About

Drysdale Ventures is a Paris-based pre-seed software fund founded in 2025 by Nicolas Essayan, backed by tech entrepreneurs, family offices, and senior partners from Sequoia, General Catalyst, Bessemer, Accel, and DST. The fund invests in software companies from inception across FinTech & DeFi, Infrastructure & Tooling, Consumer & Gaming, and Business Solutions, with AI as a transversal expertise.

Key facts

Website: drysdale.vc
Type: venture_capital
Headquarters: France
Portfolio companies: 6
Stages: Pre-Seed
Seed
Cheque size: $2M to $62M
Sector focus: AI
Fintech
Infrastructure
Software

Recent investments

Recent funding rounds Drysdale took part in
Date	Company	Round	Amount
22 Oct 2026	Reduck	Pre-Seed	$3M
24 Apr 2026	Sillage	Pre-Seed	$2M
2 Apr 2026	Omniscient	Pre-Seed	$4M
5 Mar 2026	Vertical Compute	Seed	$62M

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Frequently asked

What companies has Drysdale invested in?

Drysdale has invested in Reduck, Sillage, Omniscient, Vertical Compute, Uma and 1 more.

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