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Yaday Capital (Tech Fund)

Geography
France
Stage
Pre-Seed
Fund size
€100M
Focus
AI/ML
Signals
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N°01 / About

About Yaday Capital (Tech Fund)

Yaday Capital (Tech Fund) is a venture capital firm based in France, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance
Funding StagePre-Seed
Industry Focus
AI/ML

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech category leaders, EU defense + US/ME expansion ambition

defense tech
European sovereignty
deep tech
fintech scale
AI & autonomy
vertical integration
category-building
early-growth
US + ME expansion

Bullish Signals

Backed Destinus, rare European defense championexternal
Present at PDSF2026, top EU defense forumexternal
Conviction in full-stack defense autonomy playsexternal
100x–3000x drone cost asymmetry thesislinkedin
Portfolio co. Destinus: airframes to AI in-houselinkedin
Destinus: supply chain resilience built-inlinkedin
Backs founders with category-defining executionlinkedin
5 portfolio cos in Next40/FT120 listslinkedin
MEDADOM scaled 200+ Afflelou téléophtalmologie outletslinkedin
Alma powers payments across merchant networkslinkedin
Long-term conviction: backed Shares pre-productlinkedin
Flex: $1.2B unicorn, $10B payment volumelinkedin
Flex revenue tripled in 6 monthslinkedin
Flex: 4x YoY growth, word-of-mouth onlylinkedin
Flex portfolio: 4+ products per customerlinkedin
140+ companies backed since 2016 via family officewebsite
Yaday Club: 300+ family offices, operators, founderswebsite
Built on relationships before capital—ecosystem-firstwebsite
Corporates, pilots, intros beyond cheque deploymentwebsite
Expanding: Paris, Luxembourg, Tel Aviv, Miami hubswebsite
Afflelou family office legacy, 10+ year track recordwebsite
Opportunity maker, not deal finder—proactive approachwebsite
Deal-by-deal syndication with 300+ Club memberswebsite
Founders credit: agile, fast, insightful introductionswebsite
High-quality deal flow shared across networkwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Narrow focus: EU defense onlyexternal
Long procurement cycles in target sectorexternal
Explicitly acknowledges decade-long procurement risklinkedin

Founder Do's

Build full tech stack from scratch
Show execution velocity, not just vision
Focus on European defense sovereignty
Demonstrate category-defining ambition
Own hardware + software + AI together
Scale proven models across markets
Achieve 3x+ revenue growth YoY
Reach product-market fit via word-of-mouth
Leverage Yaday Club for pilot + corporate access
Send deck—move fast with team

Founder Don'ts

Adapt legacy systems to new threats
Rely on non-European supply chains
Pitch without clear execution proof

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M
Saves0
People

Key People

Romain Afflelou, Auline Bovyn

Romain AfflelouPartner
Pauline Ferrari BovynPartner
Valentin B.Partner
Johannes WilbrenninckPartner
Colin FerrariPartner
Ethan CohenPartner
Aude SebireInvestor
Antoine VigneInvestor
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