Fabrice Grinda
Co-Founder @ FJ Labs
New York, United States
Fabrice Grinda is a seed investor at FJ Labs in New York focused on E-Commerce and Marketplace. 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.
- Total investments:
- 203
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
Last updated:
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Industries Fabrice Grinda invests in
Stages Fabrice Grinda invests in
Countries Fabrice Grinda invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $685k–$5.8M
- Series A
- $2.3M–$15M
- Series B
- $3.7M–$55M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 62 (31%)
- Marketplace 28 (14%)
- Software 27 (13%)
- Internet 26 (13%)
- Retail 18 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 90 (44%)
- Series A 39 (19%)
- Series B 21 (10%)
- Series C 7 (3%)
- Funding Round 7 (3%)
Country
- United States 91 (45%)
- France 13 (6%)
- Germany 11 (5%)
- United Kingdom 9 (4%)
- Brazil 7 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Pilar is a real estate brokerage service that provides efficiency in connecting clients and properties. | $6.5M / Series A / Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| Accumulator provides a platform for accessing liquidity from private company equity. The platform allows users to convert shares into liquid financial exposure without requiring a full exit, helping manage concentration risk and maintain participation in future upside. It offers structured investment mechanisms that pool assets into diversifiedportfolios of private companies, supporting both equity holders and cash investors. Accumulator also facilitates portfolio diversification by exchanging single-company holdings for broader exposure across multiple private assets. Its services include fund structures, investor participation models, and tools designed to support capital allocation and liquidity planning in private markets. | Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Accumulator provides a platform for accessing liquidity from private company equity. The platform allows users to convert shares into liquid financial exposure without requiring a full exit, helping manage concentration risk and maintain participation in future upside. It offers structured investment mechanisms that pool assets into diversifiedportfolios of private companies, supporting both equity holders and cash investors. Accumulator also facilitates portfolio diversification by exchanging single-company holdings for broader exposure across multiple private assets. Its services include fund structures, investor participation models, and tools designed to support capital allocation and liquidity planning in private markets. | $46M / Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments. | $6.5M / Nov 04, 2024 | ||
| PostEx is a hybrid of receivables factoring solutions and courier services that pay invoice values upfront to e-commerce companies offering Cash on Delivery as one of their modes of payment. | $7.3M / Seed / Aug 20, 2024 | ||
| Accumulator provides a platform for accessing liquidity from private company equity. The platform allows users to convert shares into liquid financial exposure without requiring a full exit, helping manage concentration risk and maintain participation in future upside. It offers structured investment mechanisms that pool assets into diversifiedportfolios of private companies, supporting both equity holders and cash investors. Accumulator also facilitates portfolio diversification by exchanging single-company holdings for broader exposure across multiple private assets. Its services include fund structures, investor participation models, and tools designed to support capital allocation and liquidity planning in private markets. | $7M / Seed / Mar 14, 2024 | ||
| Schüttflix is a digital marketplace and delivery platform for bulk construction supplies such as sand, crushed rock, and gravel. | $51.1M / Series A / Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| 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. | $2.7M / Seed / May 10, 2023 | ||
| PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories. | $3.2M / Seed / Mar 06, 2023 | ||
| Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services. | $63.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 02, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About FJ Labs
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investments are seed and series A. The investment range of the company is $50,000 to $5,000,000. It invests in Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.
FJ Labs Contacts
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Matias Barbero
Investor
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Anshul Ruparell
EIR & Investor
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Ariel Lebowits
CFO
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Arne Halleraker
Principal
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Daniel Simon
venture partner
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FAQ
What does Fabrice Grinda invest in?
Fabrice Grinda invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketplace and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 203 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Fabrice Grinda's check size?
Fabrice Grinda typically joins rounds of $685k–$5.8M at Seed, $2.3M–$15M at Series A and $3.7M–$55M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fabrice Grinda participates in.
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When did Fabrice Grinda last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Fabrice Grinda closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 203 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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