Florian Douetteau
About Florian Douetteau
Florian Douetteau is a co-founder and the CEO of Dataiku. Crunchbase lists him as based in the United Kingdom. Dataiku is an AI and machine learning platform company <cite index="4-1">founded in 2013 in Paris, France</cite>, and its headquarters are now in New York City. Wikipedia lists him among its four founders.
In a DataIQ interview, he said he studied formal logic and type systems before entering the startup world in 2000, at age 20. His first job was managing engineering at a search engine company. He then built data science teams at various tech companies before founding Dataiku in 2013. Clay's executive profile says he studied at Ecole normale supérieure from 1999 to 2005.
Crunchbase records no companies founded by him on his investor profile. Tracxn lists Dataiku as the one company he founded, and it also shows him on the Dataiku board.
Douetteau invests as an individual angel. Lounge's Crunchbase-based count is 14 investments, with no lead investments. Other public profiles show larger totals. The current Crunchbase page lists 26 investments, PitchBook lists 24, and Tracxn lists 19 portfolio companies. The counts differ because each database tracks rounds and companies differently.
His recorded deals run from 2016 to 2026. Crunchbase's activity feed shows a 2016 round in the legal-tech company Doctrine. PitchBook lists Catalog (by Coalesce) in 2022, 50inTech in 2023, and Entroview and Phacet in 2024. It also lists nine exits, including Cosmian (2025) and Fintool (2026). Lounge's Crunchbase snapshot shows 0 exits.
Tracxn names Hugging Face and Strapi among his most notable investments. It says his investments are mainly in France and the United States.
Crunchbase shows 12 AI investments since 2023. His first AI deal in that period appears to be the November 2023 seed round of Qevlar AI, a Paris cybersecurity startup. The €4.5 million round was led by EQT Ventures. Olivier Pomel of Datadog and Mehdi Ghissassi of Google DeepMind also took part, according to Tech.eu. NFX Signal also lists a second Qevlar seed round in April 2025.
Other AI-related names on his Crunchbase profile are Cube AI, Doubleword, Twin, Formel AI, NP Company, Phacet, Linkup, Retab and Delos. Some of these deals were rounds with other angels and funds. Formel AI was an angel round in early 2025. Doubleword was a Series A in 2025, with Andreessen Horowitz and Dawn Capital among the co-investors listed by NFX Signal. Linkup raised a $10M seed in early 2026.
He mostly invests in pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds. NFX Signal ranks him in the AI (Seed and Series A), Enterprise, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure and Analytics categories. Many of his companies sell software to businesses, including AI agents, cybersecurity, search and data tooling. Many are based in France.
NFX Signal lists his angel investment range as $5K to $50K, with a sweet spot of $25K. This is a third-party profile, and he has not published it himself. We found no public statement from him on what he looks for in a pitch. We also found no public information on how he prefers to be approached.
- Qevlar AI: Paris-based AI cybersecurity startup. He joined its €4.5M seed round led by EQT Ventures in November 2023.
- Cube AI: French AI competitive-intelligence startup. He took part in its $2.5M seed round led by VentureFriends.
- Doubleword: AI inference company. He invested in its Series A in 2025, per Crunchbase and NFX Signal.
- Twin: AI automation startup. Crunchbase and PitchBook date his investment to early 2024.
- Formel AI: He invested in an angel round in early 2025, per NFX Signal.
- Linkup: Search and data startup. He invested in its seed round in early 2026.
- Retab: He invested in its pre-seed round in 2025.
- Delos: He invested in its seed round in 2025, per NFX Signal.
- Phacet: He invested in April 2024, per PitchBook.
- NP Company: He invested in its pre-seed round, per Crunchbase.
- crunchbase.com/person/florian-douetteau
- crunchbase.com/person/florian-douetteau/person_overview_investor/timel
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/125877-16
- signal.nfx.com/investors/florian-douetteau
- tracxn.com/d/people/florian-douetteau/__ODQMQHk8b6FiI-abdIqFMUdGDMAmDh
- tech.eu/2023/11/16/taking-ai-to-the-ai-fight-eqt-ventures-leads-seed-r
- nordic9.com/news/cube-ai-secured-a-25-million-seed-round-with-investor
- dataiq.global/dataiq100/florian-douetteau-chief-executive-dataiku
AI portfolio
Investing activity
Florian Douetteau has made 14 investments according to Crunchbase. 12 of those investments since 2023 were in AI companies, including Qevlar AI, Cube AI, Doubleword, Twin and Formel AI.
Florian Douetteau appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $7M. The most recent is NP Company (Pre-seed, €6M, Jun 2026).
Florian Douetteau most often invests alongside Partech, Vincent Luciani, Artefact founder and Cédric O, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Florian Douetteau
Who is Florian Douetteau?
He is a co-founder and the CEO of Dataiku, an AI and machine learning platform company. He also invests as an angel. Crunchbase lists his location as the United Kingdom.
What AI startups has Florian Douetteau invested in?
Crunchbase lists Qevlar AI, Cube AI, Doubleword, Twin, Formel AI, NP Company, Phacet, Linkup, Retab and Delos. Crunchbase counts 12 AI investments since 2023.
What is Florian Douetteau's angel check size?
He has not published one. NFX Signal lists a range of $5K to $50K with a $25K sweet spot, but this is a third-party estimate.
What stage does Florian Douetteau invest in?
His recorded deals are mostly pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds. He often joins alongside funds such as EQT Ventures, Partech or Dawn Capital.
Does Florian Douetteau lead rounds?
Crunchbase shows 0 lead investments. In the rounds we found, a fund led and he joined as an angel.
How can founders contact Florian Douetteau?
His LinkedIn profile is the public channel we found. We found no personal site or verified X account. A warm introduction through a co-investor or Dataiku contact may work better than a cold message.
Is Florian Douetteau an angel investor?
Yes. Florian Douetteau invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 14 investments.
What AI companies has Florian Douetteau invested in?
Florian Douetteau's AI investments include Qevlar AI, Cube AI, Doubleword, Twin, Formel AI, NP Company, Phacet and Linkup. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Florian Douetteau based?
Florian Douetteau is based in United Kingdom.
What stage does Florian Douetteau invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Florian Douetteau has invested at Pre-seed, with a median round of $7M.