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Maxime Pasquier

Investor

Investor at BlackWood Ventures

Copenhagen, Denmark

Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $500K

About

Maxime Pasquier is a Principal at BlackWood, a €22M venture fund, where he invests between €100k and €1M in pre-seed and seed stage startups across Europe, focusing on fintech and frontier technologies. He leads the fund's investment sourcing and decision-making across 28 countries and manages internal infrastructure including an IC voting platform and portfolio support tools. Pasquier is a serial entrepreneur with three previous founding experiences and serves as a mentor at INSEAD, HEC, and Berkeley SkyDeck.

Experience

  1. BlackWoodPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
  2. BlackWoodInvestor2024 — 2025Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
  3. WorkinRacingCo-Founder2022 — 2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. FoundersLaneVenture Developer2022 — 2023Berlin, Germany
  5. FoundersLaneVenture Architect2021 — 2022Berlin, Germany
  6. MIRAI FOODSVenture Analyst2021Zurich, Switzerland
  7. GlassDollarVenture Scout2020 — 2021Berlin, Germany
  8. Star AllianceBusiness Analyst2019Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
  9. HSBCSummer Analyst2017Paris, Île-de-France, France

Education

  1. ESCPMaster's degree2019 — 2021
  2. EDHEC Business SchoolBachelor's degree2015 — 2019
  3. Repton SchoolSummer Camp2013

Skills & more

Fund ManagementPortfolio ManagementNew Venture Development3Investment Management3Start-up Leadership4Start-up Ventures1Venture Financing1Venture Capital1Venture Development1Business StrategyManagement7Stratégie6
+12 morePublic SpeakingMarketingTravail d’équipeCorporate FinanceMarket ResearchBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AnalysisData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisProject ManagementBankingResearch

Languages English · French · German

  • Financial Analysis FundamentalsCorporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
  • Intro to Programming Nanodegree - HTML - CSS - Python - JavaScriptUdacity
  • Global Diplomacy – Diplomacy in the Modern WorldUniversity of London
  • Understanding Europe: Why It Matters and What It Can Offer YouHEC Paris
  • Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, FreedomUniversity of Pennsylvania

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