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Daphni
Venture Capital · Founded 2015 · Paris, France
Daphni is a VC firm that invests primarily from seed to Series A in projects with a positive societal and/or environmental impact
Daphni’s biggest current holdings.
An estimate of Daphni’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 1 companies where Daphni is a named shareholder, worth about $385M in estimated equity value.
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$5.5B
$385M
Estimated value = Daphni’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Where Daphni’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 94 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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France72
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USA6
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UK5
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Germany4
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Austria1
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Brazil1
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Luxembourg1
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Netherlands1
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Sweden1
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Switzerland1
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UAE1
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Enterprise Software21
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Fintech13
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Energy12
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Food9
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Health9
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Marketing9
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Transportation8
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Fashion4
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Chemicals3
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Education3
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Home Living3
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Real Estate3
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Seed49
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Series A42
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Series B+3
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Breakout Stage43
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Early Growth42
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Late Growth9
Inside Daphni’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 94 tracked.
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ZoWhere Daphni’s portfolio founders come from.
196 founders across the 94 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
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France137
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United States11
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Germany10
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United Kingdom9
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Brazil5
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Netherlands4
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Austria3
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Belgium3
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Sweden3
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United Arab Emirates3
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HEC Paris20
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École Polytechnique - IP Paris14
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CentraleSupélec - Paris-Saclay University12
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Télécom Paris - IP Paris11
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ESSEC Business School10
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Harvard University8
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ESCP Business School7
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Panthéon-Sorbonne University7
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Sorbonne University6
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École normale supérieure – PSL University5
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Alphabet | Google6
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Meta5
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Boston Consulting Group4
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HSBC4
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Bearing Point3
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CLS Group3
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CRITEO3
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Doctolib3
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EDF3
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EY3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Daphni.
