Nicolas Celier
Co-Founder @ Ring Capital
Paris, France
Nicolas Celier is a Series A investor at Ring Capital in Paris focused on Software and Internet. Nicolas CELIER joined Ring Capital as Co-Founder in 2016.Nicolas started his professional career in 1994 in the corporate finance department of Paribas in Hong Kong, where he stayed for 5 years, advising corporate clients on M&A transactions. In 1999, Nicolas sailed 14,000 miles between Hong Kong and Brittany on a 40-feet sailing yacht. In2000, Nicolas contributed to the creation of the venture capital practice at Crédit Lyonnais Private Equity; he oversaw the electronic and semiconductor sector and was a board member of Dibcom (Parrot), SI Automation (PDF Solutions NSQ) and Tronic’s Microsystems (Alternext). Nicolas joined Alven Capital in February 2005, and was promoted to partner in 2007; he co-raised and co-invested Alven III (€100m, Net IRR 19.4% and 2.8x multiple to date and) and Alven IV (€120m, Net IRR 53.7% and 4.7x multiple to date). He invested €65m in 20 companies including Sézane, Dataïku, Gemmyo, Qosmos, Ercom, Monshowroom, Liligo, Textmaster, etc. Nicolas has also developed its conviction on impact investing over the years. He co-founded Investir&+ in 2012, France's first social good venture capital fund. He invested in and is a board member of a prominent French social good start-up (HelloAsso). Nicolas co-founded France Digitale in 2012, the association engaged in the promotion of the French digital ecosystem and was a board member for 6 years. He is also a co-founder of Tech For Good France, now part of Impact France. Nicolas graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC 1994) in Paris and holds a CEMS Master’s degree from Luigi Bocconi University in Milan.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 65%
Last updated:
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Industries Nicolas Celier invests in
Stages Nicolas Celier invests in
Countries Nicolas Celier invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Series A
- $2.2M–$15M
- Series B
- $5.6M–$15M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $9M–$35M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (45%)
- Internet 4 (20%)
- Social Media 4 (20%)
- E-Commerce 3 (15%)
- Open Source 3 (15%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (25%)
- Series B 5 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (15%)
- Series C 2 (10%)
- Series D 2 (10%)
Country
- France 9 (45%)
- Spain 2 (10%)
- Norway 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Bodyguard’s expert text moderation solution protects individuals, families and businesses against online toxic content, cyberharassment and hate speech. The smarter and autonomous technology will help people, platforms and communities focus on the positive interactions and be shielded from the negative ones. | $9.9M / Series A / Mar 10, 2022 | ||
| We created Amenitiz because we believe technology is the key to making success and profitability accessible to every hotelier in the world - whether they are in the heart of Paris or in the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia. Our mission is to build an all-in-one platform to help owners grow and manage their vacation properties by making attractingguests, managing bookings and crafting exceptional experiences, simple and easy. We invite you to be part of our growing community and help us redefine the future of online hospitality together. | $7.5M / Seed / Nov 10, 2021 | ||
| Kurmi Software develops and markets software solutions dedicated to the management of unified communication services and resources, including the activation, deployment, and daily management of all the component types that comprise a unified communications system. | $11.8M / Oct 05, 2020 | ||
| Linkfluence, a social media intelligence company, specializes in analyzing conversations on the social web to create business opportunities for brands.Linkfluence offers a unique and powerful solution to monitor, measure, understand, and engage efficiently on the social web. The Radarly Product Suite (SaaS) – quick and easy to set up,user-friendly, and multilingual – collects all the relevant social media conversations around brands and provides actionable insights applicable across the organization.Radarly offers a solution for reputation management and provides ways to engage with key influencers, evaluate community management actions, detect potential crises and identify best practices.Linkfluence helps companies implement and roll out the tool to address specific needs: daily/weekly/monthly reports, campaign performance analysis, community profiling, brand perception audit, weak signal detection, and trend research.More than 200 high-profile companies in Europe chose Linkfluence to boost their social strategy.Linkfluence is VC backed by Orkos Capital, Banexi Ventures Partners, and Sigma Gestion. | $9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 15, 2020 | ||
| CASTALIE provides companies, restaurants, cafés and hotels with: - a whole range of zero-waste solutions: locally-produced and micro-filtered water from drinking water, water fountains and glass bottles (to drink for here or to go) which are reusable and customizable - premium customer service Today more than 2,000 clients (from start-ups, bigcompanies to starred restaurants) have joined our movement! | $15.3M / Series B / Jun 04, 2020 | ||
| Splio is a company that creates an omnichannel marketing platform that combines marketing automation, loyalty marketing, and mobile marketing. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 24, 2019 | ||
| We created Amenitiz because we believe technology is the key to making success and profitability accessible to every hotelier in the world - whether they are in the heart of Paris or in the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia. Our mission is to build an all-in-one platform to help owners grow and manage their vacation properties by making attractingguests, managing bookings and crafting exceptional experiences, simple and easy. We invite you to be part of our growing community and help us redefine the future of online hospitality together. | $691.4K / Pre-Seed / Jul 23, 2019 | ||
| Fintech created in 2016, Bleckwen is a software editor of anti-fraud solution for banks.Incubated by Ercom, Bleckwen benefits from his expertise in security industry and real-time Big Data Processing.Bleckwen has an engaged, agile and customer-oriented team supported by an experienced management. | $10M / Series A / Jun 26, 2019 | ||
| Bnetwork is a multi-faceted service provider that provides accommodation experience through state-of-the-art platforms dedicated to the event. They are experts in Destination Management Services and congress market leaders in Barcelona, Cannes, Paris, and London. | $34.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 10, 2019 | ||
| Linkfluence, a social media intelligence company, specializes in analyzing conversations on the social web to create business opportunities for brands.Linkfluence offers a unique and powerful solution to monitor, measure, understand, and engage efficiently on the social web. The Radarly Product Suite (SaaS) – quick and easy to set up,user-friendly, and multilingual – collects all the relevant social media conversations around brands and provides actionable insights applicable across the organization.Radarly offers a solution for reputation management and provides ways to engage with key influencers, evaluate community management actions, detect potential crises and identify best practices.Linkfluence helps companies implement and roll out the tool to address specific needs: daily/weekly/monthly reports, campaign performance analysis, community profiling, brand perception audit, weak signal detection, and trend research.More than 200 high-profile companies in Europe chose Linkfluence to boost their social strategy.Linkfluence is VC backed by Orkos Capital, Banexi Ventures Partners, and Sigma Gestion. | $20.8M / Series D / Oct 01, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Ring Capital
Ring Capital is a B-corp and mission-driven management company, founded by Geoffroy Bragadir (founder and ex-CEO of Empruntis) and Nicolas Celier (ex-Partner of Alven Capital). It finances and supports entrepreneurs who provide vital solutions to major social and environmental challenges (nature and climate, access to health and education), across Europe and from pre-seed to growth-buy out.
Ring Capital Contacts
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Pierre-Alexis de Vauplane
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Charlotte Lafont
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Daphné Dupont Gurs
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What does Nicolas Celier invest in?
Nicolas Celier invests primarily in Software, Internet and Social Media startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Nicolas Celier invest in?
Nicolas Celier typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$15M at Series A, $5.6M–$15M at Series B and $9M–$35M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nicolas Celier's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nicolas Celier took part in.
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When did Nicolas Celier last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nicolas Celier closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 20 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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