# Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in France in May 2026 ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Michael Benabou - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services President at Financiere Saint James. ## Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 5 - 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: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders. ## Hubert Patricot - Type: Angel - Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness Hubert Patricot - Executive Vice President and President, European Group @ Coca-Cola Enterprises ## Bertrand Jacquelot - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Marc Menase - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Advertising Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor ## Nicolas Douay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Fashion Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor & VP @ Entrepreneur First Paris ## Laurent Asscher - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B Previously, I was also Investor in several industry-defining companies, notably Themis (sold to Mercury Systems), Ixia (sold to Keysight), Webedia (sold to Fimalac), Centellax (sold to Microsemi), CacheIQ (sold to NetApp), Anametrix (sold to Enlighten), KitLocate (sold to Yandex), Tekelec (sold to Siris Capital Group), LibertySurf (IPO),Aufeminin.com (IPO), Freever (sold to Buongiorno), Sidetrade (IPO), EmailVision (IPO) and Instranet (sold to SFDC). ## Frederic Montagnon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Entrepreneur and investor with 20 years experience, Frédéric has founded, ran and exited 4 companies for a total value of more than USD 400 million. He has been involved in the field of cryptocurrency as an investor since 2013. ## 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 ## Pierre-Antoine Capton - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: TV, Gaming, Cooking Pierre-Antoine Capton - President @ Mediawan ## Serge Alleyne - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS Serge Alleyne is a co-founder and co-CEO at Shipfix. ## Olivier Thomas - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition Olivier Thomas ## Mark Bivens - Type: Angel - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Mark Bivens is Managing Director of Tachi.ai Ventures and shuttles between Paris and Tokyo. Current board seats and active investments include: Amplified.ai, Azarus, CoolGames, Curvegrid, Enterra, enTouch, QuantCube, Supervaisor, the AfricaTri Foundation, among others.Past exits include: Birdview (acq. by Constellation Software), CCI Publishers,Capsule (acq. by JMI Equity), Cerent (acq. by Cisco), Cybernetix (acq. by Technip), Domain Appraisal Tech, GoCater (acq. by EZCater), Kang (acq. by Adviqo), ITMasters (acq. by BMC Software), Keyyo (IPO), MakeLeaps (acq. by Ricoh), Momac (acq. by Sandvine), PeopleCube (acq. by Asure Software), Peer Digital (acq. by V-Span), and Vision/IQ (acq. by MG International).Prior to becoming a VC, Bivens founded 3 tech companies including one successful exit. He is the author of "Japan: Bitcoin #1," a book on Japan's leadership in cryptocurrency, as well as "Land of the Rising Blockchain." He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. ## Marc Valerius de Beffort - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition Marc Valerius de Beffort ## Landry Holi - Type: Angel - Location: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Travel Landry Holi - Founder & CEO @ Fairval ## Jeremy Charoy - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition Jeremy Charoy is the co-founder LALALAB. Launched in 2012, LALALAB is the most downloaded and the best rated mobile printing app in Europe. With over 5M+ downloads and more than 20k reviews with a 4.5+ average rating on AppStore and Google Play, LALALAB already delivered millions of photos in more than 70 countries. ## Cyril Vermeulen - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS Cyril Vermeulen is a French web entrepreneur and angel investor. He co-founded the auFeminin.com Group, #1 women property online worldwide and was in charge of Business Development until the company was acquired by German media group Axel Springer. He was also in charge of SmartAdServer, the auFeminin adserving subsidiary, a european leader ofthe adserving technologies.Cyril has invested in a large number of start-ups in Europe and the US. ## 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 ## Olivier Mathiot - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food Delivery Olivier Mathiot - President @ Thecamp ## 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. ## Daniel Marhely - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Electronics, Music Daniel Marhely Co-Founded Blogmusik S.A. Daniel Marhely is Founder of Deezer S.A. and serves as its Director. In 2004, he co-founded the dating site Lovelee.com. In 2006, he developed the first version of Deezer, called Blogmusik, in Paris, with the objective of providing music lovers with unlimited access to audio content using streamingtechnology. He served as General Manager of Monster Capital. ## Bertrand Jelensperger - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Organic Food Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc. ## Henri Seydoux - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Wireless, Fruit, Manufacturing Henri Seydoux founded Parrot in 1994 and has been its CEO ever since its inception. Parrot is today one of the major players in the civil drone market. Self-taught, Henri started his career in 1978 as a trainee and then as a journalist for the magazine Actuel. In 1982, he joined the company SSCI as a developer and then, the company Micro Archi. In1986, he created BSCA, a company that specialized in rendering 3D computer images and served as CEO until 1990. In 1991, along with three other partners, he founded Christian Louboutin, a luxury shoes company. ## Celine Lazorthes - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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). ## Antoine Martin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Apps Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly ## Fabio Mondini de Focatiis - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Declan Kelly - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine. ## Damien Guermonprez - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Julien Romanetto - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Internet Jlien Romanettois the Co-Founder and Product at Arianee. Julien Romanetto attended Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)l. ## 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. ## Cyril Moutran - Type: Angel - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Mobile, TV Cyril Moutran - Cofounder - Product & Strategy @ feedly ## Antoine Poirson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Antoine Poirson - Partner @ Antler ## Paul Le - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Advice, Gaming, Fashion Paul Lê is co-founder and CEO at La Belle Vie. He was the CEO at 03 July, Drive-to-store Apps and head of growth at Zeepro. ## Numerous Confidential Sources - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Nutrition Numerous Confidential Sources ## Christian de Labriffe - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Hydroponics Christian de Labriffe ## Yan Hascoët - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A - Focus: Banking, Finance, Cannabis Yan Hascoët ## Jeremie Le Febvre - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Rental, Internet Jeremie Le Febvre is an angel investor and an entrepreneur. In 2012, Jeremie founded ValYouAd, an economy innovation lab, where he is also served as a CEO. He is also a director at TBG Capital.Prior to ValYouAd and TBG, Jeremie co-founded RAISE, a French growth capital investment company. He also worked at Triago as managing partner from 2008to 2011.Jeremie holds a masters degree in corporate and tax law from the Pantheon-Assas University and earned his DESS from the University of Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne. ## Rio Ferdinand - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Soccer, FinTech Rio Ferdinand ## André Schürrle - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fantasy Sports, EdTech, Gaming André Schürrle ## 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). ## Philippe Cantet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Nutrition Philippe Cantet is the Co-Founder and CEO at SPRiNG Collective. He attended ESSEC Business School in 1992. ## Clement Benoit - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Clement Benoit - Founder and CEO @ Fithouse ## Gokul Rajaram - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Gokul Rajaram is the Product and Business Helper at Doordash and currently in Pinterest and Coinbase as board member. ## Thomas Dadashi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Legal, Desktop Apps, Professional Services Founded eNTIER Capital in 2019 to provide innovative capital solutions to the best European tech companies. ## Augustin Paluel-Marmont - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Cannabis Augustin Paluel-Marmont is the founder of Michel et Augustin. ## Alexis de Galembert - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Cannabis Alexis de Galembert ## 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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