# Olivier Avaro

> Olivier Avaro is a Series B investor at Blacknut backing IaaS. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blacknut](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blacknut)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-avaro-59a266
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/oavaro

Olivier Avaro is a Series B investor at Blacknut in Paris focused on IaaS and Digital Media. Olivier Avaro was born in Provence, France, on July 27, 1968 and received his master degree in telecommunication engineering in 1992 from Telecom Bretagne.He first joined France Telecom R&D department on image communication in Paris in 1992 and developed research activities on video analysis and coding. In 1998, he joined Deutsche Telekom -Berkom department on Multimedia Communication in Darmstadt, Germany, where he initiated and led several international projects from enhanced broadcasting systems with rich interactivity to multimedia teleconferencing systems and virtual environment.He joined back France Telecom R&D in 2001 as chief technical officer of the R&D department of hyper language and multimedia dialogues and founded Streamezzo in 2004, as spin-off company of France Telecom R&D. Starting 1995, he led the MPEG Systems standardization committee, a group who developed important industry standards such of the MP4 File Format as well as the MPEG-4 BIFS and LASeR standards for Rich Media services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| IaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Radian Arc | Radian Arc is a content delivery network (CDN) that sets up broadband services around the world to make it easier to send video or gaming data to consumers. | $10M | Series B | Jun 11, 2024 | https://radianarc.io |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AMD Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amd-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boston](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saffelberg Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saffelberg-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Square Enix Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/square-enix-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blacknut

VC Fund · Cesson-sévigné, France

Blacknut is the world's leading pure player cloud gaming service dedicated to the general public, distributed both direct to consumers and B2B through ISPs, device manufacturers, OTT services & Media companies. Blacknut offers the largest catalogue of premium games with 400+ premium titles carefully selected for the whole family, allincluded in a monthly subscription. The service is now available across Europe, Asia & North America on a wide range of devices, including mobiles, set-top-boxes and Smart TVs. Blacknut was founded in 2016 by Olivier Avaro (CEO) and is headquartered in Rennes, France, with offices in Paris, Seoul and San Francisco.

5 contacts available at Blacknut.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Olivier Avaro | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-avaro |
| Daphne Parot | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphne-parot |
| Edwige Gaba | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edwige-gaba |
| Nabil Laredj | Director, Licensing & Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nabil-laredj |
| Pascal Manchon | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-manchon |

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## FAQ

### What does Olivier Avaro invest in?

Olivier Avaro invests primarily in IaaS, Digital Media and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Olivier Avaro?

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### When did Olivier Avaro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Olivier Avaro closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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