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