# Top 50 Real Estate Angel Investors in France in May 2026

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## 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: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders.

## Denis Lafont-Trevisan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Real Estate, Information Technology, B2B

Denis Lafont-Trevisan is an entrepreneur and angel investor in Software and Distributed Workforce related companies. 2 IPOs, 1 chapter 11, 3 exits. Outsourcing and technology Markets specialist.

## Frederic Halley
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Hospitality, Information Technology

Frederic is an investor focusing on early-stage technology companies in Europe. Some of his area of interests include Retailtech, Saas, AI and traveltech. He has a long experience working with technology companies as an operator, an advisor or a Non-Executive Director (NED) / Board Member.

## Michael Benabou
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, Professional Services

President at Financiere Saint James.

## Christophe Courtin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Battery, Web Apps, Education

Christophe Courtin is the Founder and CEO at Courtin Real Estate. He attended Paris Dauphine University - PSL.

## Alexandre Yazdi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Residential, E-Commerce

Alexandre Yazdi - Co-Founder and CEO @ Voodoo

## Nicolas Brumelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel Accommodations, Travel, Tourism

Nicolas Brumelot - Co-founder and President @ MisterFly

## Hugo Amsellem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Investing in consumer stuff (content, community, commerce, creators). Advisor at
Jellysmack, previously Founding Team at The Family

## Frédéric Mazzella
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Apps

Frédéric Mazzella is the Founder and President at BlaBlaCar. Frédéric Mazzella attended The Stanford University.

## Xavier Gury
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Machine Learning

Xavier Gury - Co-Founder & CEO @ Wind Capital

## Guillaume Lestrade
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto.

## 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

## Edward Lando
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

## 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.

## Clément Alteresco
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Rental, Logistics, Transportation

Clement Alteresco holds a Master’s in Innovation Management from Paris IX Dauphine University. Clément was FABERNOVEL’s first employee in 2003 and he cofounded Digitick in 2004. He became COO and partner of FABERNOVEL in 2006. From 2008 to 2011, as CEO of FABERNOVEL USA he developped PARISOMA, one of San Francisco’s first coworking space. SinceSeptember 2012, he is CEO of the startup Share Your Office, an excubation of FABERNOVEL. Clément comes from an international culture (he speaks French, English and Spanish) and is entrepreneur-minded. He is particularly interested in the influence of technology on the future of work.

## Jean-Fabrice Mathieu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Real Estate, Vacation Rental, Travel Accommodations

Jean-Fabrice Mathieu

## Didier Valet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Didier Valet

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

Joan Burkovic is the CEO & Co-founder at Bridge. Joan Burkovic attended ESSEC Business School.

## Patrick Amiel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Freelance

European startups lover * Building game-changing businesses with world-class companies @321Founded (hiring)
Cofounder MyBestPro (2006-2017) Acquired by Vivendi * Hands-on startup advisor & board member

## Stéphane Distinguin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Finance, Lending, Real Estate

Stéphane Distinguin is the founder and CEO of FABERNOVEL. Stéphane graduated from ESCP Europe in 1997 and joined Deloitte & Touche. In 1999 he participated in the creation of Up&Up, an early stage investment fund. In 2003, he created FABERNOVEL. As a French entrepreneur and activist in the field of new technology and innovation, Stéphaneparticipated in the launch of new event formats like BarCamps, MobileMondays, CleanTuesdays and TEDxParis. He also played an important role in the creation of the co-working spaces of the ‘Cantines” network, PARISOMA in San Fransisco and the start-up accelerator Le Camping. Stéphane is chairman of Cap Digital, member of the French Digital Council and honorary chairman of Silicon Sentier.

## 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

## Marc-David Choukroun
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Nutrition, Accounting, Real Estate

Marc-David Choukroun is the co-founder of « La Ruche qui dit Oui ! » (« The Food Assembly » in the UK) and its actual CEO. Marc-David started his career in 2004 for Ogilvy communication group where he was a web project manager. In 2008, he started his own web agency called flipin. In 2010, he starts “La Ruche qui dit Oui !” with Guilhem Chéron& Mounir Mahjoubi. La Ruche is now the first european platform for online short food supply chain. Launched in 9 countries, the company employs 130 people and its platform connects 1 500 local communities to more than 6 000 producers.

## Giorgio Tinacci
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Marketplace, Human Resources

Giorgio graduates in International Management at Bocconi University in 2015, starts working at BCG where he remains for two years looking after the technological transformation projects in banking and industrial sector. Decides to leave BCG and co-founds Casavo with the support from Picus Capital with an idea to develop a tech-enabled platformcapable of operating as a market maker in the residential property market, purchasing properties in 30 days and taking a risk of finding a final purchaser.

## Quentin Nickmans
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Quentin is a Co-founder of eFounders.
He spent his first years working as a strategy Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and acts on the board of several SaaS ventures

## Nicolas Steegmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Co-founder of Replay, by Stupeflix.

## Aude du Colombier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Home and Garden

Aude du Colombier is Co-Founder at Tediber.

## Martin Balas
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Home and Garden

Martin Balas is the co-founder / Directeur Général at Blissim.

## Jérôme Manuguerra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Construction

Jérôme Manuguerra is the COO and Co-founder at Masteos.

## Nicolas Mondollot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Construction

Nicolas Mondollot is CTO at Drivy.

## Jean-Philippe Darnault
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Home and Garden

Jean-Philippe Darnault is the Président-Directeur Général at Animalis.

## 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.

## Hugo Manoukian
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Internet, Vacation Rental

Hugo Manoukian is the founder&CEO of MoovOne.

## Antoine Grisay
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Lending, Real Estate

Antoine Grisay is a co-founder and Co-CEO at Shipfix.

## Eric Fourrier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Vacation Rental, Travel Accommodations

Eric Fourrier - Co-Founder @ GitGuardian

## Yan Hascoët
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Banking, Finance, Cannabis

Yan Hascoët

## Emmanuel Amon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Rental, Vacation Rental

Emmanuel Amon

## Pablo Fernandez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, FinTech, Lending

Pablo Fernandez is a co-founder at Clikalia.

## Alexandre Brochot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Construction

Alexandre Brochot is the Co-founder of Saqara.

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

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

## Sébastien de Lafond
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: Finance, Real Estate, Building Material

Sébastien de Lafond is the co-founder and CEO of MeilleursAgents.

## François Durvye
- Type: Angel
- Location: Versailles, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Hardware, Building Material

François Durvye

## Olivier Bonnet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, Pet, Apps

Bonnet joined BlaBlaCar in 2017 following a leadership role at Apple, where he spent more than a decade as a software engineer manager. In 2012, he made the move from Paris to Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, leading the Operating System teams charged with the development of iCloud. Bonnet joined Apple in 2004 as an engineer afterearning a master’s degree in engineering from École Polytechnique and Telecom ParisTech.

## Emilie Vialle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Real Estate

Emilie Vialle - CEO & founder @ Lisy

## Shana Fisher
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Fashion

Shana Fisher is the Managing Partner of HLVP, a NY Based venture fund focused on early stage investments. From December 2003 to June 2010, Ms. Fisher served as IAC's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisherserved as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University's ITP.

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

Jonathan Widawski is the Founder and CEO at Maze.

## Ralph Gootee
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Construction, Architecture

Ralph Gootee - Visiting Partner @ Y Combinator

## Clement Cazalot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Clement Cazalot was the Co-Founder and CEO of docTrackr.com, a document security company providing a robust, flexible and easy-to-use Digital Rights Management (DRM) solution. He currently serves as the Co-Founder and COO at Machinery Partner.Cazalot launched his first company in Marseille, France, and worked as a resident entrepreneur at Gemaltobefore working on docTrackr.He helped import the concept of Startup Weekend in Europe with a strong focus on the French ecosystem.Cazalot studied at Euromed Management, School of Management and Business, where he earned his master's degree in management specialized in corporate strategy and information technology. He also attained a master's degree in intelligence and innovation from Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III.

## Folco Aloisi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Building Material

Folco Aloisi

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