# Raphaël Varane

> Raphaël Varane is a seed investor backing Sports, Artificial Intelligence and Apps. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-varane/
- Website: https://x.com/raphaelvarane?lang=en

Raphaël Varane is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$9.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Drones | 1 | 14% |
| Soccer | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 3 | 43% |
| Portugal | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| REEV | REEV motorizes medical orthoses to help people affected by gait disorders to walk with greater ease everyday. | $9.2M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| MORFO | MORFO incorporates biological symbioses, drones, and AI technologies to sustainably reforest and fight against global warming. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Docent | Docent is the first AI-powered smartphone app that provides a completely tailored experience for discovering and collecting modern art. | $5.5M | Seed | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Kinvent | KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation.Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work... work with us.Our KFORCE solution is a range of torque measuring instruments for human strength, balance and motion. This system consists of six instruments with high-precision measuring equipment, which concentrate all the know-how of K-INVENT. The display of the data recorded by the device sensors is transcribed by the KFORCE software, installed on any iOS or Android terminal. This accessory capable of reading and re-transcribing the information given by all dynamometers of the entire range is usable on smartphones or tablets with Android and IOS operating system | $17.4M | Series B | Jan 18, 2024 |  |
| ScorePlay | ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager for sports-specific workflows. FTP, calendar integration, and live broadcast ingestion are among the features offered by ScorePlay. ScorePlay provides a dedicated space for brands to centralize media assets, which are then classified using an integrated AI tagging system before being distributedautomatically to identified athletes/artists and sponsors. | $5M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| Kinvent | KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation.Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work... work with us.Our KFORCE solution is a range of torque measuring instruments for human strength, balance and motion. This system consists of six instruments with high-precision measuring equipment, which concentrate all the know-how of K-INVENT. The display of the data recorded by the device sensors is transcribed by the KFORCE software, installed on any iOS or Android terminal. This accessory capable of reading and re-transcribing the information given by all dynamometers of the entire range is usable on smartphones or tablets with Android and IOS operating system | $6.6M |  | Dec 04, 2021 |  |
| Kinvent | KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation.Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work... work with us.Our KFORCE solution is a range of torque measuring instruments for human strength, balance and motion. This system consists of six instruments with high-precision measuring equipment, which concentrate all the know-how of K-INVENT. The display of the data recorded by the device sensors is transcribed by the KFORCE software, installed on any iOS or Android terminal. This accessory capable of reading and re-transcribing the information given by all dynamometers of the entire range is usable on smartphones or tablets with Android and IOS operating system | $6.8M | Series A | Dec 04, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Polytechnique Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polytechnique-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Uni.Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uni-fund-9d39) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Les Business Angels des Grandes Écoles](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/les-business-angels-des-grandes-%C3%A9coles) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Newfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newfund-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Raphaël Varane invest in?

Raphaël Varane invests primarily in Sports, Artificial Intelligence and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Raphaël Varane's check size?

Raphaël Varane typically joins rounds of $5M–$9.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Raphaël Varane participates in.

### When did Raphaël Varane last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Raphaël Varane closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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