Tidjane Dème
InvestorGeneral Partner at Partech Ventures · Board director at Trade Depot
Paris, France
Writes $200K – $50M checks · typically $200K
About
Tidjane Dème is a General Partner at Partech, where he co-leads Partech Africa, a fund focused on Series A and B investments in African startups. He has invested in companies including TradeDepot, Yoco, Wave, Nomba, Gebeya, and TerraPay, among others. Dème's background includes founding two companies, seven and a half years at Google in Africa, and earlier experience in coding, consulting, and business development.
Board director at Trade Depot
Intro paths
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In turn, Tidjane can intro founders to Trade Depot's investors below.
Trade Depot's investors · 4
Co-founders at Trade Depot
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Michael UkpongExecutive Officer, Director
RA
Ruke AwaritefeExecutive Officer, Director
CO
Chukwunenye Onyekachi IzukanneExecutive Officer, Director
OI
Onyekachi IzukanneFounder
Experience
- PartechGeneral Partnercurrent2016 — presentDakar, Paris
- GoogleHead of BD, Africa, Google Access2014 — 2016Dakar
- GoogleLead, Francophone Africa2009 — 2016Dakar, Senegal
- CommonSysCEO and Founder2002 — 2008Dakar
- Cosine CommunicationsOSS/BSS Integration Lead2001 — 2002
- Cap Gemini Telecom & MediaConsultant1999 — 2001
Skills & more
Venture CapitalStart-ups16Business Development18Business Strategy14Product Management3IntegrationConsulting3Telecommunications6Cloud Computing3Project Management11IT Strategy1Strategy18
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ManagementAfrican TechDigitalTechLanguages English · French · Fulah · Wolof
From Tidjane's professional profile.
Colleagues at Partech Ventures
Alexandra Eychenne
Compliance & Risk Officer at Partech Ventures
Alexandre Durrive
Chief Technology Officer at Partech Ventures
Alexis Lancien
Senior Associate at Partech Ventures
Alison Imbert
Partner at Partech Ventures
Andrew Whiting
Partner at Partech Ventures
Ariadne Lemieux-Cumberlege
Senior Associate at Partech Ventures
Arnaud De Keulenaer
Senior Legal Counsel at Partech Ventures
Arnaud Minvielle
General Partner at Partech Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tidjane Dème?
- Tidjane Dème is a General Partner at Partech, where he co-leads Partech Africa, a fund focused on Series A and B investments in African startups. He has invested in companies including TradeDepot, Yoco, Wave, Nomba, Gebeya, and TerraPay, among others. Dème's background includes founding two companies, seven and a half years at Google in Africa, and earlier experience in coding, consulting, and business development.
- Where does Tidjane Dème work?
- Tidjane Dème is General Partner at Partech Ventures and Board director at Trade Depot.
- What check size does Tidjane Dème write?
- Tidjane Dème typically writes checks of $200K – $50M.
- Where did Tidjane Dème go to school?
- Tidjane Dème studied at École Polytechnique (Master’s Degree, Physics); ENSTA (Information Systems, Télcommunication); Imperial College London (Exchange Student - Master Thesis at Blackett Physcis Laboratory, Physics).
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