# Patrick BERTRAND

> Patrick BERTRAND is a seed investor at Holnest backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Firm: [Holnest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holnest)
- Location: Lyon, France
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bertrand-93b634146
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pck_b
- Website: https://x.com/pck_b

Patrick BERTRAND is a seed investor at Holnest in Lyon focused on Software and Human Resources. Patrick Bertrand, 57, is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and holds a law degree. He started his career in 1977 as attorney Crédit Chimique, before joining the company oil exploration Eurafrep as CFO in 1983. Cegid he joined in 1988 first as CFO and then as Deputy Director General. He was appointed Chief GnénéralCegid in 2002.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kolus | Kolus is a company that specialized in offering visual assistance technologies for customer support operations across a variety of sectors. The platform provides an intuitive interface, remote help, data centralization, performance tracking, and centralized monitoring for optimal management, allowing organizations to improve the customer experienceand team cooperation. | $652.4K | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 | https://www.kolus.io |
| Elevo | Elevo is a Paris-based performance management platform. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 21, 2019 | http://www.elevo.fr |
| Workelo | Workelo, the all-in-one platform for an unforgettable employee experience through each key moment: - Pre/onboarding - Internal mobility - Corporate life (hundreds of use cases!) - Offboarding | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 24, 2019 | http://www.workelo.eu |
| Glose | Glose is a next-generation reading experience that lets you discover, purchase, read, and engage with the ebooks you like on web and mobile. On Glose you can connect to other readers, see what they are reading, and start conversations in the margins of the ebooks you read. So on top of every ebook you buy, you get free access to other like-mindedreaders, their annotations, and their highlights. Follow interesting readers and get a deeper, better curated, and more valuable reading experience. | $3.2M |  | Dec 12, 2018 | https://glose.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evolem Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolem-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Expon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Holnest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holnest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Investisseurs privés](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investisseurs-priv%C3%A9s) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Patrick BERTRAND invest in?

Patrick BERTRAND invests primarily in Software, Human Resources and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Patrick BERTRAND's check size?

Patrick BERTRAND typically joins rounds of $658k–$1.2M 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 Patrick BERTRAND participates in.

### How do I contact Patrick BERTRAND?

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### When did Patrick BERTRAND last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrick BERTRAND closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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