Patrick Sayer
CEO @ Eurazeo
Paris, France
Patrick Sayer is a Series A investor at Eurazeo in Paris focused on FinTech and Finance. Patrick Sayer has served as a Director since 2012. Mr. Sayer has been the Chief Executive Officer of Eurazeo (a leading publicly-held investment company in Europe) since 2002. From 1995 until 2002 he served as a Director and Advisor to the CEO of Eurazeo. Prior to becoming CEO of Eurazeo, Mr. Sayer was employed by Lazard, (an internationalfinancial advisory and asset management firm) for 20 years, last serving as a Managing Director and Head of Lazard’s Technology and Media group. Mr. Sayer is vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rexel SA, and a member of the Board of Directors of other Eurazeo portfolio companies, including Accor and Edenred. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris. Mr. Sayer has a French Financial Analyst Degree and serves as a professor of finance at Dauphine University in Paris.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Patrick Sayer invests in
Stages Patrick Sayer invests in
Countries Patrick Sayer invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $11M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Finance 2 (40%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- Music 1 (20%)
- Advice 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Private Equity 1 (20%)
Country
- France 4 (80%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| TacoTax offers an online platform that enables its users to file their taxes while automatically optimizing for the highest tax return and to talk to an expert in order to make financial investments TacoTax was founded by Aldric Emie and Rodrigue Menegaux in April 2016. | $11.4M / Series A / Feb 08, 2022 | ||
| At Bolero, we design technology that allows individuals and institutions to invest in music.We aim to shape the world’s leading infrastructure for music investment by transforming music rights into a liquid, transparent, and accessible asset class.For creators, it means access to capital without giving up control. For investors, it’s a newgateway to yield — uncorrelated, recurring, and culturally rooted.We believe that by aligning the interests of creators, investors, and rights holders, we’re creating an ecosystem where culture and capital grow together — fairly, sustainably, and at scale.Bolero has been featured in Billboard, Les Échos, Rolling Stone, Challenges, BFM Business, and many others. | $712K / Pre-Seed / Jul 31, 2021 | ||
| We leverage computer vision and deep learning to monitor, detect and assess item's condition based on videos. Currently working with leading European players, in the insurance & mobility industry. | $2.4M / Seed / Jun 11, 2020 | ||
| Rhone Group is a mid-market private equity firms specializing in mergers and acquisitions leveraged buyouts, recapitalization and partnerships with particular focus on European and Trans- Atlantic investments. Rhone also offers financial advisory services, strategic alliances, joint partnerships, and business valuation services.Rhone is aninternational yet closely held firm, headquartered in New York with additional offices in London and Paris. Rhone was founded in 1995 by billionaire financiers Robert Agostinelli and Steven Langman. The pair have been running and managing Rhone since inception along with their team who many of whom have been working together since the early 80's at Lazard and Goldman Sachs. Rhone have total assets under management exceeding 7.5 billion and employs over 100 business professionals. | Private Equity / Nov 29, 2017 | ||
| Based out of Berlin, sennder was founded in 2015 by David Nothacker, Nicolaus Schefenacker and Julius Koehler. In 2020, Everoad, the French leader in digital freight forwarding based in Paris and founded by Maxime Legardez, merged with sennder to become Europe's leading digital freight forwarder. By merging with sennder, Everoad becomes"Everoad by sennder". Our mission as a data-based technology company is to revolutionize the logistics and transport industry by connecting small freight companies with large business groups. By introducing technology, we remove the challenges and inefficiencies associated with the transportation of goods across Europe, while increasing the degree of transparency in the marketplace and helping it to move more seamlessly.Since its foundation, sennder has raised over €120m from leading investors including, Accel, Lakestar, HV Holtzbrinck, Project A, Next47, SCG and Perpetual. In 2020, sennder also made a JV with Poste Italiane in Italy and acquired the European activities of Uber Freight. sennder has strategic partnerships with industry giants Scania and Siemens to guarantee continuous innovation and services using the most up-to-date technology.With a team of over 500 people in 7 countries, we move +50,000 loads across Europe, each month. sennder's teams are passionate about modernizing the freight market, an industry valued today at nearly €400bn, only in Europe. | $18.9M / Series A / Oct 25, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Eurazeo
Eurazeo is a private equity and venture capital firm that invests in SMEs and manages a diversified portfolio of assets. With its expertise in private equity, real estate, and private debt, the group supports companies of all sizes in their development commitment through the commitment of its 235 professionals. It provides companies with the necessary investments needed to realize their growth potential. The firm was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Eurazeo Contacts
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Laurent Droin
Managing Director, Eurazeo Brands
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Marc Frappier
Managing Partner and Head of Eurazeo Capital
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Matthieu Bonamy
Partner - Venture Capital
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Nathalie Bruls
Managing Director
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Valerie Ducourty
Managing Director
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FAQ
What does Patrick Sayer invest in?
Patrick Sayer invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Patrick Sayer invest in?
Patrick Sayer typically joins rounds of $11M–$19M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Patrick Sayer's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Patrick Sayer took part in.
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When did Patrick Sayer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Patrick Sayer closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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