
Paris Area, France

Paris Area, France
Venture Capital investor focused on Telecoms and Internet startups in Europe. Present and past investments include:
Internet : Dailymotion (video sharing portal), Deezer (music portal), Travel Horizon (online ski travel agent), Yoono (social network aggregator), eRepublik (MMOG), Criteo (recommendation engine), Questico (online coaching), Steek (online backup, sold to F-Secure), Travelprice (online travel, sold to Lastminute.com), Mediapps (web portals, sold to Everteam), Fluxus (hosting, sold to British Telecom).
Telecoms : Mentum (radio planning), Telisma (voice recognition, sold to OnMobile), Oneaccess (routers), Everbee Networks (network security software, sold to Windhurst), Stepmind (radio chip design, bust), WellX Telecom (IP PBX, bust), LEA (DSL splitters, sold to HF Group)
Telecommunications, Web 2.0
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
May 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
€500 million European venture capital fund
http://www.agfpe.com
(Management Consulting industry)
October 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Project management for European industrial investors in China
(Investment Banking industry)
June 1994 — May 1997 (3 years )
Mid size transactions (€10 - €150 million) in France
(Capital Markets industry)
May 1991 — December 1992 (1 year 8 months)
Nasdaq - Software sector
(Capital Markets industry)
June 1989 — June 1990 (1 year 1 month)
Dipl.-Eng. , Telecommunications , 2003 — 2005
Mandarin Chinese 1997 — 1998
Actuarial Studies 1994 — 1996
Post Graduate , Banking & Finance , 1992 — 1994
M.Sc., B.Sc. , Economics , 1988 — 1992
Teaching : lecturer in Telecommunications and Venture Capital at ESSEC Business School, Ecole Centrale Paris and Telecom Lille 1