# Top 50 Travel Angel Investors in France in June 2026

## Eduardo Ronzano
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Eduardo Ronzano is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolet. He previously worked at The Bradery as a Pre-Seed Investor. Eduardo Ronzano attended ESCP Business School.

## Thibaud Elziere
- Type: Angel
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Thibaud Elziere is the Founder of Hexa. He previously worked at Fotolia as a Founder. Thibaud Elziere attended Technical University of Berlin.

## Felix Haas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Local, Mobile, Sports

Felix Haas is the Executive Chairman and Founder of IDnow. He previously worked at amiando GmbH as a CEO and Co-Founder. Felix Haas attended Stanford University.

## Denis Fayolle
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

Denis Fayolle is the Co-founder & Board Member at Seed & Seeds.

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.

## Ahmed Mhiri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

A visionary in mobility and a scale-up builder, Ahmed Mhiri combines deep tech expertise with bold entrepreneurial spirit.
An engineer specialized in computer science and cybersecurity, he began his career leading major digital transformation and security projects across France and abroad.
In 2012, he founded TravelCar, a pioneering car-sharingplatform for travelers. In just a few years, the company raised $25M, expanded to over 60 countries, and caught the attention of Stellantis, which acquired it in 2019 to build the foundation of Free2move.
As CEO of Free2move, Ahmed has transformed the company into a global leader in flexible mobility, serving both individuals and businesses.
Today, he is redefining the future of mobility: more autonomous, more sustainable, and more seamless — to meet the challenges of a world in motion.

## Thierry Petit
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion

Thierry Petit is a Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Showroomprive.com. Thierry is an Internet entrepreneur, he has nearly 20 years experience in creating start-ups. Thierry has created the first price comparison site in France (toobo.com) sold to Liberty Surf in July 2000. Thierry then created Showroomprive.com in 2006 in partnershipwith David Dayan, a recognized French specialist in stock clearance. Thierry managed to quickly establish the site as a major player in French e-commerce, generating 1bn€ revenue in 2021. Showroomprive.com organizes for its members exclusive sales events on designer brands (ready-to-wear, cosmetics, decoration, travel, ...), with significant reductions (70% on average). In August 2010, Thierry raised a capital of 50 million dollars through US investment funds from Accel Partners (historical investor in Facebook, Groupon, Etsy, ...). This capitalraising gives him the means to:
• Expand internationally and launch the site in Spain, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, and Belgium. • Develop its mobile strategy on all devices (today the mobile represents 50% of sales and 60% of traffic).
Today Showroomprive.com is:
• A team of 500 employees
• A community of 20 million members in Europe
• A turnover of 480 million euros in 2014 (38% growth vs. 2013)Thierry is the Vice-President of Digital France. Thierry is an Investor in several Internet companies and participates as a Business Angel in their development:
Eco-transition : Accenta Energie, BlaBla Car, Everdye, Impak Finance, Syroco, Unbottled, Vendredi
Health : Feeli, Lifen, May,
Education, Tourism, Leisure : CantooScribe, EachOne, Mobee Travel, SnapEvent
Sustainable production and consumption : Anka, Ankorstore, Alittlemarket, L'Armoire à Beauté, Back Market, Bonne Gueule, Selency, Vinted
Agriculture & Food : Les Alchimistes, Confiture Parisienne, FAIR? HighFlyers Capital, Inpulse, Javelot,
Lifestyle : Dancefloor, Masions d'Epinal, Redvisitor,
FinTech : Angelsquare, Lyanne, Memobank, October
RetailTech & AdTech : Ab Tasty, Agilitest, Commanders Act, Cubyn, Jolimoi, Hivency, Storetail, TwicPics, Weglot
Incubators and startups studios : 50 Partners, Sparkling Partners
Impact Funds : 2050, Asterion Impact, Daphni, The Galion.exe, Ring Capital
VC Funds : Accel Partners, FirstMinute, ISAI, QUMRA, SIDE.
More info : http://www.made-for-all.com

## Sébastien FOREST
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Sharing Economy

Sébastien FOREST

## David Botvinik
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

David Botvinik is the Co-Founder at Dashbook. He attended HEC Paris.

## Gilles Babinet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Fashion, Shopping

Gilles Babinet is the Co-Founder of Isotope Energy. He previously worked at Digibonus as a Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director.

## Lukasz Gadowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Lukasz Gadowski is the Founder and CEO of Team Global. He previously worked at Circ as a Co-Founder. Lukasz Gadowski attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

## Paul Dubrule
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Hospitality

Paul Dubrule is the Co-Founder and Director at Accor.

## Alexandre Berriche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Alexandre Berriche is currently the CEO of Fleet, a startup which simplifies the access, management and a sustainable renewal of computers for start ups, scale ups and SMB, helping you focus on your growth.He is also an angel investor (companies include Kocomo, Claap, Finary, Convelio and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital.Before launchingFleet he was VP of Operations and Expansion at Ironhack and Managing Director of Jumia Tunisia, a Rocket Internet’s company.Alexandre is trilingual and holds degrees from IESEG, le Wagon and Victoria University.

## Oleg Tscheltzoff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, SaaS

Oleg Tscheltzoff is Co-Founder & CEO at Fotolia. Oleg Tscheltzoff is the Investor of LOTS18. Oleg Tscheltzoff is one of the top serial internet entrepreneurs but also a successful angel investor with over 30 investments, board member, serious innovator, provocateur, disruptor, and connector. As an entrepreneur, Oleg has leveraged a globalvision and knowledge of international business, management and marketing to develop successful online businesses. In 2004 Oleg co-founded Fotolia.com, the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images. As president, he led the company to the world’s largest microstock photography site. Prior to Fotolia, Oleg co-founded Amen, the leading Internet hosting company in France, which was sold in 2004 to Vianetworks (NASDAC Symbol VNWIE).

## Morten Lund
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Travel, Software

Morten Lund is a serial entrepreneur based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has founded or co-invested in more than 100 high-tech startups in the last 15 years. These include Skype, ZYB, Polar Rose (facial recognition), Bullguard, Tradeshift, AirHelp and itembase. Lund was declared bankrupt in January 2009 from the aftermath of his stalled freenewspaper venture Nyhedsavisen. He announced he was out of bankruptcy in April 2010 and started to rebuild. He has spoken multiple times on failing. With his experiences of never having to look at price tags to riding the subway to events and having his possessions taken away. Since bankruptcy, Lund has had a particular interest in Financial Tech companies. His most notable venture being Tradeshift and later Capital Aid. After seeing first hand the effects of the economic downturn, Lund sees finance as an industry ripe for disruption. Tradeshift's most recent round raised $75 million from Scentan Ventures in February 2014. Lund stays composed and grounded to his startup roots. He works tirelessly on the onlyXO network of companies. His portfolio has an interesting blend of finance, consumer protection, commerce and social companies. The exciting fundXO venture which aims to bring finance to the startup ecosystem is launching soon.Lund creates a synergy amongst his portfolio with partnerships appearing between companies such as Tradeshift and Capital Aid. Some of the onlyXO companies came into existence through solving a particular pain point Lund felt as an investor. pitchXO is one of these companies which gave Lund the answer to what happens to his PDF documents after he sends them through email.

## Charles Petruccelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Charles Petruccelli

## Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux
- Type: Angel
- Location: Levallois-perret, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Real Estate

Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux is the Founder and President of Notus Technologies. He previously worked at Groupe PSA as a Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

## Nicolas Douay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Previously cofounder @ Keldoc - currently early stage investor @ Better Angle

## Marc Menasé
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet

Marc Menasé is a Tech serial entrepreneur and Investor

## Tatiana Jama
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Retail

Tatiana Jama - Co Founder & CEO @ Levia

## Steve Rosenblum
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Mobile

Steve Rosenblum - Directeur général @ The Kase

## Gabriel Jarrosson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Gabriel Jarrosson created his first website at 13, then sold his first startup at 25.
Serial entrepreneur and investor in more than 100 startups with 15 exits, he has since founded Leonis Investissement, a private club that offers its members the opportunity to invest in fast-growing startups in Silicon Valley that they would not have access toalone. He has invested more than $30M through this club.
He is the creator of the YouTube channel "Leonis Investissement", the most followed in France on this theme.
Since 2023, he has also manages Lobster Capital, a $10M investment fund that invests in Silicon Valley startups.

## Alexandre GRUX
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Events, Travel

Alexandre GRUX is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyperlex and also working at Réseau Entreprendre Paris.
He was the Head of Research and Innovation at Kyriba Corporation and Co-Founder of Odyssey 38.
Mr. Grux graduated from Normal School Superior of Cachan with an MS in Numerical computations and mathematical optimization major.

## Oliver Jung
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet

Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight.

## Christophe Poupinel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Leisure

Chairman & CEO/founder of Fine Media - Ooreka one of the top 5 of fastest growing websites in France along with Twitter and Dropbox.

## Alexandre Goujon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Rental, Travel

Alexandre Goujon - Managing Partner and Co-Founder @ Innovigo

## Jean-David Blanc
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Internet, iOS

Jean-David has always been a tremendous entrepreneur since he started his first company at the age of 16. At that time, he created an interactive service company (Concerto Telematique) for brands such as Coca Cola, Marlboro or Renault. In 1993, he created AlloCine, an internet multimedia movie guide service which rapidly became France #1destination for movies, cinema and entertainment and one of France’s most famous internet success stories. AlloCine was sold to Vivendi in 2001. Prior co-founding Molotov with Pierre Lescure in 2015, he invested in several successful companies such as Meetic, Amalto technologies, Restopolitan, Veoprint, Square Inc. or The Cools.

## Frederic Halley
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Retail

Frederic is an investor focusing on early-stage technology companies in Europe. Some of his area of interests include Retailtech, Saas, AI and traveltech. He has a long experience working with technology companies as an operator, an advisor or a Non-Executive Director (NED) / Board Member.

## Mathieu ROUGET
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Automotive, Marketplace, Rental

Mathieu ROUGET is a Partner at Wagram Corporate Finance. He attended AgroParisTech.

## Klaus Nyengaard
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps

Klaus Nyengaard is the co-founder and Chairman of GenieBelt, a SaaS-based platform that develops project management software. He is also co-founder of the investment club, Nordic Makers. He serves as the co-chairman of Treatwell, a beauty and wellness community marketplace.
Nyengaard has previously been CEO & Chairman of Just-Eat pre-IPO, andbuild a number of tech companies.
In 1994, Klaus Nyengaard graduated from Aarhus University with a specialized degree in economics and management.

## Daniel Marhely
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Music, Software

Daniel Marhely Co-Founded Blogmusik S.A. Daniel Marhely is Founder of Deezer S.A. and serves as its Director. In 2004, he co-founded the dating site Lovelee.com. In 2006, he developed the first version of Deezer, called Blogmusik, in Paris, with the objective of providing music lovers with unlimited access to audio content using streamingtechnology. He served as General Manager of Monster Capital.

## Chris Adelsbach
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

## Nicolas Brumelot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel Accommodations, Travel, Tourism

Nicolas Brumelot - Co-founder and President @ MisterFly

## Jean-Emile Rosenblum
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Mobile

Jean-Emile Rosenblum is the Co-Founder and served as Co-Chairman and Vice President of Pixmania SA. Mr. Rosenblum co-founded of Dot Corp. and Dot Corp Private Equity Fund I. He is the Co-Founder and E-business Managing Director at Fotovista SA. He serves on the board of Restopolitan.

## Jonathan Azoulay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Web Apps, Education

Jonathan Azoulay is cofounder of Talent.io, first selective recruitment platform in Europe.
He created Talent.io on march 2015 with Amit Aharoni and Nicolas Meunier. During the 1st year they raised 2M€ to support the project hyper growth and to recruit a 20 people team.
Today, +1000 companies are using the platform every week to recruit theirengineers, +2000 of them are signing up every month.
Before that , Jonathan worked for 10 years in the recruitment business, creating Urban Linker in 2009 - the french leader recruitment agency in digital space.
As Business Angel, he invests in a couple of startups as Fleex (acquired by Reverso in 2015), The family, Marks and Job Around Me.

## Celine Lazorthes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Céline Lazorthes is the optimistic and passionate founder and CEO of Leetchi Group which includes leetchi.com, the European leading online money pot (+5M users), and MANGOPAY, the disruptive B2B payment solution dedicated to Marketplaces, Crowdfunding and Sharing Economy.D eeply engaged in the start-up community, Céline is a founding member ofFrance Digitale, an active business angel and a regular speaker on entrepreneurship and FinTech, including the Noah Conference (London, 2012), NEXT (Berlin, 2013) and Wired Money (London, 2015).

## Mounir Laggoune
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Internet, Ticketing

Mounir Laggoune is the CEO at Finary. He attended Singapore Management University.

## Bertrand Mabille
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Travel Agency

Bertrand Mabille - Partner @ Epsa Group

## Dominique Vidal
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Dominique Vidal is a Venture Partner at Index Ventures.

## Loic Le Meur
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, Hardware

Loic Le Meur - Founder & CEO @ Leade.rs

## Antoine de Rochefort
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

co-founder selftrade.com
co-founder poweo.com

## Benjamin Haycraft
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Benjamin Haycraft

## Carlos Da Silva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Corbeil-essonnes, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Rental, Travel

Carlos Da Silva - MP of Essonne @ Government of France

## Didier Valet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Didier Valet

## Deniz DK
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Software, Logistics

Deniz DK

## Emmanuel Guyot
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Internet

Emmanuel Guyot - Co-Founder & CEO @ Edoki Academy

## Nevzat Aydın
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce

Nevzat Aydın is the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, the first and biggest online food delivery portal in Turkey.Born in 1976 in İstanbul, Nevzat Aydın completed his secondary education at the Bursa Anatolian High School. Following his graduation from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he went to the United States where he receivedhis MBA at the University of San Francisco in Silicon Valley.During his stay in the United States, Aydın followed the latest developments on e-trade before he returned to Turkey in 2000 to launch his project, Yemeksepeti.com. Serving as the CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, Nevzat Aydın introduced a brand new dimension to e-trade in Turkey.In 2007, Yemeksepeti.com was selected the “Endeavor Entreprenur” by Endeavor Turkey. Aydin was also selected the “Most Successful Turkish Young Entrepreneur” by the CNBC-e Business magazine in 2010 for his successful work since the foundation of Yemeksepeti.com.As the founder and CEO of Yemeksepeti.com, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in 2012, he won the first prize in 2011 in the “Male Entrepreneur of the Year” category at the “Businesspeople of the Year” survey conducted by the Ekonomist magazine among nearly 3,000 business people.Aydin is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and a founding member of Galata Business Angels.Aydın was one of the 150 entrepreneurs invited from all over the world to the Entrepreneurship Summit held by US President Barack Obama on April 26-27, 2010.He was also among the speakers at the DLD (Digital-Life-Design) Conference, which is deemed as one of the world's most prestigious conferences with its content on innovation and developments in the digital world. He is also an editorial advisor of GQ Turkey, one of the 5 “dragons” of the Dragons’ Den Turkey show, and a Board Member of Trabzonspor sports club.

## Olivier Mathiot
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps

Olivier Mathiot - President @ Thecamp

## Frédéric Mazzella
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Apps

Frédéric Mazzella is the Founder and President at BlaBlaCar. Frédéric Mazzella attended The Stanford University.

## Xavier Chauvin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Päri, Western Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Software

Xavier Chauvin is the Member of the digital investment committee at Campsider.

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