burch. | $85M |  | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Lyst | Lyst is a global fashion search platform used by 70 million shoppers every year. Offering over 4 million fashion products from 11,000 of the world’s leading fashion brands and stores, Lyst brings together the widest inventory in luxury and contemporary fashion online. The company has raised $60 million to date, and is backed by range of all-starinvestors including 14W (Moda Operandi, Reformation), Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (Yoox Net-A-Porter Group), Draper Esprit, part of the Draper Venture Network (Hotmail, Skype), and the teams behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, and Tory Burch. | $85M | Series D | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Trouva | Trouva, launched in September 2015, is the marketplace for bricks and mortar independent shops, selling unique homeware and lifestyle products from hundreds of shops and boutiques. Trouva bridges online and offline in retail to offer click and collect, 1-hour delivery, and worldwide shipping in a single seamless platform.Trouva is one of the mostexciting e-commerce start-ups in Europe, backed by amazing VC and Angel Investors whose successes include Secret Escapes, Net-A-Porter, and Farfetch (BGF Ventures, Octopus Investments, C4 Ventures, Index Ventures & LocalGlobe). | $23.2M | Series B | Nov 27, 2019 |  |
| Formlabs | Formlabs is developing an affordable high-resolution 3D printer to enable designers, engineers, and makers to easily realize their dreams in beautiful physical form. It manufactures 3D printing systems for various industries such as education, dentistry, health care, jewelry, and research.Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice forengineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision-makers around the globe. Formlabs products include Form 3, Form 3B, and Form 3L, powered by Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)™ 3D printing, Form 2 SLA 3D printer, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software. | $35M | Series B | Aug 04, 2016 |  |
| GIROPTIC | GIROPTIC has developed and patented a unique real-time image fusion process from multiple sensors. On May 20th 2014, GIROPTIC launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first consumer product: the GIROPTIC 360cam. In 45 days, the startup raised over $1.4 million, thus becoming France’s largest crowdfunding campaign.GIROPTIC paves the way to anew 360° era, for consumers and professionals, where photos and videos won’t be limited to a single frame. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 15, 2015 |  |
| HCVC | HCVC is an early-stage Venture Capital firm backing hardtech companies worldwide. Beyond its fund, HCVC supports hardtech founders through Hardware Club, a selective global community of 500+ startups with dedicated resources, partnerships and events. |  |  | Sep 22, 2015 |  |
| Cleeng | Cleeng is the leading Subscriber Retention Management (SRM™) platform. Its data-driven technology is deeply connected with the subscriber journey and improves the overall identity and access management (IAM), billing, offer management, churn intelligence and customer care capabilities. Historically, Cleeng has been specializing in the onlinevideo market and mastered video monetization since 2011. Cleeng’s modular, API-based suite is used by market-leading brands like Foxtel, Hearst, McFit, Sky and Sinclair Broadcast Group. | $1.2M | Series A | May 11, 2015 |  |
| iskn | iskn is a consumer electronics company that develops and markets the slate for smart drawing. iskn is the leading pioneer in AUGMENTED INTERACTION thanks to its technology representing 24 international patents based on 60 years of deep tech R&D expertise in magnetometry at the world-renowned CEA LETI.The company’s primary mission consists inenriching the experience and facilitate interaction with the digital world by bringing back emotion through the use of day-to-day physical objects. This has already come to life by turning any pencil into a digital one with the widely adopted SLATE, and the yet to come disruptive REPAPER graphic tablet. | $2M | Seed | Jan 04, 2015 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [C4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c4-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [14W](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/14-w) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AMK Investment Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amk-investment-office) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About C4 Ventures

VC Fund · Paris, France

C4 Ventures is a leading European venture fund founded by Pascal Cagni (VP & GM Apple EMEIA 2000-2012).Based in Paris and London, they typically invest from Series A and onward in startups which are based in Europe and later stage startups seeking to expand into European markets.Their goal is to create a different kind of venture firm, onethat focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs to navigate the complex European landscape.Both people and products drive their investments. They look for founding teams who are not afraid of challenging the status quo and want to revolutionise industries and practices — hence their explosive name.Their team has strong experience in product development, omni-channel/go-to-market strategy and scaling up businesses in Europe and globally.For more information, subscribe to their newsletter, check their portfolio and have a look at the companies and teams they believe in.

5 contacts available at C4 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christophe Walewski | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-walewski |
| Franck Zayan | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franck-zayan |
| Joel Tiphonnet | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-tiphonnet |
| Pascal Cagni | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-cagni |
| Valere Rames | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/val-re-rames |

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## FAQ

### What does Pascal Cagni invest in?

Pascal Cagni invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pascal Cagni's check size?

Pascal Cagni typically joins rounds of $2M–$13M at Seed, $1.2M–$10M at Series A and $5.3M–$35M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pascal Cagni participates in.

### When did Pascal Cagni last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pascal Cagni closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 15 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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