Drysdale Ventures is a Paris-based angel fund and pre-seed investor founded by Nicolas Essayan, backed by tech entrepreneurs, family offices, and international investors. The firm invests up to €500k from day zero in early-stage software companies across fintech, Web3, AI, gaming, and cybersecurity, with follow-on participation in later rounds.
38% of their portfolio is in AI. They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $12.0M (across 3 rounds with reported amounts).
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Portfolio
8 investments
Top Co-Investors
Kima Ventures4 shared
Better Angle3 shared
Motier Ventures3 shared
Adjacent1 shared
True Ventures1 shared
VaynerFund1 shared
Sound Ventures1 shared
Offline Ventures1 shared
Seedcamp1 shared
Founders Future1 shared
imec.xpand1 shared
Noshaq1 shared
Eurazeo1 shared
imec.istart1 shared
XAnge1 shared
Wallonie Entreprendre1 shared
Quantonation1 shared
EQT Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026