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Xavier Niel
Angel investor · Active in 2026
Xavier Niel is an angel investor based in France. The page below shows 8 Power Law outcomes from Xavier Niel's portfolio — 8 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in AI · Fintech · Marketing; top portfolio geographies are France · USA. Xavier Niel ranks #392 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Xavier Niel’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of Xavier Niel’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where Xavier Niel is a named shareholder, worth about $79M in estimated equity value.
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1
Odoo
1%
$7.7B
$77M
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2
Augustinus Bader
0.22%
$1.0B
$2M
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3
SeedLegals
0.56%
$24M
$133K
Estimated value = Xavier Niel’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Xavier Niel also appears inside investor groups in Alan, Mirakl, Mistral AI, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The 8 Xavier Niel Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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France6
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USA2
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AI3
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Fintech2
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Marketing1
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Health Tech & Medtech1
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Other B2B Software1
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Series B+1
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Series A4
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Seed3
Xavier Niel's 8 Power Law outcomes.
How does Xavier Niel stack up?
Xavier Niel in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere Xavier Niel's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
9 founders across the 8 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. École Polytechnique - IP Paris and Meta are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Xavier Niel.
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Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Xavier Niel
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