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Julien Pageaud

Investor

General Partner at Sparkle Ventures

France

Writes $250K – $2M checks · typically $750K

About

Julien Pageaud founded Sparkle Ventures, a deep tech investment firm, and brings over 20 years of investment industry experience, including a decade in PE/VC investing. Previously, he held positions as Chief Investment Officer at Nomura, worked at Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital, and served as an aerospace technology engineer at Safran Defence. He holds an engineering degree from ESIEE, a master's degree in physics from UPEM, and a master's degree in finance from ESSEC, and currently advises the Investment and Entrepreneurship Center at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence.

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Experience

  1. MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)Advisor to the IECcurrent2024 — presentAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
  2. Sparkle VenturesMerchant Banking, Foundercurrent2022 — present
  3. NomuraChief Investment Officer and Tech Lead2017 — 2021
  4. Goldman SachsExecutive Director2014 — 2017
  5. Barclays Investment BankDirector2007 — 2014
  6. BNP ParibasAssociate2004 — 2006
  7. SafranComputer Vision Research Engineer2001 — 2003Paris, Île-de-France, France
  8. TotalEnergiesPhysicist2000 — 2001

Education

  1. ESSEC Business SchoolMSc, Finance2003 — 2004
  2. ESIEE PARISEngineer's Degree, Physics & Applications in Industrial Process1999 — 2002
  3. Université Paris-EstMaster of Advanced Study, Quantum Physics2001 — 2002

Skills & more

Investment Banking41Corporate Finance25Fixed Income27Equity Derivatives8Derivatives41Private Equity7Capital Markets18Valuation7Financial Modeling7Financial Markets12Risk Management11Financial Structuring5
+12 moreFinancial AnalysisData AnalysisAIStart-upsBlockchainRuby on RailsInterest Rate DerivativesQuantitative FinanceCryptoStructured ProductsLeveraged FinanceLBO

Languages English · French · Portuguese (Brasileiro) · Spanish

From Julien's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended ESSEC Business School164

Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalJonas SimoninInvestor at DaphniMarie FerriInvestor at DaphniPierre GalletInvestor at DaphniSauvanne Saint-LégerInvestor at DaphniSofia DahouneInvestor at Daphni

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Also attended ESIEE PARIS8

Paul BazinInvestor at DaphniValère RamesPartner at C4 VenturesSøren Jessen NielsenOperations Partner at PSV Hafnium at PSVJean-Pierre HumbertFounder at Scientipole Ile-de-France CapitalMatthieu CoutetPartner, Biovelocita Strategy at Sofinnova PartnersLaurent DelaportePartner at 50 Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Nomura116

Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsThomas JuvinManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal InvestmentsMarkInvestor at Boundary CapitalSercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorpElisabeth SpencerAssociate — Endurance at Energize Ventures

+ 110 more

Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,237

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Barclays Investment Bank195

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalJohn McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx

+ 189 more

Also worked at BNP Paribas194

Alessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneCarlos ContiManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupPauline BréantFinance Manager at Newfund CapitalRoy ChngInvestment Manager - Finance at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaxime BucaillePrincipal at Draper AssociatesAlexis HoussouFounder & Managing Partner at HCVC

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Colleagues at Sparkle Ventures

Thibaut Chessé
Partner at Sparkle Ventures