Maison Verne
Growth round · 2026
Growth round · 2026

The maison
built in public

Maison Verne makes heirloom leather goods in a single French atelier — and streams every hour of the making to two million followers.

€5.4M
revenue TTM
61%
gross margin
€8M
raising
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The thesis

Heritage luxury sells a past it can’t prove — we sell a provenance you can watch.

The next luxury customer wants receipts: who made it, where, from what, for how long. Transparency is the new patina.

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Why now
€28B

of luxury spend shifting to “new craft” houses this decade as Gen Z reaches 30% of the market (Bain–Altagamma Luxury Study, 2025).

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The collection

Twelve designs. One atelier. No seasons.

01
Permanent line
No drops, no markdowns — a canon that compounds.
02
Full-grain, single-source
One tannery partner, 140 years old, an hour from the atelier.
03
Watch it made
Every order links to the bench footage of its making.
[ PHOTO — atelier bench ]
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The making
STEP 01
Cut
One hide, hand-selected at the tannery.
STEP 02
Stitch
Saddle-stitched — 9 hours per piece.
STEP 03
Finish
Edge-paint, burnish, stamp, film.
STEP 04
Deliver
With the footage of its making.
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The work

Objects that outlive their buyers

[ PHOTO — the 72-hour tote ]
[ PHOTO — saddle stitch macro ]
[ PHOTO — tannery ]
[ PHOTO — patina at 5 years ]
[ PHOTO — the atelier ]
[ PHOTO — repair bench ]
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Traction
01
€5.4M
revenue TTM
02
61%
gross margin
03
11 wks
average waitlist
04
41%
repeat purchase in 24 mo

Zero paid acquisition since founding. The making IS the marketing — 2.1M followers watch the bench.

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Growth

Revenue, trailing 3 years

H1 ’23H1 ’24H1 ’25H1 ’26H2 ’26E
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Unit economics

The Verne No.1 tote, per unit

LineValue
Price€1,450
Materials + bench time€560
Gross margin61%
Return rate0.8%
Contribution after fulfilment€820
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Positioning
Maison Verne
Heritage houses
New craft DTC
Vintage market
Provenance transparency → ↑ Price integrity
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Moat
01
01

The archive

4,000 hours of bench footage — provenance no house can retrofit.

02
02

Atelier pipeline

Our own 3-year apprenticeship; we train the scarcest input.

03
03

Repair covenant

Lifetime repair keeps every object — and customer — in the house.

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Customer proof

“I watched a stranger spend nine hours on my briefcase before it arrived. No logo has ever meant as much as that footage.”

Henrik Osei
Client no. 3,141 — owns four pieces
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Business model

Revenue mix, TTM

01
Made-to-order (waitlist)74%
02
Atelier editions (annual)17%
03
Repairs + care9%
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[ PHOTO — hands, awl, thread ]

PROOF,
NOT PROMISE.

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plan
The plan

Scale the ateliers, never the shortcuts

Growth is more benches, not faster hands. This round builds atelier two and the apprenticeship that staffs it.

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Roadmap
Now
Atelier one at capacity
14 artisans; 11-week waitlist proves demand.
H2 2026
Atelier two — Lyon
Doubles capacity by mid-2027.
2027
Client salons
Paris and New York appointment rooms.
2028
Small leather goods
Entry price point at €240, same covenant.
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The house
[ photo ]
Camille Verne
Founder — 3rd-generation saddler
[ photo ]
Théo Marchand
Atelier director — ex-Hermès
[ photo ]
Ana Silva
Brand — built the channel to 2.1M
[ photo ]
Paul Berger
Finance — ex-LVMH ops
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Financial plan

Revenue with two ateliers

€19M
revenue exiting 2028
25
50
75
100
€2.9M
€3.7M
€5M
€6.9M
€9.8M
€13.2M
H1 ’26H2 ’26H1 ’27H2 ’27H1 ’28H2 ’28
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Use of funds

Where the €8M goes

Raise
Atelier two
Apprenticeship program
Salons
Leather reserves
Buffer
sources uses ending
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Maison Verne

Watch it being made.

camille@maisonverne.fr · maisonverne.fr
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