Partech Ventures

Christelle Pariat is General Partner, CFO and Advisor at Partech. She has more than twenty-five years of experience across audit, internal control, consulting and financial transformation, having led the structuring of finance departments and the international expansion of investment management companies. Her areas of focus include the finance function, asset management, audit and internal control, and strategic consulting.

Rémi Said is Co-Founder, Co-Head and General Partner of Partech Impact, a growth fund at Partech focused on investing in and supporting scalable impact-oriented technology businesses. He previously served as an Executive Vice-President at Bain Capital, where he worked on deals and post-acquisition activities across European portfolio companies including Maisons du Monde, Davigel, Autodistribution, Oscaro.com and Fedrigoni, and earlier was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company in Paris. He graduated from École Polytechnique and holds an MSc in Financial Engineering from Columbia University.

Boris Golden is a General Partner at Partech focused on pre-seed and seed investments in Europe. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and brings experience as an entrepreneur and product professional, along with involvement in over 500 board meetings and workshops, more than 30 fundraising processes totaling over $2 billion, and six M&A transactions. Golden's investment approach emphasizes close founder partnership and support through the early stages of company development.

Bruno Crémel is a General Partner at Partech, a global technology investment firm investing across seed, venture, and growth stages. His career spans retail and private equity, including roles as CEO of Darty France and FNAC France, General Partner at LBO France, and executive positions at Kering, as well as early-career work in government privatization efforts at the French Ministry of Economy. He holds degrees from École Centrale de Paris and Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, and is an alumnus of École Nationale d'Administration.

Cyril Collon is a General Partner at Partech, where he co-leads Partech Africa alongside Tidjane Deme, managing multistage venture capital funds focused on African technology startups. Raised in Africa and having traveled to over 70 countries, he works on digital transformation and technology innovation across the continent.

Jai Choi is co-founder and Managing Partner of Tekton Ventures, an early-stage global investment platform. Before founding Tekton, he was a Venture Partner at Partech from 2006, leading early-stage investments across the US, Asia, and Latin America, and previously held a partner role at Ignite Ventures. Earlier in his career he began at PA Consulting Group, co-founded On-Air Networks (acquired by Loudeye), and was an early employee at OnePage Software (acquired by Sybase). Over 20+ years in Silicon Valley he has invested in 150+ startups including Coupang, Toss, Outdoorsy, Frontier Car Group, Grubmarket, and Flutterwave, and currently also serves as a Venture Partner with Febe Ventures.

Jean-Marc Patouillaud has deep transatlantic experience in Silicon Valley and Europe and, as president of CentraleSupélec Venture, connects elite French technical talent with venture funding.

Nicolas El Baze is a Partner at Tekton Ventures focused on global technology investment. He works with entrepreneurs operating across international markets.

Omri Benayoun is a General Partner at Partech's Growth fund, investing in capital-efficient European technology companies targeting $100M ARR and beyond. His portfolio includes board positions and stakes in companies such as Brandwatch, Brevo, EcoVadis, M-Files, Amboss, Rohlik, and Skello, among others, several of which have been acquired or partially divested to major investors and financial sponsors.

Philippe Collombel is President and Founding Partner at Partech, a venture capital firm with offices in Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Dakar, and Nairobi that has invested in technology and internet companies for over 30 years. As Managing Partner, he focuses on seed, early-stage, and growth investments across marketplaces, fintech, IT-enabled services, and application software, with a track record including 21 IPOs and over 70 trade sales exceeding €100 million. His past and current investments span companies such as Dailymotion, Compte Nickel, ManoMano, Agicap, and Shippeo.

Réza Malekzadeh is a General Partner at Partech with experience spanning early-stage startups and multibillion-dollar enterprises. His background includes roles in enterprise software, virtualization, security, and networking, with early career experience at VMware beginning in 1998. His expertise encompasses go-to-market strategy, product positioning, field marketing, and business development.

Romain Lavault is a General Partner and Executive Committee member at Partech, a position he has held since 2013. He invests in seed-stage startups focused on AI and deeptech across Europe, with a background that includes work as a startup COO in AI and aerospace engineering. His portfolio includes investments in Alan, Blink, Enter, FlexAI, Greenlyte, Material Exchange, Novicap, Ornikar, Peanut, Pennylane, Pydantic, Quibim, The Exploration Company, TheGuarantors, and V7, among others.

Tidjane Dème is a General Partner at Partech, where he co-leads Partech Africa, a fund focused on Series A and B investments in African startups. He has invested in companies including TradeDepot, Yoco, Wave, Nomba, Gebeya, and TerraPay, among others. Dème's background includes founding two companies, seven and a half years at Google in Africa, and earlier experience in coding, consulting, and business development.

Mark Menell is Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Foundry and brings over 30 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking, and operations across technology, media, and ecommerce sectors. His background includes roles as General Partner at Partech Partners leading US growth equity investments, COO and CFO of ShopRunner, founding partner at Rustic Canyon Partners, and principal in Morgan Stanley's Technology M&A Group, where he advised on more than 50 transactions exceeding $150 billion in aggregate value. He has served as an investor and board member for companies including GSI Commerce, which was acquired by eBay in 2011, and has held venture positions at Maveron.

Lewam Kefela is a Principal at Partech Africa, where he works with founders developing solutions across African industries.

Magda Posluszny is a Principal at Partech with seven years of venture investment experience across seed to Series B stages, focusing on B2B software, AI, fintech, and marketplace companies. She has four years of prior operating and founding experience, and manages deal activities including sourcing, negotiation, closing, and portfolio value creation across DACH, UK, Nordic, and CEE regions. Posluszny is fluent in four languages.

Matthieu Marchand is a venture capital investor based in Dakar and Paris. He serves as Principal on the Africa fund at Partech, which invests in startups from Seed to Series C stages that offer pan-African solutions.

Paul Vider is a Principal in Growth Equity at Partech, a global investment platform for technology and digital companies with offices in Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, and Dakar. He has invested in European growth-stage technology companies since 2014, working on Partech's investments in Studocu, Prolific, Upslide, Qplix, and IMP Software. He has also been involved in portfolio management for investments including Brandwatch, Amboss, and The Bouqs.

Pauline Lissavalid is a Principal at Partech Growth Impact, where she focuses on investments in the climate, healthtech, and education sectors. She serves as a Board Observer at FYLD, one of the firm's portfolio companies, which also includes Gireve, Feedback Fruits, xFarm, Makersite, Semble, and Flease.

Victor Huberson is a Principal in Growth Equity at Partech, a global investment platform with offices in Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, and Dakar. At Partech Growth, he focuses on supporting late-stage technology and digital-native European companies.

Vladia Ballesteros is a Principal in Investor Relations at Partech and co-founder of Women in Finance France. She has over two decades of experience spanning private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, and entrepreneurial ventures, with a focus on fundraising and investor engagement. She holds an MBA from the London Business School, has completed CFA Level II, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.

Jean Sini is the founder and managing partner of Irregular Expressions, where he invests in technical founders at pre-seed and seed stages in data, infrastructure, security AI, and developer tools. He has over two decades of experience building and scaling startups as a co-founder while leading engineering teams, and has been advising and investing in founders since 2012. He has focused full-time on investing in infrastructure software since 2018.

Alexis Lancien is a Senior Associate in the Growth Equity team at Partech, a global growth equity fund that invests €25m–€80m from a €650m fund, typically as a minority investor. The fund focuses on European-headquartered technology scale-ups with more than €10m ARR, particularly B2B SaaS companies such as M-Files, EcoVadis, and Brevo. Lancien is also an investor at Cintoo.

Andrew Whiting is a partner in growth equity at Partech, a global investment platform with offices in Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, and Dakar. He has over 15 years of investment and advisory experience in growth stage companies across North America and Europe. Whiting holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Queen's University and a master's degree in finance and economics from the London School of Economics.

Arnaud De Keulenaer has served as Senior Legal Counsel at Partech since 2020, focusing on venture capital and capital investment transactions involving French and international parties. He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2012, following a master's degree in Business Law from University Panthéon Assas (Paris II) in 2009 and further studies at University Paris Dauphine completed in 2010.

Benjamin Auschitzky is a Strategy & Operations Senior Lead at Chapter54 and works with Partech Partners, where he advises C-suite executives on strategic planning and operations across Africa in sectors including mining equipment, FX and liquidity management, construction, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. He has a decade of experience launching and scaling ventures across Europe, Africa, and Asia, including multi-country growth programs that reached over €50M in revenue. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an engineering degree from CentraleSupélec, and is based in Geneva.

Benoît Piquette serves as Chief Information Officer at Partech. His work spans digital transformation programs, the management of complex IT environments, change management, governance implementation, and budget planning and monitoring.

Guillaume Nordlinger is a Principal in Portfolio & Transactions at Partech. With over 20 years of experience in financial analysis, portfolio management, finance operations, team management, and audit across digital business, media, and technology sectors, he works with portfolio companies on value identification, finance function development, and operational performance improvement. He holds a degree from ESSEC Business School and maintains dual French and US citizenship.

Isabelle Tresson is Communications & Marketing Lead at Partech, a global technology investment firm headquartered in Paris with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Milan, Nairobi, and San Francisco. She oversees marketing, external communication, and PR initiatives for the firm and supports its portfolio companies in their communications activities. Outside of work, she has launched a theater-focused podcast called Acte 3 Scène 2.

Keji Mustapha is Chief Marketing Officer at Partech. Before entering venture capital, she worked in fashion, events, and operations, having initially trained toward a career in law. Her professional focus includes building teams, functions, and projects within start-up environments.

Louis Dessal is an investor at Partech Growth, a global growth equity fund that makes €25–120m minority investments from a €650m vehicle, focusing on European technology scale-ups, particularly B2B SaaS companies growing from €10m+ to €100m+ ARR. The fund's first-fund investments include M-Files, EcoVadis, and Brevo. Dessal also serves as a lecturer at HEC Paris.

Marie Benrubi is a Senior Associate at Partech, working with the firm's Africa investment team. She focuses on investments in technology companies across Africa, from Seed to Series C stages.

Marie-Alix Motte is a Community Associate at Partech, where she works on portfolio support through tailored initiatives. She has a background in Sustainability Entrepreneurship and Political Science, and prior experience in venture building, product development, and consulting, including work in the food industry.

Mirja Hitzemann is a Scale Up Success Manager at Chapter54, where she supports European tech companies expanding into African markets. Her prior experience includes launching Spotify's SMB ad sales business in Germany, developing telecommunications partnerships across Francophone Africa, and leading business development for the NBA's Basketball Africa League. She specializes in go-to-market strategy, business development, partnerships, and project management, and is fluent in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Sabrine Chahrour is a VC Senior Associate at Partech, working with the firm's Africa practice. Based in Senegal, she focuses on investments in startups across the African continent.

Sophie Jameau is a Senior Events & Internal Comms Associate at Partech, where she has worked for over a decade. Her work covers event planning and execution as well as internal communications, involving collaboration across teams.

Zoé Lerebourg is a Financial Controller and Internal Valuer for growth, seed, and impact funds at Partech. She previously worked as a financial controller specializing in Real Estate and Proptech at LBO France, as an industrial investment analyst at Stellantis in Austria, and as a financial analyst in unlisted assets at Malakoff Humanis. She holds a Master's degree in Audit and Corporate Finance from EM Normandie.