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- Nicolas Essayan: Co-FounderPast Role: Motier Ventures, Co-Founder
Drysdale Ventures is an angel fund founded by Nicolas Essayan, backed by tech entrepreneurs, several family offices, and international investors including Sequoia, General Catalyst, Bessemer, Accel, and DST.
As Co-Founder of Motier Ventures, Nicolas has Invested in 92 companies including Mistral, Poolside, Fundamental, Filigran, Vibe.co, Dust,
Animaj, Payflows, Autone, New Tales and more.
We are a team of five including Vittorio Noury, Xavier Fischer, Olivier Bonnet and Claire Calméjane.
We invest up to €500k as business angels, starting from day 0 and following on in later rounds.
Our focus areas include FinTech & DeFi, Infrastructure & Tooling, Consumer & Gaming, and Business Solutions, with Artificial Intelligence as a transversal expertise.
We support French founders and any entrepreneur seeking a local partner in the French market.
We bring a community of 250+ tech entrepreneurs and operators, thematic sparring sessions with our experts, privileged access to international investors for your next rounds, and a ton of love.
Since launching in January 2025, we've invested in 27 companies so far including Gradium, Uma, ZML, Alpic, Altertable, Clarifeye and more.
If you dare to explore undocumented territories, we’d be happy to connect.
