Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan
InvestorFounder and General Partner at Emblem
Paris, Île-de-France, France
About
Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan is founder and general partner of Emblem, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund focused on French and Nordic entrepreneurs. Previously, she founded and served as CEO of Clustree, an AI-powered HR technology company that was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand for $20 million in 2020. She has been an early-stage investor in over 28 startups and held the position of venture partner at Northzone, where she focused on Series A deal sourcing in France and seed program scouting.
Experience
- EmblemFounder & General Partnercurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- PillarPre-Seed Investorcurrent2025 — presentMilan, Lombardy, Italy
- Volta SoftwarePre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- LovablePre-Seed Investorcurrent2023 — present
- altrovePre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — presentParis, France
- PhacetPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- The Mobile-First CompanyPre-Seed Investorcurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- PivotPre-Seed Investorcurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- NorthzoneScout2021 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
- NAAngel Investor2021 — 2023
- Cornerstone OnDemandAssociate Vice President EMEA2020 — 2021Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- ClustreeFounder and CEO2014 — 2020Région de Paris, France
Education
- INSEADINSEAD ICC2022
- University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneMaster’s degree, Business / Managerial Economics2008 — 2009
- Université Paul CézanneMaster’s degree, Applied Mathematics2004 — 2008
Same school
Also attended INSEAD697
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Also attended University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne94
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Shared employers
Also worked at Volta Software3
Also worked at Lovable22
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