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Top 50 Automotive Angel Investors in Europe (September 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Europe Automotive startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Europe Automotive startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Alberto Genovese
Angel
4 Italy Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Internet, Automotive, E-Commerce $2.3M–$116M
François Segot
Angel
3 France Seed Apps, SaaS, Automotive $176k–$1.7M
Oskar Hartmann
Angel
3 Germany, India, Russian Federation Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive $125k–$52M
Thibaud Carrai
Angel
3 France Seed, Pre-Seed Big Data, Internet, Automotive $111k–$122k
Mantas Mikuckas
Angel
3 Lithuania, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace $543k–$45M
Thibaud Elziere
Angel
3 France, United States, Belgium Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Information Technology $395k–$16M
Peter Mertens
Angel
3 Germany, Israel Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Automotive, CleanTech $414k–$4.9M
Karim Kaddoura
Angel
3 France Seed Automotive, Retail, Security $581k–$18M
Ahmed Mhiri
Angel
3 France, Tunisia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $532k–$2.4M
Didac Lee
Angel
3 Spain, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile $318k–$10M
Rene De Jong
Angel
3 Spain Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Software, Events $135k–$8.8M
Jacky Abitbol
Angel
3 France, Spain, United States Series B, Series A, Series C Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Health Care $13M–$134M
Alexis Berthoud
Angel
3 United States, Switzerland, Canada Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, FinTech, Blockchain $111k–$100M
Alexander Chesterman
Angel
3 United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, FinTech, Health Care $470k–$24M
Thibault Chassagne
Angel
3 France Seed Automotive, Retail, Security $581k–$18M
Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
Angel
3 Sweden, Denmark Seed, Pre-Seed Legal, Advice, Internet $286k–$3.6M
Marco Valta
Angel
3 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Secondary Market E-Commerce, Internet, Software $250k–$24M
Chris Adelsbach
Angel
3 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $113k–$19M
Gustaf Hagman
Angel
3 Sweden Pre-Seed, Seed Robotics, Software, Marketing $358k–$3.6M
Ali Omar
Angel
3 Finland, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $57k–$2.2M
David Murray-Hundley
Angel
3 United Kingdom, United States, Estonia Equity Crowdfunding, Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Automotive $190k–$19M
Hermann Hauser
Angel
3 United Kingdom, Austria, Germany Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $1.1M–$23M
Kristjan Raude
Angel
3 Estonia, United States Equity Crowdfunding, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Automotive, Internet of Things $73k–$2.7M
Dirk Abendroth
Angel
2 Germany Seed, Angel Hardware, CleanTech, GreenTech
Mike Allen
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Automotive
Joe Falter
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Beauty, Software $2.2M–$5.4M
Julia Stent
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Automotive
James Hind
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Payments, Software $917k–$5.2M
Thomas France
Angel
2 France, United States, Cayman Islands Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology $400k–$31M
Tobias Emanuelsson
Angel
2 Sweden Seed, Series A, Series B Software, CleanTech, Information Technology $1.3M–$11M
Eduardo Ronzano
Angel
2 France, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $150k–$5.3M
Julien Boyer
Angel
2 France Seed Apps, SaaS, Automotive $176k–$1.7M
Mitesh Nandlaskar
Angel
2 India, Estonia Seed, Series A, Angel Manufacturing, Sports, Fitness $20k–$6.5M
Risto Siilasmaa
Angel
2 Finland, Sweden, Estonia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS $228k–$29M
Fabian von Kuenheim
Angel
2 Germany Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Data Integration, PaaS, Automotive
Ned Cranborne
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed SaaS, Social, Analytics $550k–$1.6M
Fred Potter
Angel
2 France, Belgium Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software $1.4M–$3M
Alexandre Yazdi
Angel
2 France, Portugal, Turkey Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Gaming, Internet $1.1M–$31M
Shan Drummond
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed SaaS, Social, Analytics $550k–$1.6M
Colm Menton
Angel
2 Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round Apps, Parking, Automotive
Jonathan Siegel
Angel
2 United States, Japan, Poland Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Information Technology $200k–$3.5M
Adam Ridgway
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note Logistics, Automotive, Delivery Service
William Shu
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, Automotive $3.6M–$5.4M
Jon McNeill
Angel
2 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Artificial Intelligence, Software, Insurance $2.5M–$28M
Harold Mechelynck
Angel
2 France, Belgium, United States Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Finance, SaaS $658k–$11M
Francis Nappez
Angel
2 France, United States, Belgium Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Internet, SaaS $439k–$11M
Romain Afflelou
Angel
2 France, United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Software, FinTech $400k–$42M
Bertrand Jelensperger
Angel
2 France, Spain, Belgium Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Software, E-Commerce $1M–$11M
Kaj Hagros
Angel
2 Finland Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel SaaS, Local, Travel $298k–$938k
Fabrice Grinda
Angel
2 United States, France, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace $685k–$65M
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Alberto Genovese
Angel · Milan, Lombardia, Italy · 4 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Alberto Genovese (Alberto Maria Genovese) is an Italian entrepreneur and angel investor, founder of Facile.it and Prima Assicurazioni, and co-founder of Fondazione Laura e Alberto Genovese ETS.Alberto Maria Genovese, born on May 28, 1977, in Naples, has graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan and began hisprofessional journey at top firms like Goldman Sachs, McKinsey & Company, and Bain & Company. Between 2005 and 2009, he led the Motors and New Businesses division at eBay.In 2008, he launched a price comparison platform initially called Assicurazioni.it, which later became Facile.it, focusing on insurance and financial products. The company was sold to Oakley Capital in 2014. That same year, he co-founded Prima Assicurazioni, a digital insurance company that raised €100 million in 2018 from investors including Goldman Sachs and Blackstone. Genovese also started Brumbrum, an online used car retailer, and invested in various startups like Abiby, Zappyrent, and Jobtech.In December 2025, AXA acquired the majority of Prima Assicurazioni, valuing the company at approximately €1.6 billion; with that transaction Genovese completed his full exit, worth approximately €89.7 million.Today Genovese is co-founder of Fondazione Laura e Alberto Genovese ETS, a Milan-based non-profit that offers free, permanent psychological support to families of people affected by drug addiction, runs an outpatient clinic in Milan and the residential care center Casa di Stefano. He is also a supporter of Movimento Italiano Diritti Detenuti, an association providing free digital tools to protect prisoners' rights in Italy.In July 2026, Genovese joined the board of Nessuno tocchi Caino, the Italian non-profit campaigning against the death penalty and for detainees' rights, as head of fundraising.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Automotive, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $2.3M–$116M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tramundi
  • Facile.it — Facile has built a leading market position in the fast-growing Italian online price comparison market particularly in car insurance. They recently launched several new price comparison product verticals to broaden its revenue base including gas and electricity, broadband, bank accounts and mobile phones. Today, Facile helps 2.2 million Italians amonth compare prices on key elements of their household expenditure.
  • Prima Assicurazioni
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François Segot
Angel · Digne, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

François Segot

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $176k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4
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Oskar Hartmann
Angel · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, India, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$52M; Pre-Seed $125k–$200k; Series A $7.4M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
  • Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
  • MoonAI Inc — MoonAI enables businesses to deploy no-code AI agents—referred to as “AI salespersons”—within one day, with no installation cost. These agents automate lead qualification, escalate warm leads to managers, schedule meetings, and integrate with CRMs, messaging platforms.The solution operates 24/7, supports multiple languages (includingRussian, English, and informal Kazakh), and processes customer interactions in just seconds. It has helped companies double the volume of processed inquiries, reduce response times from minutes to seconds, and even autonomously close a portion of leads—all while reducing sales team workload and improving customer satisfaction.
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Thibaud Carrai
Angel · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Founder @ Joinsteer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Big Data, Internet, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $111k–$122k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Joinsteer — Joinsteer is the first 100% online platform for importing and distributing recent premium pre-owned cars. Access a selection of over 100,000 certified vehicles — each inspected, serviced, and guaranteed — and finance your next car in just a few clicks, directly from your computer or smartphone. Enjoy monthly payments up to 50% lower than for a newcar thanks to our optimized financing solutions.
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Mantas Mikuckas
Angel · Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Mantas Mikuckas is based out of Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis and is the Co-Founder & Board Member of Unicorns Lithuania. Mantas previously worked at Practica Capital as a Founder Partner.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Lithuania, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $543k–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.2M; Series A $1.7M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Guideless — Guideless turns any browser workflow into a polished, AI-narrated video guide in minutes. No screen recording, no tedious editing. Just turn on our Chrome extension, click through your process as you normally would, and instantly get a share-ready guide.Use cases: Product walkthroughs, customer onboarding, employee training, and supportdocumentation.Key features: - AI-written narration and natural voiceover. - Smart zooms and highlights for clarity. - Built-in captions for accessibility. - Always consistent and on-brand. - Shareable URLs, embed codes, and export to MP4How it works: - Add the Chrome extension. - Capture your workflow. - Share your guide.Privacy built-in: Your guides and data are never used to train AI models and are securely encrypted.Check https://guideless.ai/gallery and get inspired with curated guides showcasing workflows, product demos, and tutorials across every use case.
  • sintra.ai — Build, grow, and scale your business with a team that never sleeps.
  • Saltz — Premium ingredients for your menu with no hidden delivery fees or markups.
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Thibaud Elziere
Angel · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $713k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $395k–$3.2M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OnParty — OnParty is a digital platform and mobile app designed for organizing, discovering, and managing parties and nightlife events. Users can easily create event pages, invite friends, and access exclusive nightlife experiences. The app also connects users with vetted professionals such as DJs, influencers, and artists to enhance event planning andexecution.
  • HrFlow.ai — Meet the first AI agents and Foundation models trained on billions of interview outcomes. The Hiring SuperIntelligence predicts your next hires and who's worth meeting, saving managers thousands of hours wasted on false positives.
  • DotBlocks — The first no-code simulation platform designed to accelerate your innovation workflow.
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Peter Mertens
Angel · Kefar Sava, HaMerkaz, Israel · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Peter Mertens

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Automotive, CleanTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Germany, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $414k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Certivity — Certivity offers software to model digital regulatory twins of their products. This will ensure that current regulatory requirements are integrated in the right place in the engineering process. Product compliance will be smarter, safer, more transparent, more efficient, and significantly cheaper.
  • DeepDrive — We are DeepDrive. We are powered by fusion. Absolute professionalism mixed up with our deeply rooted urge to discover. Deep expertise meets revolutionary innovations.
  • Leegle — Moonblock is a tool to navigate Web3 with the right insights with a Web3 Brand Intelligence platform.
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Karim Kaddoura
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Karim Kaddoura is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Managing Director of Como Automobiles. Karim previously worked at Virtuo Technologies as a Co-Founder. Karim Kaddoura attended the Sciences Po.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Retail, Security
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $581k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
  • Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
  • Sharelock — Sharelock's mission is to massively unlock bicycle usage, addressing the fear of theft challenge, at scale. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, Sharelock develops a highly disruptive insurance solution leveraging unique data and AI capabilities to understand this new segment of insurance. Sharelock also develops, deploys andoperates the first shared lock solution in the world in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators. Sharelock gathers unique personal security and mobility data.
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Ahmed Mhiri
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

A visionary in mobility and a scale-up builder, Ahmed Mhiri combines deep tech expertise with bold entrepreneurial spirit. An engineer specialized in computer science and cybersecurity, he began his career leading major digital transformation and security projects across France and abroad. In 2012, he founded TravelCar, a pioneering car-sharingplatform for travelers. In just a few years, the company raised $25M, expanded to over 60 countries, and caught the attention of Stellantis, which acquired it in 2019 to build the foundation of Free2move. As CEO of Free2move, Ahmed has transformed the company into a global leader in flexible mobility, serving both individuals and businesses. Today, he is redefining the future of mobility: more autonomous, more sustainable, and more seamless — to meet the challenges of a world in motion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: France, Tunisia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $532k–$2.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jaylo — Jaylo.ai transforms your email experience by using AI. Automatically organize and prioritize your inbox, ensuring nothing important gets lost. Generate context-aware replies that perfectly match your tone and intent. Save you time and effort, allowing you to communicate efficiently and professionally. Free up your day for what really matters"high-impact, meaningful work."
  • Finovox — Finovox provides a solution for detecting false documents. They offer investigative tools to analyze, understand, and explain fraud. Additionally, they provide users with hard evidence of fraud.
  • Kare Partners — Kare Partners, LLC provides therapeutic rehabilitation and other ancillary services in the healthcare sector. The company offers physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation services through a network of outpatient therapy clinics in North Carolina and Arkansas. It also assists home health agencies by providing fully-trained therapy-teams tocomplement their in-house talent or add a new dimension to their service delivery. In addition, it provides a direct educational and credentialing path for therapy clinicians in India to gain employment in the United States healthcare system. Kare Partners, LLC was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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Didac Lee
Angel · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Prior to founding Galdana Ventures, Didac has been an entrepreneur for more than 20 years, funding more than 15 tech companies (among others: Inspirit, TradeInn, Fhios, Peninsula, Threepoints - Planeta, Safe365) which today account for more than 800 employees and €300 million turnover.Dídac is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Galdana Ventures.With 1B USD fund invested in Silicon Valley (50%), China (30%) and Europe (20%), Galdana Ventures is considered one of the best performing Venture Capital Fund of Funds globally.Dídac is a former Board Member of FC Barcelona, he served on the Board for 10 years from 2010 to 2020. Since 2018, he was Head of Digital, an internationally recognized reference in its field, with 370M followers in social media and more than 100M Euros in turnover. Among Lee´s achievements at FCB, one of the biggest is the leading of the digitalization of the Club; his legacy is applauded by many. During his career, Dídac has received several awards, including the following: Doctor Honoris Causa (Universidad del Siglo 21), Entrepreneur of the Year (Pimec, 2019), Business Angel of the Year (AEBAN, 2019), Best European Startup Mentor Award (The Founder Institute, 2013), he has been listed by IESE as one of 20 most influential entrepreneurs under 40, and selected by WIRED magazine as one of the Top 100 European Digital Influencers (number 2 in Spain).Didac was born in Figueres (close to Barcelona), his parents are from China and he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.Galdana Ventures (Co-Founder - 2015/Current)Galdana is a Venture Capital fund of funds founded and invested by successful tech entrepreneurs that invests in some of the top tier firms in the United States, Asia, Israel and EuropeGaldana’s management team counts on more than 80 years of accumulated experience as successful entrepreneurs and investors. It has taken part in the creation of 17 companies with an aggregate value of $1.5 billion and managed investments for approximately $240 million in 30 companies with an aggregate final value of $1 billion.Our investor base includes entrepreneurs who have founded companies worth more than $4 billion in aggregated value, and we work to further increase this base with successful entrepreneurs from all the regions where we invest.In addition to this, Galdana has partnered with Altamar Capital Partners, a fund of funds management company specialized in private equity, real estate and infrastructure with approximately $3.4 billion in historically committed capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $318k–$10M; Pre-Seed $948k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
  • Opereit — Opereit believes that their AI agents can become a vital tool for logistics operators, transforming a neglected area of loss into a source of recovered revenue.
  • mafer AI — AI data platform for specialty chemicals that centralizes molecular data, integrates with industrial workflows, and powers chemical intelligence.
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Rene De Jong
Angel · Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

René is an independent adviser and businessman working with Equiteq in Spain in the consulting and IT services sectors. He draws on his extensive business career and personal experience of major corporate transactions to guide owners through growth and M&A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Events
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $135k–$8.8M; Angel $175k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $371k–$948k
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
  • Sheblooms — Sheblooms supports women entrepreneurs by offering a community focused on entrepreneurial growth and connection. It provides resources for early-stage entrepreneurs, such as mentorship, workshops, and matchmaking with investors. The platform also offers personalized services for those preparing to raise funds, including pitch deck refinement andinvestment-readiness assistance. It fosters collaboration among female-led businesses, ensuring that members can access the tools and networks needed for success. Its mission is to amplify the success of women in business and provide a space for growth.
  • Cargatucoche — Cargatucoche is a platform that accompanies the user of electromobility offering all the services they need in their day to day.
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Jacky Abitbol
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Jacky Abitbol is a Partner at Cathay Innovation, based in Paris. He benefits from over 17 years of advisory and operational experience in Telecommunications, Medias and Technology, with a particular expertise in venture capital and corporate development.Prior to joining Cathay Capital, Jacky was a Venture Partner with Iris Capital in Israël from2012 to 2015. In this role, he was responible for identifying investment opportunities for Iris Capital and monitoring local portfolio companies. In addition Jacky headed the Corporate Development activity for Orange startups program. Before, he was Vice President for Corporate Development at Orange Digital from 2012 to 2013 and Investment Director at Orange Capital (now Iris Capital) from 2011 to 2012.Previously, Jacky Abitbol was Business Development & Sales Director for the mobile division of SanDisk from 2006 to 2011 and worked as a Corporate and Business Development Director at GFI in Spain from 2003 to 2006.He started his career as part of the management team of Fantine Group (now Aviv Ventures).Jacky holds a MBA from Boston University and a degree in Business Administration from Madrid Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: France, Spain, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$45M; Series B $22M–$75M; Series C $21M–$134M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Embat — Embat develops cloud-based treasury management software designed to help finance teams manage cash flow, banking operations, and financial forecasting in real time. The company provides a platform that connects bank accounts, enterprise resource planning systems, and payment systems to centralize visibility of cash positions across multipleentities and currencies. Its software supports automated reconciliation, payment execution, liquidity forecasting, and financial reporting through a unified interface. The platform also includes AI-driven features that assist with transaction matching, anomaly detection, and cash flow prediction to reduce manual finance operations. Embat works with mid-sized and large enterprises to streamline treasury workflows, improve liquidity management, and support financial decision-making. The company integrates with a wide network of financial institutions and enterprise systems to enable continuous financial data synchronization and operational control.The platform uses automation and AI features to reduce manual treasury tasks, including transaction matching, accounting entries, and financial reporting workflows. It integrates with a wide range of banking systems and corporate ERPs to synchronize financial data continuously. Embat also enables centralized payment management, allowing finance teams to initiate, approve, and track transactions across multiple banking relationships. Its tools support cash visibility, debt monitoring, and financial scenario planning for operational decision-making.
  • Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
  • DayTwo — DayTwo is a precision nutrition company that uses food as medicine to enable a path to remission for metabolic diseases including diabetes, prediabetes, clinical obesity, and NAFLD. DayTwo's groundbreaking scientific discovery, published in CELL (2015) and JAMA (2019) determined that people respond differently to the same food, thus knowingwhat food “works” for each person is crucial to an effective care plan. DayTwo uses gut microbiome sequencing (stool sample, akin to Cologuard) to create Food Prescriptions™ for each patient which balance blood sugar levels, improve energy, manage hunger, and help members lose weight. DayTwo virtual care solution is delivered through Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists and Registered Dietitians using a digital app to track progress and communicate with members.
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Alexis Berthoud
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Alexis Berthoud is the Founder of Joinsteer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, FinTech, Blockchain
  • Stage:Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $111k–$122k; Initial Coin Offering $5.3M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DMarket — Trade in-game items on DMarket. Trusted marketplace for CS2, TF2, Dota 2, and Rust items. Safe transactions, extensive inventory.
  • BitClave — BitClave builds a distributed blockchain-based smart contracts ecosystem for connecting consumers and businesses. Leveraging BitClave’s blockchain-based solutions, businesses can efficiently gain customers and their loyalty. End users can efficiently receive competitive offers and get rewarded for sharing their personal data. BitClave’s solutionscan benefit a variety of business segments and buyers, especially high value transactions that require data privacy, security, and authenticity.
  • Joinsteer — Joinsteer is the first 100% online platform for importing and distributing recent premium pre-owned cars. Access a selection of over 100,000 certified vehicles — each inspected, serviced, and guaranteed — and finance your next car in just a few clicks, directly from your computer or smartphone. Enjoy monthly payments up to 50% lower than for a newcar thanks to our optimized financing solutions.
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Alexander Chesterman
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $470k–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Atheni AI — Atheni focused on embedding AI guidance directly into day-to-day workflows rather than relying on standalone training sessions or workshops.
  • Zefir — An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction
  • Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the award-winning digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients.
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Thibault Chassagne
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Thibault Chassagne is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France. [First Name] previously worked at Virtuo as a co-founder. Thibault Chassagne attended the Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Retail, Security
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $581k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carsell — Carsell is an automotive company that offers turnkey service solutions for their car. The company supports the entire process of selling used vehicles between individuals and frees them from all the constraints and sources of stress associated with it Carsell was founded by Morgan Petitjean in 2021.
  • Electra — Electra is an electric vehicle charging company that deploys and operates charging points for electric vehicles. It also provides an application where car owners can reserve a charging station and view the estimated charging time for the vehicle from the dedicated information dashboard. It allows electric car users to charge their vehicles quicklyand reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
  • Sharelock — Sharelock's mission is to massively unlock bicycle usage, addressing the fear of theft challenge, at scale. Based on mobility expertise and proprietary data, Sharelock develops a highly disruptive insurance solution leveraging unique data and AI capabilities to understand this new segment of insurance. Sharelock also develops, deploys andoperates the first shared lock solution in the world in partnership with city authorities and mobility operators. Sharelock gathers unique personal security and mobility data.
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Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
Angel · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Saeid Esmaeilzadeh

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Legal, Advice, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Sweden, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $286k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shine — Ageras redefines administration for small businesses by integrating banking, accounting, and tax filing in a single platform.
  • STILFOLD — The future of electric mobility
  • Denjo Dogs — Denjo Dogs offer a selected assortment of designer dog products for modern, conscious homes. Stylish dog collars, luxury dog leads and more.
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Marco Valta
Angel · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Coinbase — Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions.
  • SmartPrice — SmartPrice specialize in the sale and certification of electronics, which was once used. They are a team of entrepreneurs who build business on the culture of ReCommerce. This culture suggests that in the world there are so many things that can be reused without losing quality.
  • Salty. — Salty Dot, Inc. is the Embedded Insurance® technology company. Salty removes existing consumer impediments to buying the right policy and having the proper coverage. The company’s platform is a proprietary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables carriers and distribution partners to offer a customized policy to insure a product orservice in real-time during the purchase process. Salty uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze unique data sources about the buyer and the purchase. It then sorts through multiple carriers to seamlessly offer the right insurance. Salty is licensed in all 50 states. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wearesalty.com.
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 318
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $113k–$1.9M; Series A $4.3M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • Emblematic — The first AI-driven Agentic Automation platform, designed to fully automate and enhance the accuracy of Finance Operations, including Bookkeeping, IFRS/GAAP Compliance, Reconciliations, and more.
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Gustaf Hagman
Angel · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Gustaf Hagman CEO and Co-founder - LeoVegas Group

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $358k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • STILFOLD — The future of electric mobility
  • Fieldstream — SaaS Marketing Analytics
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Ali Omar
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Finland, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $227k–$2.2M; Angel $57k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $168k–$734k
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Themo — Themo's innovation is an algorithm that optimizes the price of exchange electricity and the consumption of electricity. Themo offers an easy and environmentally friendly way to save on electricity consumed by heating.
  • GoalProfit — GoalProfit is the world’s first low code retail optimization platform empowering retailers to build customized intelligence applications. It was founded by former IBM executives, Maxim Morozov and Oleg Sidorkin. GoalProfit is on a mission to make big data solutions available for all retailers and help them to survive in a new post-covid reality.
  • Retailgrid — Agentic AI pricing platform for mid-market retailers. Turn messy retail data into structured, explainable price decisions in days, not months.
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David Murray-Hundley
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

David Murray-Hundley is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pario Ventures. He attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Automotive
  • Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Seed $190k–$4.7M; Series A $1M–$19M; Equity Crowdfunding $523k–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • qibdo — Run your own multi-cloud anywhere with predictable billing and repatriation assistance, and reduce up to 10x your costs
  • Killing Kittens — The sexually liberated social network where Kittens come first, Killing Kittens is a shame-free community for dating, sex ed and so much more.
  • Space Tech Ventures — Principal-led investment and acceleration for orbit, satellite, launch and space-AI founders.
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Hermann Hauser
Angel · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Hermann Hauser is the Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners. He previously worked at IXI as a Founder. Hermann Hauser attended the University of Vienna.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Austria, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.5M; Series A $1.4M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cogna — Cogna offers an AI-powered SaaS platform that streamlines the integration of data across several business domains.
  • NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
  • Fractile — Fractile is designing AI compute systems that will enable the next generation of AI scaling: frontier model inference, 25x faster, at 1/10th the cost.
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Kristjan Raude
Angel · 3 investments in Europe Automotive startups

I am a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with 15+ years of international experience in sales & marketing, leading teams of 300+ with annual revenue of 10M+. Founder of 3 international companies and investor to 10+ startups. Member of the board at Estonian Business Angels Network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Automotive, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Estonia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $491k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $73k–$584k; Equity Crowdfunding $171k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Askly — Add multilingual chat to any site in 2 minutes. Providing multilingual customer support is easy and affordable. Start a 30-day free trial today.
  • Snabb — Snabb delights vehicle owners by enabling services such as parking, washing, charging, and fuelling from one user-friendly and convenient interface- the Snabb App. Browse, book, navigate, start, pay, review and manage your vehicle services from one easy-to-use App.Founded in 2015, we've grown from a Tallinn-based private parking App to aninternational platform that serves over 50,000 users in 10 markets on a monthly basis.We are constantly working towards connecting all vehicle service providers to our platform and thus enabling the ultimate convenience and simplicity to vehicle owners. Browse, book, navigate, start, pay, review and manage your vehicle services from one easy-to-use App.
  • Promoty — Influencer marketing platform that helps you to find creators, manage influencer relationships, and save time on influencer marketing. Get started here!
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Dirk Abendroth
Angel · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Dirk Abendroth is the CEO at Customcells. He was the CTO Team Global and CEO Startup in Stealth Mode at Team Global. Dirk attended Hamburg University of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hardware, CleanTech, GreenTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NOVUS GmbH — NOVUS revolutionises the world of motorbikes and creates the first urban premium electric motorbike.The automotive industry is since 2018 in the process of an unstoppable transformation towards electric vehicles. The motorbike industry, on the other hand, is now at the tipping point of this transformation. Urban premium mobility must ensuresustainability and satisfy the need for individualisation. With NOVUS, we are driving the necessary change in the motorbike industry and urban mobility.We use our high-tech and design expertise to develop a unique concept that combines the advantages of bicycles and motorbikes. We unite the lightness and agility of an eBike with the performance and sovereignty of a motorbike. Based on an electric engine and futuristic design, we create the architecture of tomorrow's two-wheeler.NOVUS will be the new premium supplier for urban electric mobility. We focus on direct distribution and subscription models, completing our D2C portfolio with vehicle individualisation and customer-oriented after-sales service. Our central intelligence – the NOVUS-OMNI system and the My NOVUS app – integrates seamlessly into the digital lives of our customers. We thus create the foundation for digital business models and enable sharing & fleet solutions for B2B customers as well.NOVUS is the promise of driving the future today.BE AHEAD
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Mike Allen
Angel · Saughall, Cheshire, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Mike Allen is the Head of Research at Zeus Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rightcharge — Simplify fleet electrification with Rightcharge. The all-in-one platform for automated home reimbursement and public charging cards; all on one bill.
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Joe Falter
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Joe Falter is the founder of Zapp.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Beauty, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $2.2M–$3.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.6M–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Retab — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
  • Sourcerie — Make bolder & faster decisions with an always-on connection to your customers
  • Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.
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Julia Stent
Angel · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Ms.Julia Stent is Commercial Director at Top10.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rightcharge — Simplify fleet electrification with Rightcharge. The all-in-one platform for automated home reimbursement and public charging cards; all on one bill.
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James Hind
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

James is the big boss of carwow, so it's hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He's very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donutsfor the entire team!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $917k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $931k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Screenloop — Screenloop is the hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyse interviews, and automate the reference process.
  • Rightcharge — Simplify fleet electrification with Rightcharge. The all-in-one platform for automated home reimbursement and public charging cards; all on one bill.
  • SearchSmartly — Property search is broken. In the future, tenants will instantly be matched to the homes and neighbourhoods that best meet their needs. SearchSmartly is building that future today.Our unique technology reimagines and simplifies the property matchmaking experience by doing the heavy lifting to uncover the properties that are best suited to eachtenant's complete personal needs. Our mission is to save tenants and estate agents time, stress, and money. SearchSmartly are winners of the Great British Entrepreneur Challenge and London Business School Launchpad. Our team has a background in technology, strategy, sales, and real estate from firms such as Microsoft, Salesforce, BCG, Red Bull Racing F1, Citi, and Countrywide.
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Thomas France
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Entrepreneur, Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Web3, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, Cayman Islands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $400k–$7.2M; Series A $2.8M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keplr — Introducing the first, and leading, IBC-enabled wallet for Cosmos and beyond
  • Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
  • Belfort — Enabling Fully Homomorphic Encryption through Hardware Acceleration
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Tobias Emanuelsson
Angel · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Tobias Emanuelsson is a Founder and CEO at Polar Structure AB. He previously worked as the Founding Partner and Head of Transactions at Scandinavian Property Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, CleanTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • STILFOLD — The future of electric mobility
  • Taggr AB — Realize latent value in your equipment portfolio using light-touch, low-cost IoT technologies, delivered as-a-Service.
  • CemVision — We are re-inventing cement; Replacing everything that’s bad about it with a product that is economical, environmental friendly and technically superior.
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Eduardo Ronzano
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Eduardo Ronzano is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolet. He previously worked at The Bradery as a Pre-Seed Investor. Eduardo Ronzano attended ESCP Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $768k–$5.3M; Angel $500k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $150k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
  • TeamOut — TeamOut offers an online platform to help remote teams find the perfect offsite.
  • CastorDoc — Find, Understand, Use your data assets. With Castor, your data is well documented and discoverable by everyone in your team.
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Julien Boyer
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Julien Boyer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, SaaS, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $176k–$1.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stern Tech — We created a revolutionary SaaS platform for human behavior analysis. We use AI and cognitive sciences to interpret human behavior in real time. Use cases: Automotive, Health, Marketing, Training, Politics. See our partnership with Renault and STMicroelectronics : https://stern.consulting/sterntech-h1stvision.mp4
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Mitesh Nandlaskar
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Mitesh Nandlaskar is a seasonal Angel investor and Private equity professional. He is known for investing in early to mid-market deals, late stage Pre IPO deals.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sports, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: India, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Relata — Relata transforms realty sales for premium developers with the help of innovative technology placed at every step of property selling. Sounds Interesting? Schedule a demo today!
  • Machaxi — Premium coaching & memberships in Bengaluru. Book trials, view batches, and join programs across sports.
  • ParkMate — ParkMate is a Smart Parking Solution that provides users and businesses with a smooth parking experience. You will never have to look for or visit a parking lot again if you use the ParkMate app.
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Risto Siilasmaa
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Risto Siilasmaa is based out of Helsinki, Southern Finland and is the Board of Direcctor of Donut Lab. He previously worked as Founder of F-Secure. Risto Siilasmaa attended Aalto University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Finland, Sweden, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$29M; Pre-Seed $228k–$393k; Series A $1.3M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inven — Save time by using AI to find companies. Inven scans millions of websites to provide comprehensive data on companies similar to your search criteria.
  • Donut Lab — Redefining Electric Mobility Across All Industries. World's First Complete Electric Vehicle (EV) Hardware Platform With Unified Software.
  • The Upright Project — Upright enables smarter decision-making for investors, companies and governments by quantifying the net impact of companies.
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Fabian von Kuenheim
Angel · Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Fabian von Kuenheim - Managing Director & CEO @ Nubisio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Data Integration, PaaS, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • elastic.io — Microservices-based hybrid #iPaaS to foster #EnterpriseIntegration projects. Connect #SaaS & on-premises applications faster. Unburden your IT teams.
  • HIGH MOBILITY — Connect to live, vehicle-specific car data items using our API and marketplace. Over 500 supported models from top auto manufacturers.
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Ned Cranborne
Angel · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Ned Cranborne is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Social, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ometria — The customer data and experience platform for retail
  • Car Throttle — The internet's car community
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Fred Potter
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Engineer from Telecom ParisTech and holder of a PHD in Microelectronics, Fred is a passionate entrepreneur who has been reinventing objects we use in our everyday lives for over 20 years. In 1999, he started CIRPACK, a telecommunications supplier, later bought by TECHNICOLOR; and WITHINGS, sold to NOKIA, before creating NETATMO in 2011. His vision:a company where every employee knows how the business and projects grow and where daily life is driven by a strong sense of innovation, empowerment, hard work and sharing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cowboy — Meet Cowboy, the connected electric bike for urban riders. With an intuitive motor to sense your pedaling force and a companion app in the cockpit to guide your ride, tune into a newfound freedom in the city.
  • Gleamer — Gleamer delivers next-generation AI solutions for medical imaging, empowering radiologists to diagnose faster, with greater accuracy, across every modality.
  • Renovation Man — Renovation Man is a provider of services intended to revolutionize the world of renovation work.
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Alexandre Yazdi
Angel · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Alexandre Yazdi is the CEO at Voodoo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, Portugal, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$3.5M; Series A $2.3M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Plakar — Plakar is an open-source backup and restore platform built for modern infrastructure, AI workflows, and high-compliance environments.Designed to replace legacy backup systems with something leaner, smarter, and more developer-friendly, Plakar lets teams protect, version, and instantly recover their data — across local systems, S3-compatibleobject storage, Kubernetes, and more.Plakar turns every backup into a self-contained, immutable unit that carries its own structure, metadata, and encryption. It supports end-to-end deduplication, instant recovery, and granular restores, making backup storage reusable for AI training, data audits, and reproducibility.Plakar is especially relevant for teams working in fast-moving or regulated industries — such as AI, finance, healthcare, and cybersecurity — where data integrity, traceability, and rollback capabilities are mission-critical.Founded in 2024 and based in Paris, Plakar is backed by Seedcamp, HelloWorld, IrregularExpression, Galion.exe, Kima Ventures, OPRTRS, Purple, Motier Ventures, Pareto, and several leading angels including executives from Datadog, Docker, Voodoo, Sqreen, and Logmatic.io.
  • Alpa — Alpa is a financial platform designed for hospitality businesses like restaurants and franchises. Alpa provides real-time financial insights for hospitality operators by integrating POS sales data, bank transactions, and supplier invoices into live profit and loss statements, cash flow tracking, and AI-driven recommendations.
  • Revox — Reach your customers with Revox. The platform to launch AI outbound call campaigns at scale.
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Shan Drummond
Angel · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Shan Drummond is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Social, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ometria — The customer data and experience platform for retail
  • Car Throttle — The internet's car community
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Colm Menton
Angel · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Europcar Ireland, CEO, Colm Menton

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Parking, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Parkpnp — Parkpnp is the parking app that lets people and businesses find or rent underutilized parking spaces in seconds. Their car park technology helps all property owners increase revenue & automation of their parking assets.Parkpnp is modernising the €30bn European parking industry, where change has been slow due to fragmented ownership of parkingspace owners. Their solution connects all types of car park owners seamlessly with drivers looking to park faster, easier and more conveniently. Parkpnp allows people to list, advertise and then generate income from their unused or under utilized parking spaces. Through Parkpnp users can rent these listed spaces at an average saving of 50%.
  • Zeus Scooters — ZEUS is an Irish company deploying the World’s FIRST 3-wheeled electric scooter for the urban mobility sharing market. Our unique scooters with state-of-the-art technology and reliability that will ensure our users always enjoy the safest, smoothest and most stable ride.
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Jonathan Siegel
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Jonathan Siegel is the Partner of Bass and Siegel. He previously worked at Earth Class Mail as a Chairman. Jonathan Siegel attended Brown University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $700k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arcjet — Arcjet helps developers protect their apps in just a few lines of code. Implement rate limiting, bot protection, email validation, and defense against common attacks.
  • PilotGo — Developer platform for secure data sharing with multiple partners powered by Digital Twins.
  • Sixty AI — Stop wasting time on tasks AI can easily handle and get back to what really matters. Sixty highlights what needs your attention and magically manages the rest.
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Adam Ridgway
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

A sustainabilist, a father, speaker and focused entrepreneur.ONE MOTO is an award-winning, impact driven EV company focused on changing the way we move.I specialise in sustainable product development, tech-driven vehicles and delivering the future of mobility to the everyday commuter and logistics sector.I'm a speaker of Future and SmartMobility, and a start-up mentor for the future of entrepreneurship in the region.Having successfully built an exited four businesses in the UAE over 14 years in Dubai managing a portfolio of start-up companies four respected brands under The MEDIACUBED Group; humbled by a collective of fantastic award-winning clients, a proud portfolio and a team that supported the vision of the businesses. I spent a decade in the Media industry in Europe, in front and behind the camera for production companies including; BBC, Channel 4, Tiger Aspect, Optomen, Endemol and Ricochet before setting up my own businesses in the UAE. With a love for story-showing, seeking out experiences, positions me as a creative businessman with the ability to deliver ‘great ideas that work’. I continue to make mistakes and hopefully always will (they cost less with wisdom).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Automotive, Delivery Service
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • One Moto — One Moto is a British electric mobility brand shaping the last mile with electric motorcycles, scooters, bikes and cargo vehicles for riders, fleets and businesses.
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William Shu
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

William Shu is based out of London, England and was the Co-Founder & CEO of Deliveroo. William previously worked at ESO Capital Group as a Vice President. William Shu attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $3.6M–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Slashwork — Slashwork is the next-generation tool for companies that value high quality communication, preserving knowledge, and getting the most out of your amazing team.
  • Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.
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Jon McNeill
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Jon McNeill is the Partner and co-founder of DVx Ventures. He previously served as chief operating officer at Lyft and held a top role at Tesla, where he was president of Global Sales & Service, overseeing all of the company’s showroom and customer-facing interactions.Jon has founded eight companies, led teams creating more than 4,000 jobs.He co-founded Enservio in 2006, a leading SaaS (software as a service) platform for insurers, employing over 400 people. Jon co-founded Sterling Collision Centers in 1997 and grew the company from a single store to a 60-store national chain of auto body repair centers focused on turnaround time and customer service.Jon McNeill's experience as an entrepreneur earned him a reputation as both an innovator and operational leader. He has scaled businesses in the automotive, software and retail industries. He is the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and in 2013 he was named "Most Admired CEO" in the midsize company category in Boston by the Boston Business Journal. In 2002, Fast Company magazine named him one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in the country.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Insurance
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Series B $28M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.6M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hatz AI — Hatz AI provides a partner-focused platform for MSPs and resellers to offer AI-as-a-Service, unlocking new business opportunities. Our solution supports MSPs in adopting AI internally and guiding AI adoption for their clients, featuring a secure multi-tenant AI platform, a no-code AI workflows, and Adel, an AI phone agent.
  • Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.
  • Reserv — We are a premier claims platform, born from state-of-the-art data intelligence and talent management technology.
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Harold Mechelynck
Angel · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Harold Mechelynck is Founder at Ogone.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: France, Belgium, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $658k–$3M; Series A $3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cowboy — Meet Cowboy, the connected electric bike for urban riders. With an intuitive motor to sense your pedaling force and a companion app in the cockpit to guide your ride, tune into a newfound freedom in the city.
  • Pockit — Open a prepaid account in 3 minutes online or in-app, get your contactless prepaid card in 2 working days with no credit check.
  • Spreedly — Spreedly's Payments Orchestration Platform lets you connect to payment gateways in over 100 countries with a single API connection.
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Francis Nappez
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Francis leads the technical and product evolution of BlaBlaCar and has been instrumental in building the platform since 2006, allowing it to grow from hosting a few thousand members to millions today. He knows how to turn ambitious ideas into reality, and believes in building robust solutions which can adapt to fast growth and stay relevant for thelong-term. Francis cares about building agile cross-functional teams across locations to deliver efficiently on ambitious objectives. Pragmatic and result-oriented, he is driven by the opportunity to create disruptive solutions which better the user experience. Before joining BlaBlaCar, Francis led major technical developments for big names in European consumer internet which drove impactful disruptions in their respective sectors, including Free and Meetic. Francis holds a degree in Technology and Communications Research from the Joseph Fourier University. Find him @fnapz.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: France, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $439k–$3.9M; Angel $658k–$1.1M; Series A $1.2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alvie — Alvie creates products based on sensors and an AI platform to assist farmers in adjusting pesticide doses.
  • Inarix — Inarix utilizes the latest technologies in artificial intelligence and image analysis to develop its technology. Your pocket laboratory on your smartphone. You can get reliable results from your samples in seconds by snapping a picture. The monitoring platform for your flows is global and instantaneous. Management tools tailored to your needs.
  • Imagination Machine — Imagination Machine Imagination Machine is a startup studio.
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Romain Afflelou
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Romain Afflelou is based out of London, England and is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of YADAY. Romain previously worked at Virtuo as a Private Investor. Romain Afflelouv attended Ecole active bilingue.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: France, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.7M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.1M; Series A $6M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cashbee — Cashbee is a mobile application to helps save money with budget analysis tools based on artificial intelligence. They wish to help the French to save better and more, and to provide the technological means to do this in the simplest possible way, without having to change banks. The Cashbee App allows you to put money aside with a simple swipe onyour smartphone. They alert you every time when they think you can put some more cash aside.
  • Kate — Kate redefines everyday mobility by offering electric vehicles made in France.
  • Kubo Labs — Kubo Labs provides a suite of products to simplify your experience with Kubernetes.
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Bertrand Jelensperger
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Bertrand Jelensperger is the Co-Founder and Advisory Board at TheFork.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: France, Spain, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.7M; Angel $1M–$2.7M; Series A $4.4M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Malou — Malou offers food marketing and digital marketing solutions for restaurants. The company also offers content management, restaurant marketing, reputation management, presence management, and SEO solutions.
  • Kiliba — 100% automated emailing platform: design of html templates in your colours, sending of personalised emails, marketing automation workflows, enriched CRM
  • Neptune Elements — Neptune Elements offerFrench seaweed of controlled origin, with exceptional taste and culture.
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Kaj Hagros
Angel · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Kaj Hagros is Partner at Redstone based in Helsinki and covers the Nordic and Baltic countries. Kay has a broad history as an entrepreneur, investor, and C-level executive. Prior to Redstone, Kaj was the co-founder and CEO of seed investor and venture accelerator Pivot5, CEO of Nasdaq Helsinki traded Tecnotree Corporation, COO of FOX Mobile, VP ofMarketing of First Hop, and Head of Strategy and Business Development at Nokia Networks. Kaj has executed a broad range of early-stage investments and successful exits and chaired companies such as Booxmedia, Cabforce, Readpeak, Hibox, Heltti, and Inderes.Mr. Hagros attended Aalto University, NYU Stern School of Business, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), HEC Paris, TRIUM Global Executive MBA, Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan, and Merisotakoulu - Sjökrigsskolan - Naval Academy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Local, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $298k–$938k
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cabforce — Cabforce.com is on a mission to make the door-to-door travel experience agony free. They offer fixed price quote, secure online credit card payment and electronic receipts for taxi, private hire car, and minibus bookings in the top 40 European cities.
  • Booxmedia — Your Trusted Partner in IP Video Delivery. We have been delivering IPTV Set-Top Box and media player solutions to Pay TV, Digital Signage and Enterprise TV providers for over 25 years.
  • Transfluent — Professional translations for all business needs. Fast. Easy.
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Europe Automotive startups

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Seed $685k–$7M; Series A $1M–$15M; Series B $3.7M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
  • OTPless — OTPless is a software company that develops SaaS products which enables users to log into various platforms using WhatsApp. They have officially partnered with WhatsApp to make their product safe, reliable and efficient. They are a young and dynamic company looking to revolutionize logging in as we know it. OTPless is headquartered in Delhi,India and was founded in 2021.
  • Accumulator — Accumulator is a U.S. private equity firm regulated by the SEC, operating as an index-like fund covering a wide range of privately held, growth-stage tech companies.
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