Financière Saint-James

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About

Financière Saint-James is the family office of Michaël Benabou, co-founder of vente-privee, now Veepee, created in the mid-2010s after his departure from the group. It invests the money of a single family on two fronts from Paris: real estate (offices, retail, hotels) and tech venture capital. In venture capital, it invests from €0.2M to €5M per company, from pre-seed to growth rounds, and willingly reinvests in follow-on rounds. It does not publish assets under management or funds, and operates like a private investor: Michaël Benabou's experience, who scaled Veepee in Europe, serves as the primary argument to founders. The database lists over forty rounds since 2018, including about twenty initial investments: Mirakl (Series C in 2019), Lydia (Series C in 2021), Jus Mundi, Regate, Defacto, Spiko, Tomorro, and API.Video, with follow-ons in Alma, Seyna, and WeMaintain, and in 2026, initial rounds in Lemrock and Cleo Labs. For a French founder, it's the money of an entrepreneur who built one of the European leaders in online sales, present from the first round to growth.

Key facts

Type
Family Office
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Agnostic, B2B, B2C, Consumer, Business management software, Marketplace, Software/SaaS, Vertical SaaS, Advertising/Media, Agritech, AI & Automation, Beauty/Fashion, Blockchain/Crypto, Data & Infrastructure, Cyber & Security, Defense, Education, Energy, Fintech & Insurtech, Foodtech, Gaming, Hospitality/Tourism/Travel, Future of work/HR, Industry & Manufacturing, Legaltech/Regtech, Logistics/Supply chain, Martech, Mobility & Transportation, Proptech/Construction, Retail/Future of Commerce, Digital health
Headquarters
France
Offices
Paris
Geographic focus
France,Israel
Founded
2013

Track record

  • Portfolio companies: 58
  • Total investments: 77
  • Exits: 2
  • Unicorns: 5

Notable investments

Omi, Benefiz, Nelson, Alma, Mirakl, Tomorro, Defacto, Spendesk, Lydia

Funds by stage

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Funds by sector

The funds investing in each sector, based on their rounds over the last 36 months.