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Saint-Germain · 7e · 16e · Le Marais · Neuilly
An international matchmaker for people who chose to live
in Paris
Velin Privé is an invitation-only matchmaker in Paris for executives, founders and international professionals, men and women alike. It is a human matchmaking team, not an app and not a public agency with an open catalogue. Membership starts with a private application, every introduction is made by someone who knows both sides, and the whole process runs in English.
A beautiful city
with closed circles
Paris is easy to love and slow to open. Social life runs through school friends, family, the grandes écoles and long-standing dinner tables, and newcomers can spend years on the edge of it. Many people who moved here for La Défense, a fund in the 8e, a luxury house or a start-up at Station F tell us their French is fine and their social life is not.
Parisians feel it differently but just as much. Professional life is formal, private life is guarded, and meeting someone new outside one's own milieu takes either luck or an introduction. We are the introduction.
Paris on one side,
the world on the other
A brief in Paris is often international by nature. A French executive who wants a partner comfortable living in Geneva or New York. An American founder in the Marais who would like to meet someone French. A family in Neuilly that cares about language and education. The portrait records all of it, because it decides where the search goes.
The search starts in our own database, then moves through Paris and France, and on to London, Brussels, Geneva or wherever the person you describe actually lives. Our international matchmaking network exists for exactly this kind of life.
Velin Privé Target Search
in Paris
We work with men and women alike, because every search runs on Velin Privé Target Search. Velin Privé Target Search is executive search for your personal life, built on marketing expertise. We use the same tools that businesses use to find a specific customer, and apply them to finding one specific person: a precise portrait of who you are looking for, targeted outreach to the people who match it, first in our own database, then far beyond it. Every candidate is personally vetted before an introduction.
In Paris precision matters because circles are tight and taste is specific. We write down who you want to meet, including language, culture and the city you would share, and then go and find that person: in Paris and Île-de-France first, then across Europe if the portrait points there. You never browse a catalogue and nobody browses you.
Memberships start at $1,840 for 6 months. Velin Privé Target Search is available on any membership, from $700. All tiers are on our pricing page.
Fewer evenings out,
better introductions
Accomplished women in Paris, French and international, tell us the same thing: they meet charming men easily and serious ones rarely. A targeted search starts from a portrait you wrote and goes to men who have already said they want a lasting relationship. Every one of them is vetted before you hear his name.
Many of our members first read why successful women choose private matchmaking .
Ask your questions
on a call
Bring the Paris questions to the call: a partner who speaks French or one who does not need to, a life split with London or Geneva, a family that expects a certain milieu. We will tell you honestly how the search would run before you commit to anything.
From a call
to a first meeting
- 01
A first call, in English or French. Thirty minutes about your life in Paris, your work and the life you would like to share.
- 02
The portrait. A questionnaire and two in-depth interviews become a written description of the person we look for, including language, milieu and the city you would live in together.
- 03
The search, across Europe. We start in our network, then approach people in Paris, elsewhere in France and across Europe. Every two weeks you get a written account of where things stand.
- 04
The first meeting. Two separate yeses come first. Your matchmaker hosts a first conversation by video, and a first dinner in the 6e or the 16e is planned only afterwards.
What happens between the brief and the first name is explained in what a professional matchmaker actually does .
Discretion is
the Parisian default
In Paris private life is private, and we work the same way. Nothing is published, nothing can be browsed. Your name is passed on only with your consent, and you first speak with the other person on a video call arranged and hosted by your matchmaker.
If your week runs between Paris and London, see our London page . For Spain, see Barcelona . Memberships and what each includes are on our pricing page .
What an international matchmaker
costs from Paris
Most Paris agencies do not publish prices, and the market is split between French agencies working in French and international firms, many of them in London, that serve clients across Europe. If you live in Paris but your life runs in English, the London agencies are usually the ones you end up comparing. These are the figures they publish or that press and reviewers have reported.
| Service | Model | Published or reported price |
|---|---|---|
| Velin Privé | Own network + active search, worldwide | $1,840–$6,210, 6 to 18 months |
| Berkeley International | London agency | from $20,000 a year |
| Gray & Farrar | London agency | from $20,000 per contract |
| Maclynn International | London agency | from $24,000 per contract |
| Kelleher International | Elite agency, 12-month minimum | $30,000–$300,000 a year |
Prices in US dollars, checked 23 October 2026 from the firms' own sites, press coverage and independent reviewers. Several are estimates, because most firms quote only after a consultation. The full comparison of 19 services is in our matchmaker cost calculator.
For someone living in the 7e or in Neuilly, the useful question is where the search will actually look. Ours runs in English or French, in our network first, then in Paris, Brussels, Geneva, London and wherever else the person in your brief lives.
What people in Paris
ask us first
Is Velin Privé an agence matrimoniale in Paris?
If you are searching for agence matrimoniale Paris, the closest English term is private matchmaking in Paris. Velin Privé is not a marriage or immigration agency. The focus is genuine compatibility and readiness for a long-term relationship, not a legal outcome or a catalogue of profiles.
I am a woman looking for a man in Paris. Can you help?
Yes. The search runs on Velin Privé Target Search: together we describe the man you hope to meet, his language, his milieu and the city he would share with you, and then we contact men who fit, in our database first and far beyond it. Every one is vetted personally before you hear his name.
Do I need to speak French?
No. The whole process runs in English, from the first call to the reports. If you want a partner who speaks French, or one who speaks your own language, that goes into the brief and shapes who we reach out to.
I moved to Paris for work and my circle is mostly colleagues. Where do I start?
With a private call, not a profile. Many of our Paris members arrived with a company or a fund and found the city hard to enter socially. Your matchmaker builds the search around your life here, so you do not need a circle first.
What is the difference between a matchmaking agency in Paris and Velin Privé?
A traditional agency usually matches you within its own list. Velin Privé is private and invitation-only, and it also runs an active search: we describe the person you want to meet and go looking for them, in Paris and beyond, instead of waiting for them to register.
Do you work outside central Paris?
Yes. Members live in the 7e and 16e, but also in Neuilly, Saint-Cloud, Boulogne and further out, and some divide the week between Paris and another European city. Introductions are planned around where you actually spend your time.
How much does a matchmaker in Paris cost?
Most Paris agencies quote only after a meeting. The international agencies Paris residents often compare, such as Berkeley International, Gray & Farrar and Maclynn, start at about $20,000, and Kelleher International's reported range runs from about $30,000 a year. Velin Privé is priced in US dollars: $1,840 for 6 months, $3,496 for 12 and $6,210 for 18, with Target Search from $700.
How long does an international search from Paris take?
The first introduction typically comes four to eight weeks after your brief. If the brief points outside France, for example to a partner in London or Geneva, allow more time for the outreach. Every two weeks you receive a written report on who has been approached and why.
Apply
If Paris has become home but the right person has not appeared yet, book a private call and tell us who you are looking for. It is free, held in English, and there is no obligation.
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