# Saturnin Pugnet

> Saturnin Pugnet is a pre-seed investor at World backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [World](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/worldcoin)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saturnin-pugnet-b32a1a108/en/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/satpugnet
- Website: https://satpugnet.com

Saturnin Pugnet is a founding member of Worldcoin. He is a technologist with interests for Deep Tech, particularly AI, Neurotech, Aerospace, Biotech and Energy. He is also an active investor and mentor with involvement in a large number of companies in various tech sector, geography and level of maturity. He has attended Caltech and ImperialCollege of London as a student and a researcher.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 39% |
| Software | 10 | 30% |
| SaaS | 7 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 21% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 18% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 15 | 45% |
| Seed | 12 | 36% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 48% |
| France | 5 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 15% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Estonia | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SpaceX | Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. |  | Secondary Market | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| Blueprint Bryan Johnson | Blueprint is Bryan Johnson’s protocol made accessible to everyone. Everything from measurements to protocols and therapies. | $60M | Angel | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Minitap | Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices. | $4.1M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Kontigo | We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app. | $20M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Machina Labs | Machina Labs is a mechanical & industrial engineering & manufacturing firm that unlocks manufacturing through AI & machine learning. |  | Series C | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| Flexion Robotics | Flexion Robotics develops an AI-driven autonomy platform for humanoid robots to enhance automation and space exploration. The company uses simulated environments and reinforcement learning to train robots for different tasks. Its software stack integrates reinforcement learning, language-based reasoning, vision-language-action models, andtransformer-based whole-body control to enable robots to understand instructions, adapt to new environments, and perform complex tasks without extensive human teleoperation. The company trains its models in high-fidelity simulators to generate synthetic data at scale, reducing reliance on human demonstrations. | $7.4M | Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Neuralk-AI | Neuralk-AI is the first AI embedding model designed specifically for structured data representation. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Spaceium | Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions. Its docking mechanism aims to offer solutions in the fields of In-space refueling with sustainable fueling stations can be an essential part of space exploration. The company's service hubs efficiently store and transfer cryogenic (extremely cold) andnon-cryogenic fuels with zero loss during storage and transfer. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Spaceium | Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions. Its docking mechanism aims to offer solutions in the fields of In-space refueling with sustainable fueling stations can be an essential part of space exploration. The company's service hubs efficiently store and transfer cryogenic (extremely cold) andnon-cryogenic fuels with zero loss during storage and transfer. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Zettascale | Exa Laboratories is a Computer Hardware Manufacturing firm making reconfigurable chips for AI. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About World

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Worldcoin is a new global digital currency that will launch by giving a free share to every human on Earth.

5 contacts available at World.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Waclawek | Worldcoin | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-waclawek |
| Alex Blania | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-blania |
| Sam Altman | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-altman |
| Saturnin Pugnet | Founding member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saturnin-pugnet |
| Thomas Scott | Chief Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-scott-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Saturnin Pugnet invest in?

Saturnin Pugnet invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Saturnin Pugnet's check size?

Saturnin Pugnet typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$8M at Seed and $500k–$4M 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 Saturnin Pugnet participates in.

### When did Saturnin Pugnet last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Saturnin Pugnet closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 33 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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