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Philippe Bouaziz

Investor

Chairman at Sarona Ventures

Paris, France

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

About

Philippe Bouaziz is Chairman of Sarona Ventures, where he works on corporate strategy, capital allocation, and long-term value initiatives while advising founders and portfolio leaders. He is a Founding Partner and the Executive Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer of Deel, which he previously served as CFO, overseeing finance, M&A, legal, and compliance. Earlier he founded Prodware Group, a Euronext-listed IT company where he completed more than 45 acquisitions and remains Chairman of the Board.

Invests in

FintechHR Tech

Experience

  1. DeelExecutive Chairman, Chief Strategy Officer and Founding Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  2. DeelExecutive Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Founding Board Member2018 — 2025San Francisco, CA
  3. Sarona VenturesChairmancurrent2017 — presentSarona
  4. ProdwareOwnercurrent1989 — presentParis
  5. Bouaziz & PartnersFoundercurrent2010 — presentParis/Dubai/NYC

Education

  1. Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityDoctoral studies, Aspect oriented programming2006 — 2008
  2. ENSIIE - École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'EntrepriseEngineer’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering1985 — 1988
  3. Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityMaster's degree, Networks & System

Skills & more

Business Analysis22Software Development14Solution Selling11ERP60Business Process5Product Management3Marketing4Business Development14Axapta9Business Strategy21E-commerce2Software Project Management4
+12 moreCloud ComputingNew Business DevelopmentProfessional ServicesPre-salesCRMBusiness IntelligenceManagement ConsultingConsultingSaaSNavisionMicrosoft CRMMicrosoft Dynamics

From Philippe's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

DeelProdware Group

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Sarona Ventures

Alex Bouaziz
Partner at Sarona Ventures
David Debash
General Partner at Sarona Ventures
Morris Levy
Managing Partner at Sarona Ventures
Toot Shani
Managing Partner at Sarona Ventures

Network2

Alex Bouaziz
Partner at Sarona Ventures
Donald Stalter
Partner at Sunshine Lake

Investors connected to Philippe in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Philippe Bouaziz work?
Philippe Bouaziz is Chairman at Sarona Ventures.
What does Philippe Bouaziz invest in?
Philippe Bouaziz invests in Fintech, HR Tech.
What check size does Philippe Bouaziz write?
Philippe Bouaziz typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Pierre and Marie Curie University49

Thomas WolfCo-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hugging FaceJeff ClavierFounding Partner at Uncork CapitalJean SiniGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesDimitri KrempPrincipal at Axeleo CapitalJack GuedjInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsOphélie LaurinInvestment Associate at World Fund

+ 43 more

Also attended ENSIIE - École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'Entreprise1

Olivier GérardinOperating Partner at Serena

Shared employers

Also worked at Deel34

Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalJeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystAndy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32Sam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalRyan FreemanInvestor at Ripple VenturesJasper MasemannPartner at Cherry Ventures

+ 28 more

Also worked at Prodware2

Lucas BrentjensManaging Partner at CNBB Equity PartnersMickeyInvestor at Key Element Capital

Also worked at Bouaziz & Partners2

David DebashGeneral Partner at Sarona VenturesToot ShaniManaging Partner at Sarona Ventures