# Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in France in May 2026

## Julien Lemoine
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Analytics

Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales.

## 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.

## Wei Guo
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

## Taavet Hinrikus
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

## Frederic Halley
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Steven Alan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, E-Commerce, Health Care

Steven Alan - FOUNDER & CEO @ Steven Alan

## Denis Fayolle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds.

## 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.

## 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.

## Lee Linden
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Logistics

Lee is a Managing Partner at Quiet Capital. He is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor.Previously, he lead Facebook's emerging initiatives in commerce, including Gifts and the Facebook Card.Lee founded Karma, a breakthrough mobile commerce platform that allowed smartphone users to instantly send real gifts to others without the burdenof physical mailing addresses. Karma was acquired by Facebook in early 2012. Prior to Karma, Lee founded Tapjoy and piloted the company to its position as a leading mobile advertising platform which today touches more than 1 billion devices. He began Tapjoy by co-creating multiple top mobile games for iOS/Android and subsequently unraveling the potential of mobile advertising and app distribution at scale.Earlier, Lee worked for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and helped launch the iFund, a $100M investment vehicle focused on smartphone application platforms. Lee originally began his career working in product development at Microsoft, where he co-created the Windows Home Server division and shipped the first version of that product to market.Lee holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a BA in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and today lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.Lee has been a featured speaker at universities, conferences, and panels worldwide and has received numerous awards for his work including 30 under 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Businessweek 2012, 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2012, and The Silicon Valley 100 by Business Insider 2013.

## Nicolas Douay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fashion

Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor & VP @ Entrepreneur First Paris

## John Maloney
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Education, Software, Video

Managing Partner @TerrapinBale, Former President @Tumblr, @Circa, Co-founder UrbanBaby, angel investor

## Hubert Patricot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Fashion, Fitness

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

## Olivier Thomas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition

Olivier Thomas

## Marc Valerius de Beffort
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition

Marc Valerius de Beffort

## Frédéric Mazzella
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Apps

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

## Damien Vincent
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, Consulting, Communities

Damien Vincent

## Teddy Riner
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Teddy Riner is the three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion of judo.

## Jeremy Charoy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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. 

## Mario Götze
- Type: Angel
- Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

## Gerard Pique
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Apps, Video

Gerard Piqué Bernabéu is the President & Founder of Kosmos.He Previously worked at eFootball.Pro as the President & Co-Founder.

## Cyril Vermeulen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Arnaud Lecherf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Outdoors, Sharing Economy

Arnaud Lecherf

## Cédric Delorme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, CRM

Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech

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

Co-founder of Replay, by Stupeflix.

## Stéphane Romanyszyn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Family, Rental, Travel

Stéphane Romanyszyn - President @ Entreparticuliers.com

## 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

## Trent Kososki
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Mr. Kososki is a Partner at Energy Capital Partners and has been with the firm since inception in 2005. He serves as co-head of the firm’s credit platform and is a member of the Credit Investment Committee, Credit Operating Committee and Valuation Committee. Mr. Kososki helped launch and lead the firm’s credit investing activities. He co-led theteam that sourced and was integrally involved in structuring, executing and monitoring seven of the nine deals in the first credit fund totaling more than $500 million in investments across a diverse array of industry sub-sectors including midstream oil & gas, power generation, renewables and metallurgical coal mining. Mr. Kososki currently serves on the boards of Ramaco Resources Inc., Furie Operating Alaska LLC, ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC, and prior to realization, served on the boards of Rimrock Midstream LLC, Chieftain Sand and Proppant LLC and Sungevity Inc.Prior to joining Energy Capital Partners, Mr. Kososki worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Financial Sponsors Investment Banking Group. While at Credit Suisse First Boston, Mr. Kososki worked with private equity firms on numerous leveraged financings and mergers and acquisitions across various industries.Mr. Kososki received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.

## Ronan Le Moal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Sports

Ronan Le Moal is the Founding Partner and Managing Director at Epopée Gestion. Ronan Le Moal attended HEC Paris.

## Chris Hitchen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.

## Patrick Weil
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Patrick Weil is the President of the Prunay Group and of Prunay Impact -Startup Studio.

## Bertrand Jacquelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## André Schürrle
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fantasy Sports, EdTech, Gaming

André Schürrle

## 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.

## William Bonnet
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

William Bonnet participated in 10 Tour de France, 5 Tours of Spain and 3 Tours of Italy.

## Petitjean Patrick
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Patrick Petitjean is the ex-CEO of the April group and ex-CEO and co-founder of Utwin.

## Olivier Legrain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Sports

Olivier Legrain - CEO @ IBA

## Tony Parker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Marketplace, Sporting Goods

Tony Parker is a French-American former professional basketball player.

## Samuel Guez
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Nutrition

Samuel Guez is the founder of My Jolie Candle.

## Vincent Gombault
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Vincent Gombault has a master's degree in Financial Techniques from ESSEC and a DESS (post-graduate professional degree) in Banking and Finance. He also holds a degree in Law and a master's degree in Economics.Before joining AXA Private Equity in 1998, where he developed and managed the funds of funds business, Vincent Gombault workedin AXA Group’s Industrial Holdings department (1991-1998) after a spell as Investment Manager in the M&A department of Société Générale. He began his career at the French Trade Commission in Detroit (USA).

## Gary Vaynerchuk
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s localliquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am onIn addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.

## Thomas Rebaud
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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!

## Frederic Bruneteau
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Diving, Software, Logistics

Frederic Bruneteau is the founder and Managing Director of PTOLEMUS Consulting Group, an international strategic advisory firm focused on location-based services (LBS), navigation and telematics. Frederic assists all leading players in the field in designing effective strategies and value propositions around location. He has gained 15 years ofstrategic and operational experience in 10 countries, mostly in the mobility ecosystem. He is expert at designing strategies in LBS and is a frequent speaker at mobility and LBS conferences.Previously, he was Product Line Manager in charge of Content & Services with TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL in Amsterdam. He defined the company’s worldwide strategy and product development for maps, traffic, points of interests, local search, speed cameras, etc. He also defined its geographic expansion strategy towards new markets. Frederic has been instrumental in designing and launching revolutionary services such as the world's first complete connected navigation suite (LIVE Services) in 5 countries.Before TOMTOM, Frederic worked with VODAFONE / SFR in Paris for 7 years. He assumed several management responsibilities including Director of WiFi / WiMax Marketing & Sales and Head of Multimedia Strategy & Programme Management.Mr. Bruneteau has also worked as a Senior Consultant specialized in mobile telecommunications with ARTHUR D. LITTLE in London and as a Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst with BNP PARIBAS in New York.Mr. Bruneteau is a graduate of HEC Paris and the University of Cologne (CEMS).

## Karim Irouche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Karim Irouche

## François Pervis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

François Pervis is a Multiple world champion and Olympic medalist in track cycling in 2016 and 2020.

## Eric Dodin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Eric Dodin is the ex CEO of Europcar and CEO of AssurOne.

## Damien Fretay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Diving, Internet

Damien du Fretay Committed investor: Business Angel & Advisor in start-up and real estate

## Raphaël Varane
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Sports, Big Data, Biometrics

Raphaël Varane is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team.

## Rio Ferdinand
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Gaming, Soccer, FinTech

Rio Ferdinand

## Lucie Lefevre
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports, InsurTech

Lucie Lefèvre is a French Champion and medalist at the European and World Cyclo-cross Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

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