# Gabriel De Montessus

> Gabriel De Montessus is a seed investor at FIS (Paris) backing Telecommunications and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FIS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fis)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-de-montessus-89980a

Gabriel De Montessus is a seed investor at FIS in Paris focused on Telecommunications and Apps. Gabriel De Montessus - Group President & EVP @ FIS

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Messaging | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talk360 | Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before. | $4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Volt.io | Volt is building the global infrastructure for real-time payments everywhere. We’re accelerating a global real-time revolution by creating a single gateway to a world of account-to-account payments. This network of networks, powered by open banking, is transforming how money moves on a global scale. By uniting real-time open payments systems toone harmonised standard, we give businesses the power to offer customers everywhere the same frictionless payments experience. | $23.5M | Series A | Jun 16, 2021 |  |
| Onoff | Onoff Telecom offers a variety of products for private and business customers that seek to revolutionize communications. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 30, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Augmentum Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augmentum-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brooklyn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooklyn-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DotExe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dotexe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First circle capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-circle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FIS

VC Fund · Jacksonville, United States

FIS focuses on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, and outsourcing solutions. FIS serves more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS employs more than 53,000 people worldwide. FIS is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of the Standard &Poor’s 500® Index.

5 contacts available at FIS.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Douglas McAllister | CEO - Ventures / FIS AutoSuite VBO/BPO Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-mcallister-6014 |
| Gabriel De Montessus | Group President & EVP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-de-montessus |
| Jon Briggs | Global Head of Money Movement & Embedded Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-briggs-215c |
| Vicky Bindra | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vicky-bindra |
| Asif Ramji | Chief Growth Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asif-ramji |

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## FAQ

### What does Gabriel De Montessus invest in?

Gabriel De Montessus invests primarily in Telecommunications, Apps and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gabriel De Montessus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gabriel De Montessus closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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