Gabriel Naouri
Angel Investor
Paris, France
Gabriel Naouri is a seed investor in Paris focused on E-Commerce and Health Care. Gabriel Naouri is consumer tech entrepreneur, strategic advisor and investor who has experience in brands, retail, e-commerce and marketplaces. He was previously Deputy Head of International Operations of Group Casino until July 2017. Since late 2017, Gabriel Naouri has been Senior Advisor to the CEO of AEON Group, the largest Japanese retailer($75bn in revenue for 2017) headquartered in Chiba, Japan. In addition to his operational roles, Gabriel Naouri has invested in many e-commerce and new technology companies both in the US and in Europe (Vertosa, Branded, Jaanuu, Boxed.com, Convoy, Cosmo connected, Fithouse, TicTrac Ltd,...). Through the Majorelle Investments platform he is a reference shareholder of Maisons du Monde one of the leading online home decor company and marketplace in Europe listed on Euronext (EPA:MDM).He was a founding board member and chairman of Yandex.Market (raised over $500m), one of the leading marketplaces in Russia, often considered as the Russian Amazon, founded by Arkady Volozoh, the CEO and founder of Yandex, until it was sold in June 2020 for $1.5bn.As a marketplace entrepreneur, he launched marketplaces in Vietnam, Thailand or Colombia and invested in several marketplace ventures in Europe and in the US.Gabriel Naouri is skilled at leveraging his global network of contacts to build bridges between Europe and the U.S. and is always keen to build dialogues between tech entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 CEOs. Over the last decade, he has developed a large and strong network of global brands. He has also been steadily developing strong relationships with companies such as Yandex, Google, Alibaba, Airbnb or Facebook.Outside of his responsibilities as a C-Level executive, Gabriel Naouri has experience as a startup investor and advisor, both in the U.S. and Europe. He sees significant deal flow being both at the heart of the French and the U.S. startup and VC ecosystems. His strong ties with dozens of U.S. entrepreneurs and his interest in innovation have allowed him to invest in multiple success stories, from Jaanuu in apparel (as an early investor with Ron Burkle and Brian Lee) to Convoy in logistics (with Marc Benioff and Barry Diller). In August 2018, Gabriel Naouri co-led a $111M financing round with the Aeon Group in Boxed.com, a leading e-commerce player in the United States.He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Paris Dauphine University. He later enrolled in the “Global Leadership and Public Policy” program at Harvard University in 2011. He is also a certified board director from NYSE- Euronext. Gabriel Naouri has been named one of the 100 economic Leaders of Tomorrow by Le Figaro in France every year since 2013, and has been recognized as a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Gabriel Naouri invests in
Stages Gabriel Naouri invests in
Countries Gabriel Naouri invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (33%)
- Health Care 3 (33%)
- Apps 1 (11%)
- Mobile 1 (11%)
- Apparel 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (44%)
- Angel 1 (11%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
- Series D 1 (11%)
Country
- United States 5 (56%)
- France 2 (22%)
- United Kingdom 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Essor focuses on business tasks such as acquisitions, investments, sourcing, and marketing, allowing third-party seller brands from diverse marketplaces to reach global scale growth. Essor’s brand portfolio today includes a broad range of rapidly growing health & wellness and lifestyle brands like Boka, ZitSticka, Puracy, OTOTO Design,FreshCap, Iron Flask, Fullstar, numnum, Key Nutrients, and Viking Revolution that are sold on Amazon, Direct to Consumer channels, and through national retailers like Target, CVS, and Walmart. | $150M / Series A / Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Vertosa creates industry-leading active ingredients for infused product makers. Our patent pending nano- and micro-emulsions are carefully designed for the specific needs of each of our customers. Our pre-suspended aqueous solutions empower you to create incredibly homogenous and stable products while maximizing bioavailability, clarity, and taste.We work closely with you and our lab partners throughout the manufacturing process to achieve target potency and accelerate your products to market. | $6M / Seed / Dec 04, 2019 | ||
| Cosmo Connected, a French startup founded in 2015, focuses on enhancing safety for individuals using bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, and electric scooters. The company innovates in safety helmets integrated with rear lights for visibility in any weather, coupled with a mobile application that uses geolocation for emergency alerts and medicalinformation sharing in case of accidents. Their technology, which includes multiple lighting modes and a fall detector, is patented in over 150 countries. With a vision to make roads safer and promote soft mobility, Cosmo Connected aims to lead in connected urban mobility safety. | $2.1M / Sep 03, 2018 | ||
| Cosmo Connected, a French startup founded in 2015, focuses on enhancing safety for individuals using bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, and electric scooters. The company innovates in safety helmets integrated with rear lights for visibility in any weather, coupled with a mobile application that uses geolocation for emergency alerts and medicalinformation sharing in case of accidents. Their technology, which includes multiple lighting modes and a fall detector, is patented in over 150 countries. With a vision to make roads safer and promote soft mobility, Cosmo Connected aims to lead in connected urban mobility safety. | $2.3M / Seed / Sep 03, 2018 | ||
| Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers. It also offers a cutting-edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York. | $111M / Series D / Aug 21, 2018 | ||
| Convoy is the nation’s most efficient digital freight network. We move thousands of truckloads around the country each day through our optimized, connected network of carriers, saving money for shippers, increasing earnings for drivers, and eliminating carbon waste for our planet. We use technology and data to solve problems of waste andinefficiency in the $800B trucking industry, which generates over 72 million metric tons of wasted CO2 emissions from empty trucks. Fortune 500 shippers like Anheuser-Busch, P&G, Niagara, and Unilever trust Convoy to lower costs, increase logistics efficiency, and achieve environmental sustainability targets.Convoy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $62M / Series B / Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| Make group fitness a core part of everyone's exercise routine by making it convenient, flexible and above all: fun. | Angel / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Jaanuu was founded to reimagine the multi-billion dollar medical apparel market via the industry's first contemporary, Antimicrobial-finished products. Since its launch, Jaanuu has sold product around the globe and has quickly become the fastest growing company in its category. For more information, please contact support@jaanuu.com. | $1.3M / Seed / Jun 23, 2016 | ||
| Tictrac is a global digital health and wellbeing platform, now part of Dialogue Health Technologies. The platform helps employers and insurers deliver personalized wellbeing content, wellness challenges, mental health support, and data-driven health engagement programs. Founded in London in 2010, Tictrac was acquired by Dialogue HealthTechnologies, a Canadian Virtual care company, in 2022. | Seed / Feb 15, 2015 |
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FAQ
What does Gabriel Naouri invest in?
Gabriel Naouri invests primarily in E-Commerce, Health Care and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Gabriel Naouri invest in?
Gabriel Naouri typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Gabriel Naouri's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Gabriel Naouri took part in.
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When did Gabriel Naouri last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gabriel Naouri closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 9 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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