Nicolas Douay
InvestorVenture Partner at Entrepreneur First
Paris, France
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Nicolas Douay is a co-founder at Better Angle, where he invests at the pre-seed and seed stages across European, UK, and US markets. He previously founded Keldoc, which was acquired in 2016, and has since invested in over 200 early-stage companies as an angel investor.
Experience
- Better AngleCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- StartupsEarly Stage Investorcurrent2016 — presentParis Area, France
- Harmattan AIPre-Seed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- NabooSeed Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Spore.BioPre-Seed Investorcurrent2023 — present
- DjamoSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- GenoMinesSeed Investorcurrent2021 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- TillerSeed Investor (acquired by Sumup)current2021 — present
- WayKonectSeed Investor (acquired by Total)current2016 — present
- LaliloSeed Investor (acquired by Renaissance Learning)current2017 — present
- PLANITYPre-Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
- ChoosePre-Seed Investorcurrent2017 — present
- Entrepreneur FirstVenture Partner2021 — 2025Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Kamino RetailPre-Seed Investor (acquired by Equativ)2023 — 2024
- HECTARAdvisor2022 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
- RAISESHERPASMentor2021 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
- MeeroSeed Investor (exited at Series C)2017 — 2019
- nehsCEO KELDOC - APICEA - MEDIBASE SYSTEMS2018 — 2019
- nehsCEO KELDOC - APICEA2018
- nehsCEO KELDOC2016 — 2018Paris Area, France
Education
- IMT AtlantiqueBusiness Engineer2004 — 2007
- GAP YEAR2010 — 2011
- Universidad de ValladolidTelecommunications2006
Skills & more
Strategy6Team Management4IT Strategy31Solution Architecture29Telecommunications6PMO20Testing5Oracle2Consulting2Management Consulting3
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Colleagues at Entrepreneur First
Ali Susskind
Principal, North America at Entrepreneur First
Alice Bentinck
Cofounder and CEO at Entrepreneur First
Carl Bishop
Head of Funds at Entrepreneur First
Dominik Diak
Principal, London at Entrepreneur First
Elspeth Lawson
Partner and Deputy CPO at Entrepreneur First
Isabel Bescos
Partner and General Manager, San Francisco at Entrepreneur First
Joe Ros
Partner and General Manager, North America at Entrepreneur First
Joe White
General Partner at Entrepreneur First
Network3
Alexis BonilloScout
Investor at Aglae Ventures
Alice BentinckScout
Cofounder and CEO at Entrepreneur First
Francois ColletScout
General Partner at Isai
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Nicolas Douay work?
- Nicolas Douay is Venture Partner at Entrepreneur First.
- What check size does Nicolas Douay write?
- Nicolas Douay typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
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Also attended IMT Atlantique4
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