# Top 50 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in France in June 2026 ## Sebastien Borget - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Sebastien Borget is based out of Paris, Île-de-France and serves as the Global Ambassador of The Sandbox. Sebastien attended The Chinese University of Hong Kong. ## Frederic Montagnon - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Blockchain, SaaS Entrepreneur and investor with 20 years experience, Frédéric has founded, ran and exited 4 companies for a total value of more than USD 400 million. He has been involved in the field of cryptocurrency as an investor since 2013. ## Eric Larchevêque - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Bitcoin, Blockchain Serial experienced entrepreneur, Eric Larchevêque developped several French and European projects, including the Montorgueil Group, sold to Rentabiliweb in 2007, and Prixing, a mobile price comparator bought by HighCo in 2013. Passionate about Bitcoin and the high potential of distributed consensus technologies, he founds la Maison du Bitcoin, aParisian place for for startups working on implementation of Bitcoin technology, and first physical purchase counter of bitcoins in Europe. He’s currently CEO of Ledger, a startup addressing end user security on distributed consensus technologies such as Bitcoin. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin. ## Julien Bouteloup - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Finance Julien Bouteloup is a Founder and CEO at Stake Capital Group. Julien previously worked at The British Blockchain Association as a Information Technology Advisor.Julien Bouteloup is a serial entrepreneur and inventor addicted to crazy innovative ideas. He has started his entrepreneurial career building websites and selling hardware technologies atage 14. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Union Graduate College (USA) and a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from GEM (France), specializing in Artificial Intelligence.He started working in the research sector in USA and then went back to Europe where he started freelancing full-time and consulting in the IT sector for Security & Defence. After 2 years, he quit his freelance position to become a full-time entrepreneur and left to Asia. He has helped and started multiple tech startups in different locations: NYC, Paris, London, Hong-Kong, Brussels and Singapore.In 2017, he founded the Flyingcarpet Network. ## Thomas France - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology Entrepreneur, Investor ## Nicolas Louvet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Data Integration, Information Technology CEO of Coinhouse, a Paris-based Blockchain startup and a seasoned Venture Capital investor (Sofinnova, Serena Capital, Société Générale Private Equity and Ecomobilité Venture). Founder of Keya Capital, a consulting company which advises large Corporate in their CVC and Corporate Innovation activities.As a Partner in VC fund, he invested in -Dataiku (colead, Series A) - FinalCad (lead, Series A) - Lengow (lead, Series B) - Ouicar (sold to SNCF) (lead, Seed and Series A), - Solutions30 (IPO), (lead, Series B) - TR Com (sold to Bull) (colead, Seed) - Sensitive Objects (sold to Tyco Electronics) (lead, Seed and Series A, B) - and 15+ other companies... He has also personally invested in several companies : Ledger (seed, Series), Assoconnect (Seed), Zeenea (Seed), Atria Gestion (seed) Skills: - Entrepreneurship, company management, business development - Venture Capital investment (seed to growth capital) in Tech sectors (software, AI, tech, smart cities, telecom, retail) in Europe - Fund management and creation - Corporate Finance (fund raising, build up, merger, acquisition) - Corporate Strategy (business model, growth strategic plan, competitive positioning) ## Pascal Gauthier - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Cryptocurrency Pascal Gauthier is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the Chairman and CEO at Ledger. Pascal previously worked at Teemo as Advisor. ## Nicolas Bacca - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 Nicolas Bacca is a Computer Science Engineer specialized in smartcard technologies, fascinated about efficient coding. After 5 years at Oberthur Technologies developping mobile solutions and as head of the “Cards & solutions Innovation” team, he founded Simulity of which he was CTO and lead architect, and then Ubinity of which he is CEO. He hasbeen developing there many projects and solutions, including OS for smartcards, and software & hardware “Secure Element” solutions. Then he has created BTChip, first smartcard based security solution dedicated to Bitcoin, and has co-founded the Ledger startup, initiating the World most secure Bitcoin hardware wallet. ## Sébastien Lucas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, IaaS, PaaS Sébastien Lucas ## Shana Fisher - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Fashion Shana Fisher is the Managing Partner of HLVP, a NY Based venture fund focused on early stage investments. From December 2003 to June 2010, Ms. Fisher served as IAC's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Mergers and Acquisitions, and prior to that as the Senior Vice President of Business Operations for IAC. Previously, Ms. Fisherserved as Vice President and Director, Media and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Allen & Company, LLC. In this capacity she led principle investments and advised publicly traded technology firms, private telecommunications firms and media companies. Prior to Allen & Company, LLC., Ms. Fisher was a program manager for the Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Fisher received her B.A. from Hampshire College with a triple major in Sculpture, Philosophy and Linguistics and attended the Master of Arts program at New York University's ITP. ## Bilal Alamy - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Bilal EL ALAMY - Co-founder and CEO @ EquiSafe ## Alexis Bonillo - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, SaaS COO & Co-founder @ Zenly Retired Pole Vaulter ## Jean-Daniel Guyot - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Blockchain, B2B Jean-Daniel Guyot is the CEO and Co-founder of Memo Bank. ## Nicolas Steegmann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Co-founder of Replay, by Stupeflix. ## Declan Kelly - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp. Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine. ## Owen Simonin - Type: Angel - Location: Metz, Lorraine, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Web3, Bitcoin, FinTech Owen Simonin is a French entrepreneur, investor, and influencer specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrencies. He is the founder and CEO of Meria (formerly Just Mining), a leading company in blockchain infrastructure and staking services. Through his YouTube channel "Hasheur," he has played a key role in educating the French-speakingcommunity about crypto and decentralized finance. ## Antoine de Tavernost - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web Design, Cryptocurrency Directeur Général France ## Mirko Schmiedl - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Ethereum, Blockchain Mirko Schmiedl is the CEO and Co-Founder of Staking Rewards. ## Adrien Montfort - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Hospital Adrien Montfort is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sorare. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Jim Baldy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Jim Baldy is Yugo Private Aviation. Attended to INSEAD Learning to Lead. ## Guillaume Princen - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Guillaume Princen ## Alain Tingaud - Type: Angel - Location: Saint-astier, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Cryptocurrency Alain Tingaud is a Founder & CEO at Alain Tingaud Innovations. ## Philippe Smolders - Type: Angel - Location: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Finance, Software Philippe Smolders ## Bruno Dizengremel - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Music, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Bruno Dizengremel is based In Stockholm and joined Innovacom in 2001 in charge of North European investments.Before joining Innovacom, Bruno was Business Development Director of a subsidiary of the Ericsson Group in Stockholm specialized in OSS (telecommunications network management applications).Previously, Bruno worked within the FranceTelecom/Orange Group for some 10 years in various management capacities. His latest position there was VP of Business Development at France Telecom Mobiles International, a position where he led the expansion of the Group’s mobile operations in Europe. Bruno has also served as Technical Director of Panafon, the GSM network operator in Greece.A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, he post-graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris. ## Thibaut Faurès Fustel de Coulanges - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Grocery, Blockchain Thibaut Faurès Fustel de Coulanges ## Gautham Radhakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Furniture, Financial Services Gautham has been a Partner with the Tata Opportunities Fund since 2013. Previously, he was a Director with Actis in Mumbai since 2009 and a Principal at Warburg Pincus in London since 2001. His investing and board level experience covers the technology, business services, financial services, industrial and consumer sectors including venture, growthand leveraged buyouts. Gautham started his career in 1995 with JP Morgan in London handling Fixed Income and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has also worked at the BBC, Cricinfo, and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.Gautham graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He also holds an MA (Scholar) from St John's College, University of Cambridge and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Imperial College, University of London. ## Marc Bhargava - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence Marc Bhargava is the Managing Director at General Catalyst. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Michael Kong - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Michael Kong ## Gerard Pique - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Apps, Video Gerard Piqué Bernabéu is the President & Founder of Kosmos.He Previously worked at eFootball.Pro as the President & Co-Founder. ## Chris Hitchen - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce 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. ## Fred Potter - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Software 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. ## Ryan Selkis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Ryan Selkis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Messari. He was the Managing Director CoinDesk before that. After discovering bitcoin, Ryan became obsessed with the technology’s social and economic potential. That obsession, along with finance and startup experience, helps him lead DCG's investing efforts. ## Chris Adelsbach - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures ## Didier Valet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Didier Valet ## Xavier Niel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school. ## Clément Buyse - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Clément Buyse ## Nicolas Julia - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Nicolas Julia is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France, and is the CEO and Co-founder of Sorare. Nicolas previously worked at Stratumn as a VP of Operations. Nicolas Julia attended the EM Lyon Business School. ## Stani Kulechov - Type: Angel - Location: Como, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Stani Kulechov is the founder and CEO of Aave and ETHLend. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with extensive experience developing technology in the crypto, blockchain, and fintech space. Stani is also a mentor to many founders and advisors of ICOs and blockchain projects and has spoken at numerous FinTech, Blockchain and cryptocurrency events,particularly on topics related to Ethereum Smart Contracts. ## Mark Ransford - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Angel Investor ## Meltem Demirors - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an investment firm that manages $750M in assets, and is a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem. Meltem oversees the firm’s managed strategies group and its New York office, and leads corporate development as a board director. Previously, shewas part of the founding team of Digital Currency Group. She teaches at MIT and Oxford, and serves on the WEF Blockchain Council. Meltem leads CoinShares' venture strategy and is an active angel investor, having invested in over 150 companies in the digital currency ecosystem since 2015. ## Rio Ferdinand - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Logistics, Freight Service Rio Ferdinand ## Rand Hindi - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Rand Hindi is based out of United States and is the General Partner of Unit Ventures. Rand previously worked at Naval Group as an Advisor. Rand Hindi attended Singularity University. Rand Hindi has been awarded Rising Star. ## Jonathan Benhamou - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Jonathan Benhamou Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Resilience Care, Jonathan helps other young innovative companies and technology start-ups as a member of the delegation of Young Entrepreneurs of the G20. He has been recognized as a Technology Young Leader – an honor awarded by 20 of Europe’s top technology leaders, including Apple, Google, Intel,Oracle, and Cisco. Jonathan holds a Master's degree in Business from HEC Paris. ## André Schürrle - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, Software, Fantasy Sports André Schürrle ## Nicolas Pinto - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Nicolas Pinto is the Deep Learning Ninja and Evangelist at Apple. He is a former Founder, Chief Scientist, and Technology Officer at Perceptio. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Julien Romanetto - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Jlien Romanettois the Co-Founder and Product at Arianee. Julien Romanetto attended Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC)l. ## Brian O'Hagan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Sports Brian O'Hagan # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co