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.
36% of their portfolio is in AI. Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.3M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Concord | Unknown | $3M | Jun 2026 |
 Vertical Compute | Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
| Concord | Seed | $3M | Jan 2026 |
 Polsia | Series A | $30M | Jan 2026 |
| Vertical Compute | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| MMacrodata Labs | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jan 2026 |
 Revox | Pre-Seed | $3M | Jan 2026 |
| Vertical Compute | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Topograph | Seed | — | — |
| NNoa | Seed | — | — |
 Blynt AI | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| CClarifeye | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| NNottelabs | Pre-Seed | $2M | — |
 ZML | Seed | $20M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Kima Ventures10 shared
Better Angle3 shared
Motier Ventures3 shared
imec.xpand3 shared
Noshaq3 shared
Eurazeo3 shared
XAnge3 shared
Wallonie Entreprendre3 shared
Quantonation3 shared
Seedcamp2 shared
PMV2 shared
imec.istart2 shared
OPRTRS CLUB2 shared
Adjacent1 shared
True Ventures1 shared
VaynerFund1 shared
Sound Ventures1 shared
GG11 shared
Offline Ventures1 shared
Founders Future1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026