# Paul Vidal

> Paul Vidal is a seed investor at Collective (Paris) backing SaaS and Internet. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collective-80ef)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvidal96/

Paul Vidal is a seed investor at Collective in Paris focused on SaaS and Internet. Paul Vidal

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$15M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$3.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 40% |
| Internet | 4 | 40% |
| FinTech | 3 | 30% |
| B2B | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 7 | 70% |
| Estonia | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Candix | Candix is a privacy-first hiring marketplace. | $200K | Angel | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Unify | Combine All Models for Faster, Cheaper, and Better Responses Than Any Single Model | $8M | Seed | May 22, 2024 |  |
| The Mobile-First Company | he Mobile-First Company focuses on developing, expanding, and upgrading mobile apps to simplify your workflow. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Hexa | Hexa is home to startup studios eFounders (SaaS), Logic Founders (fintech) and 3founders (web3).It all started in 2011 with startup studio eFounders, which pioneered a new way of entrepreneurship, became a reference in the B2B SaaS world, and launched over 30 companies including 3 unicorns (Front, Aircall, Spendesk).Now, eFounders is part ofHexa, alongside startup studios Logic Founders (fintech) and 3founders (web3) With Hexa, we’re on a mission to democratize a new way for entrepreneurship, one centered around building companies in teams. We do this in two ways, by supporting our existing startup studios, and by creating additional ones.In numbers? We’re an entrepreneurial ecosystem made up of:- +30 companies launched - +2800 jobs created - 3 unicorns (Spendesk, Aircall, Front) - +$5 billion combined companies valuation | $22M |  | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| Bitstack | It all started with an idea in 2021. Initially built to democratize Bitcoin in France, Bitstack has gone from a simple product that rounds up your everyday purchases and invests the spare change in bitcoin, to a dynamic app bringing a better way to manage all things money, with better money. Our mission is to empower people to better financetheir future by participating in a more open and inclusive financial system. We are rebuilding finance from the group up by building the first crypto-native bank that leverages Bitcoin and stablecoins to revolutionize consumer banking. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| BuildJet | BuildJet | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Roundtable | Roundtable is a social media network for high-end private equity transactions. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| Dotfile | Dotfile product allows businesses to build onboarding workflows for their customers or suppliers in a few minutes and without coding. Their solution covers all onboarding needs: document checks, identity verification, AML screenings, contract signature, and CRM integration. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Numeral | Numeral is a payment automation API designed for modern financial institutions, digital firms, and businesses. | $14.7M | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 |  |
| Unify AI | Unify lets you route any prompt to the best LLM endpoint, optimizing output quality, speed and cost for any use-case. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Duro Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duro-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Essence VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/essence-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lunar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lunar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Collective

VC Fund · Paris, France

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4 contacts available at Collective.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jean de Rauglaudre | CEO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-de-rauglaudre |
| Jordan Chenevier-Truchet | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-chenevier-truchet |
| Paul Vidal | CTO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-vidal-c99f |
| Vianney de Drouas | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vianney-de-drouas |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Vidal invest in?

Paul Vidal invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paul Vidal's check size?

Paul Vidal typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$15M at Seed and $500k–$3.8M 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 Paul Vidal participates in.

### When did Paul Vidal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Vidal closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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