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daphni.com

Investments

72

Portfolio Exits

6

Funds

1

Partners & Customers

1

About Daphni

Daphni is a France-based venture capital firm.

Headquarters Location

67 rue d'Aboukir

Paris, 75002,

France

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Welcome to our world: L’Occitane En Provence teams with Emperia to launch new virtual experience

Jul 6, 2023

This followed an $875k pre-seed in 2021 (featuring Concept Ventures, SFC Capital, Blissgrowth). The Series A round was led by Base10 Partners and joined by investors including Daphni (via its retail fund Dastore), Sony Innovation Fund, Background Capital, Stanford Capital Partners and Concept Ventures. Emperia's other clients include Dior, Bloomingdales and Lacoste. It was launched by fashion and retail specialist Dogadkina and VR innovation expert Simonas Holcmann in 2019. It is using this fresh funding to grow its team, develop its virtual store SaaS platform and deepen the capabilities of the data suite that powers it, with the aim of accelerating global market presence . It also plans to utilise virtual store customer data to provide retailers with even better tools with which to personalise the customer experience. Emperia will also work with partners to bring various global virtual e-commerce solutions under one roof; leveraging the fast growing Web3 ecosystem and its partners’ brand and retail technologies to deliver “game changing customer experiences”. Dogadkina commented: “While working in fashion, it became clear to me that e-commerce was the future, but 2D websites were merely a tool that enabled an online purchase, but were lacking the customer journey and story-telling that brands are after.” “The solution was to  bridge that gap, with the aim of making virtual experiences into the future of brands’ long-term e-commerce strategy.” “We are strong believers in data reliance and as such all our virtual experiences are  developed incorporating analytics, which is reflected in layout, design, user experience and merchandise placement. Crucially, we’re doing this in a way that has a demonstrable impact on sales, traffic, engagement and brand perception.” “I’m confident that the pool of participating investors in this round, from both the US and Europe, will make for a great network of advisors as Emperia continues its global expansion, pioneering e-commerce's next generation. I’m looking forward to delivering an even more impactful experience for our brand partners.” Luci Fonseca of Base10 Partners, commented: “When we met Olga and Simon, we were absolutely stunned by the high quality team they had already built and the business’ early traction.” “The more we spoke to customers, the more we saw that the company is on the edge of a global revolution on how consumers interact with retailers and brands.” “One way to think about it is through the lens of ‘web 2.5’ - it is a device agnostic bridge for brands to engage with a new generation of consumers while driving real commerce.” “Emperia is pioneering the development of virtual store creation and maintenance, and we’re excited to be partnering with a team that is truly building for the future of e-commerce.” Featured Jul 6, 2023

Daphni Investments

72 Investments

Daphni has made 72 investments. Their latest investment was in Animaj as part of their Unattributed VC on September 9, 2023.

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Daphni Investments Activity

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Date

Round

Company

Amount

New?

Co-Investors

Sources

9/22/2023

Unattributed VC

Animaj

Yes

2

4/5/2023

Seed VC

Underdog

$4.15M

Yes

Daphni, Founders Future, Leia Capital, SISTA, Tivoli Capital, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

2

2/2/2023

Seed VC - II

Agua Blanca

$3.21M

No

Daphni, Prisma Media, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

2

1/26/2023

Series B

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$99M

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10

1/24/2023

Series B

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$99M

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10

Date

9/22/2023

4/5/2023

2/2/2023

1/26/2023

1/24/2023

Round

Unattributed VC

Seed VC

Seed VC - II

Series B

Series B

Company

Animaj

Underdog

Agua Blanca

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Amount

$4.15M

$3.21M

$99M

$99M

New?

Yes

Yes

No

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Co-Investors

Daphni, Founders Future, Leia Capital, SISTA, Tivoli Capital, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

Daphni, Prisma Media, and Undisclosed Angel Investors

Sources

2

2

2

10

10

Daphni Portfolio Exits

6 Portfolio Exits

Daphni has 6 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Holberton School on July 13, 2022.

Date

Exit

Companies

Valuation
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Acquirer

Sources

7/13/2022

Acquired

$99M

6

6/2/2022

Asset Sale

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$99M

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10

12/8/2021

Acquired

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$99M

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10

3/31/2021

Merger

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$99M

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10

6/30/2020

Acquired

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$99M

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10

Date

7/13/2022

6/2/2022

12/8/2021

3/31/2021

6/30/2020

Exit

Acquired

Asset Sale

Acquired

Merger

Acquired

Companies

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Valuation

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

$99M

Acquirer

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Sources

6

10

10

10

10

Daphni Fund History

1 Fund History

Daphni has 1 fund, including FPCI Daphne Purple.

Closing Date

Fund

Fund Type

Status

Amount

Sources

10/18/2016

FPCI Daphne Purple

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Closed

$164.66M

3

Closing Date

10/18/2016

Fund

FPCI Daphne Purple

Fund Type

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Status

Closed

Amount

$164.66M

Sources

3

Daphni Partners & Customers

1 Partners and customers

Daphni has 1 strategic partners and customers. Daphni recently partnered with Carrefour on April 4, 2022.

Date

Type

Business Partner

Country

News Snippet

Sources

4/4/2022

Partner

France

VC Firm Daphni, Carrefour Partner on Fund for Digital Retail Startups

`` Dastore is perfectly in line with one of Daphni 's strategic aims , which involves creating bridges between startups and corporates in the area of digital retail , '' said Marc Simoncini , a partner at Daphni .

2

Date

4/4/2022

Type

Partner

Business Partner

Country

France

News Snippet

VC Firm Daphni, Carrefour Partner on Fund for Digital Retail Startups

`` Dastore is perfectly in line with one of Daphni 's strategic aims , which involves creating bridges between startups and corporates in the area of digital retail , '' said Marc Simoncini , a partner at Daphni .

Sources

2

Daphni Team

5 Team Members

Daphni has 5 team members, including , .

Name

Work History

Title

Status

Willy Braun

Founder

Current

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Willy Braun

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