OVNI Capital
Paris, France; San Francisco, CA; Berlin, Germany · Invests in Europe; UK; US · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Back European technical founders building globally ambitious deeptech and critical technology companies at pre-seed and seed, with concentrated first-check conviction and Paris/San Francisco/Berlin support.
Likely not a fit for
Unlikely fit for later-stage growth rounds, non-technical services companies, local-only businesses, or companies without meaningful technology risk or international ambition.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $60M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
11 contacts on file
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Axeptio is a consent management platform that helps businesses comply with data privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and Law 25. It offers customizable consent banners and tools for managing user consent in a user-friendly manner, enhancing the customer journey.
Lithosquare redefines strategic mineral exploration by combining foundational AI and deep geology expertise to find new critical metal deposits efficiently.
Trout provides a Zero-Trust overlay for on-premise IT, OT, and IoT systems, enabling secure access control, visibility, and compliance without the need for agents or downtime.
MokN provides a defensive phishing solution that lures attackers into revealing compromised credentials before they can be used, offering real-time alerts and threat intelligence.
Spaictra has rebranded as Hadamard. The original website is currently under construction.
Isentroniq is focused on solving the scalability issues in quantum computing through innovative wiring solutions for solid-state quantum computers, addressing the cryogenic wiring bottleneck that limits qubit scaling.
Blue Morpho provides an enterprise AI platform that turns raw company data into knowledge, enabling the creation of reliable AI agents for decision-making and business process automation.
Kyber Network is a multi-chain crypto trading and liquidity hub that connects liquidity from different sources to enable trades at the best rates.
Kestrel is focused on scalable autonomy for sensing and effects, utilizing agentic AI for geospatial data collection and autonomous ISR capabilities.
AMI Labs is enabling the next AI revolution by building a new breed of AI systems that understand the real world, have persistent memory, can reason and plan, and are controllable and safe. They focus on developing world models that learn abstract representations of real-world sensor data for applications in industrial process control, automation, wearable devices, robotics, and healthcare.
Rift.aero offers real-time aerial intelligence and autonomous drone technology for surveillance and monitoring. Their drones can stay airborne for 5 hours and cover 300 km.
Recent activity
- Mar 2026
baCta
Seed · Participated
- Nov 2025
Rift
Seed · Participated
- Nov 2025
NcodiN
Seed · Existing investor
- Feb 2025
Epyr
Pre-Seed · Participated
- Nov 2024
Tranched
Pre-Seed · Participated
OVNI Capital in the news
EU-Startups
MokN raises €12.9 million to combat credential theft as GV makes its first investment in a French startup
3 months ago
FinSMEs
Lithosquare Raises $25M in Seed Funding
4 months ago
Tech Funding News
Lithosquare raises $25M for AI-led critical mineral discovery in round led by World Fund and Kindred Capital
4 months ago
EU-Startups
Paris-based Lithosquare raises €22 million to accelerate transition-critical mineral discovery with Geology AI
4 months ago
TMX Newsfile
Augustin Sayer from OVNI Capital to Speak at TechCon SoCal 2026
6 months ago
Quantum Computing Report
Isentroniq Raises €7.5M ($8.7M USD) to Advance Wiring Technology for Superconducting Qubits
10 months ago
EU-Startups
Gotcha! French cybersecurity startup MokN tricks attackers into surrendering stolen credentials, raises €2.6 million to expand to the U.S.
11 months ago
Tech.eu
French cybersecurity startup MokN raises €2.6 million to combat credential theft
11 months ago
fortune.com
Term Sheet Next: Andreessen Horowitz’s David George on moving beyond buzzwords
May 2025
Sifted
Founder-turned-VC Marie Outtier joins Paris-based Ovni Capital: ‘I’m a statistical rarity’
May 2025
Mercom Capital Group
Thermal Energy Storage Startup Epyr Raises $3.1 Million
Feb 2025
FinTech Global
Tranched secures $3.4m funding to revolutionize asset-based financing with blockchain
Nov 2024
EU-Startups
Paris-based baCta secures €3.3 million to revolutionize natural rubber production
Oct 2024
Tech.eu
NcodiN secures €3.5 M for optical interposer tech to meet the needs of HPC and AI
May 2024
Newswire.com
Mimbi Raises €1.5 Million to Revolutionize Retail Media Data Analysis
Sep 2023
techcrunch.com
Nordic VC Voima Ventures launches €90M fund for deep tech startups
Jun 2023
TechCrunch
Erin Foster, Sara Foster form Oversubscribed Ventures to invest in consumer tech
Apr 2023
TechCrunch
‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups
Mar 2023
TechCrunch
Ovni Capital is a new French VC firm backing startups with global ambitions
Feb 2023
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