Drysdale Ventures is an pre-seed 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, Dust, Poolside, Fundamental, Adaptive, Filigran, Vibe, Animaj and more.

We are a team of six including Vittorio Noury, Dalia Mahfouf, 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 Business Solutions, FinTech & CFO Office, Consumer & Gaming, Tech for Engineering and Robotics & Hardware, 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 300+ 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 45 companies so far including Gradium, Uma, Genesis, ZML, AMI Labs, White Circle, Alpic, Altertable, Mendral, Polsia and more.

If you dare to explore undocumented territories, we’d be happy to connect.

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