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Marc Menasé

Investor

Chief Investment Officer at Founders Future

Paris, France

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Marc Menasé is a graduate of HEC who began his career at Kelkoo, a price comparison site later sold to Yahoo. He co-founded Nextedia (sold to Groupe Lagardère in 2007), created Meninvest in 2010 (whose properties including Mensquare were sold to Groupe Figaro in 2016), and co-founded the local food marketplace Epicery (acquired by La Poste in 2021). Active as a business angel since 2005 with over a hundred startups backed, he co-created France Digitale and launched Founders Future in 2018.

Invests in

E-commerceImpact & Social GoodMarketing TechMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment

Experience

  1. Founders FutureFounding Partnercurrent2018 — present
  2. Self-employedAngel Investorcurrent2005 — presentÉtats-Unis , Europe
  3. DEE tech SPACCo-founder & CEO2021 — 2024Paris
  4. Zadig & VoltaireMember of the Board2017 — 2023Région de Paris, France
  5. epiceryCo-founder (acquired by Group la Poste)2016 — 2021
  6. Teads.tvFounding partner, board member (acquired by Altice)2008 — 2018
  7. MENINVESTFounder2010 — 2016Paris Area, France
  8. MensquareCo-founder (acquired by le Figaro)2010 — 2016Paris
  9. France DigitaleCo-founder and Co-president2013 — 2015
  10. 25AMNon Executive Board Member (acceleration media)2008 — 2010Région de Cape Town, Afrique du Sud
  11. NEXTEDIAco-founder & MD (acquired by Lagardere)2004 — 2009Paris
  12. KelkooHead of Ecommerce partnerships Kelkoo (acquired by yahoo!)2002 — 2004Paris Area, France

Education

  1. HEC Paris
  2. MSG

Skills & more

AI3Capital-risque20Entrepreneurship50International M&A37Digital Strategy31E-commerce51Marketing Strategy20Management13Digital Marketing32Online Advertising27Fashion18Online Marketing14
+12 moreE-businessAffiliate MarketingWeb AnalyticsSEMSEOBusiness StrategyWeb MarketingMobile MarketingSocial Media MarketingWeb Project ManagementGoogle AnalyticsFashion Design

Languages English · Italian · Spanish

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