Damien Balsan
InvestorGeneral Partner at Conexo Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M
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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
- firmlyPresident/Co-Foundercurrent2019 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- Conexo VenturesCo-Founder General Partnercurrent2018 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- LoginIDBoard of Directorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- KushkiBoard of Director/investorcurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
- GreenlyMember Of The Board Of Advisorscurrent2020 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- TBD AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- PayByCarBoard Of Advisorscurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
- MishiPayBoard of Advisorcurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CHARTRESBoard Membercurrent2010 — present
- AtaniMember Board of Directors2022 — 2026Madrid
- HalgoCo-Founder Board member2020 — 2023Boston
- AppleBoard/strategic advisor/Entrepreneur in residence Mobeewave (acquired by Apple)2018 — 2020Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Samsung Electronics AmericaHead of Business Development Samsung Pay, EVP loopPay Samsung Pay2015 — 2018Greater Boston Area
- LoopPayEVP Business Development and Strategy, Founding Team2014 — 2018Greater Boston Area
- LoopPayCOO, Founding Team2013 — 2014Greater Boston Area
- PayPalDirector Ecosystem Partnerships2011 — 2013Greater Boston Area
- NOKIADirector, Head of NFC Business Development Americas2007 — 2011
- VerifoneVP Marketing and Bus Dev (founding team) WAY Systems acquired by Verifone2002 — 2007Greater Boston Area
- GEMPLUS CardGM South America1997 — 2001
- GEMPLUS CardSales Director Central/East Europe1994 — 1997
- GEMPLUS CardMarketing Manager Telecom1993 — 1994
- OrangeBusiness Development Manager1991 — 1993
Skills & more
GSM3POS4SaaS18Software as a Service (SaaS)1EMV3Strategy99Management68Leadership21Mobile Payments99Smart Cards25Mobile Communications70NFC99
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Colleagues at Conexo Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Damien Balsan?
- 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.
- 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.
- Where did Damien Balsan go to school?
- Damien Balsan studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA, Management of Technology); ISC Paris (Master's degree, Business Administration); Sainte-Croix de Neuilly (baccalaureat C, Mathematics and Physics).
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Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management774
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Also attended ISC Paris14
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 Neuilly7
Géraldine FilletSenior Associate at EducapitalClaude-Sebastien LerbourgInvestment Director at Supernova InvestChristophe DefertPartner & Head of Climate Transition Partners at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.François SimonInvestor at Agami Family OfficeAlban SenlisManaging Director at HayfinPierre MirikelamInvestor at Chequers Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kushki5
Also worked at MishiPay4
Also worked at Samsung Electronics America15
Anna ChenInvestor at Madrona Venture GroupHannah ShorePrincipal, Head of Network at StripesHelen LinHead of People Operations at Samsung NextReece PachecoPartner at PropellerL. Jasmine KimStrategic Advisor at DigiTx Partners LLCWill GraylinAngel
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Also worked at PayPal207
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC
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