# Top 50 Community Angel Investors in France in October 2023

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders.

## Thierry Petit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion

Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to:
• Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic).
Today Showroomprive.com is:
• A team of 500 employees
• A community of 20 million members in Europe
• A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development:
Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi
Health : Feeli, Lifen, May,
Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent
Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted
Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot,
Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor,
FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October
RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot
Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners
Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital
VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE.
More info : http://www.made-for-all.com

## Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Retail, Health Care

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan. After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister.

## Michael Benabou
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services

President at Financiere Saint James.

## Eduardo Ronzano
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc.

## Oleg Tscheltzoff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Oleg Tscheltzoff is Co-Founder & CEO at Fotolia. Oleg Tscheltzoff is the Investor of LOTS18. Oleg Tscheltzoff is one of the top serial internet entrepreneurs but also a successful angel investor with over 30 investments, board member, serious innovator, provocateur, disruptor, and connector. As an entrepreneur, Oleg has leveraged a globalvision and knowledge of international business, management and marketing to develop successful online businesses. In 2004 Oleg co-founded Fotolia.com, the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images. As president, he led the company to the world’s largest microstock photography site. Prior to Fotolia, Oleg co-founded Amen, the leading Internet hosting company in France, which was sold in 2004 to Vianetworks (NASDAC Symbol VNWIE).

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Paul Degueuse
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Analytics, SaaS

Paul Degueuse is the Partner at Korelya Capital.

## Nicolas Brusson
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Rental

Nicolas Brusson is the Co-Founder and CEO at BlaBlaCar. Nicolas Brusson attended The University of California, Berkeley.

## Michelle Kennedy
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Women's, E-Commerce, Fashion

Michelle joined Badoo originally as lead counsel over 4 years ago. Prior to joining Badoo she was a successful corporate lawyer at leading international law firm, Mishcon de Reya, before being poached by the firm's successful biotech client, Quotient Bioscience to head up their legal team. During her time at Badoo, she built the legal,compliance, HR and talent teams before moving into a more operationally focused role, including a position on the board. Today, Michelle is responsible for most key areas of the business, and works closely with founder and CEO Andrey Andreev, on the existing product, and exciting 'special projects' coming soon....

## Jean-Romain Lhomme
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Software, Apps

Jean-Romain Lhomme - Investor / Chairman @ Comet Meetings

## Steph Korey Goodwin
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Personal Health, Health Care, Wellness

Steph Korey is an entrepreneur and early stage investor. In 2015 she co-founded travel brand, Away, which reached a valuation of $1.4 billion and was named one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" twice. Steph served as CEO from 2015 until 2020 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Before foundingAway, Steph was Head of Supply Chain at Warby Parker, where she built and led a team to handle the development, manufacturing, and fulfillment of physical product.As an angel investor, Steph finds that talent is universally distributed but opportunity isn’t, and the majority of her investments have been in companies founded by entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. Steph Korey's notable investments include Intimately, Veracity Selfcare, Lovevery, and other investments.Steph Korey earned a B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. Steph has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail and ECommerce and as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter.

## Jacques-Antoine Granjon
- Type: Angel
- Location: La Plaine-saint-denis, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Advertising, Software

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 LaPlaine 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.

## Bertrand Jacquelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Alexis Bonillo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet

COO & Co-founder @ Zenly
Retired Pole Vaulter

## Sarah Drinkwater
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Communities, Fashion

The Tech and Society Solutions Lab draws on Omidyar Network’s long-standing belief in the promise of technology to create opportunity and social good, and works to invest and co-create in tech, programs and initiatives that helps the industry maximize its positive impact. Previously, Sarah headed up Campus London, Google's space forr startups, established and led a global community team for Google Maps, consulted for startups and big brands on community, content and social, and was a journalist.

## Florian Seroussi
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps

Florian Seroussi is the Founder and CEO of Evercontact and Trackbuster. He previously worked at Global Roaming as the President and CEO. Florian Seroussi attended Tel Aviv University.

## Thomas Rebaud
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Social Media

Thomas Rebaud is 28 years old when he founds Meero in 2016, driven by the desire to make the Internet more beautiful. The story begins in 2007 when he joins EMLyon Business School. Still a student, he becomes president of the Junior branch of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, a cooperation present in 15 countries whose aim is to developentrepreneurship as a vector of growth and employment in the world. Through this, Thomas develops a solid knowledge of good business practices. In 2013, with a second Masters under his belt, he sets up his first Internet-free loan comparison company, which works well but doesn’t take off. So he takes up an opportunity with Diji, a new kind of IT consultancy and engineering company. And that’s it. His progress at Diji leads him to discover the professional photography market, which is just waiting to be disrupted. Thomas gets it and seizes the opportunity by creating Meero!

## Arthur Waller
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Insurance

Arthur Waller is a co-founder of PriceMatch, a start-up aiming to industrialize and democratize yield management.Arthur studied economics and econometrics at Ecole polytechnique and Sciences Po. He first worked in economic research at the IMF and at Goldman Sachs before creating his start-up, PriceMatch, with some friends. Using theirskills in economics, econometrics, software engineering, they developed a SaaS platform offering revenue management solutions to companies.

## Dominique Vidal
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Dominique Vidal is a Venture Partner at Index Ventures.

## Francis Nappez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Francis leads the technical and product evolution of BlaBlaCar and has been instrumental in building the platform since 2006, allowing it to grow from hosting a few thousand members to millions today. He knows how to turn ambitious ideas into reality, and believes in building robust solutions which can adapt to fast growth and stay relevant for thelong-term. Francis cares about building agile cross-functional teams across locations to deliver efficiently on ambitious objectives. Pragmatic and result-oriented, he is driven by the opportunity to create disruptive solutions which better the user experience. Before joining BlaBlaCar, Francis led major technical developments for big names in European consumer internet which drove impactful disruptions in their respective sectors, including Free and Meetic. Francis holds a degree in Technology and Communications Research from the Joseph Fourier University. Find him @fnapz.

## Dominique Romano
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Events, Coworking, Real Estate

Dominique Romano is the Founder and Founding President of GUIBOR.

## Dave Morin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, Software

Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

## David King
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, Blockchain

David King is a Founder of Highlighter. He attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for Computer Engineering.

## Thomas France
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Entrepreneur, Investor

## Thibaud Hug de Larauze
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Training, Food and Beverage, Professional Networking

Thibaud Hug de Larauze is the Co-founder & CEO at Back Market.

## Bill Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce

Bill Lee was CEO and co-founder of Remarq, a Benchmark Capital-backed collaboration company. At Remarq, Bill guided the company in its development of a complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration platform. Before its acquisition by Critical Path in March 2000, the company developed high-volume messaging platforms for sites such aseBay, Sun, Novell, and Amazon. The company raised over $43 million in venture and debt financing.Bill has been appointed by the Mayor of San Jose to the Redevelopment Committee of San Jose. Bill also graduated Beta Gamma Sigma from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in accounting/finance and received a JD/MBA from UCLA.

## Andreas Ehn
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial Services

Andreas is working on a service that will connect people, time and places on the web. He also works as an independent consultant helping other startups with product strategy, technical infrastructure, scalability and recruiting as well as financial companies (venture capital and private equity) with technical due diligence and in other advisorroles.He was CTO at Spotify from the launch of the company in August 2006 until November 2009. Before that he worked at Stardoll as an engineer and project manager.

## Marc Menase
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Advertising

Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor

## Giorgio Riccò
- Type: Angel
- Location: Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B

Giorgio Riccò - Head of Sales and Tech @ Carlo Riccò & F.lli

## Pascal Chevalier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Education, Private Social Networking

Pascal Chevalier - Chairman @ The Blockchain Group

## Blaise Matuidi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Banking, Dating, FinTech

Blaise Matuidi

## Hubert Patricot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness

Hubert Patricot - Executive Vice President and President, European Group @ Coca-Cola Enterprises

## Carlo Purassanta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Education, Private Social Networking

Carlo Purassanta is the Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development of ION. He previously worked at Microsoft as a President of Microsoft France. Carlo Purassanta attended Henley Business School.

## Augustin Paluel-Marmont
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Cannabis

Augustin Paluel-Marmont is the founder of Michel et Augustin.

## Alexandra Fine
- Type: Angel
- Location: Woodmere, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Women's, E-Commerce

Alexandra Fine got her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in 2011, focusing on her lifelong interest: sexuality. From volunteering with the Red Cross to hosting a sex talk radio show, she’s always pursued opportunities to learn more about sexual health. Her experience at other consumer packaged goods startups gave her theknow-how to start her own company.

## Benjamin Griveaux
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Sports, Education

Benjamin Griveaux is a former minister and an entrepreneur.

## Mounir Laggoune
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Internet, Ticketing

Mounir Laggoune is the CEO at Finary. He attended Singapore Management University.

## Daniel Caille
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Elderly, Medical, Software

Daniel Caille

## Nicolas Micallef
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Events, Coworking, Real Estate

Nicolas Micallef serves as Co-founder & CEO at Factory.

## Boris Paillard
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Sales, Software

Boris Paillard is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Le Wagon.

## Alexis de Galembert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Cannabis

Alexis de Galembert

## Celine Lazorthes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS

Céline Lazorthes is the optimistic and passionate founder and CEO of Leetchi Group which includes leetchi.com, the European leading online money pot (+5M users), and MANGOPAY, the disruptive B2B payment solution dedicated to Marketplaces, Crowdfunding and Sharing Economy.D eeply engaged in the start-up community, Céline is a founding member ofFrance Digitale, an active business angel and a regular speaker on entrepreneurship and FinTech, including the Noah Conference (London, 2012), NEXT (Berlin, 2013) and Wired Money (London, 2015).

## Guillaume Cuvelier
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Wine And Spirits, E-Commerce, B2C

Guillaume Cuvelier is the Founder of SVEDKA. He attended the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

## Laurent Morel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Versailles, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Training, Professional Networking

Laurent Morel is the CEO of Carbone 4. Laurent attended CentraleSupelec.

## Damien Guermonprez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Software

Damien Guermonprez is the Executive Chairman of Lemonway 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 co-leading the pan European payment institution Lemonway. In 2014, he sold to a hedge fund the former Belgiansubsidiary 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 Oney Bank, the Auchan banking division. Prior to Oney Bank, 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. Former board member of BUT and Iéseg Management School. Damien received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his Ms in Finance from Essec.

## Clement Benoit
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse

## 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.

## Adrien de Schompre
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Banking, Farming

Adrien de Schompre

## Jeremie Berrebi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, SaaS, Software

Jeremie Berrebi is a Internet experts with 20 years of experience.

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