# Rodolphe Ardant

> Rodolphe Ardant is a seed investor at Spendesk (Paris) backing B2B, SaaS and Credit. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Spendesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spendesk)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodolpheardant
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/@rodardant
- Website: https://x.com/@rodardant

Rodolphe Ardant is a seed investor at Spendesk in Paris focused on B2B and SaaS. A graduate of École Polytechnique and Columbia University, Rodolphe Ardant created his first company straight out of university. In 2013, he sold Wozaik, a digital advertising startup, to Solocal and took up the role of COO at Drivy before getting back to the entrepreneurial roots with eFounders. In 2016, he founded Spendesk, the first all-in-oneplatform to help manage the entire business spending process in one place and free people from the hassle of spending at work.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.4M–$4.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $3.4M–$3.8M |
| Series A | $8.7M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Credit | 1 | 17% |
| Billing | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phacet | Phacet offers customized artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 20, 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 |  |
| Hyperline | Hyperline is a flexible billing platform for B2B SaaS businesses. | $4.4M | Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Graneet | Graneet is a creator of a management platform intended to offer commercial management support for SMEs in the construction industry. The platform's users can access all of their business' key performance indicators in real-time and increase their margin rates by automating the financial and administrative monitoring of their projects.Clients can manage to automate their tasks and help process business opportunities, invoice them, and process payments. | $8.7M | Series A | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| Defacto | Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. Defacto is an embedded finance product, | $16M | Series A | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Defacto | Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. Defacto is an embedded finance product, | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Financiere Saint James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financiere-saint-james) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northzone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northzone-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Spendesk

VC Fund · Paris, France

Spendesk is smart to spend management software designed for both finance teams and employees. With flexible payments, approvals, automated receipt capture, and real-time spend insights, finance can decentralize operational spending across the business without any loss of control or visibility. Employees benefit from streamlined expense and invoicemanagement through the Spendesk website and app.Their tool helps companies save time on spend management. They empower finance teams with visibility across the entire spending process and wow employees with a streamlined experience for all spending at work.The company was established in 2016 and is based in Paris, France.

5 contacts available at Spendesk.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guilhem Bellion | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guilhem-bellion |
| Rodolphe Ardant | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodolphe-ardant |
| Anaïs Pieropan | Frontend Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ana%C3%AFs-pieropan |
| Antoine Prudhomme | Backend Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-prudhomme |
| Emile Sourice | Business Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emile-sourice |

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## FAQ

### What does Rodolphe Ardant invest in?

Rodolphe Ardant invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and Credit startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rodolphe Ardant's check size?

Rodolphe Ardant typically joins rounds of $4.4M–$4.5M at Seed, $3.4M–$3.8M at Pre-Seed and $8.7M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rodolphe Ardant participates in.

### When did Rodolphe Ardant last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rodolphe Ardant closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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