David Sainteff

Partner | Global Founders Capital

📍 France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 13 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026
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Mar 2026
Real world. Real intelligence.
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Feb 2026
Arrakis partners with industrial enterprises to build AI Agents that execute in the real world. We combine a model-agnostic AI platform with embedded vertical teams and applied AI research tuned to industrial operations — letting companies build, deploy, manage, and scale Agents in weeks, not months. Arrakis uses value-based pricing to ensure customers only pay for the value our Agents deliver.
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Jan 2026
Were building the financial institution of the future. We believe money shapes everything - where we live, the choices we make, the futures we dream about. But the "system" often feels out of reach, and built for someone else. Clove exists to change that.
Board Member
May 2025
Orasio est une start-up européenne fondée en 2025 et spécialisée dans l’intelligence artificielle appliquée à la vidéo. Elle conçoit des solutions capables de détecter, en temps réel ou a posteriori, des situations dans des flux vidéo, à destination des forces de sécurité intérieure, des collectivités territoriales, des entreprises et du secteur de la défense. Ses technologies s’appuient sur des modèles d’IA avancés, conçus pour s’intégrer aux systèmes existants, dans le strict respect des régulations européennes. Orasio se distingue par une exigence d’excellence technique, une traçabilité rigoureuse des données et des approches multimodales. ------------------------------------- Orasio is a European start-up founded in 2025 and specialised in artificial intelligence applied to video. It develops solutions that enable the real-time or post-event detection of situations in video streams for internal security forces, local authorities, companies and the defence sector. Its technologies are based on advanced AI models designed to integrate with existing systems, in strict compliance with European regulations. Orasio stands out for its demand for technical excellence, rigorous data traceability and multimodal approaches.
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Feb 2025
Nevis is a purpose-built AI platform that helps financial advisors and their teams automate administrative workflows end-to-end.
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Jan 2024
At Bastion, were changing the way modern companies secure their software. We enable fast-moving tech teams to build secure, compliant applications from day one—without sacrificing speed. By combining automated compliance, built-in security tooling, and expert guidance, Bastion delivers an all-in-one solution tailored for startups and scale-ups. Designed by security engineers for today’s engineering teams, Bastion is trusted by some of the fastest-growing companies to stay secure and audit-ready—without slowing down. Build fast. Stay secure.
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Oct 2023
OSS self-hostable developer platform for APIs, background jobs, workflows and UIs. Easily create invincible workflows and apps with code only where it matters.
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Sep 2023
Pivot is the AI operating system for procurement, giving finance and procurement teams the structure, clarity, and velocity to operate under increasing pressure. It automates workflows, ensures full spend visibility, and ties decisions to financial reality, giving AI a foundation strong enough to carry the routine load. Thats how lean teams at companies like DoorDash, Lemonade, and Wolt run procurement with the control, speed, and coordination that once required three times the headcount. Natively integrated with all your tools, fueled by AI, and built around a top-notch UX, Pivot solves the adoption problem within your company, makes all support teams collaborate seamlessly, and provides procurement teams with powerful tools to extract data and make meaningful decisions. Pivots end-to-end platform is powering leading companies worldwide.
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Nov 2022
Gladia is the AI audio infrastructure that transcribes, and enriches every conversation through a single API—so developers can turn audio into structured, actionable data for their products. Available in 100+ languages.
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Oct 2022
Product protection made simple. Reach out at contact@evy.eu
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Nov 2021
At Upway, we envision a world where cars are the exception and e-bikes are the norm. Our mission is to accelerate e-bike adoption and reduce waste. This is why we are building the largest platform for reconditioned e-bikes, making electric mobility more affordable, and giving a new life to millions of great products. We are looking for great talents to bring this mission to life!
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Jan 2021
sunday is the payment company for restaurants. With a wide range of payment solutions (QR code, smart payment terminal, click & collect, pre-payment etc) and the feature set to power businesses (more tips, more reviews, analytics, instant tipping, accounting, etc.) sunday offers the most complete payment and restaurant management tools on the market. Founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux, the entrepreneurs and foodies behind Big Mamma, and Christine de Wendel. We are based in Paris, London, Atlanta & Chicago. We recruit food & tech enthusiasts. Our 3 values mean this: Simple - building powerful solutions through intuitive design Trust - transparent and accountable in everything we do Beyond - a collective journey, boldly driven by fearlessness Join us and apply via LinkedIn!
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Jan 2019
ROWSE came to life to fulfill a personal need of skincare that embodies beauty, love, trust, and hope—connecting nature to the community. A need of knowledge and understanding of the body and the skin, on how these can be uplifted by natural remedies rooted on plant based and conscious values. Determined instead to celebrate raw beauty, and to protect the planet we call our home, we knew we needed to do things a little differently. This is how ROWSE was born, and launched a collection of sustainably-sourced and vegan products, from our firstborn, made as an oil blend with raw ingredients that shortly evolved to bring new offerings such as powders, floral waters, essential oils and clays. Determined to promote a simple but unique blend of products, while celebrating the origins of each of our ingredients, we’ve worked closely with independent labs to combine and create beauty from recipes and formulations, that celebrates beauty and our planet in an intimate and beneficial way to bring safety and care all over our body.
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2026
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Mar 2026
Real world. Real intelligence.
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Feb 2026
Arrakis partners with industrial enterprises to build AI Agents that execute in the real world. We combine a model-agnostic AI platform with embedded vertical teams and applied AI research tuned to industrial operations — letting companies build, deploy, manage, and scale Agents in weeks, not months. Arrakis uses value-based pricing to ensure customers only pay for the value our Agents deliver.
Investor
Jan 2026
Were building the financial institution of the future. We believe money shapes everything - where we live, the choices we make, the futures we dream about. But the "system" often feels out of reach, and built for someone else. Clove exists to change that.
2025
Board Member
May 2025
Orasio est une start-up européenne fondée en 2025 et spécialisée dans l’intelligence artificielle appliquée à la vidéo. Elle conçoit des solutions capables de détecter, en temps réel ou a posteriori, des situations dans des flux vidéo, à destination des forces de sécurité intérieure, des collectivités territoriales, des entreprises et du secteur de la défense. Ses technologies s’appuient sur des modèles d’IA avancés, conçus pour s’intégrer aux systèmes existants, dans le strict respect des régulations européennes. Orasio se distingue par une exigence d’excellence technique, une traçabilité rigoureuse des données et des approches multimodales. ------------------------------------- Orasio is a European start-up founded in 2025 and specialised in artificial intelligence applied to video. It develops solutions that enable the real-time or post-event detection of situations in video streams for internal security forces, local authorities, companies and the defence sector. Its technologies are based on advanced AI models designed to integrate with existing systems, in strict compliance with European regulations. Orasio stands out for its demand for technical excellence, rigorous data traceability and multimodal approaches.
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Feb 2025
Nevis is a purpose-built AI platform that helps financial advisors and their teams automate administrative workflows end-to-end.
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