# Franck Le Ouay

> Franck Le Ouay is a seed investor at Lifen backing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lifen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifen)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franckl
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fleouay
- Website: https://x.com/fleouay

Franck Le Ouay is a French engineer and entrepreneur. In 2005, he co-founded Criteo in Paris, which became one of the global leaders in digital advertising. Today Criteo is listed on Nasdaq, has over 2000 employees worldwide and generates over €1B in annual revenue. Criteo is a big data powerhouse with billions of user events tracked and analyzedevery day.In 2015, Franck co-founded Honestica, a company dedicated to accelerate the digital revolution of Healthcare.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$7.4M |
| Series A | $4.6M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 40% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 10% |
| Finance | 1 | 10% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HrFlow.ai | Riminder operates as an AI assistant that automates talent assessment by leveraging state of the art deep learning technology. The company's mission is to leverage both Data and AI to understand people and unlock their full potential. Riminder was founded in Paris in 2016. | $7M | Seed | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| HyprView | HyprView is an IT company that provides data storage, data processing, and multimodal imaging platform solutions. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $21.2M | Series B | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $22.6M | Series A | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Sancare | Sancare enables hospitals to better treat their patients at a lower cost through artificial intelligence. | $1.1M |  | Dec 10, 2018 |  |
| HrFlow.ai | Riminder operates as an AI assistant that automates talent assessment by leveraging state of the art deep learning technology. The company's mission is to leverage both Data and AI to understand people and unlock their full potential. Riminder was founded in Paris in 2016. | $2.3M | Seed | May 25, 2018 |  |
| Karos | Karos transform available car seats into public transport networks, leveraging AI and mobile technologies. | $4.6M | Series A | Apr 16, 2018 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $7.1M | Series A | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $7.4M | Seed | Mar 13, 2018 |  |
| Inato | Inato automates data structuring and analysis, cross-checks data sources, and provides insights on this data. It features a tool for collecting and analyzing data used in clinical trials, Inato’s AI-powered platform enables pharmaceutical companies to drastically reduce drug development costs. By accelerating clinical trials, Inato helps newtherapies arrive to patients faster, and at lower prices | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 15, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Daphni](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphni) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Financiere Saint James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financiere-saint-james) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BlackFin Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackfin-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [115K](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/115k) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aglaé Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aglae-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alto Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alto-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lifen

VC Fund · Paris, France

Lifen is a 160-person startup, based in Paris, whose ambition is to facilitate the deployment of digital solutions for hospitals, doctors and patients. Since 2015, Lifen has been simplifying the sharing of medical data and has quickly established itself as the leading MSSanté operator in France with more than 600 partner establishments. Everymonth, Lifen sends 2 million medical documents to 240,000 doctors. Creator of the FHIR France meetup and winner of the ANS interoperability prize 2020, Lifen's ambition is to use its expertise in interoperability with HIS to develop a platform that radically simplifies the technical integration and operational deployment of all types of digital solutions.

5 contacts available at Lifen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Huckert | Co-founder and Head of Product & Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-huckert |
| Alex Slack | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-slack |
| Etienne Depaulis | Co-founder & Software Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/etienne-depaulis |
| Florent Pignal | Head of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florent-pignal |
| Franck Le Ouay | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franck-le-ouay |

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## FAQ

### What does Franck Le Ouay invest in?

Franck Le Ouay invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Franck Le Ouay's check size?

Franck Le Ouay typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$7.4M at Seed and $4.6M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Franck Le Ouay participates in.

### When did Franck Le Ouay last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Franck Le Ouay closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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