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daphni is a pan-European venture capital fund, based in France, focused on making investment on tech startups. daphni invests in early stage startups, mostly in Europe, targeting mainly Paris, London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Stockholm. Its first fund of $165 millions will invest in user-driven startups, with a strong international ambition.

The management company is supported by a community of entrepreneurs, executives, artists and innovators, called daphnipolis. The members of the community invested in the funds, among them, the bigger investors are Bpifrance, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, the European Investment Fund (EIF), Fnac Darty, MAIF Avenir, Nokia, PRO BTP, Société Générale, SWEN Capital Partners.

Strategy
daphni purple, the first fund will invest in digital startups, with a strong European DNA. Their average ticket size is between 1 and 3 millions euros, with the possibility to invest in seed stage (between $500.000 and $1.500.000) and bigger-sized investments for series B.

Model
daphni offer a greater transparency to its investors, who have access to their dealflow and all their analyses Their community of investors, called daphnipolis, gathered 200 people to date, across the world. They also publish a lot of content to share their discoveries and view of the market in their media, daphni chronicles.

Équipe

 * Paul Bazin, investisseur
 * Willy Braun, co-fondateur
 * Sarah Caboche, investisseur
 * Mathieu Daix, co-fondateur
 * Marie Ekeland, co-fondatrice
 * Frédéric Honoré, “‎lead front-end developer“
 * Kevin Kuipers, responsable produit
 * Vanina Lafranchi, secrétaire générale
 * Pierre-Eric Leibovici, co-fondateur
 * Pierre-Yves Meerschman, co-fondateur
 * Pauline Richard, investisseur

The team is composed of 11 people :
 * Paul Bazin, investor
 * Willy Braun, co-founder


 * Sarah Caboche, investor
 * Mathieu Daix, co-founder
 * Marie Ekeland, co-founder
 * Frédéric Honoré, “lead front-end developer
 * Kevin Kuipers, head of product
 * Vanina Lafranchi, general secretary
 * Pierre-Eric Leibovici, co-founder
 * Pierre-Yves Meerschman, co-founder
 * Pauline Richard, investor