# Top 40 Biotech Angel Investors in France in October 2023

## Bernard Majoie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care

Bernard Majoie - President @ Fournier-Majoie

## Romain Sautrau
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Agriculture, AgTech

Romain Sautrau is a Investment Director at Supernova Invest. Romain attended INSEAD.

## André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology

Dr. André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé co-founded Soitec with Jean-Michel Lamure in 1992. As President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Auberton-Hervé is responsible for overseeing the strategic, operational and financial activities of the company.Prior to founding Soitec, Auberton-Hervé managed several joint development programs between Leti andThomson-CSF, which focused on the technological transfer from R&D to production applications. These programs included the transfer of 1.2 µm and 0.8 µm SOI CMOS for space applications. He was also in charge of several projects, which applied SOI to 3D integration, VLSI and ULSI.In July of 2005, Auberton-Hervé was elected to serve as the European representative to SEMI’s International Board of Directors. His demonstrated vision, experience and leadership capabilities within the industry contributed to his appointment to the board. Auberton-Hervé is also the recipient of the 1999 European SEMI Award in recognition of his work on Smart Cut™ technology and his overall contributions to the semiconductor industry as a whole. Auberton-Hervé is a member of the Electrochemical Society and the IEEE.

## Sake Bosch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering.

## Nicolas Douay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fashion

Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor & VP @ Entrepreneur First Paris

## Sebastian Lombardo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Lifestyle

Sebastian Lombardo - CEO @ Valtech

## Alexandre Prot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking

Alexandre Prot - Co-Founder and CEO @ Qonto

## Cyril Grislain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Software

Cyril Grislain - Board advisor @ Smart Me Up

## Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux
- Type: Angel
- Location: Levallois-perret, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Human Resources, Software, SaaS

Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux is the Founder and President of Notus Technologies. He previously worked at Groupe PSA as a Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

## Eric Carreel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Ride Sharing, Biotechnology

Eric started his career in institutional research as a researcher in the field of radio.He then co-founded Inventel and remained its President from 2002 to 2005, being recognised as one of the major architects of Triple Play in Europe. After Thomson bought Inventel, Eric became technical director of Thomson's domestic products divisionwhile creating and managing the Advanced Product Development group.Eric is an Engineer from the Industrial Physics & Chemistry Grande Ecole in Paris (ESPCI) and has a PhD in engineering from the University of Paris VI. He is the author of over fifty patents and directs the vision and innovation at Withings.

## Fidji Simo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Fidji Simo is the CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors of Instacart. She previously worked at Facebook as a Head of the Facebook App. Fidji Simo attended HEC Paris.

## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

Venture Partner, Eurazeo InvestmentInternational Venture Capitalist, Business Angel and SVP with >20 years experience in >20 countries, with a successful track as VC, BA and Entrepreneur in a truly global environment. Fabio is a Venture Partner in Eurazeo Investment, following their acquisition of IDINVEST Partners, a leading Europeanprivate equity firm with >9B€ AUM, focusing on Venture Capital investments in Italy across sectors and in the Smart City sector (Energy, Cleantech, Eco-mobility) worldwide. Fabio is the Founder and CEO of growth Capital, the leading Italian investment banking focusing on advising innovative, fast-growing companies on fund raising and M&A. Fabio is also an active Business Angel, with a personal portfolio of more than 30 startups. a Member of the Investment Committee of Lazio Innova. Previously Fabio has been a Senior Advisor in the European Investment Fund (EIF), leading the joint efforts of EIF and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) to establish TT Investment Funds in Italy to develop its ecosystem for Innovation.
Before entering the Private Equity sector, Fabio has lead Soitec Solar Division sale after it has increased its revenues from ~2M€ to >40M€ and achieved the world record of PV Module Efficiency and Solar Cell Efficiency. He had earlier founded and lead RenEn Renewable Energy to a leading renewable energy consulting firm.
Earlier Fabio has been in McKinsey, ENEL and Russell Reynolds. In ENEL, Fabio has been Head of Integration, Head of International Management, Head of HR and Organisation and member of the Board of various international companies. Fabio received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from M.I.T. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish.

## Pierre Olivier Goineau
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Medical, Biopharma, Health Care

Pierre Olivier Goineau - President @ Neuronax

## Rémi Gaston- Dreyfus
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology

Rémi Gaston- Dreyfus

## Bertrand Jelensperger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Organic Food

Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork.

## Bertrand Jacquelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage

Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee.

## Cédric Delorme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, CRM

Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech

## Thibault Lanthier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Banking, Software, GreenTech

Thibault Lanthier Entrepreneur & Investor - ex. Founder & CEO @MonDocteur

## Alain Tingaud
- Type: Angel
- Location: Saint-astier, Aquitaine, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, SaaS, Gaming

Alain Tingaud is a Founder & CEO at Alain Tingaud Innovations.

## Max Jamilly
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology

Max Jamilly is the Co-Founder at Hoxton Farms.

## Andreï Polukhtin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Biopharma, Biotechnology

Andreï Polukhtin

## Grant Aarons
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology

Grant Aarons - Co-Founder & CEO @ FabricNano

## Geoffrey Duyk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Chemical

Dr. Geoffrey Duyk was a member of the Board from May 2006 through May 2011, and re-joined the Board in May 2012. Dr. Duyk is a partner of TPG Growth, LLC, an affiliate of TPG Biotechnology Partners II, L.P.Previously, he served on the board of directors and was President of Research and Development at Exelixis, Inc., a biopharmaceutical companyfocusing on drug discovery, from 1996 to 2003.Prior to Exelixis, Dr. Duyk was Vice President of Genomics and one of the founding scientific staff at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, from 1993 to 1996.Before that, Dr. Duyk was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Genetics and Assistant Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Dr. Duyk currently serves on the boards of directors of several private companies and the non-profit Wesleyan University Board of Trustees. He served on the board of directors of Agria Corporation from August 2007 to May 2009, Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (formerly Replidyne, Inc.) from 2004 to February 2009, Exelixis, Inc. from 1996 to 2003. Dr. Duyk holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Wesleyan University and Doctor of Philosophy and Medicine degrees from Case Western Reserve University.

## Julien Lopizzo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Legal Tech, Advertising, Digital Media

Julien Lopizzo is the PDG at Major Corp. He attended emlyon business school.

## Maxime Hurtebize
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Electronics, Health Care

Maxime Hurtebize is an Investment Officer - Financial Institutions at PROPARCO. He attended emlyon business school.

## Khaled Helioui
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Education, E-Commerce

Khaled Helioui is the President of the Investment Committee at Armenian National Interests Fund. He Attended Telecom SudParis.

## Charles-Edouard Bouee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, CleanTech, Financial Services

Charles-Edouard Bouée is the CEO of Roland Berger. He is a seasoned expert in reorganization, post-merger projects and integration programs, as well as performance improvement, and specializes in disruptive innovation, new technologies and digital transformation.Charles-Edouard Bouée joined Roland Berger in 2001 as Senior Partner in the Parisoffice, where he headed the Financial Services and Energy & Utility Competence Centers. He became the Managing Partner of Roland Berger’s China office in 2006 and Head of the Asia Leadership Team in 2009.He then assumed responsibility for France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Morocco. He has since fulfilled consulting mandates for leading international companies and organizations based in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Charles-Edouard Bouée was appointed COO in July 2013 and elected CEO of Roland Berger in June 2014.Charles-Edouard Bouée has authored various books on modern management and China, as well as Artificial Intelligence.

## David Helgason
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology

David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.

## Raphaël Varane
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Big Data, Biometrics

Raphaël Varane is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team.

## David Lamond
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce

David Lamond

## Guillaume Amblard
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Banking, FinTech, Big Data

Guillaume Amblard

## Niklas Zennström
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Apps

Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He works daily with founders and sits on the boards of Farmdrop, Lilium, Pipedrive, Oden Technologies and Varjo. Niklas is an experienced technology investor and entrepreneur, having previously co-founded and managed globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa andJoltid. Niklas founded Atomico in 2006. He is passionate about partnering about founders solving big challenges facing their planet with digital technology.In 2007, he co-founded Zennström Philanthropies with his wife, Catherine. They focus their efforts in two areas: human rights and the environment. Niklas also founded the Race for the Baltic, a foundation for a well-managed and sustainable Baltic Sea, one of the most threatened major bodies of water in the world.Niklas is a keen yachtsman and has won four World Championships with his yacht racing team, Rán.Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan.

## Christophe Cervasel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1

Christophe Cervasel

## Olivier Duha
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Consulting

Olivier Duha created Webhelp with Frederic Jousset in 2000. The company began as a “webwizard” service, where specially trained advisors provided online support to novice internet users. Just 16 years later, Webhelp is one of the leading global BPOs.Olivier is a graduate of ESCEM (Ecole Superieure de Commerce et Management) and AUDENCIA BusinessSchool, where he gained a Masters in Management Consultancy. In 1998 Olivier was awarded an MBA from INSEAD.Starting his career in 1992 with LEK Consultancy, a strategy, mergers and acquisitions firm, Olivier was based in London, Paris and Sydney and advised business leaders in a range of industries.In 1998, he joined American strategic consulting firm Bain & Company, where he worked on various projects in the retail and energy sectors. Olivier also worked on a major internet development strategies for large industrial groups.Olivier served four years as vice president and two years as president of Croissance Plus, a non-profit association of start-ups and fast growing companies. During this time he actively campaigned for a more entrepreneurial framework in France, writing a number of reports and white papers and participating in a number of debates with successive governments.Olivier is also a member of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), France’s largest employer’s federation.In 2012, Olivier co-founded AlterEquity 3P and raised 50 million euros of investment to finance social and environmental projects. AlterEquity is France’s largest investment fund, fully dedicated to socially responsible businesses. Olivier also serves on the boards of a number of start-ups in a large variety of industries.Olivier has five children, is a Knight of the Order of Merit and a graduate of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust.

## Giorgio Anania
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology

Giorgio has spent more than 30 years in senior management at high-technology companies, from start-up ventures to international public companies, and has led two successful IPOs. He is chairman of Cube Optics AG and vice president of the executive board at Photonics21.Previously, Giorgio was CEO of Bookham, now Oclaro, which he grew from astart-up into a quarter-billion-dollar NASDAQ-listed public company. He also served as the vice president of sales, finance and business development for Flamel Technologies.Prior to that, he was the founder and general manager of the Miniplex DSL Business Unit at Raychem and strategy consultant at Booz Allen.He has a M.A. degree in physics from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in thermonuclear fusion from Princeton University.

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Xavier Niel currently works as the Co-Founder & CEO for NJJ Capital. Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet,the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.

## Rajat Khare
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Drones, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence

An Internet-age investor and a serial entrepreneur, Rajat Khare is the founder of the European (luxembourg based) investment firm -Boundary Holding. A prominent investment fund with presence in France and Luxembourg, Boundary Holding invests globally in spaces related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and allied fields such as Data Analytics andMining, Machine learning and Predictive Analytics.Boundary Holding primarily acts as a Bridge fund for startups and organizations, facilitating funds across Safe cities, Internet of Things, Algorithmic trading, AI and Analytics. The company has a network of startup programs around the world.Rajat khare holds a Computer Science degree from IIT-Delhi, and has interned at RUCA, University of Antwerp in the Department of Mathematics. He has been a keynote speaker in over 20 major conferences and events across the globe. His work as an investor has also been cited as a case study in the course of Entrepreneurship run by Professor Patrick Turner in INSEAD Business School. He has authored various research papers published in international conferences and books, such as Data Mining V by WIT press. Rajat has co-authored Make the Move on entrepreneurship and Science of Achievement on education. Both the books reflect Rajat’s inclination towards promoting entrepreneurship and a holistic incubation of innovative solutions around the world.An active member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), the IIT Delhi alumni association and the Indian angel network, Rajat proactively supports and encourages entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures around the world. For his efforts to promote entrepreneurship, he was appreciated by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at the President’s house in 2006.

## Jean-Paul Kress
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology

Jean-Paul Kress

## Andrew Nutter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology

Andrew Nutter is a Co-Founder at Gama. He attended Stanford University.

## Sebastien Breteau
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Biotechnology, EdTech

Sebastien Breteau is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of QIMA, a global supply chain compliance solutions provider headquartered in Hong Kong.Founded in 2005, QIMA partners with brands, retailers and manufacturers in consumer goods and food to secure and improve the quality of their global supply network.QIMA combines on-the-ground experts in 85 countries for quality inspections, supplier audits, certification and lab testing, with a digital platform that brings accuracy, visibility and intelligence for quality and compliance data.In 2013, Sebastien created the Breteau Foundation, a non-profit organisation which aims to promote digital education for children in developing countries. 18,000 children are now enrolled in its program.Sebastien Breteau is also an active private investor in Europe, China & the US and has invested in over 30 start-ups globally.

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