Fundraising Fox

Thomas Poitrineau

Investor

Investor at Contrarian Ventures

Paris

About

Thomas brings roughly a decade of combined operational and investment experience across European tech ecosystems, including operational roles at Jumia and Onefinestay and investing at Entrepreneurs First and EQT Ventures. His interests span next-industrial-era technologies such as closed-loop recycling, critical mineral extraction, chip manufacturing, energy sovereignty, and fusion energy.

LinkedIn ↗

Invests in

Circular EconomyClimate TechDeep TechEnergyNew Materials

Experience

  1. EQT Ventures & GrowthPrincipal2023 — 2026Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  2. Entrepreneur FirstPrincipal - France2019 — 2023Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  3. onefinestayCountry Manager - Italy2018 — 2019Italy
  4. Jumia GroupCountry Manager - Tunisia2016 — 2018Tunisia
  5. Take Eat Easy (no longer trading)Regional Manager2016Greater Toulouse Metropolitan Area
  6. Jumia GroupHead of Sales North Africa2014 — 2016Algeria
  7. ReebokInternship2013Monza e Brianza, Lombardy, Italy
  8. TOTALInternship2011Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Education

  1. Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreBachelor's degree2011 — 2013
  2. NEOMA Business SchoolBachelor's degree, Management2009 — 2011
  3. Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMaster of Science - MS2013 — 2014

Skills & more

Negotiation2Management7English10Italian languages4French2Anglais7Français1Marketing7Social Media3Gestion de projet5Développement commercial3SAP Netweaver5
+4 moreMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordPowerPoint

Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Français · Italien

From Thomas's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore53

Stefano GuidottiPartner at P101 VenturesGiorgio PastariniSenior Associate at P101 VenturesPedro AlmeidaPrincipal at Armilar Venture PartnersAgnese PalermoSenior Marketing Associate at AlbionVCSerena SabbatiniInvestment Manager at Oltre ImpactQuentin SimonInvestment Director at Starquest Capital

+ 47 more

Also attended NEOMA Business School44

Pauline BréantFinance Manager at Newfund CapitalElie VacquéJunior Financial Controller at EducapitalKaj HagrosManaging Partner at RedstoneAnnika in der BeekChief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITALVincent SperanzaInvestor at MatterScale VenturesMaxence BlanchyDirecteur Administratif & Financier at Founders Future

+ 38 more

Shared employers

Also worked at EQT Ventures & Growth29

Sofia DolfeInvestor at Index VenturesKaushik SubramanianVenture capitalist, product personMarnix van der PloegInvestor at EQT VenturesSai SriramagiriInvestor at EQT VenturesSandra MalmbergInvestor at EQT VenturesTed PerssonInvestor at EQT Ventures

+ 23 more

Also worked at Entrepreneur First88

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockToby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesBenedict EvansWrites a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 peoplePeterDeep Tech Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesAniTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesIsabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton Ventures

+ 82 more

Also worked at onefinestay10

Carey LaiCo-Founder & General Partner at Conductive VenturesSean Seton-RogersPartner at PROfounders CapitalSpencer PrattPartner at MaC Venture CapitalMax NiederhoferPartner at Heartcore CapitalDemetrios ZopposCo-founder & Partner at 33EastTiffany PhilippouAdvisor at 33East

+ 4 more

Also worked at Jumia Group4

Romain DiazCEO at SatganaDaisy GarciaSr. Investment Associate at Prosperity7 VenturesAmara MuonekeVenture Design Lead at Founders Factory AfricaDuc NguyenVice President at White Star Capital

Colleagues at Contrarian Ventures

Agne Gudonaviciute
Chief of Staff at Contrarian Ventures
Benjaminas Venslovas
Data Scientist at Contrarian Ventures
Bunmi Adekore
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Christopher Brown
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Darius Zakaitis
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Eryk Frontczak
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Giedrius Muckus
Investor at Contrarian Ventures
Iohan Dessard
Finance & Operations Manager at Contrarian Ventures