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Philippe Gire

Investor

Partner at Elaia

Paris, France

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

About

Philippe Gire is an École Polytechnique–trained engineer who pairs rare corporate and industrial experience with early-stage venture expertise, backing successes like Teads and Shift Technology and co-leading university-focused spinout funds.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechHardwareHealthtechInsurTechIoTSaaS

Experience

  1. Elaia PartnersPartnercurrent2002 — present
  2. EDF Partenaires Capital InvestissementDirecteur d'investissement2001 — 2002
  3. ValeoDirecteur Stratégie et eBusiness2000 — 2001
  4. AccenturePartner1980 — 2000Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Education

  1. École Polytechnique1976 — 1979

Skills & more

Venture Capital6Private Equity3Corporate FinanceStart-ups5Business Modeling1Entrepreneurship2Management Consulting2Strategy5Growth Capital1Recapitalizations

From Philippe's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended École Polytechnique97

Cyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesPauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniMichal NatoraSenior Investment Director - Industrial IT & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgPascal Levy-GarbouaVenture Partner at Long Journey VenturesPhilippe VarinSenior Technical Partner at GVP ClimateChristophe JurczakPartner at Quantonation

+ 91 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Valeo9

Mehran ZakerPartner - Head of Automation & Industrial IT at Emerald Technology Ventures AgGuilhem ChaumontInvestor at FEBE VenturesPatrick SayerGodfather at OneRagtimeGuillaume DebackPartner at SGH CapitalOlivier MartretPartner at SerenaFrancisco BadiaManaging Partner at Grow Venture Partners

+ 3 more

Also worked at Accenture613

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone

+ 607 more

Colleagues at Elaia

Alexis Frentz
Investment Director at Elaia
Anne Bouverot
Independent Board Member at Elaia
Anne-Sophie Carrese
Managing Partner at Elaia
Anya Brochier
Marketing & Communications Senior Associate at Elaia
Armelle de Tinguy
Partner at 115K
Arthur Liabastre
Senior Finance Officer at Elaia
Arturo Ancira García
Associate at Elaia
Benoit Georis
Venture Partner at Elaia

Network1

Benoist Grossmann
Managing Partner at Idinvest Partners

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