# Jean-Marie Hullot

> Jean-Marie Hullot is a angel investor backing News, Mobile and Advertising. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Jean-Marie Hullot is a French computer scientist and programmer who previously worked at Apple and NeXT Software.He authored important programs for the original Macintosh, NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X platforms. These include the SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP (1985), and later still evolved into animportant part of Mac OS X. He also led the iCal and iSync development teams for Mac OS X (2002).Hullot received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Paris at Orsay in 1981. He was a researcher at INRIA from 1979 to 1985, when he joined NeXT Computer. In 1996 he co-founded RealNames, a URL translation service, which closed in 2002. From 2001 to 2005 he was Apple Computer's Applications Division CTO, reporting to Sina Tamaddon.Photo credit:

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Video Games | 1 | 50% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novaquark | Dual Universe is a single-shard sandbox MMO focusing on emergent gameplay, and developed by Novaquark for PC.You believe in a future where games will become more than games, but rather places where meaningful adventures and learning will take place. They believe that these collective online experiences will fill more and more of their free time,becoming more and more real. They believe that fun is the future of work. | $1.4M | Angel | Mar 18, 2015 |  |
| fotopedia | Fotopedia is a developer of travel applications that feature photography from their online communityFotopedia brings you the ultimate application suite for travel and discovery. Their applications, specifically designed for the iPhone and the iPad, are available worldwide in 9 languages. Featuring stunning photography from professionalphotographers and the Fotopedia community, their beautiful apps provide first-class luxury for your digital travels.With 15 apps, 17M users and 200M page views per month, we offer brands an effective, beautiful and easy way to reach their audience in more than 200 countries and territories all at once.Their latest application, Fotopedia Reporter, let's you discover and explore the world with photography stories. Get it on the | $1.1M | Series A | Dec 01, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Banexi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banexi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fast Forward](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fast-forward) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ignition Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignition-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jean-Marie Hullot invest in?

Jean-Marie Hullot invests primarily in News, Mobile and Advertising startups, most often at Angel and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jean-Marie Hullot last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jean-Marie Hullot closed in Mar 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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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