Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$300,000.00Max Investment:
$3,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,650,000.00
Skills
Education
- 4P
- EB
Lists including Nicolas
Investments
Swaive
Total Funding: $2M
Dust
Total Funding: $21M
Karmine Corp
Total Funding:
Omi
Total Funding: $20M
New Tales
Total Funding: $11M
Kelvin
Total Funding: $38M
H Company
Total Funding: $100M
FlexAI
Total Funding: $30M
Payflows
Total Funding: $33M
Adaptive
Total Funding: $21M
Work Experience
2025
Founder
2025
Pre-seed fund backed by tech entrepreneurs, several family offices and international investors including Sequoia, General Catalyst, Bessemer, Accel and DST. Up to €500k as Business Angel from day 0, and following on next rounds. Focus on FinTech & DeFi, Infra & Tooling, Consumer & Gaming, and Business Solutions, with Artificial Intelligence as transversal expertise. ➡️ (Re)built a professional investment platform from the ground up. ➡️ Raised €34m first fund, oversubscribed in 14 weeks. ➡️ Invested in 26 companies (and counting 🚀).
2021 - 2024
Co-Founder
2021 - 2024
Family office backing software start-ups in 6 categories with AI and blockchain as transversal expertise. Invested in 92 companies including Mistral, Poolside, Fundamental, Filigran, Vibe.co, Dust, Animaj, Payflows, Autone, New Tales and more. ➡️ Built a professional investment platform from the ground up. ➡️ Managed a deal flow of 300+ monthly opportunities in Pre-Seed and Seed. ➡️ Organized two editions of The GenAI Show, bringing together the French AI ecosystem. ➡️ Imagined and developed La Maison.
2019 - 2020
Co-Founder
2019 - 2020
Platform that enables fast prototyping and benchmarking of Machine Learning systems. ➡️ Incepted @StationF as part of Entrepreneur First program. ➡️ Contributed to the not-for-profit CKnowledge foundation.
2018 - 2020
Co-Founder
2018 - 2020
Messaging-as-a-service API that provides secured chat, voice, and video messaging for mobile and web apps. ➡️ Raised pre-seed from BAs. ➡️ Sold to the founder of cybersecurity company Synaktiv.
2010 - 2018
Director
2010 - 2018
Private equity investor focusing on Tech and Financial Services companies across Europe. Identification of new investment opportunities, deals execution, monitoring and assistance of portfolio companies notably in completing build-up acquisitions. ➡️ 12 deals closed in 8 countries. ➡️ >€500m equity put at work. >€600m debt raised. ➡️ 28% and 2.8x fully realized returns.
2005 - 2009
Associate
2005 - 2009
Investment banking professional advising corporates and PE funds in their M&A, LBO and capital markets operations. Generalist profile involved in the coverage of some key French accounts operating in various industries notably in Tech. Participated in cross-border deals involving international and multi-cultural teams. ➡️ 9 closed transactions advised. ➡️ >€20Bn aggregated enterprise value.