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Damien Balsan

Investor

General Partner at Conexo Ventures

Boston, Massachusetts

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Damien Balsan is a technology entrepreneur and venture investor with approximately $500 million in aggregate exits over the past decade. He co-founded LoopPay, which was acquired by Samsung, and has held executive and business development roles at companies including Samsung Pay, Nokia, and PayPal. He currently serves as president and co-founder of Firmly and maintains board or advisory positions at LoginID, Kushki, Halgo, and Greenly.

Experience

  1. firmlyPresident/Co-Foundercurrent2019 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. Conexo VenturesCo-Founder General Partnercurrent2018 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. LoginIDBoard of Directorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  4. KushkiBoard of Director/investorcurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
  5. GreenlyMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2020 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  6. TBD AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  7. PayByCarBoard Of Advisorscurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
  8. MishiPayBoard of Advisorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  9. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CHARTRESBoard Membercurrent2010 — present
  10. AtaniMember Board of Directors2022 — 2026Madrid
  11. HalgoCo-Founder Board member2020 — 2023Boston
  12. AppleBoard/strategic advisor/Entrepreneur in residence Mobeewave (acquired by Apple)2018 — 2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  13. Samsung Electronics AmericaHead of Business Development Samsung Pay, EVP loopPay Samsung Pay2015 — 2018Greater Boston Area
  14. LoopPayEVP Business Development and Strategy, Founding Team2014 — 2018Greater Boston Area
  15. LoopPayCOO, Founding Team2013 — 2014Greater Boston Area
  16. PayPalDirector Ecosystem Partnerships2011 — 2013Greater Boston Area
  17. NOKIADirector, Head of NFC Business Development Americas2007 — 2011
  18. VerifoneVP Marketing and Bus Dev (founding team) WAY Systems acquired by Verifone2002 — 2007Greater Boston Area
  19. GEMPLUS CardGM South America1997 — 2001
  20. GEMPLUS CardSales Director Central/East Europe1994 — 1997

Education

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Management of Technology2001 — 2002
  2. ISC ParisMaster's degree, Business Administration1987 — 1991
  3. Sainte-Croix de Neuillybaccalaureat C, Mathematics and Physics1977 — 1986

Skills & more

GSM3POS4SaaS18Software as a Service (SaaS)1EMV3Strategy99Management68Leadership21Mobile Payments99Smart Cards25Mobile Communications70NFC99
+12 morePaymentsVenture CapitalEntrepreneurStrategic PartnershipsMobile CommerceMobileMobile ApplicationsStart-upsMobile DevicesEntrepreneurshipMobile TechnologyMobile Banking

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Colleagues at Conexo Ventures

Candido Martinez
Investor at Conexo Ventures
Isaac de la Peña
Partner at Conexo Ventures
Javier Gonzalez
Investor at Conexo Ventures
José María Navarro
Investor at Conexo Ventures
Mateo Tiberghien
Senior Associate at Conexo Ventures

Network5

Candido Martinez
Investor at Conexo Ventures
Isaac de la Peña
Partner at Conexo Ventures
Javier Gonzalez
Investor at Conexo Ventures
José María Navarro
Investor at Conexo Ventures
Mateo Tiberghien
Senior Associate at Conexo Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Damien Balsan work?
Damien Balsan is General Partner at Conexo Ventures.
What check size does Damien Balsan write?
Damien Balsan typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management489

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Also attended ISC Paris11

Yu-Hsin WangAssociate at QuantonationVladia BallesterosPrincipal, Investor Relations at Partech VenturesRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture PartnersMaxime OurnacSenior Operations Manager at Hivemind Capital PartnersLaure GoupilHead of Investor Relations at Axeleo CapitalDavid MortamaisManaging Partner at MAVA Ventures

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Also attended Sainte-Croix de Neuilly2

Géraldine FilletSenior Associate at EducapitalClaude-Sebastien LerbourgInvestment Director at Supernova Invest

Shared employers

Also worked at Kushki5

Patricia CamareroPrincipal at 14WSebastián Castro GalnaresGeneral Partner at alpha4 venturesIsaac de la PeñaPartner at Conexo VenturesLevy RaizVenture Partner at LaunchBay CapitalAlejandro EchavarriaManaging Partner at Marathon Ventures

Also worked at MishiPay4

Julia HuangPartner at Vesey VenturesTrevor JonesAngel Investor Network Manager at The FSE GroupCarles Ferrer RoquetaGeneral Partner at Nauta CapitalJacopo DrudiPartner, Growth at United Ventures

Also worked at Samsung Electronics America6

L. Jasmine KimStrategic Advisor at DigiTx Partners LLCBaxter PerkinsSenior Associate at Ballast Point VenturesReece PachecoPartner at Propeller VCIdo MichaelFounder at PloomberEli SemoryFounder at Texel.aiEffy ZhangFounder at Baserun

Also worked at PayPal137

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC

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