Diaspora Ventures
4837 17th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
Overview
Diaspora Ventures invests in the next generation of french entrepreneurs building tech companies. Diaspora Ventures targets French founders who have true global ambition, by investing early and giving them access to the best tech ecosystem in the world, the United States.
- Total investments
- 8
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Safary
Participated · Seed · Jan 2024
Safary is a San Francisco–based provider of a Web3 alternative to Google Analytics that replaces traditional tracking systems without relying on cookies. Its core product is a marketing attribution platform and no-code dashboard that tracks visitors, wallets, and Web3 conversions, enabling teams to centralize growth data. The platform lets Web3 teams analyze marketing CAC, channel ROI, and customer LTV and measure the results of campaigns across organic content, KOLs, quests, and ad networks. Co-founded by Justin Vogel and Eliott Mogenet, Safary positions itself as a privacy-focused replacement for legacy tracking. The company raised $2.4M in a Pre-Seed round to expand its team and accelerate product development. Investors in the round include Lemniscap (lead), Arca, SevenX, Big Brain Holdings, Saison Capital, Diaspora Ventures, and 20 Web3 angel investors.
- Iteration X
Participated · Seed · Apr 2023
Iteration X provides a platform that lets design, development and marketing teams capture, share and collaborate on issues directly in-context on live digital products and websites. The product integrates with existing workflows and tools including JIRA, Slack, Notion and Asana. The company raised $4.7M in Seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to accelerate growth, expand operations and broaden its business reach. Iteration X aims to streamline in-product feedback and iteration by enabling teams to work directly on live products rather than in disconnected tools. The platform targets cross-functional collaboration across product, design and marketing teams. The company was co-founded by Mehdi Djabri, Aymeric Sans and Flora Michalon.
- Spaceport
Participated · Seed · Dec 2022
Spaceport is a Web3 licensing protocol and platform built to help creators, brands and agencies monetize intellectual property with greater velocity. Its protocol and first application, Spaceport Core, provide a streamlined one-stop-shop licensing infrastructure and a universal licensing catalog aimed at improving deal velocity and exposing IP to the metaverse vertical. The team combines traditional licensing expertise with Web3-native capabilities and targets the existing $300B licensing market with ambition to expand it into a multi-trillion dollar market. Founded by Le Zhang and Lida Tang, the company has already granted private access to products through partnerships with media, gaming, and consumer goods companies. Spaceport plans to use the funds to hire talent, deepen partnerships with notable IP holders and build toward a public product launch. The company announced a $3.6M pre-seed round to support those plans.
- Tyles
Participated · Equity · Oct 2022
Tyles.io is a Berlin-based platform that lets high-performing professionals build critical knowledge at high speed. Its modular note-taking tool makes it easy to save information from any app—browsers, PDF files, or presentations—and keeps users organized without friction. The product allows users to combine, split and reuse knowledge modules via drag-and-drop so they can organize content and deliver insights. The company is led by Cain Rothe and Felix Schaper. Tyles.io raised €1.4M in its first funding round and will use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate development. Investors in the round include Slingshot Ventures, APX, NCA, Venista Ventures, Diaspora Ventures, Lars Kamp, Vincent Peters, Jens Jahn and Martin Sinner.
- The Cobblers
Participated · Seed · Jun 2022
The Cobblers operates a technology-driven marketplace that enables leather restoration artisans to launch or expand businesses and offer services direct-to-consumer and via partnerships with luxury brands and department stores. The platform digitizes the customer experience and turnaround times while aiming to reduce environmental waste by extending product lifespans. The company announced an $8M seed financing and will use the funds to optimize its IT platform, expand the number of artisans, increase marketing, broaden services, and support geographic growth. The investment also provided for a European headquarters in Croatia. The Cobblers currently operates in the United States and anticipates expansion to Canada, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. Founder Warren Barthes, an experienced entrepreneur, said the funding validates the company’s strategy and will help grow its offering and artisan community.