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Yaday Capital (Tech Fund)

France
Pre Seed
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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.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep tech defense founders, or proven fintech scale operators

defense tech
European sovereignty
deep tech
fintech scale
AI & autonomy
vertical integration
category-building

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

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

Founder Don'ts

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

Key GPs & Partners

RA
Romain Afflelou
Partner
defense-focusedcategory-builderfintech-investor
PF
Pauline Ferrari Bovyn
Partner
defense-focusedinnovation-driven
VB
Valentin B.
Partner
defense-techEurope-first
JW
Johannes Wilbrenninck
Partner
defense-tech
CF
Colin Ferrari
Partner
defense-techscale-investor
EC
Ethan Cohen
Partner
defense-techfintech-investor
AS
Aude Sebire
Investor
scale-stagefintech
AV
Antoine Vigne
Investor
scale-stage

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

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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