Fred Potter
Angel Investor
Paris, France
Fred Potter is a seed investor in Paris focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. 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.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Fred Potter invests in
Stages Fred Potter invests in
Countries Fred Potter invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Type | Contact | Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | ||
| Personal email | ||
| Work phone | ||
| Personal phone | ||
| Socials |
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
- Mobile 1 (17%)
- Cycling 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (67%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Country
- France 4 (67%)
- Belgium 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renovation Man is a provider of services intended to revolutionize the world of renovation work. | $3.3M / May 03, 2019 | ||
| Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $11.5M / Series A / Oct 23, 2018 | ||
| Gleamer develops an AI-powered software to enhance radiologists’ productivity. | $1.8M / Seed / Jul 11, 2018 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Cowboy is an e-bike company that creates innovative electric bikes for city riders. It is still transforming the bike and mobility industries, from the point of sale to the point of service. Its mission is to empower riders to map their own paths, as well as the paths of the cities in which they live, through mindful movement that benefitseveryone.Cowboy's electric bikes are simple — there is no gear and no + and - buttons to adjust the motor's power. The company believes riding a bike should be as simple as hopping into the saddle and putting one foot on the peddle. | $3M / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Ledger develops security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies as well as blockchain applications for individuals and companies, by leveraging a distinctive, proprietary technology.Launched in 2014, Ledger has designed an acclaimed line of hardware security devices quickly placing the company as a global leader on the market with1,000,000 units sold in more than 165 countries. For enterprises and corporations, Ledger introduced the Vault: a fully managed SaaS solution addressing the need to safeguard a very large amount of multiple cryptocurrencies while mitigating both IT and physical assault threats. The company is also active in the industrial IoT market, leveraging its secure hardware technology to interface sensors and machines to smart contracts or blockchain-based assets.Ledger is headquartered in Paris, has a production facility in Vierzon (France), and offices in San Francisco. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 19, 2015 |
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Fred Potter invest in?
Fred Potter invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Fred Potter's check size?
Fred Potter typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fred Potter participates in.
How do I contact Fred Potter?
Public channels for Fred Potter include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
When did Fred Potter last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Fred Potter closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 6 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
