Daphni's sixth poker and networking evening alongside VivaTech 2026, reserved for venture capital professionals. Held on 17 June, it has become one of the most recognised gatherings of the Paris VC scene, and was fully booked several weeks before the show opened.
VC Poker Night is a poker and networking evening hosted by Daphni, a Paris-based venture capital firm, alongside VivaTech 2026. The sixth edition runs on 17 June 2026 from 19:30, at a private address shared with guests. The event is reserved for venture capital professionals.
The evening runs on the first business day of VivaTech (17 June), within the week's densest cluster of investor gatherings. Over successive editions it has become one of the most recognised fixtures of the Paris VC scene during the show, and the sixth edition was fully booked several weeks before opening.
No conference programme or speaker roster is documented for the evening.
It is a side event of VivaTech 2026, scheduled on the evening of 17 June. It is independent of the show's ticketing and accessible by Daphni invitation only.
The 2026 edition was fully booked several weeks before the show opened. The Luma page serves as an information point, but access is reserved for invited venture capital professionals.
It is not designed for: founders seeking investor meetings, since attendance is reserved for VC professionals; service providers and recruiters, given the closed peer setting; attendees seeking a conference programme, since the format is a poker evening; and anyone expecting open access, since capacity is limited and invitation-only.
The evening is held at a private address in Paris, shared with confirmed guests rather than published. No further venue detail is publicly disclosed.
Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups with international ambitions. It was co-founded by Pierre-Eric Leibovici and Pierre-Yves Meerschman and runs a team of around fifty, including several partners. VC Poker Night is one of its signature community formats during VivaTech.
The most recognised gathering of the Paris VC scene at VivaTech: a poker evening among investors, fully booked weeks before the show opens.
Access is by invitation from Daphni and reserved for venture capital professionals. The 2026 edition was fully booked. No public ticket is offered, and the Luma page serves as an information point.
No. The evening is invitation-only and was fully booked several weeks before the show. The Luma page provides information rather than open tickets.
On 17 June 2026 from 19:30, at a private address in Paris shared with confirmed guests.
A poker-led networking evening among venture capital professionals, in an informal setting, without a published conference programme.
| Luma page | https://lu.ma/jlopici6 |
| Daphni | https://www.daphni.com/ |
| Daphni team | https://www.daphni.com/team |
| Parent event | https://eventsindex.org/events/viva-technology.html |