Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Co-Founder & Chairman @ Isai
Paris, France
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is an Internet entrepreneur, founder and former CEO of French e-commerce pioneer PriceMinister. After he sold Priceminister to Japanese internet giant Rakuten in 2010 for $350m, he became Rakuten Europe COO. He left Rakuten in 2014 so as to concentrate on his investments and new project.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is agraduate of the famous HEC Paris business school, where he studied entrepreneurship. He launched his first company, Visualis SA (a consultancy for the distribution sector), while still studying at HEC, with a €10,000 student loan. After graduating from HEC, Kosciusko-Morizet moved to the United States and became a manager in the marketing department of Finance Capital One, an internet-based credit card company. There he managed a team of 60 analysts, and specialised in the online credit and banking market.It was there that Kosciusko-Morizet saw a gap in the market. While websites existed in the United States linking buyers and sellers online, there was no equivalent site in France. He resigned from Finance Capital One and returned to France two weeks later to work on what would become PriceMinister with Pierre Krings, Olivier Mathiot, Nathalie Maurin and Justin Ziegler. In 2001 Priceminister launched and has grown into one of the largest and most successful e-commerce companies in France, currently employing around 200 passionate and dedicated staff.Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet is a former President of the ACSEL (Association of the Digital Economy) and of the ASIC (Association of Internet Community Services), and Chairman and main investor of the Strategic Committee of ISAI, the “French internet entrepreneurs fund”, that raised over $100m. In 2010 Kosciusko-Morizet published an autobiographical book which details the story of PriceMinister.
- Total investments:
- 39
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet invests in
Stages Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet invests in
Countries Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $511k–$5M
- Angel
- $1.1M–$15M
- Series A
- $3.3M–$57M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 3 (8%)
- Internet 3 (8%)
- E-Commerce 3 (8%)
- Health Care 3 (8%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (36%)
- Series A 7 (18%)
- Angel 4 (10%)
- Series B 4 (10%)
- Series C 3 (8%)
Country
- France 25 (64%)
- Israel 1 (3%)
- United States 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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youzd
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youzd is an e-commerce platform for second-hand furniture, electronics, and decoration products. | $2.6M / Angel / Nov 14, 2023 | |
Tracktor
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Tracktor is an platform that enables construction companies to rent and purchase construction equipment efficiently. | $13.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 15, 2022 | |
PowerZ
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PowerZ is a video game that allows all children of the world to learn. To understand. To find their interests and develop their abilities. | $7.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 08, 2021 | |
Wecasa
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Wecasa is a data-driven marketplace that revolutionizes care services by focusing on user experience for customers and professionalsWecasa's mission is to make care services simple and accessible for a better quality of life. Through its app, users can book in seconds a reliable Professional for care services at home: wellness (haircut,beauty, massage), cleaning, and childcare. Available in Paris, top cities in France, London, and more European cities to come. Wecasa is proud to help 100.000+ customers and increase the business of 3000 independent professionals. | $17.8M / Series A / Jul 08, 2021 | |
Shadow
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Shadow is a high-performance cloud-based computer that has an automated hardware evolution. Shadow offers a perfect and ultimate experience. With its automated hardware evolution, the user will never again need to buy a computer. Its first product, shadow, is a high-performance PC based entirely in the cloud. It hires a team of passionate, highlyskilled developers, as well as experts in business, law, marketing and distribution, and gaming.Shadow was founded on 2015 and is based in Paris, France. | $161.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 22, 2021 | |
Syroco
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Syroco is the next generation innovation lab, looking to improve the systemic efficiency of energy and transportation industries.Syroco was born from the alliance of diverse profiles: a kitesurfer, two times world sailing speed recordman, three startupers/digital entrepreneurs, and a naval architect.Syroco’s innovation approach revolvesaround “moonshot challenges”: extreme challenges that stretch the envelope of technology. In the research lab, the team invents and develops cutting edge concepts and best practices to achieve these challenges, engaging with the industry throughout the process to leverage the image, research facilities and IP. | $1.7M / Seed / Sep 29, 2020 | |
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PowerZ
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PowerZ is a video game that allows all children of the world to learn. To understand. To find their interests and develop their abilities. | $3.5M / Seed / Sep 16, 2020 | |
Comet Meetings
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Comet offers new generation meeting venues that stimulate productivity, creativity and well-being. In central Paris. At a faire price. Because meetings are way too often associated with the idea of a loss of time, fairly fast turning into collective social-network-checking sessions, in -most of the time- gloomy locations, they introduce Comet. Theyat Comet offer companies wishing to gather their teams for a one-day meeting, the first locations aiming at stimulating productivity, creativity and well-being, thought all the way from physical space to customer experience. And because they think that this luxury of having great meetings should not be granted to only a minority of companies, they offer this experience at a very fair price. Because they all deserve it. | $35.8M / Series B / Sep 01, 2020 | |
UpStride
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upstride is a new computational paradigm to improve accuracy, data efficiency and power consumption of neural networks. | $1.9M / Seed / Jan 15, 2020 | |
MyTraffic
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Business intelligence for commercial real estate | $3.1M / Seed / Dec 10, 2019 | |
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Co-Investors
About Isai
Isai is a tech entrepreneurs' fund that focuses on early-stage internet startups and small capital tech private equity deals. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the software, information technology, media, and industrial sectors. It brings together more than 300 tech entrepreneurs who have decided to invest their money and theirexperience in order to allow the emergence of new French Tech champions.Founded in 2010, Isai is headquartered in Paris, France.
Isai Contacts
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Christophe Poupinel
Operating Partner
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Francois Collet
Partner
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Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux
Co-Founder
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Jean-David Chamboredon
Co-founder & CEO
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Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Co-Founder & Chairman
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FAQ
What does Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet invest in?
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet invests primarily in Retail, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet's check size?
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet typically joins rounds of $511k–$5M at Seed, $1.1M–$15M at Angel and $3.3M–$57M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet participates in.
When did Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 39 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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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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