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2 | Jean Savelli | Ajaccio, Corse, France | Male | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-savelli-92064683/ | |||||||
3 | Marnix Groet | Albertville, Rhone-Alpes, France | Male | Manager and entrepreneur. Born in the Netherlands, he has traveled extensively, lived in 6 European countries and is fluent in six languages. He graduated from Bocconi University and received his Masters in Business Administration at Warwick Business School. He is dedicated and passionate about the world of startups, and is co-founder and CEO of Creative Thinking Ventures that specializes in pre-seed financing and advisory services to startups under development. He is board member and advisor of several startup companies. He has experienced different startup situations, and the opening of new markets. And led turnarounds and the restructuring of businesses. Expert in business development and international marketing, combining the mindset of the multinational with the capability of initiative typical of entrepreneurial companies. He began his career with PPG Industries, was buyer for Leroy-Merlin (Auchan Group), then business unit manager in Inda and COO of Inda France. And finally division director for the US multinational company Sherwin-Williams. His activities as an entrepreneur began in 2004 with a consultancy aimed at developing sales networks, and confirmed in 2009 with the first investments in nano and micro caps on the NASDAQ. His main interest is in commerce and retail, online and offline, marketplaces and startups operating in the sharing economy. He is member of IBAN, Italian Business Angels Network. | https://twitter.com/marnixgroet | https://www.linkedin.com/in/marnixgroet/ | https://www.facebook.com/marnix.groet | http://www.marnixgroet.com | |||
4 | Herrikoa | Anglet, Aquitaine, France | https://www.twitter.com/herrikoasca | https://www.facebook.com/herrikoa2 | https://herrikoa.com | info@herrikoa.com | Early Stage Venture | ||||
5 | Eldar Baiogliev | Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | Male | Founder at Hi or Bye | http://hk.linkedin.com/pub/eldar-baiogliev/63/8a8/43b/en | https://www.facebook.com/ebaiogliev | Seed | ||||
6 | Alain Bernard | Aubagne, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | Male | Alain Bernard , the triple medalist swimmer at the Beijing Olympics and the soccer World champion 98 Christophe Dugarry are the new faces of the brand Vico . | Seed | ||||||
7 | Grand Delta Angels | Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | http://www.grand-delta-angels.com | Seed | |||||||
8 | Multicroissance SAS, SCR | Balma, Midi-Pyrenees, France | Multicroissance SAS, SCR is a private equity arm of Banque Populaire Occitane specializing in investments in growth capital and buyouts transactions. | http://www.multicroissance.fr/ | +33 5 61 61 44 01 | ||||||
9 | Soitec | Bernin, Rhone-Alpes, France | For more than a decade, Soitec has helped IC manufacturers reap the benefits of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers on an industrial scale, thanks to its unique Smart Cut™ technology, which is key to producing these advanced substrates in volume quantities. Today, the company is the world’s leading supplier of SOI wafers, as well as an innovation leader in this important growth market—serving as a catalyst for collaboration and materials innovation in SOI and other engineered substrates. Soitec leverages its patented Smart Cut technology to manufacture a comprehensive portfolio of SOI and other engineered substrates. With its proven ability to deliver competitive production advantages, as well as the productivity needed to support mass SOI adoption, Smart Cut has enabled Soitec to further strengthen its position as the technological and industrial leader at a time when the market is seeing extremely strong growth. | https://www.twitter.com/soitec_en | https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/17220?pathWildcard=17220 | http://www.soitec.com | sales@soitec.fr | Early Stage Venture | |||
10 | Franche-Comté PME Gestion | Besançon, Franche-Comte, France | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | ||||||||
11 | Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur | Bois-colombes, Ile-de-France, France | https://www.twitter.com/coface | http://www.coface.com | investors@coface.com | +33 1 49 02 20 00 | |||||
12 | Galia Gestion | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France | http://www.galia-gestion.com | contact@galia-gestion.com | Early Stage Venture | ||||||
13 | AQUITI Gestion (ACI, Aqui-Invest, Aquitaine Amorçage) | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France | Floated in 1998, thanks to the local authority "Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine" and the "Caisse des dépôts", our venture, growth and LBO funds (Aquitaine Amorçage, ACI, Aqui-Invest) now benefit from the support of public and private influential shareholders and sponsors. Up to now, AQUITI GESTION has invested in more than 200 operations contributing to the creation and development of about 150 companies and thousands of jobs. Currently, ACI and Aqui-Invest manage a portfolio gathering 50 companies which revenues scale from 0 € (early stage) to 30 M€. | https://www.twitter.com/aquitigestion | https://www.linkedin.com/company/aquiti-gestion?trk=top_nav_home | http://www.aquiti.fr | contact@aquiti.fr | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed | |||
14 | Grand Sud Ouest Capital | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France | http://www.gsocapital.com | gsocapital@gsocapital.com | |||||||
15 | Expanso Capital | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France | https://expansionadvance.com | ||||||||
16 | Nicolas Béraud | Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France | Male | Nicolas Béraud is an entrepreneur and investor, as well as a founder of BetClic, one of the leading online betting companies in Europe. Additionally, Nicolas serves as the Chairman of BetClic Everest Group, which is one of the most successful private online gaming groups in the world. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-beraud-47394 | Seed | |||||
17 | Europ@web | Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France | Europ@web is the internet investment vehicle of Paris-based Group Arnault. In November 2000, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, leading European services company, acquired a 30 % stake in Europatweb. As an operational venture capitalist, Europatweb participates in the initial financing of internet companies, in addition to advising them on their strategic development and search for additional value enhancing investors. | http://www.europatweb.com | info@europatweb.com | +330155195200 | Early Stage Venture, Seed | ||||
18 | Exclusive Ventures | Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France | Exclusive Ventures is the investment affiliate of Exclusive Networks. | https://www.twitter.com/exclusive_grp | https://www.linkedin.com/company/73935 | http://www.exclusive-networks.com/ | +33 (0)1 41 31 47 86 | ||||
19 | Le Groupe Financière Duval | Boulogne-billancourt, Ile-de-France, France | https://www.twitter.com/ericduvalgfd | https://www.linkedin.com/company/groupe-duval | https://www.facebook.com/eric.duval.fianciere.duval | http://www.financiereduval.com | +33 (0)1 41 31 63 98 | ||||
20 | Damien Guermonprez | Brunelles, Centre, France | Male | Damien Guermonprez is a CEO and an equity investor in Financial Services and FinTech, sectors in which he has spent the major part of his career. As a passionate about innovation in financial services, he is helping Lemon Way, a payment institution, to become a Fintech European leader. In 2014, he sold to a hedge fund the former Belgian subsidiary of BNP Paribas Personal Finance he had bought 4 years before with Apax Partners. Previously, he founded and led 14 credit institutions, leasing and insurance companies, during the last 20 years. He was CEO at Banque Accord, the Auchan banking division. Prior to Banque Accord, he was the CEO and founder of Case Credit Europe. Earlier in his career he was a Finance Manager at RCI Banque, the bank of Renault. He currently serves on the Boards of BUT, Iéseg and companies he invested in (Buy Way, Evollis, EdenPay, Parkadom, Nomad Education). Damien received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Ms in Finance from Essec. | https://twitter.com/d_guermonprez | https://www.linkedin.com/pub/damien-guermonprez/0/61/728 | https://www.facebook.com/damien.guermonprez | Seed | |||
21 | Pascal Lorne | Cabriès, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | Male | Pascal Lorne is the co-founder and CEO of Gojob. Before Gojob, he founded Let.com a social netwok for teenagers. Before Let.com, in 2003, he co-founded and was CEO of Miyowa which developed the very first Facebook and Twitter clients running on mobile phones. The technology was deployed on more than 200 million phones by 2011 when Miyowa was acquired by Synchronoss. Pascal lives in Cabriès - France. He studied mechanical engineering in Germany, Genetics in Berkley and holds a MBA from EM Lyon. He is angel in several IT companies. | http://twitter.com/pascallorne | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pascal-lorne/0/28/1ab | Seed | ||||
22 | Amos Michelson | Canada, Centre, France | Male | https://www.linkedin.com/in/amosmichelson | Seed | ||||||
23 | Pedro Melendez | Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | Male | Seed | |||||||
24 | Didier Brissaud | Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France | Male | Seed | |||||||
25 | Jonathan Loriaux | Carlipa, Languedoc-Roussillon, France | Male | https://twitter.com/jloriaux | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanloriaux/ | https://www.facebook.com/badsender | http://www.badsender.com | Seed | |||
26 | Dna Cascais | Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal | http://twitter.com/DNACASCAIS/media | https://www.linkedin.com/company/dna-cascais | https://www.facebook.com/1590566291208715 | http://www.dnacascais.pt/ | geral@dnacascais.pt | ||||
27 | Floris van der Veen | Casenho, Coimbra, Portugal | Male | Why on earth should small businesses not be allowed to use a great application for customer support, whilst the big boys are?’ That’s the question Floris asked his brother Thijs on October 3rd, 2011 (a rather dull Monday). At the time, Floris and Thijs were working for Livecom, the company they founded in 2003. Livecom developed a customer support application aimed at large enterprises like Philips and Disney; it’s currently used in 27 countries. Floris fingers were itching; he was so ready for something new, something that would rock the world again. They started brainstorming. ‘Good customer support isn’t just for big companies! That’s absurd.’ And: ‘In fact, smaller companies can make their mark by offering really amazing customer service.’ Thijs agreed. One year after their initial idea, they introduced Casengo in open beta. It was officially launched on 12-12-12, and is currently used by over 2.300 active users[currently: April 2014]. Floris loves the vibe of a start-up. He loves cycling to work on his white bike every morning, works late each working day, but also loves the weekend with his girlfriend and their two little girls. | http://twitter.com/florisams | http://www.linkedin.com/in/fvdveen | Seed | ||||
28 | FNABA (Federação Nacional de Associações de Business Angels) | Caxias, Lisboa, Portugal | FNABA has a key role in the Portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystem • Adding management knowledge and experience acquired to the technological and scientific environment; • Direct access to the international network of Business Angels, both European and worldwide; • Opens doors for the commercial development of new projects in globalized markets; • Invest “Smart Money” in Early Stage projects | http://www.fnaba.org | info@fnaba.org | ||||||
29 | ESSEC Ventures | Cergy-pontoise, Ile-de-France, France | Essec has become the first French management school to launch a seed fund. The seed fund marks a new point in the school's commitment to entrepreneurship. The Essec Ventures 1 seed fund totals €1 million and is used to finance start-ups developed within the school's incubator. The fund has invested in 30 startups and secured several profitable exists. The school offers a range of entrepreneurship courses which are highly popular among its students. The school has also established an incubator to provide student entrepreneurs with logistical support, strategic advice, and access to a network of professionals. | http://twitter.com/essec | http://www.linkedin.com/company/essec-business-school | http://www.facebook.com/essec | http://www.essec.fr | steele@essec.edu | +33 (0)1 34 43 30 | Seed | |
30 | KREAXI | Champagne-au-mont-d'or, Rhone-Alpes, France | http://twitter.com/kreaxi | http://www.kreaxi.com | contact@kreaxi.com | Early Stage Venture, Seed | |||||
31 | Odile Bessette | Chartres, Centre, France | Female | Seed | |||||||
32 | Thierry Renault | Chartres, Centre, France | Male | Seed | |||||||
33 | Sofimac Partners | Clermont-ferrand, Auvergne, France | Acteur incontournable du capital risque de proximité, SOFIMAC PARTNERS accompagne depuis maintenant plus de 30 ans les PME régionales dans le financement de leur développement à moyen / long terme. Répondant à la problématique de sous capitalisation des PME françaises, SOFIMAC PARTNERS intervient en fonds propres aux côtés des chefs d’entreprises quelle que soit leur problématique : Création, Développement, Transmission. Gérant 200 M€ d’actifs au travers de 16 fonds (FCPR, FCPI, SCR, FIP,…), notre groupe réalise ses investissements sur une grande variété de secteurs, couvrant aussi bien les activités traditionnelles que technologiques (chimie verte, éolien, chaudronnerie aéronautique, e-commerce, édition de logiciel, médecine nucléaire etc…) | http://www.sofimacpartners.com | info@sofimacpartners.com | Early Stage Venture, Seed | |||||
34 | Création et Croissance Centre | Clermont-ferrand, Auvergne, France | |||||||||
35 | Critical Ventures | Coimbrã, Leiria, Portugal | Critical Ventures is venture capital arm of Critical Group. It partners with the most inspiring and courageous entrepreneurs developing innovative technologies with the potential to disrupt global markets. It is designed to support entrepreneurs from an early stage, with expertise, strategic guidance and a unique ecosystem of technology businesses, helping to build companies that are future pioneers with the ability to shape new markets. | http://twitter.com/CrtVentures | https://www.linkedin.com/company/critical-ventures-inc/ | http://www.critical-ventures.com | cvt-contact@critical-ventures.com | ||||
36 | Mario Rodrigues | Coimbrã, Leiria, Portugal | Male | Mario is founder and owner of EST – Empresa de Serviços Técnicos Lda., Mario develops, in partnership with clients and providers, technical and economical solutions to satisfy daily energy production and distribution problems. The result of this focus and commitment is a series of long lasting partnerships with prestigious entities around the globe. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-rodrigues-9779ab71 | Seed | |||||
37 | Woodside Investments | Contamine-sur-arve, Rhone-Alpes, France | http://twitter.com/wsinv | http://www.facebook.com/Woodside-Investments/1672104766748 | http://wsinv.com | info@wsinv.com | 888-346-4238 | Late Stage Venture | |||
38 | Carlos Da Silva | Corbeil-essonnes, Ile-de-France, France | Male | https://twitter.com/dasilvacarlos91 | https://www.facebook.com/carlos.dasilva.925602 | http://www.carlosdasilva.fr/ | Seed | ||||
39 | InnovaFonds | Corenc, Rhone-Alpes, France | http://www.innovafonds.eu/ | Early Stage Venture | |||||||
40 | Expansinvest | Corenc, Rhone-Alpes, France | http://www.expansinvest.fr | yvan.noble@bpaura.banquepopulaire.fr | Early Stage Venture | ||||||
41 | Benoit Lips | Corroy-le-grand, Brabant Wallon, Belgium | Male | Executive with technical background, Benoit has founded, managed and sold several companies (still running) in the field of digital marketing and technology. He now focus on disruption and value creation, helping startups and established companies to unlock the potential of the digital (r)evolution! | https://twitter.com/benoit_lips | https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitlips | https://www.facebook.com/benoit.lips | http://benoit-lips.flavors.me | |||
42 | Medfocus | Courbevoie, Ile-de-France, France | http://www.esfin-ides.com/groupe-esfin-ides/presentation-esfin-gestion.htm | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | |||||||
43 | Esfin Gestion | Courbevoie, Ile-de-France, France | http://www.esfingestion.fr/ | Early Stage Venture | |||||||
44 | SG Asset Management Private Equity | Courbevoie, Ile-de-France, France | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | ||||||||
45 | Nicom Investissements | Croissy-sur-seine, Ile-de-France, France | Nicominvest's mission is to invest in telecom services, the new Internet media. It was created in March 1999 and is 100% owned by Alain Nicolazzi, following the sale of its stake in the operator Omnicom which he was the founding President, Alain Nicolazzi is a serial entrepreneur with 5 new businesses in the last 15 years. | http://www.nicominvest.com | info@nicominvest.com | Late Stage Venture | |||||
46 | Vendis Capital | Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | Vendis Capital is an independent private equity firm that focuses on building and investing in small- to medium-sized branded consumer companies in Europe. Its flexible capital structure includes both development capital and buyout capital. Vendis Capital supports entrepreneurs and their companies through various stages of development. It helps its clients in establishing strategic roadmaps, planning and facilitating management additions, evaluating and executing acquisitions, and establishing proper monitoring and reporting tools. Vendis Capital was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant. | http://www.vendiscapital.com | info@vendiscapital.com | +32 2 467 60 80 | Private Equity | ||||
47 | SOFINDEV | Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | Sofindev is an independent private equity firm investing in small and medium sized enterprises. They are an established player with long term commitment to the Belgian market, targeting mid-market buy-outs and growth capital investments. They have a stable and highly respected investor base of reputable family and institutional investors. The Sofindev team is a highly experienced team with a genuine partnership approach. Investment strategy focused on value creation through professionalization. | https://www.linkedin.com/company/sofindev-private-equity | http://sofindev.be/ | info@sofindev.be | +32 (0)2 720 70 07 | Private Equity | |||
48 | VenturWise | Diegem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | VenturWise is an investment management company investing in high growth potential companies. It s open to investments from eligible and accredited individuals, family offices, companies and institutions. VenturWise invests primarily in a radius of 400k of Brussels and invests in other European companies as a co-investor. It invests between €50 and €200k initially, with the capacity to invest up to €2M in total over the lifetime of the portfolio company. | http://twitter.com/VenturWise | http://www.linkedin.com/company/venturwise | http://www.facebook.com/venturwise | http://www.venturwise.eu/ | info@venturwise.eu | |||
49 | Mitiska Net Fund Europe | Dilbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | http://www.mitiska.com | +32 (0)2 583 19 50 | |||||||
50 | Octalfa | Écully, Rhone-Alpes, France | http://www.octalfa.eu | initiative@octalfa.eu | +33 (0)4 37 49 87 20 | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | |||||
51 | Alliansys-Nord Creation | Eurville, Haute-Normandie, France | Alliansys-Nord Creation SAS is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed/start up, buyouts investments. It usually makes investment in minority equity and provides senior debt to small and medium-sized companies. The firm seeks to invest in service sector. The company invests within the Nord-Pas-Calais region of France only. It typically invests between €0.05 million ($0.07 million) and €0.2 million ($0.28 million) in companies with revenues up to €5 million ($7.08 million). The company operates as a subsidiary of Institut Régional de Développement de la Région Nord Pas-de-Calais. Alliansys-Nord Creation SAS was founded in 1990 and is based in Euralille, France. Alliansy... | ||||||||
52 | Genopole | Évry, Ile-de-France, France | Genopole® is France’s leading biotech- and biotherapy-dedicated science and business park The Genopole® project was initiated in 1998 in the town of Evry-Corbeil (in the Essonne county, just south of Paris), under the impetus of the French government, Ile-de-France Regional Council, Essonne County Council and the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (Association Française contre les Myopathies, AFM); the goal was to create France’s first ever science and business park dedicated to genomics, genetics and biotech and help the country to catch up with its international rivals in these fields. By modeling itself on world-class North American and European bioclusters, Genopole® has pioneered this approach in France. In addition to constant support from its founding members and other partners, Genopole®’s success is largely based on the novelty of its approach: bringing together public- and private-sector research labs, university teaching facilities and life science start-ups on a single campus in Evry–Corbeil. | http://twitter.com/Genopole | http://www.linkedin.com/company/genopole | https://www.facebook.com/genopole-r | http://www.genopole.fr | presse@genopole.fr | +33 (0) 1 60 87 44 98 | ||
53 | Jacob Wandt | Fontaine-l'abbe, Haute-Normandie, France | Male | Jacob Wandt one of Denmark's most succesfull entrepreneurs, he's also co-founder and partner in Zenegy. Wandt is extremely experienced in business developmenp, strategy og concept development. He's the man behind Europe's leading accoutingprogram, e-conomic, the ever first SaaS-company of its kind to be launched in the cloud. Wandt founded e-conomic in 2001 and gained 100.000 customers before selling the company to the British capital fond HG Capital in 2013. One and a half years later the company was sold to the Visma Group. Wandt is a Certified Accountant with a master's degree in Business Administration and Auditing from Copenhagen Business School | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobwandt/ | Seed | |||||
54 | Allan López | Fontainebleau, Ile-de-France, France | Male | Founder, CFO and COO of CentralMayoreo.com. | http://www.linkedin.com/in/allanlopez | http://www.facebook.com/allanlopezvalencia | Seed | ||||
55 | Olivier Mathiot | France, Europe | Male | Olivier Mathiot is a Co-Founder & President at PriceMinister. | http://twitter.com/oliviermathiot | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/olivier-mathiot-9b9109 | Seed | ||||
56 | Thierry Henry | France, Europe | Male | Thierry Daniel Henry is a retired French professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Monaco, Juventus, Barcelona, New York Red Bulls and spent eight years at Arsenal where he is the club's all-time record goalscorer. | https://twitter.com/thierryhenry | https://www.facebook.com/ThierryHenry?fref=nf | Seed | ||||
57 | Theo Hoffenberg | France, Europe | Male | Theo Hoffenberg is a mobile apps developer and has developed various applications for the Android and iPhone users. He has developed apps like Reverso Translator. | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/theo2hoffenberg | Seed | |||||
58 | Bruno Bonnell | France, Europe | Male | Bruno BONNELL was born in Algiers, in 1958. He received a degree in chemical engineering at CPE Lyon (École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon) and another in applied economics from the University of Paris-Dauphine (class of 1982) Bruno Bonnell began his career at Thomson SDRM as a business engineer responsible for launching and marketing the company’s first computer, the T07. In June 1983, Bruno BONNELL founded Infogrames, which in 2000 merged with Atari (listed on the NYSE Euronext). In 1995, he co-founded Infonie, the first Internet service provider in France. He left Infogrames in April 2007 and headed Robopolis, a company specialized in service robotics. Robopolis develops and distributes robots aimed at the household, educational and healthcare markets. In 2010, the company began to diversify internationally in seven European countries. In 2010, he founded Awabot, a robotic platform services company that specializes in telepresence robots. That same year, he founded the French Federation of Service Robotics (Syndicat de la Robotique de Service – SYROBO) and serves as its Chairman. In 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of EM Lyon Business School. He is a member of the Management Board of Pathé SAS and of the Board of Directors of April SA. He has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Banque Rhône-Alpes since 2013. Together with his Orkos Capital partners, in March 2014 he created Robolution Capital, a private equity fund that focuses on service robotics. | https://twitter.com/brunobonnelloff?lang=en | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/brunobonnell | Seed | ||||
59 | Cédric Siré | France, Europe | Male | Founder at Webedia. | Seed | ||||||
60 | Celia Gremy | France, Europe | Female | https://twitter.com/celia_gremy | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/celiagremy/en | Seed | |||||
61 | Pontus Dahlstrom | France, Europe | Male | Seed | |||||||
62 | Jean Defossez | France, Europe | Male | Jean-Baptiste Defossez is Founder at Mapado | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbaptistedefossez | Seed | |||||
63 | Patrick Zucchetta | France, Europe | Male | https://twitter.com/PZucchetta | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/pzucchetta | Seed | |||||
64 | Benoit Augagneur | France, Europe | Male | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/benoit-augagneur-53099a15/en | Seed | ||||||
65 | Richard Fontaine | France, Europe | Male | Richard Fontaine, also known as Dick, has been the Chief Executive Officer of Babbage's Etc. since its formation in November 1996. Fontaine served as the Chairman of International at GameStop Corp. from June 2010 to March 2013. He co-founded GameStop Corp. in 1996. He is an Independent Retail Consultant. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of GameStop Corp. from November 1996 to February 2002. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of B. Dalton Bookseller bookstores and Executive Vice President of Barnes & Noble Inc. from February 1991 to July 1993. As such, he was responsible for the management of B. Dalton Bookseller bookstores, Scribners bookstores and Doubleday Book Shops. From July 1988 to February 1991, Fontaine served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Software. Prior to November 1996, Fontaine held positions at B. Dalton Bookseller Inc., Software Etc. Stores Inc., Michaels Stores Inc. and Ingram Distribution. He served as an Executive Chairman of GameStop Corp., from June 2008 to June 2010. He served as a Director of GameStop Corp. from 2001 to June 21, 2016. He served as a Director of Neostar Retail Group Inc. since 1994. He served as Director of Software Etc. Stores Inc., since June 1992. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-fontaine-4a980226 | Seed | |||||
66 | Eric Burdier | France, Europe | Male | I launch & run Axeleo, a french accelerator dedicated to deeptech startups involved in Enterprise Tech sectors. We are backed by a community of over 40 commited entrepreneurs, proven CEOs, cross domain experts and corporate executives and French Tech. In 2017, we raise Axeleo Capital 1 our VC fund coupled with our business accelerator programme to finance startups in the seed phase and series A rounds (btw €0.2M to €3M). In love with startups after > 15 years in the tech industry | Hardcore entrepreneur | post-seed VC | Corporate hacker | Startup lover | La FrenchTech doer | http://twitter.com/eburdier | http://www.linkedin.com/in/christophedumoulin | http://www.axeleo.com | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | |||
67 | Rémy de Tonnac | France, Europe | Male | CEO at Inside Secure . | http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=5863946 | ||||||
68 | Paul Amsellem | Francescas, Aquitaine, France | Male | Paul Amsellem is CEO at Madvertise. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulamsellem/fr | Seed | |||||
69 | Naxicap Partners | Franche-Comte, France, Europe | Naxicap Partners is a financial partner responsible, active and present along with its holdings. Their concept of partnership is to provide their participants and their managers substantial support in periods of expansion as in times of difficulty, with lines of action to be effective and practical. | http://www.naxicap.fr | contact_toulouse@naxicap.fr | +33 01 58 19 22 20 | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | ||||
70 | Advenis | Franche-Comte, France, Europe | Advenis is a group created in 1995 which offers tailor-made financial services. Listed on Eurolist since 2003, Avenir Finance is an independant group. Based on their independence, their philosophy meets their will to propose all market products, from real estate to mutual funds. The ability to satisfy on a long-term basis their clients is the first selection criteria. At Avenir Finance SA, company which initiated the group, thirty skilled consultants, and also investors on the company, are building a strong relationship with their clients, based on this "open offer". Sicavonline, Investment company approved by CMF and CECEI, leader on mutual funds distribution and consulting on the Internet, was the first company to offer its clients the opportunity to directly invest among 2500 mutual funds managed by 70 Investment Managers. | https://www.twitter.com/advenis_fr | https://www.linkedin.com/company/advenis | http://www.avenirfinance.fr | contact@avenirfinance.fr | Early Stage Venture | |||
71 | Jumpstart-up | Franche-Comte, France, Europe | JumpStartUp, set up in 2000, is a VC funds who invests in early stage companies in the technology and technology enabled areas in the US and India. It has invested in software, semiconductor, services and communications companies. The investment strategy is to invest in companies that address large under-serviced opportunities in capital efficient and innovative ways. | http://www.jumpstart-up.com | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | ||||||
72 | NCI Gestion | Franche-Comte, France, Europe | https://www.twitter.com/nci_invest | https://www.linkedin.com/company/5258969 | http://www.n-ci.com | info@n-ci.com | Early Stage Venture | ||||
73 | Rick DeVos | Grands Champs, Aquitaine, France | Male | Rick DeVos is an entrepreneur. With a past in successful (and unsuccessful) startups, investment, and a fascination with platforms that people can use their creativity to create value, he founded Start Garden. Rick’s projects include Spout.com, The Common, Momentum, ArtPrize, and 5×5 Night. Rick graduated from Calvin College in 2004 with a degree in Communication and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Grand Rapids Art Museum and Urban Institute for Contemporary Art. You can find Rick flying a helicopter (no lie), singing karaoke with friends, or capturing photos on his travels. Rick resides in Ada with his wife, Melissa, their 2 daughters, and their dog. | https://twitter.com/RickDeVos | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-devos-7164b1/ | https://www.facebook.com/rick.devos | Seed | |||
74 | Emertec Gestion | Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France | EMERTEC’s experienced investment team has developed proven track record and has been able to develop close ties with major industrial players, many of them also being investors in their funds. These close ties are extremely valuable as to understand medium and long-term requirements of major order placers and high-level commercial opportunities. This brings visibility and confidence for entrepreneurs as well as for its investors. Their objective is to create value by turning ground-breaking technological innovations into commercial and financial successful companies. | http://www.emertec.fr | info@emertec.fr | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | |||||
75 | Olivier Thomas | Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France | Male | Seed | |||||||
76 | Rhône Dauphiné Développement | Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France | They have succeeded, without means or special support to become a player in the financing of companies each year, performs 700 operations, paying € 100 million credit, bought 1000 M € of bills by factoring. Join the 2500 member companies who work with us. Like them, take your destiny in hand financial. You will not be subject to the discretion of your banker. Your interests will be defended and your voice heard. | http://www.somudimec.fr | info@somudimec.fr | Early Stage Venture | |||||
77 | VIADUC 8 | Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France | Early Stage Venture | ||||||||
78 | West Web Valley | Guipavas, Bretagne, France | http://twitter.com/West_Web_Valley | https://www.facebook.com/wwv29 | http://www.west-web-valley.fr/ | contact@west-web-valley.fr | Early Stage Venture, Seed | ||||
79 | Cap Innov'Est | Illkirch-graffenstaden, Alsace, France | Cap Innov’Est is a 36M€ tri-regional fund dedicated to investments in young innovative start-ups. Cap Innov’Est was launched in July 2014 and has already invested in 13 start-ups. Cap Innov’Est is supported by Fonds National d’Amorçage, the 3 Regions Alsace, Bourgogne and Franche-Comté, SAFIDI, caisses d’épargne d’Alsace et Bourgogne/Franche-Comté, BNP Paribas et CIFC | http://capitalgrandest.eu/ | +33 (0)3 67 10 61 02 | Early Stage Venture, Seed | |||||
80 | Alsace Business Angels | Illkirch-graffenstaden, Alsace, France | Alsace business angels: the winning momentum! Business angels are individuals who invest a portion of their personal assets in companies with strong growth potential and in addition make available to them their skills, experience and network of relationships. | https://www.facebook.com/alsace-business-angels-270457729633585 | http://www.alsacebusinessangels.com/ | info@alsacebusinessangels.com | +33 (0)3 67 15 80 79 | Early Stage Venture | |||
81 | France Telecom Technologies Investissements | Issy-les-moulineaux, Ile-de-France, France | Early Stage Venture | ||||||||
82 | Total Energy Ventures | La Défense, Ile-de-France, France | Total Energy Ventures is the venture capital arm of French oil & gas major Total. Its investments support the development of companies with innovative technologies and business models in areas such as alternative and renewable energies, efficient use of energy and natural resources, waste management and greenhouse gas reduction, etc. that will help meet the challenges of the energy transition. The investments primarily consist of acquiring minority interests in selected companies during capital increases to help finance their development. | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity | |||||||
83 | Sylvain Bonnet | La France, Rhone-Alpes, France | Male | THE FOUNDER: SYLVAIN BONNET Being an entrepreneur runs in his blood - he founded his first business at the age of just 23! He initially honed his talents in direct selling, in the cosmetics and new technology sectors. In 2003, he and a team of experts embarked on a quest to find a new way of keeping slim for the long term. He founded Beautysané and focused his research on the '3 Wells': eating well, exercising well and well-being. In April 2013, Sylvain Bonnet and Professor Josette Dall’Ava Santucci published the book “Vivre mince, mieux, plus longtemps” (“Live slimmer, live better, live longer”). This self-help book is overflowing with advice and handy tips on how to eat better, exercise better and feel good. The same year, he also began to present the TV programme “Dérégimez-moi”, on the IDF1 channel in France. It was the first such programme that invited guests to speak openly about diets and nutrition. Bursting with ideas and drawing on his experience, he participates actively in national and international think tanks, exploring the nature of the business of tomorrow. | https://twitter.com/sylvainbonnet_ | https://www.facebook.com/Sylvain-BONNET-149936981743084/ | http://www.sylvainbonnet.com/ | Seed | |||
84 | Jacques-Antoine Granjon | La Plaine-saint-denis, Ile-de-France, France | Male | Jacques-Antoine Granjon was born in Marseille on 9th August 1962 and studied at the prestigious European Business School (EBS). A born entrepreneur, he founded overstock distributer Cofotex S.A. with EBS friend Julien Sorbac in 1985. In 1996, Jacques-Antoine bought and renovated the former print works of national French newspaper Le Monde in La Plaine Saint-Denis (93), just outside of Paris, setting up Oredis group HQ. In 2000, he and his business partners realised that the Internet was “an opportunity to welcome the world in a virtual store with digital catalogues”. This realization led to the creation of a revolutionary concept: an online platform entirely dedicated to flash sales for brands. In January 2001, Jacques-Antoine and his seven business partners launched vente-privee.com in France, before e-commerce had barely started in Europe. He then applied his extensive experience to the Internet, selling excess stock for important fashion and home brands, relying on two main strategies: events and exclusivity, all the while focusing on customer satisfaction. In 2012, he went on to win the “Customer Service Award” for the fourth year in a row, presented to him by the Institute BVA-Viséo Conseil, France’s fourth market research company. It was not until 2004 that the website’s success became apparent. In 2005, its turnover grew a staggering 500% from the previous year. The website is now available in 8 European countries (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, Belgium and Austria, and the Netherlands) and the United States, in partnership with American Express. In 12 years, vente-privee.com has become an event-creating media, bringing together over 18 million members and 2.5 million unique users per day. This solid foundation allows the site to offer its 2,000 partner brands an innovative distribution channel. Jacques-Antoine Granjon’s professional success has been recognized with many awards. He was named ‘2011 Communication Personality of the Year’ by the Grand Prix des Agences de l’Année, ‘Personality of the Year’ by the Trophées LSA de l’Innovation 2011, ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the 2011 Technologies Numériques awards, ‘2011 Man of the Year’ by the Enseignes d’Or panel and ‘2010 Businessman of the Year’ by French GQ readers. Jacques-Antoine was also crowned ‘E-commerce Man of the Year’ by a panel of internet users at the E-commerce Magazine awards in 2007 then ‘Businessman of the Year’ at the BFM Awards in 2008. He also then went on to collect the European prize for ‘Chief Marketing Office of the year’, sponsored by Booz & Company, in 2009. | https://twitter.com/jagventeprivee?lang=en | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-granjon-a4559093 | Seed | ||||
85 | Frédéric Coulais | La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France | Male | https://twitter.com/fcoulais | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-coulais-57906a81 | Seed | |||||
86 | Alain Mevellec | La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France | Male | Alain Mevellec is one of the founders of the french startup Easybill, editor of the invoicing service MyFacture. Previously, he worked 10 years in marketing and advertising. In 2004, he co-founded Cleargay, a gay dating website, sold to the Meetic Group in 2007. | http://twitter.com/netking17 | https://fr.linkedin.com/in/alainmevellec | http://www.myfacture.com | Seed | |||
87 | Sud Rhone-Alpes Capital | La Tronche, Rhone-Alpes, France | |||||||||
88 | Lucian VIDRASCU | Lannion, Bretagne, France | Male | Seasoned ICT executive, bilingual English-French, having 30+ years of ICT development experience, with strong competences in professional PMP, PDLC, PLM, ICT outsourcing, SDLC, CMMI , ITIL and ISO, TL9000. Expert in product backlogs set-up, ICT product development life cycle, resource allocation, matrix organization, outsourcing and process definition. | https://twitter.com/lucianvidrascu | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucianvidrascu | https://fr.pinterest.com/lucianvidrascu/ | Seed | |||
89 | Finorpa | Lens, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | http://twitter.com/finorpa | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Finorpa/457065147686200 | http://www.finorpa.fr/finorpa-gie | finorpa@finorpa.fr | +33321136063 | Early Stage Venture, Seed | |||
90 | Nord France Amorçage | Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | |||||||||
91 | Nord Capital | Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | Nord Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in , all stages of company development, growth capital, buyout, restructuring and recapitalization investments. It focuses its investments in services, innovative industry, agro-food industry, e-business, health, hotels and eco-technologies in companies. | http://www.nordcapital.fr/ | +33 3 61 58 26 00 | ||||||
92 | CIC Investissement Nord | Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | A French "Société par Actions Simplifié" (simplified joint stock company) with share capital of €52,500,000 | http://www.cmcic-capitalfinance.com/fr/nos-filiales/cm-cic-investissement/presentation.html | |||||||
93 | Hugues Joubert | Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | Male | Hugues Joubert is a Partner and co-founder of CapHorn Invest Hugues holds a Master Degree in Business Law and a PhD in legal and financial engineering. He began his career at Immochan (Real Estate Subsidiary of Group Auchan). In 1999 he became Legal Director for LEROY MERLIN FRANCE and then for the GROUPE LEROY MERLIN in 2003, in charge of monitoring international development. He participated in several external growth operations. Hugues created Aventim in 2007, a company that supports the development of retail chains and organizes commercial real estate transactions on behalf of private investors. | https://fr.linkedin.com/pub/hugues-joubert/3a/458/314/en | ||||||
94 | Antoine Baule | Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | Male | https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoine-baule-689321a/ | |||||||
95 | Limousin Participations | Limoges, Limousin, France | http://www.limousin-participations.fr | courrier@limousin-participations.fr | Early Stage Venture | ||||||
96 | seed4start | Lux, Bourgogne, France | Seed4Start is THE platform for cross-border capital investment of the Greater Region (Lorraine, Wallonia, Luxembourg, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate). Seed4Start wants to help entrepreneurs with potential projects in its region to find capital for their business and offer to private investors (Business Angels ...) of the Greater Region and also a selection of investment opportunities the most promising in that territory. Seed4Start's mission is to facilitate the matching of supply and demand for capital projects on creation, recovery or development of companies with growth potential (start-ups). Its highlight: the "Seed4Start Pitching Day." Seed4Start also includes an important part of coaching, training and put in relation, by organizing many events and individual meetings. Seed4Start is run by a group of professionals who have developed a strong expertise in this specialized subject, and deeply rooted in their region, networks of Business Angels and private investors, support structures for the creation of innovative companies, operators lifted funds ... | http://www.seed4start.org | |||||||
97 | Fanisi Capital | Luxembourg, Belgium, Europe | Fanisi Venture Capital Fund S.C.A., SICAV-SIF is a US50M fund which makes direct investments (private equity and venture capital) in businesses with potential for substantial growth. Fanisi Capital was founded in 2009 by the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) and Amani Capital Limited. The Fund focuses on a segment of the market that has to date been outside the ambit of most venture capital funds in the East African market (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda). | http://twitter.com/FanisiCapital | http://www.linkedin.com/company/fanisi-capital | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fanisi-Capital/122294004600208 | http://www.fanisi.com/ | letstalk@fanisi.com | Seed | ||
98 | Gerard Lopez | Luxembourg, Belgium, Europe | Male | Gerard is an entrepreneur, business developer and technologist. In the mid 90s Gerard created one of the first Web development companies and with his team he acquired a series of Fortune 1000 companies as references. Gerard then launched ProLease, a leasing company that was successfully sold after 18 months. After heading an important e-finance practice from 1995 to 1998, Gerard joined a digital television company as a top-level executive and number two to the CEO.He left to create Mangrove Capital Partners at the end of 1999, a technology venture capital investment firm focusing on Early Stage and Expansion Stage proprietary operations in Europe, where he is one of the managing partners. Gerard is now on the board of Lumension after being the Chairman of SecureWave where he served as CEO for a two year period. Gerard sits on the board of Jambaz, Allpeers, Openads and other technology companies as well as being of the Advisory Council for Miami University Business School. Gerard contributes as a lecturer to the entrepreneurial cause by participating in various university and industry programs including Miami University and Berkeley University. He speaks 7 languages fluently. | http://twitter.com/Lopez09091960 | http://www.linkedin.com/in/glolive1 | |||||
99 | Merieux Developpement | Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France | Established in 2009, Mérieux Développement is an evergreen fund specialized in the healthcare sector, conducting growth and venture capital investments worldwide. Mérieux Développement works alongside entrepreneurs whose products and services can bring genuine advances to the health of patients and consumers, offering them access to its industry expertise and global network. We invest in future leaders of the healthcare industry. We actively support those companies who create solutions to unmet needs and provide better access to high-value products and services through innovation. We are bringing our expertise and global network to enable outstanding entrepreneurs to disrupt and create new markets. Mérieux Développement is an affiliate of Institut Mérieux, which employs around 13,000 employees worldwide with consolidated revenues exceeding EUR 2.0 billion in 2013. Other companies owned by Institut Mérieux include bioMérieux (in vitro diagnostics), Mérieux NutriSciences (food safety and nutrition services) and Transgene (immunotherapy). | https://www.twitter.com/mxdev_1 | http://www.linkedin.com/company/merieux-d-veloppement | http://www.merieux-developpement.com | info@merieux-developpement.com | +33 4 78 87 37 00 | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | ||
100 | Hi Inov | Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France | Hi inov is a regulated Venture capital management company dedicated to early stage investment in B2B digital start-ups. We have €70M under management with 2 Funds : Hi inov 1 (€40M, entrepreneurs fund) and SNCF Digital Ventures (€30M, single LP : SNCF). It is comprised of a team of 5 investors, based in Paris and Lyon. | https://twitter.com/hiinov | https://www.linkedin.com/company/hi-inov | http://www.hiinov.com/ | contact@hiinov.com | Early Stage Venture |