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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

Inspirez-vous de 10 US stories remarquables, rédigées par Franck Delorme, président de Seed4soft
9 octobre 2017

Intelligence artificielle : Q°emotion, le 2ème investissement de l’année pour Seed4soft
6 juillet 2017

ClarityAd is now called Confiant !
10 avril 2017

Nos membres

Consultant & Private Investor
Laurent BALAINE

ICMI (Family Office) General Manager
Patrick BERTRAND

Dassault Systemes/Exalead Chief Strategy Officer
Francois BOURDONCLE

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

Invarture President & Founder
Hervé HABABOU

CEO & Founder – Runmyprocess
Matthieu HUG

Microsoft France Business & Marketing Officer
Marc JALABERT

Sidetrade Founder & CEO
Olivier NOVASQUE

Apax Partner, Technology Sector
Gilles RIGAL

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)

ICMI (Family Office) General Manager

Patrick BERTRAND

Former CEO – CEGID Group (2002-2017)
Chairman of Lyon French Tech
CFO – Eurafrep (Oil & Gas Research), an affiliate of Lazard Group 1983 – 1988
Manager, Large Companies Department – Crédit Chimique 1977 – 1983
Founder & Chairman – Figesco (Private Investor – start-up company)
Board Member, Audit & Investment Committees – OL Groupe
Board Member Martin-Belaysoud Group

Dassault Systemes/Exalead Chief Strategy Officer

Francois BOURDONCLE

2014 – Président, FB&Cie
Since 2008, Chief Strategy Officer – Dassault Systemes/Exalead
Founder & CEO – Exalead (sold to Dassault Systemes) 2000 – 2008
Research Consultant – AltaVista 1996 – 1998
Researcher, France & USA R&D lab – Digital Equipment Corp. 1989 – 1993
Ms Engineering – Ecole Polytechnique (1984), Corps des Mines (1987), Ph.D. (1992)

President – Solocal Group, Microsoft WE, Mirosoft France

Eric BOUSTOULLER

Since September, 2017, President – Solocal Group
President – 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

Managing Partner – Kerney Partners
Former 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 & 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 Seed4Soft Selection Committee & 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

President – France Angels 2009 – 2013; since 2013 President Business Angels Europe
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
Member of Seed4Soft Selection Committee
Ms Engineering – ESTP (1978), MBA IAE (1979)

Invarture President & Founder

Hervé HABABOU

Since 2005, President & Founder – Invarture
VP Corporate Venture – Netdecisions 2001 – 2005
Director – Webvitrine 1999 – 2001
Software Consultant – Pegasystems 1998
Member of Seed4Soft Selection Committee
Ms Computer Science – ENS-IIE (1998), London Business School (2003)

W4 President & CEO

Laurent HENAULT

Since 2005, President & CEO – W4Software
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)

CEO & Founder – Runmyprocess

Matthieu HUG

CEO & Founder – Tilkal
Since 2007, CEO & Founder – Runmyprocess (sold to Fujitsu in 2013)
Deputy CIO – Netsize 2004 – 2007
Senior consultant & project manager– CapGemini 1999 – 2004
Scientific cooperation coordinator – French Embassy in Beijing 1998
Member of Seed4Soft Selection Committee
Ms Computer Science – Supelec (1997), Georgia Tech (1997)

Microsoft France Business & Marketing Officer

Marc JALABERT

Since 2011, Consumer Channels Group General Manager – Microsoft France
Business & Marketing Officer – Microsoft France 2008 – 2011
Director Ecosystem & Platform Division – Microsoft France 2005 – 2008
Director of Business Development – Microsoft France 2003 – 2005
Ms Engineering – ENSEEIHT (1989), MBA – Insead (1997)

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)

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)

Deny-All CEO

Jacques SEBAG

Since 2011, CEO – Deny-All
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 – Northwestern University (Chicago, USA)