Matthieu Benkerant
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Biography
A graduate of HEC Paris and INSEEC Grande École, Matthieu Benkerant is Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Founders Future, where he manages operations and participates in the group's development strategy. He also plays a key role alongside founders and C-level managers, supporting them in resolving operational challenges to ensure the success and sustainability of the growth of their businesses.
Matthieu has more than 10 years of experience in retail and tech. After starting at Rocket Internet, he joined the Carrefour group in 2016. There, he manages open innovation as well as e-commerce partnerships (Uber, Deliveroo, Deliveroo, Glovo, Rappi) before taking over the management of the group's new external growth activities, overseeing the post-merger-acquisition integration strategy and the implementation of synergies. Matthieu has served on the boards of numerous startups such as Quitoque, Greenweez, Refectory, Potager City, Cajoo. Finally, he actively and successfully participated in the transformation of the group's investment strategy and co-created Dastore, a pan-European CVC fund worth €80m.