# Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in France in May 2026

## 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.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders.

## Fabrice Grinda
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

## Jean Stephane Arcis
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Web Apps, Education, Mobile Apps

Backed by 20 years’ experience in the enterprise software market, Jean-Stéphane Arcis became one of the co-founders of Talentsoft in 2007. Before Talentsoft, he was the Sales Director for Oracle Applications, General Manager for France and the Benelux Union at Siebel, and Vice-President for Europe at Vignette. Arcis was actively involved in theintroduction and development of ERP and CRM software in Europe. He graduated from ESCP Europe and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

## Michael Benabou
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services

President at Financiere Saint James.

## Romain Afflelou
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, FinTech, Software

Romain spearheaded the digital strategy of Alain Afflelou Group before becoming an investor in numerous start-ups. He uses his fine-tuned analysis skills to support and invest in innovative start-ups. In addition to being a major shareholder and Co founder of Cosmo Connected a French start-up specialized in connected objects related to security andmobility.Romain is Director and Board member of Multiwave Technologies /develops breakthrough metamaterial technologies to improve people's lives.Serial investor in +50Tech companies6over6 (Acquired by 1-800 contacts)
Cityscoot
Clay Inc VR
Cowboy Bike
Epicery
Everoad (Ex Convargo)
Fithouse
Fré Skincare
Fokoya
Guillotine Vodka
Klassroom
Laminate Technologies
MeetFabric
Molotov TV
Multiwave Technologies
Nestor
Octopus
Officeriders
Onoff telecom
Pledg
Quiqup
Universal Standard
Shapr
Spendesk
Zipdrug...(Acquire by Anthem Pharmacy)

## Martijn Tjho
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Education, Machine Learning

Martijn Tjho is teh Co-Founder and CEO at BIYU.

## 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

## Pierre Krings
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Rental, Health Care, Information Technology

Pierre Krings is the founder of Price Minister.

## 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.

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Renaud Guillerm
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Photo Sharing, Travel

Renaud Guillerm - Managing Partner @ SIDE Capital

## Josef Bovet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Payments

Josef Bovet - Co-founder & CEO @ Tiller Systems

## Michael Philippe
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, EdTech, Internet

Michael Philippe is the Co-Founder at Thomson Reuters. He attended the University of Minnesota Law School from 1975 to 1978.

## Kintxo Cortés
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Apps, Online Portals

Kintxo Cortés is the General Manager - Spain at Trade Republic.

## Jean-David Blanc
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Internet, Android

Jean-David has always been a tremendous entrepreneur since he started his first company at the age of 16. At that time, he created an interactive service company (Concerto Telematique) for brands such as Coca Cola, Marlboro or Renault. In 1993, he created AlloCine, an internet multimedia movie guide service which rapidly became France #1destination for movies, cinema and entertainment and one of France’s most famous internet success stories. AlloCine was sold to Vivendi in 2001. Prior co-founding Molotov with Pierre Lescure in 2015, he invested in several successful companies such as Meetic, Amalto technologies, Restopolitan, Veoprint, Square Inc. or The Cools.

## Bertrand Diard
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Machine Learning

A serial entrepreneur with deep international experience, Bertrand Diard is the co-founder of Syroco, the next generation innovation lab that looks at improving the systemic efficiency of energy and transportation industries.
Before Syroco, Bertrand had co-founded and managed Talend, one of the most successful open source vendors in the world andone of the very few French companies traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and Influans, an ultrapersonalization marketing platform that was sold to Ogury in 2018. Bertrand is also a board member for BonitaSoft, CybelAngel, Hull.io, iBanFirst and The Galion Project and was the president of Tech In France for several years. He launched alongside Serena Capital, Serena Data Ventures, the first European fund dedicated to data and artificial intelligence, and invests as a Business Angel in innovative startups.

## Cedric Sellin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Computer, Software, Analytics

Cedric Sellin is a President at ByTheTower. He attended Stanford University.

## Nicolas Fritz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: MOOC, SaaS, EdTech

Nicolas Fritz - COO @ Contentsquare

## Oleg Tscheltzoff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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).

## Roxanne Varza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Roxanne Varza is currently Director of STATION F, the biggest startup campus in the world with more than 1,000 startups, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor (companies include Claap, Folk, Resilience.care, Moka.care, Colette and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital (and was previously a scout at Atomico).Before joining STATION F, sheled Microsoft Ventures Paris and was Editor of TechCrunch France. She also worked for several London-based startups and cofounded StarHer (now part of SISTA), Tech.eu and Failcon France. She has also been a member of the French Government's Conseil National du Numérique (CNNum) and the European Commission's European Innovation Council (EIC).Roxanne is trilingual and holds degrees from UCLA, Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics.

## Thomas HERLIN
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sophia Antipolis, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Thomas HERLIN is the CSO & Shareholder at Cryptense. He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

## Varsha Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software

Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned toschool to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.As a strong believer in the power of education, she contributes to various educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them is Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally.

## 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.

## 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.

## Mathilde Collin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B

Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front.

## Thierry Petit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Adrien Montfort
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Furniture, Home Decor

Adrien Montfort is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sorare.

## Lenny Rachitsky
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Apps

Lenny Rachitsky served as Co-Founder and CEO at Localmind.

## 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

## Bruno Sola
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paray-vieille-poste, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, Higher Education

Bruno Sola

## Landry Holi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Travel

Landry Holi - Founder & CEO @ Fairval

## Olivier Gonzalez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Knowledge Management

Olivier Gonzalez

## Daniel Kahn
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, iOS, Mobile

Daniel Kahn, founder of the firm, is known as an expert in the new technology and information technology sectors and has served on a French governmental commission advising the Prime Minister on legislation relating to electronic commerce. He has recently co-written the Declaration of Fundamental Digital Rights. He has also collaborated in thecreation of the 2009 Guide of wealth tax investment in small and medium-sized companies.Daniel is personally active in all areas of the firm’s practice, in France and internationally, with an emphasis on Venture Capital and M&A, with the exception of litigation and labor.He was born in 1957. In addition to his French legal education (University of Strasbourg), Daniel Kahn holds a Master of Law from Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago). He started his practice of law working for two American law firms in Chicago and New York until the end of the year 1980. Back in France, at the Paris office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, he assisted clients in the new technology sector. In 1988, he founded his own law firm, now Kahn & Associés.

## Jean Marie Rétif
- Type: Angel
- Location: Le Raincy, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, Education, Human Resources

Jean Marie Rétif

## Fabienne Rétif
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, Education, Human Resources

Fabienne Rétif

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

Benjamin Griveaux is a former minister and an entrepreneur.

## 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.

## Hugo Geissmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning

Hugo Geissmann

## Simon Dawlat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Banking, FinTech

Simon Dawlat - CEO @ Batch

## Stéphane Le Viet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, E-Learning

Stéphane Le Viet

## 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.

## Steve Fiehl
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, Education, Human Resources

Steve Fiehl is a graduate of HEC Paris. Formerly director general of Hachette Custom Publishing, he is now in charge of innovation at CrossKnowledge. Steve runs the training and technology research and development teams.

## Olivier Dacourt
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, Higher Education

Olivier Dacourt

## Catherine Snyers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Training, Education, Human Resources

Catherine Snyers

## David Darmon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, iOS, Mobile

David Darmon

## Herve Bourgeois
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, iOS, Mobile

Herve Bourgeois - VP Sales EMEA @ Guardicore

## Cyril Aouizerate
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Knowledge Management

Cyril Aouizerate, the son of a typographer, was born in Toulouse, France, on April 22,1969.1992: He attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem and studied with Professor Yeshayahou LEIBOWITZ.1993: He published the first biography of René BOUSQUET. (René Bousquet Biography of a collaborationist, Forum Editions, France.) He also wrote twophilosophical essays: "Crimes without punishment, a civilization rupture" and "Sacrificial Horror".1997: Cyril went to work with Alain TARAVELLA (ALTAREA-COGEDIM, a real estate investment and development company) from whom he learned everything about developing urban projects.2001: Creation of URBANTECH Holding and launching of the MAMA SHELTER project.2001-2008: Creation and development of the MAMA SHELTER project with the opening of the first Parisian MAMA SHELTER 109, Rue de Bagnolet 75019, Paris, France.2008-2011: Development of the MAMA SHELTER project in Marseille, Lyon and Bordeaux, France.2009: Turning-point encounter with businessman Michel REYBIER, who acquired stake in MAMA SHELTER.2011: Opening of MOB, a "Wise Food Vegetarian" restaurant in Brooklyn, NEW YORK. Michel REYBIER also acquired stake in MOB Holding.2013: MOB settles at "La Cité du Design et de la Mode", in Paris, France.2014: MOB develops its own chain of hotels.

## 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.

## Julien Codorniou
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps

Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys.

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