About
Francois Ruether is a Vice President at Paladin, which he joined in January 2020. He was previously a Venture Partner at Global Founders Capital, where he worked on AI/machine learning and advanced technologies, and earlier held roles in investment banking at BNP Paribas, private equity at Hillgate Capital, and corporate strategy at ThyssenKrupp. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.B.A. from Imperial College London and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from ETH Zurich.
Experience
- Paladin Capital GroupVice-Presidentcurrent2020 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- MimicaInvestor & Boardcurrent2025 — present
- steadybitBoard Director & Investorcurrent2024 — present
- UnitaryInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- SandboxAQInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- VirtuosoBoard Observer & Investorcurrent2021 — present
- IriusRiskBoard Observer & Investorcurrent2021 — present
- DecentriqBoard Director & Investorcurrent2020 — present
- Global Founders CapitalVenture Partner2018 — 2020London, United Kingdom
- Hillgate Capital LimitedPrivate Equity MBA Summer Intern2018London, UK
- Imperial College Business School Finance ClubCo-founder2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional BankingInvestment Banking Industrials - MBA Intern2017Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- ThyssenKruppCorporate Strategy2014 — 2017Essen und Umgebung, Deutschland
- ThyssenKruppGraduate Rotational Programme2013 — 2014Germany
- NASASummer Intern2009Houston und Umgebung, Texas
- Commerzbank AGInvestment Banking Summer Intern2008Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Skills & more
Matlab7R7VBA8Investment Banking4Business Strategy3Financial Analysis4Linux1Fortran1Microsoft Office3Bloomberg1Microsoft Excel4Python1
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ManagementFactSetNLTKProject ManagementLeadershipFinancial ModelingStrategyTeamworkMachine LearningEntrepreneurshipStart-upsProgrammingLanguages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch
- Machine Learning — Coursera
From Francois's professional profile.
Colleagues at Paladin Capital Group
Alan Barton
Senior Advisor at Paladin Capital Group
Alex van Someren
Strategic Advisor at Paladin Capital Group
Alexander Krespi
Associate at Paladin Capital Group
Alf Andreassen
Global Security Expert at Paladin Capital Group
Alf Andreassen, PhD
Global Security Expert at Paladin Capital Group
Andrea Rigoni
Strategic Advisor at Paladin Capital Group
Andrew Mallory
Capital Development Senior Associate at Paladin Capital Group
Brenda Chia
Chief of Capital Development at Paladin Capital Group
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Cedric AsselmanScout
Partner at Global Founders Capital
Fabricio PettenaScout
Investment Partner at Global Founders Capital
David Sainteff
Investment Partner at Global Founders Capital
Leo Banchik
Partner at Voyager Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Francois Ruether?
- Francois Ruether is a Vice President at Paladin, which he joined in January 2020. He was previously a Venture Partner at Global Founders Capital, where he worked on AI/machine learning and advanced technologies, and earlier held roles in investment banking at BNP Paribas, private equity at Hillgate Capital, and corporate strategy at ThyssenKrupp. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.B.A. from Imperial College London and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from ETH Zurich.
- Where does Francois Ruether work?
- Francois Ruether is Vice President at Paladin Capital Group.
- Where did Francois Ruether go to school?
- Francois Ruether studied at Imperial College London (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics); ETH Zürich (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mathematics); Imperial Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA).
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