What does Daphni invest in?
Daphni invests most often at Seed and Series A (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Dna, Generalist and Spectrometry.

France · Investor
Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 92 cheques on record.
Deploying nowNew fund $224M, Mar 2025VC firm
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25 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Seed and Series A: 63% of its rounds
Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $4.0M
daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.From their own website
Every round we can evidence, newest first92 appearances
21 rounds
25 rounds
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We hold 22 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Who backs their funds
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list and fund news.
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From their own portfolio page (on their website)
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The latest companies Daphni put money into.
Episodes that name Daphni in their description, not their title.

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Daphni invests most often at Seed and Series A (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Dna, Generalist and Spectrometry.
92 investments on record, 25 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Reduck (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Epyr (Series A, Oct 2026) and Mallow (Sept 2026).
The median round it joins is $8.3M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $6.0M.
Sometimes: it led 4 of its 92 investments on record (4%).
Most of the companies it backs are in France (56%), the United Kingdom (18%) and the United States (5%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 25 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Kima Ventures (19 rounds together), Bpifrance (10 rounds together) and Founders Future (8 rounds together).
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