Roxanne Varza
About Roxanne Varza
Roxanne Varza is Director of STATION F, the startup campus in Paris. Before that she led Microsoft Ventures Paris and was Editor of TechCrunch France. She also worked for several London-based startups.
She co-founded Tech.eu (later acquired by Webrazzi), StarHer (now part of SISTA) and the Failcon Paris conference. She has served on the French Government's Conseil National du Numérique and the European Commission's European Innovation Council. Her LinkedIn bio also lists board seats at NRJ Groupe and Le Fonds pour l'indépendance de la presse. She holds degrees from UCLA, Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics.
Varza is an angel investor and a scout for Sequoia Capital. She was previously a scout for Atomico. Crunchbase lists 21 personal investments, and NFX Signal lists 22 on record. PitchBook counts 16, so the totals differ by database.
Her LinkedIn bio also says she is an investor or LP in Weekend Fund, Spice Capital and Origins VC. Her named angel investments include Claap, Folk, Resilience.care, Moka.care, Colette, Dance, CommandBar and Figures.
Conference and interview bios name Lovable, H Company, Harmattan AI, Ami Labs, Photoroom, Spore.bio and Robeauté among her investments. NFX Signal also records Neuralk-AI (pre-seed, February 2025), Pruna AI (seed, November 2024) and dottxt (pre-seed December 2023, seed August 2024). Crunchbase lists a pre-seed round in MITO AI.
On the Lounge deals desk she is listed on the fonio.ai $17M seed round from June 2026. Press coverage of that round names 20VC as lead investor and does not name her.
Her recorded deals are mostly pre-seed and seed, in France and Europe. They span AI, enterprise software and health. NFX Signal, a third-party database, shows a check range of $5K to $30K with a $20K sweet spot. Varza has not published a check size herself that we could find.
In an interview with Houghton Street Ventures she said she wants to understand why a founder chose to build what they are building. She asks whether it came from a personal experience or frustration, or from a market opportunity they saw. In another Q&A she said she learns from co-investors in scout programs and from entrepreneur-turned-angels.
- Lovable: named in her bio as an angel investment; investment year not public in the sources found
- H Company: named in her bio as an angel investment; year not public
- Harmattan AI: named in her bio as an angel investment; year not public
- Pruna AI: seed round, November 2024
- dottxt: pre-seed December 2023 and seed August 2024
- Neuralk-AI: pre-seed, February 2025
- Thunder Code: seed, June 2025
- Vocca: seed, September 2025
- Photoroom: named in her bio as an angel investment; year not public
- crunchbase.com/person/roxanne-varza
- signal.nfx.com/investors/roxanne-varza_1
- linkedin.com/in/roxannevarza
- earlyearlystage.substack.com/p/a-q-and-a-with-station-f-director
- humanx.co/europe/speakers/roxanne-varza
- medium.com/houghton-street-ventures/the-lse-connection-roxanne-varza-o
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/268751-44
- techfundingnews.com/fonio-ai-17m-20vc-austria-seed-round
Investing activity
Roxanne Varza appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $17M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $17M. The most recent is fonio.ai (Seed, $17M, Jun 2026).
Roxanne Varza most often invests alongside The Twenty Minute VC and Alexandre Berriche, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Roxanne Varza
Does Roxanne Varza invest in AI startups?
Yes. Her named investments include Lovable, H Company, Harmattan AI, Pruna AI, dottxt and Neuralk-AI. She is also listed on the fonio.ai $17M seed round on the Lounge deals desk.
What check size does Roxanne Varza write?
She has not stated a check size publicly. NFX Signal, a third-party database, shows a $5K to $30K range with a $20K sweet spot.
What stage does Roxanne Varza invest at?
Her recorded deals are mostly pre-seed and seed. Examples are Neuralk-AI (pre-seed), dottxt (pre-seed and seed) and Pruna AI (seed).
What does Roxanne Varza look for in founders?
She has said she wants to understand why a person is building what they are building. She asks whether it came from personal experience or frustration, or from a market opportunity they saw.
Is Roxanne Varza connected to Sequoia?
Yes. She is a scout for Sequoia Capital and was previously a scout for Atomico.
How should founders contact Roxanne Varza?
Her LinkedIn profile says she does not accept requests from people she has not met in person. It also links a contact page on her site, techbaguette.com.
Is Roxanne Varza an angel investor?
Yes. Roxanne Varza invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Roxanne Varza invested in?
Roxanne Varza's AI investments include fonio.ai. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Who does Roxanne Varza co-invest with?
Roxanne Varza's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are The Twenty Minute VC (1 deal) and Alexandre Berriche (1 deal).
How can founders reach Roxanne Varza?
Founders on Lounge can see Roxanne Varza's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Roxanne Varza to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.