About
Pauline Ancona is a Senior Associate on Iris Capital's early-stage team, where she sources, analyzes, and executes investments in the French market, with a focus on deep tech, space, health, and industries reshaping the physical world. She previously worked as an Investor at Alven on early-stage investments across Europe, and earlier held roles at Quadrille Capital across growth equity, secondaries, and fund of funds, after beginning her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan. She graduated from ESCP Business School in 2021.
Invests in
Deep TechHealthtechSpace Tech
Experience
- IRISInvestorcurrent2026 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- AlvenInvestorcurrent2024 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- Quadrille CapitalGrowth Equity Investor2022 — 2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2020Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Quadrille CapitalVenture Capital Intern2020Paris, Île-de-France, France
- LazardShareholder Advisory and ECM Intern2019Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credit SuisseSpring Program2019London Area, United Kingdom
- AmundiInstitutional Advisory & Portfolio Solution Intern2018Paris, Île-de-France, France
Skills & more
Espagnol1Microsoft Excel2Microsoft Office2Microsoft WordAnglaisFrançais
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Colleagues at Alven
Network3
Bartosz Jakubowski
Principal at Alven
Charles Letourneur
Managing Partner at Alven
François Meteyer
Partner at Alven
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pauline Ancona?
- Pauline Ancona is a Senior Associate on Iris Capital's early-stage team, where she sources, analyzes, and executes investments in the French market, with a focus on deep tech, space, health, and industries reshaping the physical world. She previously worked as an Investor at Alven on early-stage investments across Europe, and earlier held roles at Quadrille Capital across growth equity, secondaries, and fund of funds, after beginning her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan. She graduated from ESCP Business School in 2021.
- Where does Pauline Ancona work?
- Pauline Ancona is Investor at Alven.
- What does Pauline Ancona invest in?
- Pauline Ancona invests in Deep Tech, Healthtech, Space Tech.
- Where did Pauline Ancona go to school?
- Pauline Ancona studied at ESCP (Master In Management - Programme "Grande Ecole", Major: Corporate finance); Collège Stanislas Paris (Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles de commerce - ECS, Mathématiques); Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie (Baccalauréat section scientifique).
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