Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Paris.
Investor/Business Builder - internet/mobile. Co-Founder Firestartr.co. Formerly VP Corporate Strategy @ebay
http://www.boulas.com
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
VC-law; angel; vc prof; wine geek; francophile; dad; music fan
http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/tag/ed-zimmerman/
Founded @netvibes
Founder @jolicloud
occasional investor in product focused start up
http://tariqkrim.tumblr.com
Managing partner at Bayspring Group and @k5vp.
Board Member and President at @tech-coast-angels.
Co founder and CEO of docTrackr
Investor in @talend, @netvibes, @greenext. Founder @lesmobilizers, @comwax. Partner @chausson-finance. Chicago MBA. @tedesign
Founder and CEO at Fotolia, Investor at BeyondTheRack, UpNext, @leetchi.com, songpop, @mindsnacks...
VP Product @ Kifi · Previously: Head of Product & UX @GoogleArt · Head of Platforms @youtube · @microsoft · @jp-morgan M&A, Goldman · @UPenn
Yahoo 2004-2011 • Headed DR Platform Mgmt @yahoo EMEA • Seeded DR Network Marketplace in EMEA (100+M $ in revenue).
Currently Director of TechStars London 2013. Entrepreneur & Angel investor. Founded directpanel.com (sold to Bolloré Group). MBA from Essec Business School.
http://www.techstars.com/blog/
Former CEO of @louis-vuitton. Professor at HEC. Co-author of "The Luxury Strategy"
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Angel Investor, real estate develop/design/build firm, art collector/curator/consultant
Founder @ Zaptravel. ex-SVP Disney Mobile at @the-walt-disney-company; Cofounder & COO of @tapulous
Founder and Managing Partner @white-star-capital • Investor @betaworks, @science, @execution-labs, @bloglovin, @dollar-shave-club
Managing Director, Founder at @start-capital
CEO at @sepulveda-capital. Co-founded 3 other companies in France, 2 VC-backed, all sold. Invested in 100+ companies in North America, Chile, Europe and Asia.
http://http///blog.rodrigosepulveda.com
Angel Investor, engineer, geek, mentor; Angellab founder, INSEAD EIR, xMillion capital ex-partner. Reformed management consultant from Andersen, Ernst & Young.
12 years in China, 3 in Singapore. Now commuting to Asia from Paris. Former VC, Angel in China startups. Cross-border M&A #INSEAD # East China Normal University
http://www.shanghaivest.com
Ceo, Founder & investor @geeklist. Built some things. Successful exits in internet & education
Technology Venture Capitalist
Managing Partner at @bayspring-ventures
Founder & Owner @socomo, @Borealis IT Ltd • Co-Owner & CTO @masterbranch
Co- Founder @hull • Worked at @sap • Investor @adsnative, @kato, @shopventory
Partner at XPND Capital
Entrepreneur (Again)
Co-founder, CTO & COO @appsfire, pioneer in app reco and app promotion services. Startup angel, mentor. Paris based. Basketball player. @insead-mba
http://ylechelle.tumblr.com
Founder of FS Ventures, investor in @one, @producteev, @labotec, @pixowl, @open-garden, @celtrek, @pikchur @Vinio...and much more.
http://www.florianseroussi.com/
> One of first shareholders in Lending Club, @virtuoz, Totsy, @producteev
> Based in New York and Paris (France)
Entrepreneur & Angel; Studied at @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @johns-hopkins-university
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Angel | Entrepreneur | Ph.D. Engineering Systems MIT
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Angel Investor, Advisor, C-level Executive with 20 years of Media experience in print and digital platforms. Currently CEO at SheKnows.com
Founder & CEO at Secret Media. Ex @overblog, @ebuzzing, @nomao
http://fred.overblog.com
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Country Manager - Président France @livingsocial
Founder & CEO of Dealissime (Dealissime joined @livingsocial in June 2011) - Former lawyer in IP & internet laws
Founder and CEO of Daniel Hechter fashion brands
cofounder and former chairman of Teleperformance - zero to $2.7 billion revenue
Chairman and Managing Director of Materis Corporate Services at Wendel since 2001. Deputy Managing Director of LAFARGE Group since 1994.
Co-founder & CEO, @days-of-wonder, @ridge-ventures, @ray-dream. Contrarian investor w. strong no non-sense focus.
Director of Research at SoundView Technology Group, GP of the Active Innovation Partnership.
Président du Directoire, Olympia Capital Gestion; Directeur Général, Amplégest; Directeur a la gestion privee de la banque OBC
Cofounder at feedly. Partner at Makers Camp.
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
CEO @GlocalPartners (knowhow without borders), @stanford-university MBA. Pre-IPO @salesforce.com, @successfactors (6 yrs: product mktg, sales, new ventures, EMEA leader)
Founder @socialcam • Worked at @justin-tv
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Worked at @silicon-graphics, @lehman-brothers • Investor @fab-com, @wello • Studied at @university-of-denver
Investor in @itaste, @tripnity, Sportbase, Ci-prives, @dilelui, @tweegg.
http://www.yannmauchamp.net
Owner of Groupe Lavail, President of Centre Agricole Bearnais. Investor in Grantoo.
Lead Engineer @salesforce; Computer Science @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, Entrepreneur on the @startupbus
CEO of @kbc-securities-usa, Inc.
Operation Manager at @uber FR
President of Davic Music, Les Editions Coups d'Soleil, and Angyal (invests in early stage startups). Former President of Poker Leaders. Investor in @grantoo
EiR at VC Fund Majuven
CxO through We Are CxO (www.wearecxo.com)
Co-Founder of @flocations
Invested up to E1.3bn in listed entrepreneurs with AXA IM - Talents
http://floriancornu.blogspot.com/
Founder and CEO of @altitude-conseil (www.myusinvestment.com). Looking for entrepreneurship opportunities as well as start-up to invest small tickets
Product Manager at Facebook. Previously at Pixar and Electronic Arts. Berkeley MBA. Social mobile's where it's at.
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
Business Angel investor in IT
http://www.tikimee.com/didiertranchier
Serial entrepreneur, founder of Gandi.net (sold)
http://signal.eu.org/blog/
Founder at Yarden Ventures
Entrepreneur & founder of private equity and R&D ventures (Finexkap, Qilaqila, Palico), I am passionate about fintech and vertical networks.
WeLoveSaaS.com founder, ex-HEC Incubator's manager, ApéroEntrepreneurs' founder, ex-microsoftee, Blogger, Startup Advisor, Love soccer, hard-rock & gastronomy!
http://www.guilhembertholet.com/blog
entrepreneur, dreamer, too many ideas all at once, short attention span: twitter-ready
Founder of Lidealist.com, Smartdate, Up&Buzz • 15 years as entrepreneur since 19 • 1 year as an actor, 1 as a writer • Studied at @harvard-business-school, @hec-paris • Member of 6 Boards
http://www.fabriceleparc.com
Co-Founded Excico (x70). Startups facilitator, mentor and investor.
http://gaelduval.blogs.com
CEO of SixthJune.com
CEO of @toplook-com
Strong International Business and Marketing skills.
CEO /COO Start-up, Business International - Digital Medias, Advertising, Internet, eCommerce, Software Edition
Jedi Knight at Dernier Bar avant la Fin du Monde
Investor @30k • Investor @airhelp • Investor @trekbooking.com •Studied at @rutgers-university-newark, @iscte-lisboa
Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university
Founder @appgratis • Worked at @virtuoz • Studied at @san-francisco-state-university
Founder @carriereonline, @jobmeeters • Worked at @groupe-hersant-media, @vivastreet
Co-Founder @youfoot. Co-Founder @inca-energy. Co-Founder @botan . MBA @insead-employee, BA @babson-college College.
Investor @kown-1, Principal @ftl, mentor @founder-institute St.Petersburg, ex-Russian Tech Journalist @CNews
Investor and entrepreneur with 4 successful exits. Grew my last company @amosdec to $90m revenue before selling it to @avnet (NYSE:AVT).
Innovation expert Business Angel investor
Founder & CEO / I-media.com (sold to PGI) /via.io/viarelay.com/effidata.com Investor in cynet.com/lettriq.com/powobox.com /viacab.fr/immokip.fr
http://jdbenichou.posterous.com
CEO Chausson Finance (Fund raising & Venture capital). Business-angel in 70+ companies. Early-stage investor focused on investing in fast-growing companies
founder of 3 entities, www.egg-energy.com, www.paper4all.org and www.eglued.com, harvard mba, working previously in small cap pe and venture capital.
Investor in @videostep, @www-comptoirdelhomme-com, @www-urbanfootball-fr, @www-bitwine-com, @www-lescousinsmenuisiers-com. Team member of @videostep.
Founder Juke • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @new-york-university Founder Thinking Pictures. Patent holder (Digital Content and Wearable Video). Digital Rights Mngt, AI and Human Interface
Founder VIVAMULTIMEDIA, @monelib-com
Financial services professional
Entrepreneur, MANAGER at ISAI
Founder and CEO of @companeo ( btob marketplace in Europe). Angel investor.
Investor in @plyce, @instant-luxe, @nowfashion, @attractiveworld.
COO @ Lengow . Geek, MD since1999 in online activities. PhD Computer science and years of print media. Strong marketing/sales/tech background. Startup advisor
works in equity derivatives, angel on the side
Founder @showroomprive
Business Angel & Advisor to technology driven startups.
Founder, Advisor, Non Exec Chairman & Board member of several IT/Technology companies & Operators.
25+ years in actively pioneering and supporting the expansion of Digital technology and Services
101projets is the initiative of 3 famous French web entrepreneurs : Marc Simoncini (Meetic), Xavier Niel (Free) and Jacques-Antoine Granjon (vente-privee.com).
Investor in @vinobest-sa, @dealissime, @wizee.
Angel / Board Member in 5 start-ups - Former McKinsey Partner (PE ; Retail - B2C ; Strategy; International growth ; Governance) - Lat Am - Advisor / Coach
Business Angel and considering options... time to challenge me
CEO Cénacle Group.
Mentor Startu-up, Business Angel, ancien Publicitaire.
Founder, @paris-consulting, Co-founder @first-properties-of-new-york
Invested in AlgoValue, Yadwire and Immune Pharmaceuticals. Studied at UPENN
Co-founder of @polltogo. Engineer, former biomedical researcher.
Investor in @ami, @sunest, @m-perf, @appcity, Altitude, @cynomedia.
VC with Asiatech1999-2010 in Silicon Valley, HK and Sing. Experienced in turnarounds with nack for difficult boards. Founder Sky Pilates. MIT geek "Gadgetgirl"
Founder & CEO CybelAngel • Strong technology and financial background • Studied at @escp-eap
French Entrepreneur & sometimes blogger.
http://www.mikaelout.fr
MD - StatPro Central Europe - Cloud Portfolio Analytics Platform
Founder of Nunettes group, holding of 33 companies in the wolrd selling our range of sunglasses.
Building US Distribution for Parisian based Apparel Brands
Entrepreneur, investisseur, lifestyle designer
http://www.remi-raher.com
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Owlient (which runs http://howrse.com), online game company sold to Ubisoft in 2011.
CEO @neodia-webmarketing. Founder & CEO @24pm, Founder @cvfm. Marketing Manager @cybion. Investor @osapi, @aucoffre-com.
Co-founder of @siinapse, Serial entrepreneur, Business Angel, Telecom/IT Senior Consultant.
Invested into several start-up. 20+ experience in Asset Management Software Business. EMBA HEC.
Experienced Telco & IT Executive
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
front office analyst @sgcib. trader assistant @societe-generale.
Founded MonCoffretBeaute.fr, sold to Glossybox (Rocket internet)
Founder and CEO of Fi System, IT services, public company
I am a CPA based in Montréal, Québec. I am looking for investments in promising start-ups
Angel - Président of Investessor and Seine Ouest Angels (Angels Networks Paris)
25 years of PE investing (incl some tech-loaded buyouts), and some venture deals.
If you can dream it, we can do it
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost
Co-Founder of @academia-de-voo-hangar-5 • Angel Investor. Work at @banco-bic and worked at @bbva, @portugal-telecom • Studied at @ie-business-school-1
Business Angel - EMEA lawyer - Member of the BOD - focus on MA, Corporate Governance, Risk BOP Social Enterprises - http://ow.ly/1fMUV [My views]
http://www.co2law.blogspot.com
Information System and Finance 2.0
Founder and Owner of ACL Middle East, Investor in Football Center, TenSo Digital marketing, Aikku, AssetLease, ELLA school