SPEAKERS
Disrupting a boring industry without knowing it – debunking the myths of scaling
Presentation
Jonathan Anguelovt
Co-Founder, Aircall
Jonathan has always had entrepreneurship in his DNA, with a particular passion for real estate. After working with La City in London, he joined Aircall in 2014 to build the sales organization. Jonathan studied finance at ESCP Europe.
Founded 2014 I Employees 634 I Funding $226m I Valuation $1b
Co-Founder & co-CEO
Eléonore Crespo is the co-founder and co-CEO of Pigment, the multidimensional business planning platform. Pigment’s mission is to allow businesses everywhere to make better, faster decisions in a changing world – drawing on data analysis, intuitive design and sophisticated modelling to help leaders spend more time thinking and less time number-crunching.
Prior to Pigment, Eléonore was an investor at Index Ventures, working side-by-side with entrepreneurs and spearheading investments in Alan, Spendesk, Swile and Slite. Before Index she worked as a senior analyst at Google, reporting directly to the EMEA president and CFO on matters of strategy and planning.
Eléonore studied quantum physics and engineering at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, two of the most competitive institutions of higher education in France.
Founded 2019 I Employees 106 I Funding $98.9m I Valuation $292—438m
A message from the future: how to plan for the next stage
Interview
Jeronimo Folgueira
CEO & Director, Deezer
Prior to joining Deezer, Jeronimo served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Board of Spark Networks (NYSE: LOV) in Berlin. During that time he led the transformation of Spark Networks through three strategic M&A transactions, quadrupling the size of the company in four years. He also oversaw the company’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2017. This made him the youngest European CEO on the NYSE at the time.
Jeronimo has also held a number of senior management positions, including at Betfair, Bigpoint and RTL Group. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Navarra.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Tio Tech, a Nasdaq listed SPAC that aims to help European unicorns access US capital markets.
Founded 2006 I Employees 769 I Funding $528m I Valuation $1.1b
The power of focus and understanding the trade-offs
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Melissa Serfaty
Co-Founder & CMO, Artur’In
As a young McGill graduate, Melissa began her career in social entrepreneurship, advising dozens of companies on their social impact measurement. In early 2016, she meets her future partners around the same willingness to have a scalable impact on the local economy and sells her social venture to co-found Artur’In, an AI-powered local marketing solution for SMB. Artur’In raised €42M in June 2021, has over 3500 clients across various industries (real estate, insurance, accounting, lawyers, automobile…) and 180 employees.
As a young McGill graduate, Melissa began her career in social entrepreneurship, advising dozens of companies on their social impact measurement. In early 2016, she meets her future partners around the same willingness to have a scalable impact on the local economy and sells her social venture to co-found Artur’In, an AI-powered local marketing solution for SMB. Artur’In raised €42M in June 2021, has over 3500 clients across various industries (real estate, insurance, accounting, lawyers, automobile…) and 180 employees.
Founded 2016 I Employees 169 I Funding $52.3m I Valuation $185—277m
Growing a vision-led business
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Mathieu Nebra
Co-founder & CIO, OpenClassrooms
Mathieu Nebra is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of OpenClassrooms, the leading online education platform in Europe with 355 000 visitors every month. Mathieu created the site at age 13 with the strong belief that innovation and technology can empower anyone to master digital skills.
Mathieu is a key innovator in online learning and was selected as MIT Innovators Under 35.
Founded 2013 I Employees 500+ I Funding $226m I Valuation $1b*
Ben Fletcher
Founder, The Mothership
Ben is the founder and CEO of The Mothership, an acquirer of e-commerce businesses, he’s also the host of the Velocity² community and the creator of the Fast Growth Icons events series.
Over the last 10 years, since he left his first business, he has been dedicated to helping other founders grow their companies through mentoring, investing, his events, and the community. He’s now taking e-commerce businesses to the next level with The Mothership.
Founded 2020 I Funding $22m I Chair of the event
(* Source – Dealroom)