WHO WE ARE
OUR STORY
Founded by the serial European tech entrepreneur, Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a venture studio, providing creativity, network, support and productive capital. We’ve built an investment platform dedicated to entrepreneurs, funded and managed by entrepreneurs, bringing high value and an ambitious mindset.
We aim to build partnerships with inspiring entrepreneurs, align all stakeholder’s interest and create a true operational relationship.
Our mission is to become a sparring-partner and continuously try to impact the business on the product, go-to-market, business development and talent acquisition. We’ve hired top-notch operating partners coming from the best entrepreneurial ventures to cover the key functions of the company.
While sourcing off-market deals and keeping a high flexibility on our investment criteria, we are entrepreneur-friendly and do our utmost to create synergies between start-ups and our network of tier one investors.
Our sweet-spot: a A+ team, a scalable business (platforms, marketplace and SAAS), a market in transformation with significant opportunities.
We focus on investing at 4 different stages: startup studio, pre-seed, seed and series A.
Who whe are
Manifesto
1. As entrepreneurs, we want to partner with personalities and not profiles. We aim to work on everyday bases with authentic founders who are the best at what they do.
2. Of course we love ideas (we are all dreamers), but we care more about converting them to reality.
3. Studio and Seed are our focus. As lead investor and partner, we see our relationships with entrepreneurs longterm - whether it is up or down - and we know what we’re talking about.
4. We work as entrepreneurs, being next to founders to co-create and invest in exceptional ventures. We help accelerate and structure the fundamentals to put the rocket on the launch-pad.
5. We believe in:
Humility - action pays more than marketing
Respect - interact and listen will always be more productive
Ambition - entrepreneurs and visionaries are often synonymous, so we are doing everything we can to make their projects a reality
Performance - improving product, numbers or quality bring us everyday happiness
6. We don’t buy hypergrowth for hypergrowth. Building and scaling a great company takes time. This is why we particularly care about client satisfaction, staff motivation and proudness.
WHO WE ARE
TEAM

MARC MENASÉ
Founding partner
Marc Menasé is a French serial entrepreneur.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor, he created and participated in many European successes including, Kelkoo (acquired by Yahoo Inc), Nextedia (acquired by Lagardère Group), TEADS (acquired by Altice), Mensquare (acquired by group Le Figaro), Le Petit Ballon (acquired by Vente-Privée.com), Tiller Systems (acquired by Sumup), October, Yuka, Lydia, Taster, Molotov.tv,…
Marc is very involved in the European Tech industry, he co-founded France Digitale (French digital and venture association) and was elected French E-commerce personality of the year in 2012.
Marc is graduated from HEC Paris.

SARAH CORNE
Partner
Before joigning Founders Future, Sarah Corne spent 6 years working at Ulule, the European crowdfunding platform as Associate and Business Development Director.
She started her career at the French NGO Positive Planet, founded by Jacques Attali and lauched the Positive Planet Foundation.
Sarah is very involved in impact ecosystem. She is Board Member of Tech For Good France and Fight for Dignity, the NGO created by the French Champion Laurence Fisher.
She also co-founded the new media So Good with Sopress (Society, SoFoot, SoFilm…).
Sarah is graduated from ESSCA.

THIBAULT MAGNEN
Investment team
After several entrepreneurial ventures, more specifically in B2B SaaS, Thibault worked in mergers and acquisitions at Credit Mutuel Arkea. He then pursued his career in growth investment at Revaia.
Thibault is an engineer from ECE Paris and graduated from ESSEC Business School.

MAXIME DE VARINE-BOHAN
Investment team
Before joining Founders Future, Maxime was Investment Associate at Groupe Labruyère, the private equity investment holding of the eponymous family. He started his career at Skylar within the Hedge Fund department and then joined the M&A branch.
Maxime is graduated from of Ecole Polytechnique Féminine and Paris Dauphine university.

PAUL VARRASSO
Analyst
Before joining Founders Future, Paul worked in investment banking at Ader Finance. He started his career at EY in Financial Audit.
Paul is graduated of Kedge and is completing a master at CentraleSupélec.

SOPHIE DUVAL
Head of Legal
Before joining Founders Future, Sophie worked as a lawyer in M&A and private equity at Coblence Partners.
Sophie is a graduate of Toulouse Capitole University.

GABRIELLE FOUREY
Office Manager
Before joining Founders Future, Gabrielle managed creative teams and projects for 20 years in a communications agency and then on her own.
Today, Gabrielle holds the key position of office manager. She assists the team on all cross-functional issues and runs the Future House venue.
PORTFOLIO
COMPANIES

The opportunity for customers to try before buying and to enhance the average customer baskets and conversion rate for brands.

Mansio provides easy and cost-effective access to second homes in Europe, by offering a complete, tailor-made and digital support, from the acquisition to the use and management of the property. With Mansio, invest in your quality of life!

Siit develops a productive, engaging & secured workspace for companies. An employee-centric platform, Siit is breaking down silos and building the future of work.

Astrachain is the first decentralized Omnicloud data storage & collaboration solution based on Blockchain technology.

Maki People offers an experience that gives companies the power to find the greatest talent and build happier, more diverse teams, while helping everyone to find their dream jobs.

Merci Handy creates clean, practical and colorful cosmetics that brighten up the everyday life of Gen Z and Millennials.

I MAKE is a DIY marketplace that connects professional sellers of DIY supplies with buyers by promoting do-it-yourself as a true philosophy of life.

Conduktor is the all-in-one friendly Saas interface to work with the Kafka ecosystem. It is a dev tool allowing developers to develop and manage Apache Kafka with confidence.

Abyssale is a powerful design platform that helps creative teams to automate visuals production at scale.

Jungle develops and operates vertical farms and produces aromatic herbs, salads and flowers dedicated to the food as well as the fragrance and flavor industries.

Silvr helps e-commerce founders to succeed by financing those who do not have access to bank credit or do not desire to raise funds.

Swan is a DIY Banking Platform that allows any company to offer branded accounts, cards, and IBANs in minutes.

Webdrone is a cyber investigation platform using AI and technology to tackle cyber illicit activities.

Zei helps the brands to improve their impacts on the planet and the society and aims to show new sustainable alternatives to citizens.

CibleR is a Customer Marketing SAAS to turn purchase experience into new relations and proximity thanks to 1o1 targeted reward engine (yc. voucher, gift, reward)

BetOnYou is a mobile application that offers video game enthusiasts the ability to bet for free on their own games of Fortnite, FIFA, Clash Royale, Brawl Stars and other trendy games. Good performance allows players to accumulate points, which they can then convert into prizes offered by partners.

Pickme takes logistics to the next level by turning neighbors into local and social pickup-points, for a seamless, efficient and sustainable post-purchase experience.

Kard is a mobile bank built for teens and families, empowering and bringing financial literacy to the next generations.

Omi is a powerful video technology designed for brands to transfer their products in the virtual world and place in the video environment of their choice.

Qovery operates as a container as a service platform that enables anyone to develop and deploy an application.

Scale designs and produces eco-sourced and compostable materials and objects made of Scalite, a component made from fish scales.

Zenride is a B2B solution that provides with electric bicycle and associated services for employees.

Mansa is a platform that finally allows freelancers and self-employed professionals to have access to a bank loan within 24 hours.

FoodMeUp is the application dedicated to helping food professionals manage their recipes and their orders.

Epycure is a D2C brand that offers subscription-based vitamin, mineral and plant supplements, tailored to users’ diet, lifestyle and needs

Softn crafts team experiences and offsites that matches their values, needs and objectives to improve cohesion and performance

Enriches your water with fruit and plant extracts as well as valuable vitamins and helps you to drink more water

Innovative lifestyle brand creating stationery items for both individuals and pros, with a unique and strong DNA

A subscribers-only home delivery platform focusing on organic non-fresh food and personal care categories
FUTURE HOUSE
THE FUTURE HOUSE


The Future House is a place dedicated to entrepreneurship. In the heart of the 10th arrondissement of Paris, these 300 m2 offices are a place of exchanges where entrepreneurs, investors and partners meet. It is a space for creation, collaboration and collective intelligence.
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WE LOVE PARIS

WE LOVE PARIS
The French scene points some impressive stats: there are now more than 10,000 startups in France, while VC investments continue to grow (over €5.1bn in 2019), putting France just behind the UK in Europe.
French startups raised on average €7.5M in 2019 (+43% vs 2018)
With more than 120 VC operating, and some of the best universities in the world, the French capital has many of the ingredients necessary for the startup alchemy to take place.
37,000 engineers graduate every year, with very good software engineering that can be much more accessible than in the Silicon Valley.
Paris is also a hotspot for international companies (CAC40, Fortune 500) that are now involved with the startup ecosystem. Buying companies is not the only target, it’s also about having the best talents.
A VIBRANT PARISIAN ECOSYSTEM
In the last decade, parisian entrepreneurs have breathed a renewal with ambitious initiatives: first with France Digitale, then with the French Tech and more recently with Ecole 42 and Station F.
France Digitale is a French association of general interest that brings together digital entrepreneurs and investors (angels investors and VC) to promote the digital economy with public authorities.
Ecole 42 is a parisian school, free of fees, that creates the next generation of coders (3,000 students each year, without backgrounds prerequisites). It is backed by Xavier Niel, as well as Station F, the world’s biggest startup campus that gather a whole entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof (incubator, accelerators, VCs, corporates and associations).
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A PRO-STARTUP GOVERNMENT
The French government tries to have a positive impact on companies all over the world. They attract young businesses to France and participe to investments thanks to the Banque Publique d’Investissement.
The main goal is to dynamize this growing ecosystem and to attract international entrepreneurs.
The French Tech Ticket is a good example: it offers to startup founding teams of two or three English-speaking foreigners up to 45,000 a year plus 12 months in an incubator if they will set up in France
In September 2019, the government launched the Next40 index to groups together the 40 most promising French startups, 40 French corporate prodigies with high prospects of becoming global tech leaders. This is a driver for raising the international profile of these businesses and enabling them to grow more quickly.
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