# Thibaud Hug de Larauze

> Thibaud Hug de Larauze is a seed investor at Back Market backing Information Technology and CRM. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Back Market](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/back-market)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibaud-hug-de-larauze-a9a9b160/

Thibaud Hug de Larauze is a seed investor at Back Market in Paris focused on Information Technology and CRM. Thibaud Hug de Larauze is the Co-founder & CEO at Back Market.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$7.1M |
| Series A | $4.5M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| CRM | 1 | 14% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Training | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| wilgo.ai | Wilgo.ai strives to equip the future generation with the tools, mindset, and motivation to learn, grow, and flourish. | $7M | Seed | Jun 23, 2025 |  |
| La Solive | La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions. | $4.5M | Series A | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Klark | Klark develops AI-based customer service platforms that streamline operations, automate tasks, and provide personalized experiences, enhancing customer satisfaction, driving growth, and staying competitive in the markets. |  | Seed | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| Sidely | Sidely is a sales force automation and customer relationship management software. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Kiliba | Kiliba provides marketing automation solutions. They provide marketing automation features to design and automate the sending of emails. They automatically create email templates from the colors of the logo. They also provide clients to create emails in different languages to develop their businesses. | $7.1M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| La Solive | La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2022 |  |
| La Vie | La Vie is developing a 100% vegetable edible fat with the ambition of offering different types of vegetable meats. | $28.4M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bleu Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bleu-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brighteye Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brighteye-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Otium Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otium-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Partech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/partech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Better Angle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-angle) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Back Market

VC Fund · Paris, France

Back Market is an online marketplace for refurbished electronics. The company brings refurbished electronic devices and appliances to customers in 13 countries (including the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, and more recently, Portugal, Japan, Finland, and Ireland). It employs ateam of 480 employees and counting across its 4 offices located in New York, Berlin, Paris, and Bordeaux.Launched in 2014 by Thibaud Hug de Larauze, Quentin Le Brouster, and Vianney Vaute, Back Market is headquartered in Paris, France.

5 contacts available at Back Market.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vianney Vaute | Co-Founder & CCO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vianney-vaute |
| Arnaud Meunier | Product - Supply & Care | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arnaud-meunier |
| George Yates | Global Senior Lead: Brands & Retailers | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-t-yates |
| Jason Gulledge | Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-gulledge |
| Nicolas Tricot | Senior Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-tricot |

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## FAQ

### What does Thibaud Hug de Larauze invest in?

Thibaud Hug de Larauze invests primarily in Information Technology, CRM and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Thibaud Hug de Larauze's check size?

Thibaud Hug de Larauze typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$7.1M at Seed and $4.5M–$28M 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 Thibaud Hug de Larauze participates in.

### When did Thibaud Hug de Larauze last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thibaud Hug de Larauze closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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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