Diaspora Ventures

Diaspora Ventures invests in the next generation of french entrepreneurs building tech companies.

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2025	Palabra.ai	$8.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Curie.Bio, Launch House Ventures, Operator Partners, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Thrive Capital, Eduardo Alcalay, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Javaughn Lawrence, Karim Atiyeh, Lucas Medola, Patrick Collison
Jul 1, 2025	Ramp	$500.0M Series E	—	8VC, Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Caffeinated Capital, Canvas Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cherry Ventures, Construct Capital, Contrary Capital, Countdown Capital, Cubit Capital, FirstMile Ventures, Floodgate, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Industry Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Launch House Ventures, LGF, Lux Capital, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Ravelin Capital, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Stash Ventures, Susquehanna Capital, The House Fund, Thrive Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Catherine Wood, Chafic Kazoun, Eduardo Alcalay, Harry Hurst, Javaughn Lawrence, Justin Mateen, Koen Koeppen, Lucas Medola, Mark Casady, Rob Meyerson, Scott Belsky, Teddy Citrin, Zachary Hargreaves
Jun 1, 2025	Ramp	$200.0M Series E	—	8VC, Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, BoxGroup, Caffeinated Capital, Canvas Ventures, Chemistry VC, Cherry Ventures, Construct Capital, Contrary Capital, Countdown Capital, Cubit Capital, FirstMile Ventures, Floodgate, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Industry Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Launch House Ventures, LGF, Lux Capital, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Ravelin Capital, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Stash Ventures, Susquehanna Capital, The House Fund, Thrive Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Catherine Wood, Chafic Kazoun, Eduardo Alcalay, Harry Hurst, Javaughn Lawrence, Justin Mateen, Koen Koeppen, Lucas Medola, Mark Casady, Rob Meyerson, Scott Belsky, Teddy Citrin, Zachary Hargreaves
May 1, 2025	Doji	$14.0M Seed	—	8VC, C2 Investment, Innovation Endeavors, Launch House Ventures, Paradigm, Prototype Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Thrive Capital, Y Combinator, Eduardo Alcalay, Elad Gil, Javaughn Lawrence, John Collison, Lucas Medola, Mark Pincus, Patrick Collison, Siqi Chen
Mar 1, 2024	Propense.ai	$3.0M Seed	—	Harlem Capital
Jul 1, 2023	Karat Financial	$40.0M Series B	—	BITKRAFT Ventures, Blockchain Capital, foobar.vc, Hack VC, Hawke Ventures, KB Partners, LAUNCH, Origins, REMUS Capital, SignalFire, Sony Innovation Fund, Thirty Five Ventures, Union Square Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Antoine Martin, Griffin Johnson, Jeff Chang, John Kobs, Kevin Lin, Roger Ehrenberg, Ron Pragides, Roy Meirom, Stanley Tang
Mar 1, 2023	Matchday	$21.0M Seed	—	A'Z Angels, Origins
Mar 1, 2023	SlamBall	$11.0M Series A	—	CRV, Darco Capital, KB Partners, Origins, Sharp Alpha Advisors, Thirty Five Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Vayner RSE, Wildcard Ventures, Antoine Martin, Jeff Chang, Roger Ehrenberg, Ron Pragides
Nov 1, 2022	Legapass	$1.0M Seed	—	50 Partners, CapHorn, OpenCapital.vc, Jean-David Benichou, Oleg Tscheltzoff
Oct 1, 2022	Patronus Group	$27.0M Series A	—	50 Partners Impact, Adjacent, Amplify Partners, Array Ventures, Bond, Cavalry Ventures, Compound, Felicis Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Origins, Singular, Y Combinator, Adam Gries, Amjad Masad, Celine Lazorthes, Florian Douetteau, Howie Liu, Lukas Biewald, Moshe Lifschitz, Roxanne Varza
Oct 1, 2022	Payflows	$6.0M Seed	—	Accel, A'Z Angels, Bain Capital Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founder Collective, Greylock, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Insight Partners, Moonfire Ventures, Motier Ventures, Origins, Pareto Holdings, QED Investors, RET Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Indranil Guha, Touchdown Ventures, Zigg Capital, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Roger Ehrenberg, Shane Neman
Jul 1, 2022	Stadium Live Studios	$10.0M Series A	—	50 Partners Impact, A Capital, Addition, AIX Ventures, A'Z Angels, Betaworks Ventures, Bombas, E1 Ventures, Factorial, KB Partners, Left Lane Capital, Lux Capital, Origins, Otherwise Fund, Reshape Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Singular, Slow Ventures, Summit Partners, Thirty Five Ventures, TQ Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Augusto Marietti, Brad Bitler, Celine Lazorthes, Chad Stender, Charles Zedlewski, Clement Benoit, Eric Feng, Eric Wu, Florian Douetteau, Greg Brockman, Kevin Lin, Leore Avidar, Nik Sharma, Ronny Conway, Roxanne Varza, Scott Belsky, Thibaud Elziere, Tony Hawk
May 1, 2022	Moka.care	$16.0M Series A	—	Cherry Ventures, Craft Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, Founder Collective, Founders Fund, Gradient Ventures, Harlem Capital, Heartcore Capital, Left Lane Capital, Origins, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Serena Ventures, Singular, Valar Ventures, Didier Valet, Venus Williams
Apr 1, 2022	Ugami	$5.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, TJ Nahigian, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, GPO Fund, Gradient Ventures, Harlem Capital, Kima Ventures, #SecretFund, The Refiners, Andrew Nutter, Frederic Montagnon, Key Compton, Mark Casady, Thibaud Elziere
Dec 1, 2021	Yumon	$2.0M Seed	—	CapHorn, Jean-David Benichou, Oleg Tscheltzoff
Nov 1, 2021	Doji	$3.0M Seed	—	Launch House Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Thrive Capital, Eduardo Alcalay, Javaughn Lawrence, Lucas Medola
Sep 1, 2021	Vyne Technologies	$16.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, Antler, Atlantica Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, Connect Ventures, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, Force Over Mass Capital, Founder Collective, Heartcore Capital, Kima Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Passion Capital, #SecretFund, Seedcamp, The Refiners, Andrew Nutter, Charles Delingpole, Daniel Cardenas-Clark, David Mytton, Elliott Cohen, Frederic Montagnon, Jeremy Yap, Mark Casady, Steph Korey, Thibaud Elziere, TJ Parker
Sep 1, 2021	Snyk	$300.0M Series F	—	01 Advisors, 2xN, Accel, Addition, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Boldstart Ventures, Drive Capital, General Catalyst, H.I.G. Capital, Index Ventures, IVP, Lead Edge Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12, Matrix, Matter Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Owl Rock Capital Partners, Point Nine Capital, Prototype Capital, Sequoia Capital, SNR, Storm Ventures, TechAviv Founder Partners, Tiger Global Management, True Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Verified Capital, Y Combinator, Anshu Sharma, Armando Mann, Jean-Sébastien Wallez, Michel Meyer, Moisey Uretsky, Sahin Boydas, Thibaud Elziere, Tony Jamous
Aug 1, 2021	ZenLedger	$6.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, 75 & Sunny, Accelerator Ventures, Craft Ventures, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners, Freestyle Capital, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Kima Ventures, LGF, #SecretFund, Staenberg Venture Partners, The Refiners, Thirty Five Ventures, Y Combinator, Andrew Nutter, Anthony Pompliano, Christian Oestlien, Frederic Montagnon, Logan Paul, Mark Casady, Mark Cuban, Mark Wahlberg, Thibaud Elziere
Aug 1, 2021	Applikate Technologies	$3.0M Venture Round	—	2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, Kima Ventures, #SecretFund, The Refiners, Frederic Montagnon, Mark Casady, Thibaud Elziere
Jun 1, 2021	Upflow	$15.0M Series A	—	14W, 20VC, 2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, 8VC, 9Yards Capital, Adjacent, Anthemis Group, BigSpring, Creandum, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, Founders Future, Galaxy Digital, Greylock, IVP, Kima Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Night Capital, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Quiet Capital, S3 Ventures, #SecretFund, Target Global, The Refiners, Tiger Global Management, Valar Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, Alexandre Scialom, Andrew Nutter, Arash Ferdowsi, Bradley Horowitz, Brandon Krieg, Brendan O'Driscoll, Casey Neistat, Charles Delingpole, Frederic Montagnon, Gabriel Jarrosson, Guillaume Lestrade, James Beshara, Jan Deepen, Jean Charles Samuelian, Jim Pallotta, Johan Lorenzen, Kunal Shah, Laurent Ritter, Luca Ascani, Mark Casady, Mike Krieger, Oliver Jung, Romain Afflelou, Samvit Ramadurgam, Stefan Jeschonnek, Steve Schlafman, Sundeep Madra, Thibaud Elziere, Valentin Stalf
Jun 1, 2021	Claap	$3.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, 50 Partners, 8VC, AirAngels, Air Street Capital, Alsop Louie Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Atomico, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Breega, Broadway Angels, Connect Ventures, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, eFounders, Entrée Capital Ventures, Essence VC, Felicis Ventures, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Ganas Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Hyper, Kima Ventures, LocalGlobe, Logos Labs, Lux Capital, Menlo Ventures, mExpand Family Office, MMC Ventures, Musha Ventures, Scott Gottlieb, Orange Fund (Orange DAO), Otherwise Fund, Passion Capital, Picus Capital, Polymath Capital Partners, Project A Ventures, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Roosh Ventures, #SecretFund, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Speedinvest, Techstars, The Refiners, Upfront Ventures, Vibe Capital, Witz Ventures, Alexander Ljung, Alexandre Prot, Alexandros Bottenbruch, Alex Pattis, Andrew Gazdecki, Andrew Nutter, Arthur Kosten, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Casey Neistat, Chris Herd, Chris Schagen, David Peterson, David Rosenberg, Didier Valet, Eden Chen, Elad Gil, Eric Demuth, Frank Sagnier, Frederic Montagnon, Gina Bianchini, Harsh Sinha, Ian Hogarth, James Beshara, Janis Krums, Jean Charles Samuelian, Julia DeWahl, Mark Casady, Märt Kelder, Mathilde Collin, Nkechi Iregbulem, Othman Laraki, Peter Kazanjy, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Raphael Vullierme, Roxanne Varza, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Steve Anavi, Thibaud Elziere, Tony Jamous, Vinay Hiremath, Zachary Sims
Jun 1, 2021	Karat Financial	$11.0M Series A	—	305 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, Addition, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, Buckley Ventures, Scott Hartley, General Catalyst, Hawke Ventures, Shawn Modarresi, KB Partners, LAUNCH, Lux Capital, Origins, Playground Global, Portal Ventures, Rebel Fund, REMUS Capital, Robot Ventures, Serena Ventures, Smash Capital, Social Capital, SQN Venture Partners, ThirdLove, Thirty Five Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Y Combinator, Antoine Martin, Griffin Johnson, Jay Z, Jeff Chang, Jimmy Donaldson, John Kobs, Justin Mateen, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Rashaun Williams, Roger Ehrenberg, Ron Pragides, Zander Lurie
May 1, 2021	Ublo	$760K Seed	—	50 Partners Impact, Daphni, Kima Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Octopus Ventures, Origins, Singular, Y Combinator, Celine Lazorthes, Roxanne Varza
Apr 1, 2021	Onepilot	$2.0M Seed	—	50 Partners, 50 Partners Impact, 75 & Sunny, Across Capital Partners, Acton Capital Partners, Alchemist Accelerator, BackBone Ventures, Boosted Commerce, C2 Investment, Flourish Ventures, Global Founders Capital, J12 Ventures, Left Lane Capital, Menlo Ventures, monashees, Glenn Solomon, Not Boring Capital, Origins, Pareto Holdings, Propel Venture Partners, Quona Capital, Sequoia Capital, Singular, Snowflake Ventures, Team Global, Tiger Global Management, Trajectory Ventures, Y Combinator, Celine Lazorthes, Dennis Yang, Douglas Stark, Elias Aalto, Florian Douetteau, Fredrik Hjelm, Inbal Leshem, Luca Ascani, Maria Raga, Mats Diedrichsen, Mik Attisani, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Roland Brack, Roxanne Varza, Thomas Rebaud

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Diaspora Ventures.

Ilan Abehassera

General Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Diaspora Ventures.

Ilan Abehassera

General Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Diaspora Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital fund focused on backing the next generation of French and European entrepreneurs building technology companies in the United States. The firm’s mission is to empower ambitious founders with global ambitions by providing early-stage capital, strategic guidance, and access to the world’s most dynamic tech ecosystem. Diaspora Ventures invests at the earliest stages—often at the idea, prototype, or early revenue phase—with check sizes typically ranging from $50,000 to $200,000. While sector-agnostic, the fund is particularly interested in founders with backgrounds in artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, and digital health.

By bridging the gap between European talent and the U.S. startup landscape, Diaspora Ventures plays a pivotal role in accelerating the international expansion of European founders. The fund’s philosophy centers on speed, operational experience, and deep networks, helping startups scale quickly and efficiently in a competitive global market.

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Origin Story

Founded in 2020 by Ilan Abehassera (based in New York) and Carlos Diaz (based in San Francisco), Diaspora Ventures was born out of the founders’ own experiences as French entrepreneurs who built careers in the U.S. tech ecosystem. Both partners had spent over a decade as active angel investors, backing notable startups such as Algolia, Sunrise, Cowboy, and Double. Recognizing a recurring challenge—European founders often lacked the funding, networks, and operational playbooks needed to launch and scale in the U.S.—they created Diaspora Ventures to address this gap.

The fund launched as a Rolling Fund on AngelList, allowing for continuous fundraising and rapid deployment of capital. Since its inception, Diaspora Ventures has interviewed over 1,000 founders and invested in more than 30 startups, quickly establishing itself as a go-to partner for European entrepreneurs entering the U.S. market.

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Core Differentiators

First-Mover Rolling Fund Model: Diaspora Ventures leverages AngelList’s Rolling Fund structure, enabling continuous fundraising and faster deal execution compared to traditional VC funds.
Operator-Led Approach: The partners are not just investors—they are active entrepreneurs and operators, offering hands-on support and real-world insights to founders.
Deep U.S. Network: With bases in New York and San Francisco, the fund provides founders with direct access to Silicon Valley’s ecosystem, talent, and investors.
Sector Agnostic, Founder Focused: While open to all tech sectors, Diaspora Ventures prioritizes founders with global ambition and a “je ne sais quoi”—a unique blend of creativity, resilience, and vision.
Proven Track Record: The partners have collectively invested in over 500 startups as angels, giving them a robust dealflow and deep understanding of early-stage dynamics.

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Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Diaspora Ventures is riding the wave of globalization in tech entrepreneurship. As more European founders look to launch in the U.S. to access larger markets, talent, and capital, the fund is positioned at the intersection of two powerful trends: the rise of remote and distributed startups, and the increasing mobility of talent across borders. The timing is critical—post-pandemic, the barriers to launching a U.S.-based company from Europe have diminished, and Diaspora Ventures is helping founders capitalize on this shift.

By lowering the entry barrier for European entrepreneurs, the fund is not only fueling innovation but also enriching the U.S. startup ecosystem with diverse perspectives and world-class engineering talent. This cross-pollination is accelerating the pace of global tech innovation and reshaping how startups scale internationally.

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Quick Take & Future Outlook

Diaspora Ventures is poised to become a leading gateway for European founders entering the U.S. market. As the fund continues to grow its LP base and expand its portfolio, it will likely deepen its influence on both sides of the Atlantic. The future may see Diaspora Ventures broadening its scope to include more regions within Europe and potentially launching follow-on funds to support later-stage scaling.

For founders, the message is clear: if you’re a European entrepreneur with a global vision, Diaspora Ventures offers not just capital, but a bridge to the world’s most vibrant tech ecosystem. As the lines between local and global blur, Diaspora Ventures is helping to write the next chapter of international tech entrepreneurship—one ambitious founder at a time.

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High-Level Overview

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Origin Story

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Core Differentiators

First-Mover Rolling Fund Model: Diaspora Ventures leverages AngelList’s Rolling Fund structure, enabling continuous fundraising and faster deal execution compared to traditional VC funds.
Operator-Led Approach: The partners are not just investors—they are active entrepreneurs and operators, offering hands-on support and real-world insights to founders.
Deep U.S. Network: With bases in New York and San Francisco, the fund provides founders with direct access to Silicon Valley’s ecosystem, talent, and investors.
Sector Agnostic, Founder Focused: While open to all tech sectors, Diaspora Ventures prioritizes founders with global ambition and a “je ne sais quoi”—a unique blend of creativity, resilience, and vision.
Proven Track Record: The partners have collectively invested in over 500 startups as angels, giving them a robust dealflow and deep understanding of early-stage dynamics.

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Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

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