Galion.Exe
Galion.exe is a Paris-based seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Willy Braun and Kevin Kuipers (both ex-Daphni) as the investment arm of The Galion Project, a collective of 400+ French tech founders launched in 2015 by JB Rudelle (Criteo) and Agathe Wautier. SIREN 897801643 AMF GP-20222 SAS HQ 81 rue Reaumur 75002 Paris with capital EUR 447,272. Fund I EUR 55M (announced public March 2022 at EUR 30M, crossed EUR 55M October 2023) raised from a community of entrepreneur LPs (around 80 percent Galion members). Galion.exe writes EUR 700k to 2.5M seed cheques in EUR 1M to 10M rounds backing enterprise software infrastructure fintech health and climate startups with 85 percent France focus and 15 percent international. France Invest member AIFM-compliant. Notable exits include Husprey to Collibra (2023) and Prior Labs to SAP (signed May 2026 expected Q2/Q3 close around EUR 1bn).
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 31 portfolio companies (29 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Galion.Exe has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Galion.exe FundVC2022 · 4yr€55M29 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
29 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501.ai | Software | France | 2024 |
| Alpic | Software | France | 2025 |
| Apiday | Software | France | 2022 |
| Arcade AI | Software | France | 2024 |
| Astran | Software | France | 2023 |
| Bump.sh | Software | France | 2022 |
| Contrast | Software | France | 2022 |
| Defer | Software | France | 2023 |
| Dialog | Software | France | 2025 |
| Dune Health | Healthcare | US | 2024 |
| Eden AI | Software | France | 2024 |
| Egide | Aerospace & Defence | France | 2026 |
| EPICS Biotechnology | Industrials | France | 2023 |
| Fairjungle | Software | France | 2023 |
| Generare | Software | France | 2024 |
| Harmattan AI | Industrials | France | 2024 |
| Hypermind | Software | France | 2024 |
| Jimini AI | Software | France | 2024 |
| Lettria | Software | France | 2022 |
| Living Models | Software | France | 2026 |
| Moyai | Software | The Netherlands | 2025 |
| One Biosciences | Healthcare | France | 2025 |
| Opsima AI | Software | France | 2024 |
| Orq.ai | Software | Netherlands | 2024 |
| Plakar | Software | France | 2024 |
| Raidium | Healthcare | France | 2024 |
| Seldon Digital | Software | Netherlands | 2024 |
| Shipfox | Software | France | 2024 |
| Vaire Computing | Software | UK | 2024 |
Realized
2 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Husprey | Software | France | 2022 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – | |
| Prior Labs | Software | Germany | 2025 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – |
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About Galion.Exe
Galion.Exe is a venture capital platform based in Paris with €55 million of assets under management as of December 2024 and a founding year of 2021. The firm targets European and selectively global technology companies across software, financials, healthcare, business services, energy and TMT, with capital deployed across early-stage and Series A/B rounds alongside institutional limited partners.
Investment thesis
The platform deploys venture capital into software, financials, healthcare, business services, energy and TMT categories with a focus on technology-enabled businesses across France and selectively across Europe. Investment focus spans seed and growth stages with capital deployed across multiple rounds per portfolio company, supporting founder teams through international scaling and selective M&A activity. The fund structure enables longer holding periods than typical venture vehicles, supporting category-leadership outcomes in technology platforms with global ambitions.
Recent activity
Realised exits across the current platform vintages remain limited, with the portfolio in active deployment and value-creation phase. The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 23 active portfolio companies and 0 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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