Motier Ventures
Family officeParis · Pre-Seed–Series B · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Motier Ventures positions itself as a value-added business angel operating at scale, investing in bold early-stage entrepreneurs. It writes first checks of up to €300k and follows on with up to €3m in later rounds. The firm focuses on Future of Commerce, FinTech, CreativeTech, Consumer & Gaming, Infrastructure & Tooling, and Future of Work, with Blockchains and AI as cross-cutting areas of expertise. Founders gain access to the firm's ecosystem, including portfolio companies and the Groupe Galeries Lafayette corporate network (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, Louis Pion, Royal Quartz Paris, Mauboussin, Eataly, Citynove, and the Lafayette Anticipations foundation), plus a dedicated founder space in Paris called La Maison.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 12 of 12 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8SaaS ×8Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×4LegalTech ×3Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Sales Tech ×2
HQs:France×3United Kingdom×1Mexico×1United States×1
Investments · 12 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22024 · 12023 · 25 dated
Entropia builds agent-native data room software that uses applied AI to read, structure, and analyze documents alongside corporate deal teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSParis, FR
Co-investorsKima VenturesBpifranceSequoia Capital
Tomorro provides an AI-based contract management and negotiation platform used by in-house legal, sales, finance, and purchasing teams.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSParis, FR
Sébastien Decrême(Co-founder & CTO)Thibaut Caoudal(Co-founder & CRO)Antoine Fabre(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccelKima VenturesResonanceActon CapitalAdelieSTATION F
Autone provides inventory management and demand forecasting software for retail brands to optimize stock levels, reduce overproduction, and minimize waste.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSLondon, GB
Adil Bouhdadi(Founder)inHarry Cheslaw(Founder)in
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystMoonfire VenturesSpeedinvestY Combinator2100 VenturesBetter Angle+2 more
Concord is an AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform that automates contract intake, review, execution, and renewal for enterprise teams.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsCota CapitalStreamlined Ventures
Concord provides a consent management platform that helps companies comply with global privacy regulations through customizable cookie banners, real-time website scanning, and automatic tracker detection and blocking.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityLegalTechMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Dash Lavine(Founder)in
Co-investorsR/GA VenturesBetter Angle
Freqens is building a tool for FP&A (financial planning and analysis) teams to work with their financial data, aimed at CFOs and finance leaders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Richard Gozlan(Founder)
Co-investorsKima VenturesSequoia Capital
Harmattan AI develops autonomous systems for military and defense forces, focused on coordinating groups of autonomous platforms across operations and delivering payloads such as electronic warfare systems.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Edouard Rosset(Founder)in
Co-investorsACME CapitalAtlanticBlindspot Ventures Management CoBlueYard CapitalFirstMark CapitalGalion.exe+2 more
Linkup builds web search infrastructure designed for AI systems, giving them access to accurate and current web data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Denis Charrier(Founder)
Co-investorsElaiaGradient VenturesAxeleo Capital
Mexican biotech developing macrocyclic antibody-mimetic proteins as mucosally delivered medical countermeasures.
HealthtechZapopan, MX
Co-investorsTechstarsAndreessen HorowitzBlockTower VCCherry VenturesFabric Ventures
Topograph provides KYB (Know Your Business) data through a single API that connects to 100+ official government company registers, returning normalized, source-traceable company data on demand.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBetter AngleKima Ventures
Twin is an AI agent platform that lets teams hire ready-made agents or build their own with no code, running autonomously on schedules or triggers to handle tasks like lead generation, data scraping, outreach, and reporting.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsBetaworksMozilla Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFipto · financialit.net · Jul 11, 2026
Concord · pulse2.com · Jun 24, 2026
Concord · finance.yahoo.com · Jun 23, 2026
Harmattan AI · harmattan.ai · May 21, 2026
Linkup · aiwiki.ai · May 7, 2026
Topograph · regtechanalyst.com · Mar 19, 2026
Twin Labs · newnex.io · Jan 31, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Motier Ventures invest at?
- Motier Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Motier Ventures's typical check size?
- Motier Ventures typically writes checks of $330K – $3.3M.
- What sectors does Motier Ventures focus on?
- Motier Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, E-commerce, Fintech, Future of Work, Gaming.
- Where is Motier Ventures located?
- Motier Ventures is headquartered in Paris, FR.
- Does Motier Ventures lead rounds?
- Motier Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Co-investors · 68
Kima Ventures operates as a "high-frequency business angel" that backs roughly 2 startups per week with standardized €150k checks, using a single-LP evergreen structure funded by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel rather than behaving like a traditional VC fund. The fund applies a radical diversification strategy across hundreds of global investments with same-amount, same-terms deals and very fast decisions, focusing on backing founders first over traditional traction metrics.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.
FirstMark Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders and accelerates them through a platform providing access to networks, customers, and top talent.
Speedinvest operates a Portfolio Success program that connects its 400+ portfolio startups with customers, follow-on investors, industry experts, talent, discounted tools, and fellow founders across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Moonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in European startups.
Elaia is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from company inception through to market leadership, supporting them across their growth journey.
Axeleo Capital (AXC) is a European venture capital firm that backs founders and works alongside them operationally, with a focus on cybersecurity and urban/deep tech sectors.
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Fabric is a thesis-driven venture firm that backs companies from inception, having invested in 196 companies to date.
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Firms observed investing alongside Motier Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Motier Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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