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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Daphni Sas
Daphni Sas
daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.
venture manager, reported GAV $375M across 2 vehicles
Importance
36
elevated
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Paris, Franceadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 87 RUE RÉAUMUR, Paris, 75002adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 336 -22-12-47-91adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- http://www.daphni.com
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Apr 12, 2021
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $375Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Pesla (Shareholder), D; Namelca (Shareholder), D
- business phone
- 336 -22-12-47-91adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
16 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- climate, media
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 16
Funds and vehicles
2 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daphni Yellow | Fund | 2021 adv first reported | Mature | $11.9M Apr 12, 2021 | 4 | unknown | unknown |
| Daphni Purple | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $363M Apr 12, 2021 | 3 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
26 current, 3 departed
Pierre-Eric Leibovici
Managing partnerCo-founder & Managing Partner
Pierre-Yves Meerschman
Managing partnerCo-founder & Managing Partner
Edouard Morhange
Operating partnerOperating partner Dastore
Nicolas Metzke
Operating partnerOperating partner Dastore
Valentin Bar-Cohen
Operating partnerOperating partner Dastore
Vincent Diallo
Operating partnerOperating partner Dastore
Damien Didier
OtherHead of Sustainability
Alexandra Dubar
PartnerPartner
Charles-Henry Tranie
PartnerManager · since Jul 1, 2020
Paul Bazin
PartnerPartner
Pierre-Eric Leibovici
PartnerShareholder · since Apr 1, 2015
Pierre-Yves Meerschman
PartnerShareholder · since Apr 1, 2015
Samir Matki
PartnerPartner
Shabir Vasram
PartnerPartner
Sofia Dahoune
PartnerPartner
Alix Tricot
Platform and operationsLegal Counsel
Aurelie Van Peteghem
Platform and operationsPartner & Chief Marketing Officer
Claire Tanguy
Platform and operationsPartner & Chief Legal Officer
Etienne Renoux
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer
Jocelyn Fournier
Platform and operationsVP of Engineering
Nicolas Borie
Platform and operationsFinancial Controller
Pierre Gallet
Platform and operationsChief Technical Officer
Sophie de Champs
Platform and operationsHead of Communications
Alain Dinin
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Marc Simoncini
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Pauline Boucher
Venture partnerVenture Partner
3 departed (kept with end dates)
- Mathieu Daix · Associate · Apr 1, 2015 to Apr 12, 2021 Inference
- Willy Braun · Associate · Apr 1, 2015 to Apr 12, 2021 Inference
- Marie Ekeland · President · Apr 1, 2015 to Apr 12, 2021 Inference
Investments on record
16 edges, 16 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
2 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Apr 12, 2021Marie Ekeland (President) no longer on Schedule A of Daphni Sas
- Apr 12, 2021Daphni Yellow first reported on Form ADV by Daphni Sas (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $11,885,553Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDaphni YellowSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 12, 2021Willy Braun (Associate) no longer on Schedule A of Daphni Sas
- Apr 12, 2021Mathieu Daix (Associate) no longer on Schedule A of Daphni Sas
- Jul 1, 2020Charles-Henry Tranie joined Schedule A of Daphni Sas as Manager
- Jan 15, 2019Daphni Purple first reported on Form ADV by Daphni Sas (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $94,274,312Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDaphni PurpleSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jan 15, 2019Daphni Sas first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $375M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
29 observations from 2 sources