# Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in France in June 2026 ## Sake Bosch - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Julien Chaumond - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Julien Chaumond is the Co-founder at Hugging Face. ## Florent Couty - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Retail, Automotive, E-Commerce Florent Couty is the former Chief Innovation of IAD. ## Alexandre Yazdi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Internet Alexandre Yazdi is the CEO at Voodoo. ## Thomas Clozel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Thomas Clozel co-founded Owkin with Gilles Wainrib and serves as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Clozel attended Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. ## Roxanne Varza - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS Roxanne Varza is currently Director of STATION F, the biggest startup campus in the world with more than 1,000 startups, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor (companies include Claap, Folk, Resilience.care, Moka.care, Colette and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital (and was previously a scout at Atomico).Before joining STATION F, sheled Microsoft Ventures Paris and was Editor of TechCrunch France. She also worked for several London-based startups and cofounded StarHer (now part of SISTA), Tech.eu and Failcon France. She has also been a member of the French Government's Conseil National du Numérique (CNNum) and the European Commission's European Innovation Council (EIC).Roxanne is trilingual and holds degrees from UCLA, Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics. ## Eric Carreel - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Ride Sharing, Biotechnology, Manufacturing Eric started his career in institutional research as a researcher in the field of radio.He then co-founded Inventel and remained its President from 2002 to 2005, being recognised as one of the major architects of Triple Play in Europe. After Thomson bought Inventel, Eric became technical director of Thomson's domestic products divisionwhile creating and managing the Advanced Product Development group.Eric is an Engineer from the Industrial Physics & Chemistry Grande Ecole in Paris (ESPCI) and has a PhD in engineering from the University of Paris VI. He is the author of over fifty patents and directs the vision and innovation at Withings. ## Karim Kaddoura - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Security, Software Karim Kaddoura - Co-Founder @ Virtuo ## Thomas France - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Information Technology Entrepreneur, Investor ## Cédric Delorme - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, CRM Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech ## Thibault Chassagne - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Security, Software Thibault Chassagne - Co-Founder @ Virtuo ## Alexandre Cadain - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Textiles Alexandre Cadain is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alpha Star. Alexandre previously worked at AI Commons as a Director. Alexandre Cadain attended Paris-Sorbonne University. ## Mehdi Ghissassi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Mehdi Ghissassi serves as the Head of Product Management at DeepMind. ## Arthur Waller - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Simon Dawlat - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, EdTech, TV Simon Dawlat - CEO @ Batch ## Stephan Rohr - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, GreenTech, Recycling Founder & Co-CEO @ TWAICE. ## Chris Anderson - Type: Angel - Location: Berkeley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Shoes, Medical Device, Mechanical Engineering I'm the CEO of 3DR, founder and chairman of the Linux Foundation's Dronecode Project, and founder of the DIY Drones and DIY Robocarscommunities, including the ArduPilot autopilot project. From 2001 through 2012 I was the Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine. Before Wired I was with The Economist for seven years in London, Hong Kong and NewYork. I'm the author of the New York Times bestselling books The Long Tail and Free as well as Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. Awards include: Editor of the Year by Ad Age (2005). Named to the "Time 100," the newsmagazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2007). Loeb Award for Business Book of the Year (2007). Wired named Magazine of the Decade by AdWeek for my tenure (2009). Time Magazine's Tech 40 -- The Most Influential Minds In Technology (2013). Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers (2013) I founded GeekDad, BookTour and a few other companies now lost in the mists of time. My background is in science, starting with studying computational physics and doing research at Los Alamos and culminating in six years at the two leading scientific journals, Nature and Science. In my misspent youth I was a bit player in the DC punk scene and, amusingly, a band called REM (not that one). I live in Berkeley, California, with my wife and five kids. ## Alexis Bonillo - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Internet COO & Co-founder @ Zenly Retired Pole Vaulter ## Emeric d'Arcimoles - Type: Angel - Location: Saint-pée-sur-nivelle, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: CAD, 3D Printing, 3D Technology Emeric d'Arcimoles is an individual investor. ## 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. ## Gabriel Caillaux - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Finance Gabriel Caillaux is Head of Climate, Co-President, Managing Director and Head of General Atlantic’s business in EMEA. He is a member of the firm’s Executive and Portfolio Committees, in addition to the Global Growth Equity and BeyondNetZero Investment Committees. Since joining the firm in 2004, Gabriel has helped expand the firm’s investment focusacross the greater European region to include Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He focuses on investments in the Financial Services and Technology sectors. Before joining General Atlantic, Gabriel worked in the telecoms, media & technology division at Merrill Lynch in London and New York.Gabriel serves on the boards of portfolio companies Argus Media, ISS STOXX, and Partners Capital. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the ESCP EAP European School of Management in Finance. Gabriel also serves as a trustee for Parasol Unit. ## Philippe Varin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 Born on 8 August 1952 in Reims (France), Philippe Varin is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris. Philippe joined the Péchiney group in 1978 as a researcher, and went on to hold various executive positions within the group (management control, strategy, project management) before being appointed Vice-Chairman ofthe Rhenalu division in 1995, then Head of the Aluminium Sector and a member of the group's Executive Board in 1999. In 2003, Philippe joined Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus as Chief Executive Officer. Philippe was President of the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) from 2006 to 2008. Philippe was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PSA Peugeot Citroën in June 2009, and left the group in June 2014. Philippe is Knight of the National Order of the Merit, Officer in the national Order of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the British Empire. Philippe also holds the following positions: Member of the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain, Member of the Supervisory Board of AREVA SA, Chairman of Le Cercle de l’Industrie, Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development for the countries of ASEAN, Member of the Board of Directors of EDF. During the last five years, he also held the following positions: Chief Executive Officer of PSA Peugeot Citroën (from June 2009 to March 2014), Chairman of the Board of Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA (from August 2009 to March 2014), Chairman of the Board of GEFCO SA (from April 2009 to December 2012), Member of the Board of Banque PSA Finance SA (from June 2009 to March 2014), Member of the Board of Faurecia SA from April 2009 to March 2014), Member of the Board of PCMA Holding BV (from June 2009 to April 2014), Member of the Board of BG group Plc (from May 2006 to February 2013). ## Patrice Lafargue - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, Transportation Patrice Lafargue is the Founder and President of Groupe IDEC. ## Cyril Berdugo - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Trading Platform, Real Estate Investment Cyril Berdugo is the founder of Landis, the company he founded to fulfill the mission of helping Americans reach homeownership. He is a graduate of Emory University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. ## Michael Benabou - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, Real Estate, B2B President at Financiere Saint James. ## Christophe Chausson - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Christophe Chausson is the partner of Chausson Finance. He previously worked at iBanFirst as an Investor. Christophe Chausson attended the Paris Dauphine University - PSL. ## 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. ## Julien Lemoine - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Cloud Management, Cloud Computing Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder of Algolia, Inc. and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine is a Co-Founder at Algolia SAS and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Julien Lemoine defined the technology strategy of MASA Group (an international software editor of simulation software) and led the development of strategic R&Dproducts in indexing and natural languages processing at Exalead (Dassault Systèmes subsidiary) and Thales Group. He has extensive experience in architecture design and implementation from his leading work in Exalead and Thales. ## Edward Lando - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School. ## Nicolas Morin-Forest - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Product Research, Consumer Research Nicolas Morin-Forest is the Co-Founder & CEO at GOURMEY. He attended Sciences Po. ## Mathilde Thomas - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Personal Care and Hygiene Mathilde Thomas is a founder of Caudalie. ## Nicolas COSON - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing Nicolas COSON is the CTO at Adot. ## Emmanuelle Brizay - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Emmanuelle Brizay is Co-Founder at Panoply City SAS. ## Armando Mann - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Armando Mann is the President & Board Member at Hopin. Armando Mann attended Harvard Business School. ## Philippe du Mesnil - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Medical, Manufacturing, Medical Device Philippe du Mesnil, a private investor ## Antoine Leconte - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Antoine Leconte is the founder of Cheerz. ## Nikolaj Deichmann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Advanced Materials Nikolaj Deichmann ## Andreas Wiele - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: B2C, Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Andreas Wiele is the President of Marketing and Classified Ad Models at Axel Springer SE since April 2014. Andreas was in born 1962, he studied law at Dijon, Salzburg and Munich Universities. Andreas worked first of all as an editor at Hamburger Morgenpost, before he became assistant to the Chairman of the Gruner + Jahr management board in1988. In 1990 Andreas took over responsibility for the "Capital" project at the Prisma Presse publishing company in Paris, where he became publishing manager of "Capital" and "Geo" in 1991. In 1994, Andreas moved to New York to join Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, initially as Senior Vice President and General Manager of "Family Circle" and "McCall's" and from 1997 onwards as executive vice-president and chief operating officer for the publishing company as a whole. Andreas Wiele was appointed member of the Executive Board responsible for International Affairs in October 2000 and has been head of the Magazines and International Affairs Division since November 2000. In January 2008, he was appointed President BILD Group and Magazines, since April 2014 he is President Marketing and Classified Ad Models. Andreas' key mandates in supervisory bodies: Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), B.Z. Ullstein GmbH (Advisory Board), meinestadt.de GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Stepstone GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Zanox AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Immoweb SA, Belgium (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Aufeminin S.A., France (Board of Directors), Axel Springer Digital Classifieds France SAS, France (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Seloger.com SAS, France (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Corall-Tell Ltd., Israel (Board of Directors), Prinovis Ltd., UK (Board of Directors). ## Ning Li - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Wellness, Health Care Ning was born in China, in the city of Foshan, which is the country’s major manufacturing base for furniture. It was the experience of setting up his own flat in Paris that inspired Ning and a business partner to use their connections to help source furniture directly from the factories in China. Aftern having business success with his firstbusiness Myfab.com, he met Brent Hoberman of MyDeco and lastminute.com. Together they decided to improve on the Myfab.com model by launching Made.com in the UK in April 2010. Ning Li tells us about his experiences of doing business in the furniture manufacturing industry. ## Christophe Maurissen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Christophe Maurissen is the Managing Director at Alcogroup. ## Stephane Dupayage - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing Stéphane Dupayage is the SVP Product of Retail Media. ## Thierry Fahmy - Type: Angel - Location: Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Energy, Agriculture Managing Data intensive projects since 1998 ## Romain Verani - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Manufacturing Romain Verani is the Vice President at L Catterton. ## Thibaud Elziere - Type: Angel - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Gisele Bündchen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Retail, Jewelry, Textiles Gisele Bündchen is a Brazilian fashion model. ## Henri Seydoux - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Wireless, Fruit, AgTech Henri Seydoux founded Parrot in 1994 and has been its CEO ever since its inception. Parrot is today one of the major players in the civil drone market. Self-taught, Henri started his career in 1978 as a trainee and then as a journalist for the magazine Actuel. In 1982, he joined the company SSCI as a developer and then, the company Micro Archi. In1986, he created BSCA, a company that specialized in rendering 3D computer images and served as CEO until 1990. In 1991, along with three other partners, he founded Christian Louboutin, a luxury shoes company. ## Arno Zinke - Type: Angel - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Construction, Computer Vision Arno Zinke - Senior Vice President Software Engineering @ Hexagon ## Bruno Maisonnier - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Hardware, Aerospace French entrepreneur and innovator, Bruno founded AnotherBrain in Paris in 2017.In 2005, Bruno developed from scratch Aldebaran Robotics, which became the world category leader in consumer humanoid robotics and created the world renowned NAO, ROMEO and PEPPER humanoid companion robots. Aldebaran was sold to Japanese giant SoftBank and becameSoftBank Robotics. Prior to Aldebaran Bruno had been the CEO of several banks and international finance companies in France and internationally (Brazil, Portugal, Poland), managing 2,500 to 3,500 staff, in multicultural environments.Bruno is a graduate from Polytechnique and Telecom Paris. ## Pablos Holman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Fashion, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation Pablos Holman ## Eric Bergé - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: GreenTech, Manufacturing, Environmental Engineering Eric Bergé is a founding director at peachtree.