About
Éric Carreel is an engineer who earned a PhD in radiocommunication engineering in 1990 and launched his first company, Inventel, with Jacques Lewiner that same year. In 2008 he co-founded Withings, a connected health device company, with Cédric Hutchings and Frédéric Potter; he sold it to Nokia and reacquired it in 2018. He has authored more than 50 patents and joined the French Academy of Technologies in 2017.
Invests in
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoT
Experience
- WithingsChairmancurrent2018 — presentIssy-les-Moulineaux, Île-de-France, France
- InvoxiaPresidentcurrent2010 — present
- ZoovChairman2017 — 2021Vanves
- SculpteoPresident2009 — 2019
- WithingsChairman2008 — 2016France
- FrenchTechChef de Fil2013 — 2016
- ThomsonCTO Thomson premises System2007
- ThomsonGeneral Manager Advanced Development Product Group2006 — 2007
- InventelCo-founder & CEO2002 — 2005
- ESPCIMaitre de conference1985 — 2002
Education
- ESPCI Paris - PSLEngineer, Telecommunication1979 — 1984
- Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityPHD, Cordless telecommunications1986 — 1990
- Ecole Sainte Genevieve
Skills & more
Product Management90Start-ups87Mobile Devices85Wireless69Telecommunications52
From Éric's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
Investor
Inventel
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at 2050
Arnaud Le Rodallec
Co-founder & CPO/CTO, Fifteen at 2050
Aude Duprat
General Secretary at 2050
Cédric Malengreau
Sustainability and Corporate communication director, Secretary General, Crédit Mutuel Arkea at 2050
Christian Couturier
Director, Solagro at 2050
Diana Krantz
Investor at 2050
Ed Zimmerman
Founding Partner, First Close Partners at 2050
Emmanuelle Hoss
Executive Director, SEM Paris at 2050
Fabrice de Gaudemar
Investor & Co-founder, Qotto at 2050
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Éric Carreel work?
- Éric Carreel is Co-founder & Chairman, Withings at 2050.
- What does Éric Carreel invest in?
- Éric Carreel invests in Digital Health, Hardware, Healthtech, IoT.
Same school
Also attended ESPCI Paris - PSL2
Also attended Pierre and Marie Curie University48
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