# Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in France in June 2026 ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Eduardo Ronzano - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Nicolas Douay - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor @ Better Angle ## Thierry Petit - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to: • Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic). Today Showroomprive.com is: • A team of 500 employees • A community of 20 million members in Europe • A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development: Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi Health : Feeli, Lifen, May, Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot, Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor, FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE. More info : http://www.made-for-all.com ## Sake Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology Sake Bosch is a Founder and Managing Partner of Prime Ventures since 1999. Sake brings over 25 years of experience in marketing and sales and venture capital to Prime. Prior to founding Prime in 1999, Sake was a Senior Principal at Holland Venture and was responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Sake was involved in many ofthe Holland Venture technology investments including Applicare Medical Imaging (acquired by GE Medical Systems), BWise (acquired by Nasdaq), SQL Systems (acquired by Datastream) and Freecom (acquired by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media). Before joining Holland Venture in 1994, Sake worked as an Independent Corporate Finance Consultant focusing primarily on early stage companies. Prior to this position Sake was a Sales Executive at Securitas Group. Sake started his career in 1989 as a Strategic Market Analyst at VNU. Sake serves on the board of directors of Civolution, 4C, Dealerdirect, Digital Origin, Greetz, Forcare, SaaSPlaza, SlimPay and Takeaway.com. Previous investments include: 3mensio Medical Imaging (acquired by Esaoto), eBuddy (acquired by Booking.com), Global Collect (acquired by General Atlantic), MarketXS (acquired by Markit), Nedstat (acquired by comScore Inc.), Tridion (acquired by SDL) and Watermark (acquired by Qurius). Sake holds an M.Sc. degree in Business Administration as well as a B.A. degree in Management Science and Industrial Engineering. ## Sarah Drinkwater - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Communities, Apps Atomico Angel ## Chantal Baudron - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Chantal Baudron is the CEO of Chantal Baudron SAS. ## Steph Korey Goodwin - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Personal Health, Health Care, Wellness Steph Korey Goodwin is a serial entrepreneur and investor. She recently co-founded Charmspring, a developmental children's brand focused on creating products that deepen family connections and support child development. Charmspring's leading product is the Springboard, an illustration-based visual routine board for children.Steph KoreyGoodwin is also the co-founder of Away, a lifestyle luggage brand that reached a $1.4 billion valuation and raised $156 million in funding. She is one of just a few female founders to launch a billion-dollar company.Steph is an active angel investor and advisor, focusing on early-stage companies founded by entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds. ## Arthur Waller - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Arthur Waller is a co-founder of PriceMatch, a start-up aiming to industrialize and democratize yield management.Arthur studied economics and econometrics at Ecole polytechnique and Sciences Po. He first worked in economic research at the IMF and at Goldman Sachs before creating his start-up, PriceMatch, with some friends. Using theirskills in economics, econometrics, software engineering, they developed a SaaS platform offering revenue management solutions to companies. ## Michelle Kennedy - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Women's, Fashion, Software Michelle joined Badoo originally as lead counsel over 4 years ago. Prior to joining Badoo she was a successful corporate lawyer at leading international law firm, Mishcon de Reya, before being poached by the firm's successful biotech client, Quotient Bioscience to head up their legal team. During her time at Badoo, she built the legal,compliance, HR and talent teams before moving into a more operationally focused role, including a position on the board. Today, Michelle is responsible for most key areas of the business, and works closely with founder and CEO Andrey Andreev, on the existing product, and exciting 'special projects' coming soon.... ## Emmanuel Brunet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Art Emmanuel Brunet is the Partner at CAVE DE FAMILLE. Emmanuel attended EDHEC Business School. ## Virginie Gretz - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fashion, Shopping, E-Commerce Virginie Gretz is a Member of the Investor Committee at Semana. He attended ESCP Europe. ## Sohail Prasad - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Human Resources, Financial Services Sohail is the Founder & CEO of Destiny (D/XYZ).Sohail is also Founder & former Co-CEO of Forge, the stock market for private companies. He has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail hasadvised and invested in over 100 startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Rappi. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Equidate, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and was later named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering. ## Céline Lippi - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce Céline Lippi is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cuir Invest. Céline Lippi attended Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. ## Carmen Busquets - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail Carmen Busquets - Founder @ CoutureLab ## Alexandre Yazdi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Internet Alexandre Yazdi is the CEO at Voodoo. ## Pablos Holman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fashion, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation Pablos Holman ## Fabrice Grinda - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet 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. ## Francis Nappez - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS 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. ## Frank Ntilikina - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce Frank Ntilikina ## Raphael Théron - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Internet, Lifestyle Raphaël graduated from Polytechnique, and is specialized in innovation management. He has worked on predictive models at Orange, in Russia. He is in charge of our algorithms and product definition. ## Fabrice Lépine - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Apparel, Fashion Fabrice Lépine, CEO of Wonderbox ## Frédéric Maus - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Apparel, Fashion Frédéric Maus is a Directeur Général @ WSN. ## Gregoire Baudry - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Apparel, Fashion Gregoire Baudry is an Advisory Partner @ Bain & Co ## Baptiste Hamel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Baptist Hamel is the Cofounder of III Financements. he attended University of Cergy-Pontoise in 2008. ## Marine de Waziers - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Apparel, Fashion Marine de Waziers is an individual investor. ## Jonathan Cherki - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, FinTech, Finance Jonathan Cherki ## Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan. After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister. ## Bertrand Jacquelot - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Food and Beverage Bertrand Jacquelot is the Founding President of Projim. He attended the University of Marne-la-Vallee. ## Chung Ng - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Real Estate, Internet Solving Human Problems for over 25 years as ex-CXO @Publicis Groupe | Exited $50M ARR Agency | Web 2&3 Investor & Advisor ## 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 ## Xavier Court - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Fashion, Photography Xavier Court is a co-founding partner at Veepee. ## Flavien Kulawik - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Flavien Kulawik ## Sylvain Zimmer - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Financial Services, SaaS Sylvain is a French software developer turned entrepreneur, conference organizer and angel investor. ## Gilles Babinet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Travel, Fashion, Shopping Gilles Babinet is the Co-Founder at Isotope Energy. ## 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 ## Julien Chaumond - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Julien Chaumond is the Co-founder at Hugging Face. ## Serge Alleyne - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS Serge Alleyne is a co-founder and co-CEO at Shipfix. ## Rossella Blatt Vital - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Rossella Blatt Vital is a Sr Director of Artificial Intelligence at Levi Strauss & Co. ## Rachel Chicheportiche - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Rachel Chicheportiche is the CEO at DANAE.IO. Rachel Chicheportiche attended ESSEC Business School, Panthéon Assas University and University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. ## Frédéric Mazzella - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Apps Frédéric Mazzella is the Founder and President at BlaBlaCar. Frédéric Mazzella attended The Stanford University. ## David Dayan - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics David Dayan is a co-founder at Showroomprivé. ## Philippe Berlan - Type: Angel - Location: Meudon, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Philippe Berlan is the CEO of La Redoute. ## Eric de Bettignies - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Eric de Bettignies is the Founding Partner at Advancy. ## Marc Grosman - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Marc Grosman is the current CEO and Founder of Celio. ## Thierry Peuchot - Type: Angel - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Sports, Fashion, Sustainability Thierry Peuchot, former marketing director of Nike ## Xavier Haulet - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce Xavier Haulet is an associate general director at Océane Consulting Testing Services. ## Stéphane Distinguin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: TV, Retail, Fashion Stéphane Distinguin is the founder and CEO of FABERNOVEL. Stéphane graduated from ESCP Europe in 1997 and joined Deloitte & Touche. In 1999 he participated in the creation of Up&Up, an early stage investment fund. In 2003, he created FABERNOVEL. As a French entrepreneur and activist in the field of new technology and innovation, Stéphaneparticipated in the launch of new event formats like BarCamps, MobileMondays, CleanTuesdays and TEDxParis. He also played an important role in the creation of the co-working spaces of the ‘Cantines” network, PARISOMA in San Fransisco and the start-up accelerator Le Camping. Stéphane is chairman of Cap Digital, member of the French Digital Council and honorary chairman of Silicon Sentier. ## Ahmed Mhiri - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce 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. ## Olivier Schaeffer - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Fashion, Software, Analytics Olivier Schaeffer is the co-founder of Le Printemps group.