Thibaud Elziere
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| Born | September 13, 1979 Aix En Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Citizenship | France | ||
| Education | Engineering | ||
| Alma mater | Ecole Centrale de Lyon | ||
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Thibaud Elziere (born September 13, 1979 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône) is a French entrepreneur and Angel investor. He is the co-founder of Fotolia and the startup studio eFounders. Elziere is also a business angel and has invested in several companies since 2009, including Algolia, Payfit and Meero.[1]
Biography
Education
Elziere obtained a degree in engineering at the École centrale de Lyon in 2003.[2][3]
Fotolia
While working as an intern at Amen in 2004, Elziere came up with the idea of creating an image bank to facilitate searching for visuals for advertising purposes. As such, he co-founded Fotolia in November 2004 with Oleg Tscheltzoff.[4] Fotolia became one of the largest image banks in the world before being sold to Adobe Inc. in 2014 for $800 million[5] and closed in 2019.[6]
eFounders
In 2011, Elziere launched eFounders, a startup studio based in Paris and Brussels, with co-founder Quentin Nickmans.[7] The startup studio specializes in the BtoB SaaS software sector. Upon founding eFounders, Elziere and Quentin Nickmans launched five companies: Mention (company), Mailjet, TextMaster, Front (company) and Aircall.[2] Since then, eFounders has launched thirty startups,[8] including Spendesk, which raised $100 million in 2021.[9][10] Thibaud Elziere supported the startup for 18 months before it became independent.[9]
Business angel activities
Since the sale of Fotolia, Elziere has been investing in startups.[11] Notably, he has shares in Algolia, Payfit and Meero. He has been diversifying his investments to include car rental (Virtuo),[12] catering (Wild & The Moon), textiles (Tekyn) and mobility (Cowboy)[13][14]
Folk
In July 2019, Thibaud Elziere became the CEO of Folk, a contact management platform he co-founded. This was his first time back in the role of CEO since eFounders was established.[15][16]
Awards and ranking
Thibaud Elziere is in the Challenges (magazine)|Challenges ranking of the 500 richest people in France in 2021.[17] The Institut Choiseul ranked Thibaud Elziere fourth in its 2019 annual ranking of internationally recognized young leaders.[18]
References
- ↑ "LireLactu". lirelactu.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Thibaud Elzière, Efounders : « On peut réussir en France aussi bien que dans la Silicon Valley »". Entreprendre. 2019.
- ↑ ACL. "eFounders ; la fabrique de startups, avec Thibaud Elzière (2003)". www.centraliens-lyon.net (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Thibaud Elziere et Oleg Tscheltzoff, la «french touch» à 800 millions de dollars". L'Opinion (in français). 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Adobe rachète la banque d'images Fotolia pour 800 millions de dollars". www.journaldunet.com (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Design&Vous". Design&Vous (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Sizing up the startup studio model: A look at eFounders, a company that builds companies". Tech.eu. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ Augusto, Hadrien (2021-05-19). "Le startup studio eFounders fête ses dix ans et monte en flèche". Presse-citron (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Augusto, Hadrien (2021-07-21). "La French Tech ne s'arrête plus, la startup Spendesk lève 100M €". Presse-citron (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Dans les coulisses d'eFounders, la fabrique à pépites". Maddyness - Le Magazine sur l’actualité des Startups Françaises (in français). 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "LireLactu". lirelactu.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Virtuo embarque Balderton Capital dans une série A de 7,5 M€". Capital Finance (in français). 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "LireLactu". lirelactu.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Belgium's Cowboy raises $3M led by Index to launch a smarter e-bike". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ Charlot, C. (2019-08-06). "Pourquoi le boss d'eFounders devient (aussi) CEO d'une de ses start-up?". Site-Trends-FR (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Folk, le nouveau bébé de Thibaud Elzière". Les Echos (in français). 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Thibaud Elziere - Les 500 plus grandes fortunes de France". Challenges (in français). 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "Classement Choiseul 100 France". Choiseul France (in français). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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