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Fondé en janvier 2011 à l’initiative d’administrateurs de TECH’IN France et de professionnels du logiciel, Seed4Soft est un Club d’Entrepreneurs Investisseurs.

Notre mission est de financer, d’accompagner et de coacher les startups en phase d’amorçage dans le domaine de l’édition de logiciels B2B.

Notre valeur ajoutée : la disponibilité, l’expertise et le réseau de nos membres qui sont tous des professionnels connus et reconnus de l’édition de logiciels, entrepreneurs et/ou managers de grands éditeurs internationaux.

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Actualités

Seed4Soft annonce un investissement dans Elevo, pour réinventer les entretiens d’évaluation et la gestion des talents
26 juin 2018

Comment augmenter ses performances commerciales grâce au géomarketing
4 juin 2018

Q°emotion, la start-up qui utilise les émotions pour réenchanter l’expérience client
3 mai 2018

Nos membres

Consultant & Private Investor
Laurent BALAINE

COO Holnest, Ex CEO CEGID Group
Patrick BERTRAND

President – Solocal Group, Microsoft WE, Mirosoft France
Eric BOUSTOULLER

SAP VP Business Techno & Research
Hervé COUTURIER

Director AP Management
Pierre-Yves DARGAUD

Oodrive Chief Executive Officer
Stanislas de RÉMUR

Consultant & Private Investor
Franck DELORME

Dassault Systemes Executive Vice-President
Philippe FORESTIER

Consultant & Private Investor
Jean-Noel GRANDVAL

Cofounder at 808Labs, Invarture founder
Hervé HABABOU

Sidetrade Founder & CEO
Olivier NOVASQUE

independent consultant/board member & private investor, ex CEO of Deny-All
Jacques SEBAG

Apax Partner, Technology Sector
Gilles RIGAL

Investment Partner at Acequia Capital, ex Microsoft France Business & Marketing Officer
Marc JALABERT

Consultant & Private Investor

Laurent BALAINE

Since 2013, CEO Alcuin
VP Europe & North America – OnMobile 2008 – 2011
President & CEO – Telisma 2001 – 2008 (sold to OnMobile)
VP & GM EMEA – HP Europe 1999 – 2001
Sales Mgr and GM – HP France 1985 – 1999
Member of GoCapital Investment Committee
Ms Economics – IEP (1983), Exec Program INSEAD (1993) & Stanford Univ. (1997)

COO Holnest, Ex CEO CEGID Group

Patrick BERTRAND

Since 2017, COO Holnest, Independent consultant/board member & Private Investor
CEO – CEGID Group 2002 – 2017
CFO & Deputy General Manager – CEGID Group 1988 – 2002
CFO – Eurafrep (Oil & Gas Research) an affiliate of Lazard Group 1983 – 1988
Manager, Large Companies Department – Crédit Chimique 1977 – 1983
Founder & CEO – Figesco (Private Investor – start-up company)
Board Member/Supervisory Board Member – OL Groupe, Martin-Belaysoud, Alila, Labruyère-Eberlé, Siparex Proximité Innovation
CoFounder/Former Chairman Tech in France (ex AFDEL), VP Digital FIEEC, Former Member/Chairman CNNum (Conseil National du Numérique)

President – Solocal Group, Microsoft WE, Mirosoft France

Eric BOUSTOULLER

Since 2017, COO Solocal
Corporate VP – Microsoft Western Europe 2012 – 2017
President – Microsoft France 2005 – 2012
Senior VP & General Manager Large Accounts – Microsoft France 2002 – 2005
Director Marketing/e-Commerce, GM Sales – Compaq France 1997 – 2001
Director Communication, VP Strategy – Compaq EMEA 1989 – 1996
Mgr Sales & Marketing – Sys-Com 1986 – 1988
Board Member Syntec Informatique, President American Chamber of Commerce
Ms Economics – IEP (1986)

SAP VP Business Techno & Research

Hervé COUTURIER

Since 2014, independent consultant, specialized in big data & analytics
EVP, Head of R&D– Amadeus 2012 – 2016
Exec VP Business Technology & Research – SAP 2008 – 2011
Senior VP, Products – Business Objects 2002 – 2008
Senior VP, Products – S1 1999 – 2002
Senior VP, Products – FICS 1998 – 1999
GM Banking Div. CERG-XRT 1997 – 1998
BU Manager – IBM 1982 – 1997
Board member SimCorp A/S, AVEVA PLC, ADS Investissements
Ms Engineering – Ecole Centrale de Paris (1982)

Director AP Management

Pierre-Yves DARGAUD

Since 2005, Founder & CEO- AP Management (M&A)
Since 2000 Co-founder & CEO – Access2Net (Early stage Entreprise Software Investor)
Partner, Technology Sector – Apax Partners & Cie Finance (M&A)- 2000
Founder & CEO – Euro Fi Conseils (M&A) – 1993 – 1999
CEO – MJ Informatique – 1990 – 1992
CFO – CMG, an affiliate of Sligos (Atos) – 1986 – 1989
Board Member : Sidetrade, Beqom, Wallix Groupe
MBA IAE-Lyon III (1984) Post graduate Management Science (DEA) ESC Lyon (1985)

Oodrive Chief Executive Officer

Stanislas de RÉMUR

Since 2000, Co-Founder & CEO – Oodrive
European Business Analyst – GE 1999 – 2000
Financial Consultant – Pechiney Pacific 1997 – 1999
Corporate Finance – JP Morgan
Ms Business – ESC Reims (1996), Master’s degree in Economics – Paris II (1994)

Consultant & Private Investor

Franck DELORME

Since 2011, President Seed4Soft & independent consultant
President & CEO – Sparus Software 2005– 2010 (sold to Zenprise Inc.)
General Partner, IT & Software investments – Sofinnova Partners 1995 – 2003
Mgr AEC Division, U.S. BusDev Mgr, R&D Architect – Dassault Systemes 1982 – 1995
Member of CapHorn Investment Committee
Ms Engineering – Ecole Centrale de Paris (1981)

Dassault Systemes Executive Vice-President

Philippe FORESTIER

Since 2008, Executive Vice-President – International Affairs; Member of the Executive Committee – Dassault Systemes
Executive VP – Marketing & Sales; GM DS America, GM Customer Support, R&D Mgr – Dassault Systemes 1981 – 2007
Co-founder – Dassault Systemes (1981)
Software Development Engineer, Computer-Aided Design group – Dassault Aviation 1974 – 1981
Ms Engineering –Sup Aéro (1974)

France Angels Président

Philippe GLUNTZ

Since 2013 President Business Angels Europe
President – France Angels 2009 – 2013;
President – Paris Business Angels 2004 – 2009
President Europe – ADP 1995 – 2002
Group Vice-President – Cap Gemini 1990 – 1994
COO – Alcatel 1985 – 1990
COO – GSI (sold to ADP) 1973 – 1985
Ms Engineering – Ecole Polytechnique (1959), Corps des Ponts (1964), PhD in Management Vanderbilt University USA

Consultant & Private Investor

Jean-Noel GRANDVAL

Since 2009, Consultant – Torrenval
Vice-President Sales – Salesforce.com 2008 – 2009
Co-founder & Executive Vice-President Operations – Instranet (sold to Salesforce.com in 2008) 1999 – 2008
GM France – BMC Software 1998 – 1999
Senior Vice-President – Business Objects 1993 – 1998
Sales Manager – Oracle 1993 – 1998
Ms Engineering – ESTP (1978), MBA IAE (1979)

Cofounder at 808Labs, Invarture founder

Hervé HABABOU

Since 2017 cofounder at 808Labs, Booking Token Unit & Artificial Scan
President & Founder – Invarture 2005 – 2016
VP Corporate Venture – Netdecisions 2001 – 2005
Director – Webvitrine 1999 – 2001
Software Consultant – Pegasystems 1998
Ms Computer Science – ENS-IIE (1998), London Business School (2003)

W4 President & CEO

Laurent HENAULT

Since 2017 independent consultant
President & CEO – W4Software (sold to ITESOFT in 2015) 2005 – 2017
Vice-President Sales BI div. EMEA – Hyperion 2003 – 2004
Vice-President EMEA – Brio Software (acquired by Hyperion) 1999 – 2003
Southern Europe Country Manager – Sqribe Technologies 1996 – 1999
Sales Rep – Oracle 1994 – 1996
Ms Computer Science – UTC (1994)

Eptica President & CEO

Olivier NJAMFA

Since 2001, Co-founder, President & CEO – Eptica
VP & COO Com6 (e-CRM software company) 1999 – 2001
International Operations Director – Showcase, previously Managing Director – Comshare (Business Intelligence and Datamining software solutions) 1995 – 1999
Regional Director – Saari, (Accounting software) 1987 – 1995
President – Club de Londres APM (Association Progres du Management)
Ms Economics – ESC Rouen (1987), MBA – ESCP (1995)

Sidetrade Founder & CEO

Olivier NOVASQUE

Since 2000, Founder & CEO – Sidetrade
Sales Manager – GE FactoFrance 1995 – 2000
Ms Economics – ESC Toulouse (1992)

independent consultant/board member & private investor, ex CEO of Deny-All

Jacques SEBAG

Since 2018, independent consultant/board member & private investor
CEO – Deny-All (acquired by Rohde & Schwarz) 2011 – 2018
COO – Everteam 2008 – 2010
Vice-President EMEA, Strategic Partners & ISP – Symantec 2005 – 2007
Vice-President & GM France – Veritas Software 2002 – 2005
COO – Axway (Sopra Group) 2001 – 2002
Vice-President & GM EMEA – Remedy 1998 – 2001
Vice-President Sales, France, EMEA, USA – Oracle 1989 – 1998
Ms Engineering – Ecole Centrale de Lyon (1978), Ms of Science – NorthwesternUniversity (Chicago, USA)

Apax Partner, Technology Sector

Gilles RIGAL

Since 2001, Partner, Technology Sector – Apax
GM France and Vice-President EMEA – BMC Software 1995 – 2001
Senior Vice-President Worldwide Operations – Systar 1990 – 1995
Sales Manager – Mc Donnell Douglas Information Systems 1987 – 1990
Co-founder and VP Sales – IGL 1982 – 1987
Ms Engineering – ENSEEIHT (1981)

Investment Partner at Acequia Capital, ex Microsoft France Business & Marketing Officer

Marc JALABERT

Since 2018 Investment Partner – Acequia Capital
Marketing and Operations GM – Microsoft Western Europe 2015-2018
Consumer Channels Group General Manager – Microsoft France 2011-2016
Business & Marketing Officer – Microsoft France 2008 – 2011
Director Ecosystem & Platform Division – Microsoft France 2005 – 2008
Director of Business Development – Microsoft France 2003 – 2005
Ms Software Engineering – ENSEEIHT (1989), MBA – Insead (1997)