# Thomas HERLIN

> Thomas HERLIN is a seed investor at Cryptense (Sophia Antipolis) backing Software and SaaS. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cryptense](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cryptense)
- Location: Sophia Antipolis, France
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasherlin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/therlin
- Website: https://x.com/therlin

Thomas HERLIN is a seed investor at Cryptense in Sophia Antipolis focused on Software and SaaS. Thomas HERLIN is the CSO & Shareholder at Cryptense. He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 50% |
| SaaS | 3 | 38% |
| Internet | 3 | 38% |
| Big Data | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Declique | Declique specializes in quantifying the loss of time and money on production lines. |  | Seed | Mar 14, 2020 |  |
| Foodomarket | La place de marché des restaurateurs pour comparer et optimiser leurs achats ! |  | Seed | Aug 10, 2019 |  |
| Silex Cognitive Sourcing | Silex is a french based startup that offers the first cognitive sourcing platform as a SaaS. Renowned for its technological expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data applied to Purchasing, Silex helps procurement teams achieve better sourcing performance and automate recurring tasks. |  | Seed | Mar 05, 2017 |  |
| Cenareo | Created in 2012 by four gifted IT engineers, Cenareo (formerly CityMeo) is a highly innovative company that develops intuitive and collaborative solutions for managing digital signage in SaaS mode. This year, they were delighted to announce the opening of their first offices outside France in Munich, Germany; as they continue to expand andconsolidate their market-leading business. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Studeal | La plateforme de bons plans étudiants et de gestion d'associations étudiantes. The platform of good student plans and management of student associations. Studeal allows Students to take advantage of good plans and discounts for students. Student associations to easily manage the different poles of their association, Companies to promote anddisseminate their special offers students. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |
| Mirakl Target2Sell | Target2Sell is the first open & real-time Artificial Intelligence platform dedicated to the hyper-personalization of the customer experience, for all digital channels and compatible with all retail commerce solutions. Already more than 450 retailer websites (Sephora, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, BUT, Micromania, Auchan, Monoprix, Camaïeu,Etam, Manutan ...) have adopted it and increase their sales tenfold: join them in 1-to-1 commerce revolution!Co-founders:François Ziserman: François has extensive experience in the software industry. He founded and managed multiple software companies (Wokup, Medience) and has been an e-commerce consultant for over seven years (Araok). He was advisor of some major businesses on their e-commerce strategy (Darty, Alinéa, American Express, etc.).Adrien Coutarel: Adrien worked for more than six years for a large e-commerce software company. In this job he dealt with a large range of issues, with one common challenge: the increase of sales through merchandising. Among his clients were HP, Asos, and Otto. |  | Seed | May 01, 2013 |  |
| Silex Cognitive Sourcing | Silex is a french based startup that offers the first cognitive sourcing platform as a SaaS. Renowned for its technological expertise in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data applied to Purchasing, Silex helps procurement teams achieve better sourcing performance and automate recurring tasks. |  | Seed |  |  |
| Mirakl Target2Sell | Target2Sell is the first open & real-time Artificial Intelligence platform dedicated to the hyper-personalization of the customer experience, for all digital channels and compatible with all retail commerce solutions. Already more than 450 retailer websites (Sephora, Galeries Lafayette, Yves Rocher, BUT, Micromania, Auchan, Monoprix, Camaïeu,Etam, Manutan ...) have adopted it and increase their sales tenfold: join them in 1-to-1 commerce revolution!Co-founders:François Ziserman: François has extensive experience in the software industry. He founded and managed multiple software companies (Wokup, Medience) and has been an e-commerce consultant for over seven years (Araok). He was advisor of some major businesses on their e-commerce strategy (Darty, Alinéa, American Express, etc.).Adrien Coutarel: Adrien worked for more than six years for a large e-commerce software company. In this job he dealt with a large range of issues, with one common challenge: the increase of sales through merchandising. Among his clients were HP, Asos, and Otto. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## About Cryptense

VC Fund · Valbonne, France

The Cryptense team has considerable experience working with new technologies and specifications still undergoing change.

1 contacts available at Cryptense.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thomas HERLIN | CSO & Shareholder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-herlin |

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas HERLIN invest in?

Thomas HERLIN invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Thomas HERLIN last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas HERLIN closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 8 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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