Not just funders. Partners. We’re all in.

At daphni, we don’t chase hype. We look for the real shifts, scientific, societal, environmental, and back those who shape them. We invest in technologies that regenerate, include, empower and scale across climate, deeptech, retail, inclusion, and beyond.

Our belief is simple: talent is everywhere, and access should be too. From rural innovators to deeptech lab technicians, we meet founders where they are and help take them where they need to go!

This ambition is underpinned by a strong and long-standing commitment to ESG (Environment, Sustainability, Governance). Since our inception, we have has placed sustainability and impact at the heart of our strategy.

As a mission-driven and B Corp certified company, our actions are guided by clear values and measurable objectives. This commitment is embedded in our investment decisions and shared across our ecosystem from portfolio companies to investors.

3 active funds with 3 different strategies

Blue
Europe

Generalist fund

Successor of: Purple (2016) and Yellow (2020)
Launch date: 2025
Focus of the fund:
disruptions with a positive social and environmental impact, especially the ones with a strong science angle in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and life sciences

Dastore
Worldwide

Dedicated digital retail fund run by daphni, supported by Carrefour

Launch date: 2022
Focus of the fund: innovations in the retail space including e-commerce, future of grocery, data, financial services, robotics procurement, and impact

Time4
France

Project of a fund to support entrepreneurs with unique and underrepresented backgrounds

Launch date: coming soon
Industries:
all industries