Dušan Stojanović (Paris, France), Founder and Director
A European with a Swedish passport, Dušan was nominated by the European Business Angel Network in 2009 for "European Business Angel of the Year". He worked for more than 15 years in business development, primarily in e-payments/e-commerce an financial services with GE Capital, Monabanq.com, and his own ventures. Has invested in totoal in 25 ventures either directly or indirectly through funds (Paris Angels Capital and DAD Asia). Starting to have a solid track record with 6 years direct investing experience: 2 out of 8 investments IPOed (Dibs on First North in Sweden in 2007 and Prowebce on NYSE Alternext in France in 2010) All investments have reached a first break-even point and none has closed down.
David S. Rose (New York, US), Co- Investor
Described by Crain's New York Business as "the Father of Angel Investing in New York", David is one of the most active business angel investors in the United States, having founded or funded over 80 high technology startups. He is the founder and Chairman of New York Angels, Chairman of Egret Capital Partners, and CEO of Angelsoft, which operates the global platform used by over 20,000 investors in 500 business angel groups and venture funds.
Jan Andresen (Hamburg, Germany), Co- Investor and Member of the Investment Committee
The 2010 Keynote speaker at the European Business Angel Network Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan is a successful technology entrepreneur who turned to angel investing following the sale of his company, Elkware, to telecommunications giant Infospace.
Denis Daull (Paris, France), Co- Investor and Member of the Investment Committee
Denis has 12 years of managed services delivery, along with extensive exposure to cloud hosting and related technologies : engineering services and project management in the context of system migrations, audit/optimisation, security/back-up and storage infrastructure. He is an active Business Angel, having invested in more than 20 tech ventures directly and through the Paris Angels Capital Fund, where he is a member of the Invetsment Committee and the Board.
Petter Sehlin (Orebro, Sweden), Co- Investor
Petter is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first enterprise in 1993. During the years Petter has acted as a founder and investor in more than 15 tech enterprises, the most well-known being Net Solutions, TurnIT, Tradera/eBay and Silex Microsystems. Today, Petter has 8 ongoing investments and is actively building his own business within customized hosting and storage solutions used by high-traffic websites and online shops. Petter has experience from several successful exits and trade-sales
Kristian Hansson (Stockholm, Sweden), Co- Investor and Member of the Investment Committee
Kristian has over 15 years of experience from IT and supply chain management. Kristian led the work of founding Memnon and building the platform that is still used today. Kristian is today an active angel and holds a M.Sc. from Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Winner of the Swedish Logistic and Supply Chain Management Price 2004 for the most innovative Logistic solution appointed by the Transport Association in Sweden.
Dmitri Ilinykh (Seattle, US), Co- Investor
Dmitri is CEO of Helixmate Technology, which he founded after half a decade as a senior software engineer at Amazon.com. Dmitri has broad experience in transaction processing, database design and embedded software, with a particular interest in highly scalable computing and adaptive software design.
Julian Marland (Hong Kong, China), Co- Investor and Member of the Investment Committee
A seasoned financial executive from London, Julian now lives in Hong Kong where he runs a fundraising consultancy, Brakeley Asia, advising non-profits throughout Asia. Earlier he was a relationship manager at Chase Manhattan Bank, before being tapped as Major Gifts Officer for the British Museum and then Development Director for the South Bank Centre. He holds an MA from Oxford and an MBA from London Business School. At TGV he is co-lead on the investment in the online trading platform, SharesPost, and has looked at a number of Chinese opportunities. He has made personal investments in DaD Asia in Shanghai and an internet business in Kunming.
Jose Marin (Brazil, Russia, Spain & US), Co- Investor
In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (replica of eBay for Latin America). The company raised over 75 million USD in capital, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq (end of 2006 at $2 billion USD).
Jose was the founding partner and Managing Director of eVision Partners, an investment company in the technology space for emerging markets. In this adventure, participated in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (Pan European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006).
Currently Jose is the Managing Director and co-Founder of IG Expansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets, mainly Spain and Latin America. Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in 48 start-ups. Currently 42 active investments, one liquidated and 5 exits yielding over 2.5 x return on the total capital invested.
Jose was the founding partner and Managing Director of eVision Partners, an investment company in the technology space for emerging markets. In this adventure, participated in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (Pan European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006).
Currently Jose is the Managing Director and co-Founder of IG Expansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets, mainly Spain and Latin America. Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in 48 start-ups. Currently 42 active investments, one liquidated and 5 exits yielding over 2.5 x return on the total capital invested.
Erik Rosen (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Co- Investor and Member of the Investment Committee
Erik is the owner of Applied Models in Amsterdam, and an active business angel. Erik has a M.Sc. in Physics from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Fabrice Grinda (New York, US), Co - Investor
In March of 2006, Fabrice co-founded OLX, Inc. with business partner Alec Oxenford, in the hopes of building the largest free local classified site in the world. As co-founder and co-CEO, Fabrice drives the company’s business development, investor relations, M&A and product development efforts. OLX now has 150 employees and is present in 90 countries and 40 languages with over 130 million unique visitors per month.
Fabrice is also a prolific angel investor with over 90 active tech investments in various companies including Viajanet, Peopleperhour, Brightroll, and many others.
Fabrice is also a prolific angel investor with over 90 active tech investments in various companies including Viajanet, Peopleperhour, Brightroll, and many others.
Magnus Emilson (Gothenburg, Sweden) , Co - Investor
Co Founder of Mind AB, an Internet company listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in June 2000.
Seed financer of TradeDoubler AB, European leader of performance based marketing. The company went public on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in November 2005. Was on the board from the start up to June 2006.
Founder of Emred International, an Investment company focusing on start up companies within the IT & hospitality industry. The company is today involved in several different ventures, both in France, Sweden and China, i e Livebookings Network, ProWebCE France and Jetshop AB. In total Magnus has done about 20 investments
Founder and CEO of Visit Technology Group AB, market leader of destination marketing and reservation software in Scandinavia
Seed financer of TradeDoubler AB, European leader of performance based marketing. The company went public on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in November 2005. Was on the board from the start up to June 2006.
Founder of Emred International, an Investment company focusing on start up companies within the IT & hospitality industry. The company is today involved in several different ventures, both in France, Sweden and China, i e Livebookings Network, ProWebCE France and Jetshop AB. In total Magnus has done about 20 investments
Founder and CEO of Visit Technology Group AB, market leader of destination marketing and reservation software in Scandinavia
Gérard Breton (Paris, France), CO - Investor
Co-founder of Ordiconseil sold to MB Electronique in 1989
MBO of Ordibail in 1991 sold to Arius (BNP Paribas) in 2000.
Since 19 investments mostly tech investments including Viadeo,4GSecure mainly in France but also internationally
MBO of Ordibail in 1991 sold to Arius (BNP Paribas) in 2000.
Since 19 investments mostly tech investments including Viadeo,4GSecure mainly in France but also internationally