# Vanessa Daurian Proust

> Vanessa Daurian Proust is a seed investor backing B2B, Beauty and EBooks. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-daurian-proust-19538a13/

Vanessa Daurian Proust is a seed investor focused on B2B and Beauty. Vanessa Daurian Proust serves as CEO & Co founder of NEO FOUNDERS and Investor & Board Member at Glady (ex Wedoogift).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $582k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| EBooks | 1 | 33% |
| Apparel | 1 | 33% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paradigme | Paradigme is a second-hand platform that offers a simplified resale experience, ultra-quality purchasing. | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 25, 2024 |  |
| Nabook | Nabook is a reading platform for children aged Seven to pre-teen. To reimagine the narrative, they are motivated by well-liked forms like manga, comics, and instant messaging. In a top-down reading, their lengthy paragraphs and intimidating pages full of words give way to a bubble of vibrant messages with named speakers. Two subscription levels areavailable, each with a week's free trial to explore literally the entire collection. | $582.3K | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| LeanPay | LeanPay is a receivables management tool. The SaaS-based invoice management platform is intended to centralize the management of accounts receivable. The platform allows management of key indicators, centralized monitoring of invoices and customers, and alerts based on the analysis of payments. They enable businesses to manage their accounts. | $1.2M | Seed | May 23, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Campus Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/campus-fund-51b0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hartwood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hartwood) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Loyal VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loyal-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seed4Soft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed4soft) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Showroomprive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/showroomprive) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vanessa Daurian Proust invest in?

Vanessa Daurian Proust invests primarily in B2B, Beauty and EBooks startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Vanessa Daurian Proust's check size?

Vanessa Daurian Proust typically joins rounds of $582k–$1.3M 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 Vanessa Daurian Proust participates in.

### When did Vanessa Daurian Proust last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vanessa Daurian Proust closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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