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    Founders Future

    Paris, FranceFounded 2018

    Founded by Marc Menasé in 2018, Founders Future is a Paris-based transatlantic venture capital firm backing AI-first and frontier-technology entrepreneurs across Europe and the United States. The firm manages approximately €300 million in assets under management and invests from pre-seed to growth stage.

    Deal activity increased 71% year-over-year (12 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.4M (across 35 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    63

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    12

    Team

    Marc Menasé

    Marc Menasé

    Founding Partner - Chief Investments Officer

    Guillaume Simonaire

    Guillaume Simonaire

    Partner

    Louis Sautet

    Louis Sautet

    Partner

    Matthieu Benkerant

    Matthieu Benkerant

    Partner - COO

    Sophie Duval

    Sophie Duval

    Partner - General Counsel

    Dulcie fforde

    Dulcie fforde

    Principal - US Team

    Jonathan Karlson

    Jonathan Karlson

    Senior Associate - US Team

    Thibault Magnen

    Thibault Magnen

    Senior Associate

    Timothée Allez

    Timothée Allez

    Analyst

    Violette Guilbert

    Violette Guilbert

    Investor Relations

    Alexis Loison

    Alexis Loison

    Investors Relation

    Amanda Wu

    Amanda Wu

    Chief of Staff

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    73 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    BBohr EnergieSeries A—Jul 2026
    ZZeroDriftSeed$10MJun 2026
    Didit logoDiditSeed$6MMay 2026
    Didit logoDiditSeed$7.5MMay 2026
    Ezra logoEzraSeed$4MMar 2026
    Verley logoVerleySeries A—Feb 2026
    Verley logoVerleySeries A—Feb 2026
    Cashmere logoCashmereSeed$5MFeb 2026
    Cashmere logoCashmereSeed$5MJan 2026
    Didit logoDiditSeed$7.5MJan 2026
    Linc logoLincUnknown—Jan 2026
    Waterdrop logoWaterdropSeries B—Jan 2026
    Linc logoLincSeed—Jan 2026
    Audion logoAudionSeries B$15MJan 2026
    OOutlineSeed$3MJan 2026
    beycome logobeycomeSeed$2.5MDec 2025
    GetMint logoGetMintPre-Seed—Dec 2025
    Eve logoEvePre-Seed$2MNov 2025
    ZeroEntropy logoZeroEntropySeed$4.2MJul 2025
    ZeroEntropy logoZeroEntropySeed$4.2MJul 2025
    Massive Dynamic logoMassive DynamicPre-Seed—Jul 2025
    Tomorro logoTomorroSeed—Mar 2025
    Moonwatt logoMoonwattSeed$8.3MMar 2025
    Genial logoGenialSeed—Feb 2025
    Massive Dynamic logoMassive DynamicPre-Seed—Jan 2025
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    Top Co-Investors

    Kima Ventures18 shared
    Y Combinator9 shared
    Station F7 shared
    Bpifrance6 shared
    Resonance5 shared
    50 Partners5 shared
    Better Angle5 shared
    Seedcamp4 shared
    XAnge4 shared
    Sparkfood3 shared
    Daphni3 shared
    henQ3 shared
    Pioneer Fund3 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026