Motier

Overview

Motier, founded in 2005 by Ginette Moulin, describes itself as "la holding animatrice de la famille Moulin"; it owns 100% of Groupe Galeries Lafayette and of La Redoute, is one of the largest shareholders of Carrefour through Galfa, has been the main shareholder of the airline La Compagnie since its creation in 2013, owns two Pomerol estates through Motier Domaines and participates in the investment funds Felix Capital and Experienced Capital. Motier Ventures, founded in 2021 by Guillaume Houzé, invests up to €300k as a business angel in 25 to 30 startups a year and follows on in later rounds; it counts about 100 companies. Its site presents La Maison, an 1,800 m² space over the three top floors of the Lafayette Gourmet building in Paris, for its portfolio founders, opened in 2025.

Investment thesis

Motier Ventures acts as a "value-added business angel at scale": up to €300k in a company's early days and up to €3m in follow-on rounds, focused on future of commerce, fintech, creative tech, consumer and gaming, infra and tooling and future of work, with blockchains and AI as transversal expertise.

Holdings & investments (98)

INVESTMENT ARMS & VEHICLES

• Motier Ventures
  The Moulin family holding company's vehicle invested in tech startups (founded 2021)
• Galfa
  Motier subsidiary; one of the largest shareholders in Carrefour
• Motier Domaines
  Owns two Pomerol estates (Château Beauregard and Château Petit-Village)

HOLDINGS & INVESTMENTS · MOST RECENT FIRST

• MistralNOTABLE
  Artificial Intelligence
• DustNOTABLE
  Artificial Intelligence
• H CompanyNOTABLE
  Artificial Intelligence
• Groupe Galeries LafayetteNOTABLE
  Consumer & E-commerce · Wholly owned
• La Compagnie
  Mobility & Logistics · since 2013 · Main shareholder
• Poolside
  Artificial Intelligence
• Alma
  Fintech
• Linkup
  Artificial Intelligence
• Filigran
  Software & SaaS
• Gladia
  Artificial Intelligence
• La Redoute
  Consumer & E-commerce · Wholly owned
• Carrefour (via Galfa)
  Consumer & E-commerce · Large shareholder through subsidiary Galfa
• Motier Domaines (Château Beauregard, Château Petit-Village)
  Food & Agriculture · Subsidiary
• Felix Capital
  Fund involvement (fund commitment; form not detailed)
• Experienced Capital
  Fund involvement (fund commitment; form not detailed)
• CardNexus
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Freqens
  Fintech
• Stacksync
  Software & SaaS
• AgentCollect
  Fintech
• Genesis
  Software & SaaS
• Certalis
• Glopal
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Stockly
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Twin
  Artificial Intelligence
• DinMo
  Software & SaaS
• Ecole 2600
• Bastion
  Software & SaaS
• Omada
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Linc
  Software & SaaS
• Certo
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Omi
  Media & Entertainment
• Entropia
  Artificial Intelligence
• Narval
  Software & SaaS
• Arianee
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Pruna
  Artificial Intelligence
• Topograph
  Software & SaaS
• Concord
  Software & SaaS
• Pimento
  Artificial Intelligence
• Lucis
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Vibe
  Media & Entertainment
• AMI Labs
  Software & SaaS
• Phacet
  Artificial Intelligence
• Catalog
• Adaptive
  Artificial Intelligence
• Opal
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Heal
  Artificial Intelligence
• Fundamental
  Software & SaaS
• Evy
  Fintech
• Gobano Robotics
  Artificial Intelligence
• Kelvin
  Software & SaaS
• Harmattan
• Deblock
  Fintech
• Sekai
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Vertesia
  Artificial Intelligence
• Tomorro
  Software & SaaS
• Keyring Network
  Fintech
• Poolday
  Media & Entertainment
• Nocturne Games
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Nilos
  Fintech
• NPco
  Software & SaaS
• Coinhouse
  Fintech
• Triver
  Fintech
• FlexAI
  Software & SaaS
• Pave Space
  Software & SaaS
• MarketLeap
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Anyshift
  Artificial Intelligence
• Fipto
  Crypto & Web3
• Finegrain
  Media & Entertainment
• Bluesand
  Artificial Intelligence
• Choose
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Plakar
  Software & SaaS
• Revyze
  Consumer & E-commerce
• PyannoteAI
  Artificial Intelligence
• Autone
  Artificial Intelligence
• Swaive
  Fintech
• Upstream
  Software & SaaS
• New Tales
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Beside
• Jupi
  Software & SaaS
• Scenario
  Media & Entertainment
• Shortcat
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Tsuga
  Software & SaaS
• Animaj
  Consumer & E-commerce
• DFNS
  Software & SaaS
• Bondio
  Software & SaaS
• Kotcha
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Ankar
  Artificial Intelligence
• Payflows
  Fintech
• Ditto
  Fintech
• Skarlett
  Fintech
• Defacto
  Fintech
• Karmine Corp
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Jitter
  Media & Entertainment
• Dataïads
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Tolmo
  Software & SaaS
• Yuma
  Consumer & E-commerce
• Augment
• Giftshop
  Consumer & E-commerce

People

• Clément Lamolinerie
  Managing Partner, Motier Ventures · source
• Laurine Moureaux
  Venture Investor, Motier Ventures · source
• Philippe Houzé
  Président (Executive Committee); Chairman of the Supervisory Board · source
• Nicolas Houzé
  Vice-Président · source
• Guillaume Houzé
  Vice-Président · source
• Arthur Lemoine
  Vice-Président · source
• Carole Ferrand
  Directrice Générale Adjointe · source
• Augustin Belloy
  Secrétaire général · source
• Christiane Houzé
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Isabelle Moulin
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Patricia Moulin Lemoine
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Laurène Belloy
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Matthieu Lemoine
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Zoé Lemoine
  Member, Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) · source
• Jean Beunardeau
  Censeur, Supervisory Board · source
• Philippe Santini
  Censeur, Supervisory Board · source

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