# Top 15 Music Angel Investors in France in May 2026

## Den Dmytrenko
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, CRM, Wearables

Co-founder and General Partner at Roosh and co-founder of Reface, ZibraAI, and Ukrainian AI/ML community AI HOUSE, which are part of the overarching Roosh ecosystem, along with venture firm Roosh Ventures, upskilling project Gathers, AI R&D company Neurons Lab, venture studio Pawa. Forbes 30 under 30 Europe.In 2018, Den Dmytrenkoco-founded Reface, the company behind the viral face-swap video app. Shortly after, he co-founded ZibraAI, a deep-tech company that creates AI-generated assets for any virtual world or experience. Den wanted to continue building breakthrough companies based on ML and working with the best founders to introduce more companies and tech into the world, so he launched Roosh. What Den and his team do at Roosh is help pioneering entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies scale globally by building, developing, and investing in them. Part of the Roosh ecosystem, is Roosh Ventures, an early-stage, generalist venture firm that invests in Pre-seed to Series A stages in the EU and US markets. The firm supports its portfolio companies through added values derived from their expertise in AI and ML.In addition, there is AI HOUSE, a Ukrainian AI community that brings together talents, experts, and investors to provide educational resources and opportunities for industry talents. Complementing this, there is Gathers, an upskilling project focused on solving the growing skill gap within the AI/ML industry. Moreover, the robust ecosystem encompasses Neurons Lab, an innovative AI R&D company, and Pawa, an ML-based venture studio.Den also take the role of angel investor and seek out additional exciting opportunities beyond Roosh.

## 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.

## 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.

## Bruno Dizengremel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Bruno Dizengremel is based In Stockholm and joined Innovacom in 2001 in charge of North European investments.Before joining Innovacom, Bruno was Business Development Director of a subsidiary of the Ericsson Group in Stockholm specialized in OSS (telecommunications network management applications).Previously, Bruno worked within the FranceTelecom/Orange Group for some 10 years in various management capacities. His latest position there was VP of Business Development at France Telecom Mobiles International, a position where he led the expansion of the Group’s mobile operations in Europe. Bruno has also served as Technical Director of Panafon, the GSM network operator in Greece.A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, he post-graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris.

## Sebastien Borget
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.

## Jonathan Belolo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Media and Entertainment

Jonathan Belolo is a Founder and CEO at Stage11. He attended Sciences Po.

## Marc Jalabert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Apps, IaaS

Marc Jalabert

## Rand Hindi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ deeptech and web3 companies. He is the CEO at Zama, a homomorphic encryption startup. Rand started coding at the age of 10, created a social network at 14, and started his PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first private-by-design voice assistant, which was acquired by Sonos. He was electedan MIT TR35, a Forbes “30 under 30”, and was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris as well as a member of the French Digital Council.He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL).

## Alex Masmej
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Music, Blockchain

Alex Masmej Co-Founder & CEO at Showtime. Attended Alliance Manchester Business School.

## Jean-Charles Carre
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, Computer

Jean-Charles Carre is the business partner and manager of world renowned DJ and music producer David Guetta.

## Yann LeCun
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

Yann LeCun is VP & Chief AI Scientist of Facebook. He remains a Professor of Computer Science and Neural Science at New York University, where has worked on machine learning, computer vision, robotics, AI, computational neuroscience, and related topics.

## 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

## Oliver Tilloy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music, Banking, Internet

Oliver Tilloy, Founder of Techmind.

## Ronny Shibley
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Music, Privacy

Ronny Shibley - Co-Founder & CTO @ Gorillas

## Fabrice Larue
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Audio, Music, Podcast

Fabrice Larue

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