# Hugo Amsellem

> Hugo Amsellem is a seed investor at Jellysmack (Berlin) backing Software and Content Creators. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jellysmack](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keli-network)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugoamsellem/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hugoamsellem
- Website: https://hugo.pm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HugoAmsellem

Hugo Amsellem is a seed investor at Jellysmack in Berlin focused on Software and Content Creators. Hugo Amsellem is based out of Paris and is the GP and Founder of Intuition. Hugo previously worked at The Family as a Director. Hugo Amsellem attended San Francisco State University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 14% |
| Content Creators | 4 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 14% |
| FinTech | 3 | 10% |
| Apps | 2 | 7% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 76% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 45% |
| France | 9 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KLIPY | Klipy offers a free API for GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Memes and AI content enabling platforms to boost user engagement and drive revenue. With advanced localization, KLIPY ensures content stays relevant across regions, from Tokyo to Toronto, tailoring Trending lists and search results to diverse audiences.Check out our features here -https://klipy.com/developers to get 100% free lifetime access to KLIPY's API and start boosting your revenue and user engagement. Ping us at hi@klipy.com | $3.8M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| KLIPY | Klipy offers a free API for GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Memes and AI content enabling platforms to boost user engagement and drive revenue. With advanced localization, KLIPY ensures content stays relevant across regions, from Tokyo to Toronto, tailoring Trending lists and search results to diverse audiences.Check out our features here -https://klipy.com/developers to get 100% free lifetime access to KLIPY's API and start boosting your revenue and user engagement. Ping us at hi@klipy.com | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Aria | Tell beautiful stories with Aria! Stunning captions for your podcasts, videos & more. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| Figures | Figures provides real time compensation intelligence to companies, with the most extensive benchmark for European venture-backed companies. | $6.8M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Intros AI | Intros AI boosts community engagement by streamlining interactions between community members. We offer a fully white-labeled solution for companies to customize their own connection experiences on auto pilot. Intros AI also tracks ROI and interactions, to tie engagement to revenue. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| OnScale | CRM and collaboration tool that enable talent management agencies to pitch brands, execute brand deals and manage talent rosters 10X faster |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| beehiiv | Beehiiv is the publishing and newsletter platform built by creators for creators. | $2.6M | Seed | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Futures Factory | Futures Factory is a sneakers marketplace merging digital and physical worlds using blockchain and AR/VR. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 17, 2021 |  |
| folk | folk is an all-in-one CRM that allows to centralize all the relationships that matter for an organization and customize it to the adapted workflow: from Sales CRM, recruiting pipeline, deal flow management, prospection management, and more. | $3.3M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Semper | Semper runs recurring, end-to-end secondary transactions for the teams of fast-growing startups. | $4.6M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SilverCircle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvercircle) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Sturgeon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sturgeon-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Caucasus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caucasus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Davidovs Venture Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davidovs-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Jellysmack

VC Fund · New York, United States

Jellysmack builds and powers social videos channels through technology.

5 contacts available at Jellysmack.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hugo Amsellem | VP, Community | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugo-amsellem |
| Jerome Elfassy | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-elfassy |
| Olivier Delfosse | Head of Strategic Partnerships & West Coast Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-delfosse-2 |
| Robin Sabban | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robin-sabban |
| Swann Maizil | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swann-maizil |

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## FAQ

### What does Hugo Amsellem invest in?

Hugo Amsellem invests primarily in Software, Content Creators and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 29 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 Hugo Amsellem's check size?

Hugo Amsellem typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5M 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 Hugo Amsellem participates in.

### When did Hugo Amsellem last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hugo Amsellem closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 29 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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