Motier Ventures is the venture family office of Guillaume Houze and the owners of the Galeries Lafayette group, launched in 2021 and based at 40 boulevard Haussmann in Paris. It describes itself as ‘a value-added business angel at scale’, writing up to EUR 300k as a first cheque and following on with up to EUR 3m in later rounds. Focus areas are the future of commerce, fintech, creative technologies, consumer and gaming, infrastructure and tooling and the future of work, with AI and blockchain as cross-cutting themes. The portfolio counts more than 90 companies, including Mistral AI, Dust, Alma, Arianee and Coinhouse. It also runs La Maison, an 1,800 sqm Paris space for portfolio founders and the French tech community.
Investment thesis
Motier Ventures is the Paris venture arm of the family behind the Galeries Lafayette group, investing at early stage with initial cheques up to 300,000 euros and follow-on commitments reaching 3 million. It focuses on the future of commerce, fintech, creative technologies, gaming and consumer, infrastructure and tooling, and the future of work, with AI and blockchain as cross-cutting themes. It offers founders design partnerships and pilots inside the group.
Motier Ventures writes tickets between €300K and €3M at Pre-seed, Seed, and Series A. Its focus is AI, Consumer tech, Fintech, SaaS, and Web3, across France. Sesamers tracks 2 portfolio companies across 2 rounds. Its most recent tracked deal: Bleu Robotics, Oct 2026.
Portfolio
Past investments
| Company | Round | Role | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleu Robotics Paris, France Read the announcement → | Pre-seed | Participant | Oct 2026 | €5M |
| Mallow Paris, France Read the announcement → | Seed | Participant | Sep 2026 | €11M |