# Sylvain Zimmer

> Sylvain Zimmer is a seed investor at Government of France (Paris) backing Software and SaaS. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Government of France](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/government-of-france)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvainzimmer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sylvinus
- Website: http://www.sylvainzimmer.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sylvinus

Sylvain Zimmer is a seed investor at Government of France in Paris focused on Software and SaaS. Sylvain Zimmer is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Chief Technology Officer of La Suite territoriale (EIG) of Direction interministérielle du numérique. Sylvain previously worked at Contentsquare as a head of the CTO office. Sylvain Zimmer attended the National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $637k–$10M |
| Angel | $400k–$500k |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 23% |
| SaaS | 3 | 12% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 12% |
| FinTech | 2 | 8% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 15% |
| Angel | 3 | 12% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 15 | 58% |
| United States | 5 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waldo | Waldo.io is your mobile QA process in one tool. We create software to help iOS and Android mobile application teams deliver mobile UX perfection.The Waldo cloud service removes UX doubt, disconnects, and delays from the software delivery process so you can ensure users get the UX you intended…every release, every device, every time. WithWaldo.io, you can create, test, and visualize all your user flows in one place.We’re headquartered in Brooklyn, NY with a second development office in Paris, France. | $15M | Series A | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| GOURMEY | GOURMEY is France's pioneering cultivated meat company. We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation. | $10M | Seed | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| TOTEM | A Totem is a place of sharing and conviviality in your office. This is an opportunity for your colleagues to get to know each other better, celebrate victories and defeats together, and build a solid culture. | $4.4M | Seed | Sep 29, 2020 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a provider of a digital platform used to develop a payment card for Gen Z. It helps in instant transfers, receives instant notification of each expense, and manages expenses securely that enable teenagers to manage their pocket money, pay with their smartphone and get cashback on a lot of transactions.It was founded in 2019, in Paris,France. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2020 |  |
| Span | Span Health is a data-driven, health coaching company, to increase personal performance. It also provided access to experts to help members better understand their health and personal performance metrics, build new habits, and ultimately, unlock their health potential. | $400K | Angel | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Oé | Oé is the WineTech startup of the year and they are the best wine website on Trustpilot. But above all they have a clear mission that they are proud to live with you. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2019 |  |
| Bellman | Bellman is a developer of a platform for property management aimed at enhancing residential building administration.The company's platform serves as a co-ownership trustee under a non-binding contract, handling all legal, technical, and administrative issues and providing homeowners with a property management system.Bellman was establishedin 2019 by Antonio Mendes Pinto in Paris, Ile-de-France. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 22, 2019 |  |
| GOURMEY | GOURMEY is France's pioneering cultivated meat company. We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2019 |  |
| Kymono | Kymono is the union of an entrepreneur, a long-time textile corporation & TheFamily. They’re a team of people who care both for startups & fashion.They were born out of the realization that the current offer included little-to-no customer service & with pretty awful products. They aspire to become the European reference for outfitcreation & the customization of textile & office objects. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2019 |  |
| Groover | Groover, the all-in-one platform for independent artists. Groover has built a community of 200,000 independent artists subscribed to its platform in more than 186 different countries. Over two million feedback were made on tracks from Groover's vetted community of 3,000 music curators and professionals. | $1.5M |  | Sep 20, 2019 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Family](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thefamily) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Angelsquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelsquare) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Idinvest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idinvest-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Government of France

VC Fund · Paris, France

The Government of the French Republic exercises executive power in the French Republic.

5 contacts available at Government of France.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sylvain Zimmer | Chief Technology Officer of La Suite territoriale (EIG) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sylvain-zimmer |
| Carlos Da Silva | MP of Essonne | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-da-silva |
| Denis Morin | Budget Director - Ministry of Finance & Public Accounts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-morin |
| Emmanuel Macron | President of the French Republic. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmanuel-macron |
| Henri Verdier | Ambassador do digital affairs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henri-verdier |

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## FAQ

### What does Sylvain Zimmer invest in?

Sylvain Zimmer invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sylvain Zimmer's check size?

Sylvain Zimmer typically joins rounds of $637k–$10M at Seed, $400k–$500k at Angel and $200k–$2M 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 Sylvain Zimmer participates in.

### When did Sylvain Zimmer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sylvain Zimmer closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 26 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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