Ring Capital: Who we are
We provide capital to fast growing digital scale-ups and we mentor ambitious French entrepreneurs
This is our mission at Ring Capital.
We raised in December 2017 our first 165m€ fund called Ring Capital 1 and planed to invest around 3 to 15m€ in each company. We focus on fast growing digital companies made by French entrepreneurs generating >5m€ revenues, near break-even or willing to temporally trade off profitability to growth acceleration.
As of today, we are really proud to back some of the best players in the French tech industry (see our Portfolio)
From day one, Ring Capital has put together a team of investors who don’t share the same background and can provide additional value. “We think we have an ability to understand complex tech challenges. We can leverage that and foster those technological assets.” Digital operational skills as well as proven track record to invest and support the entrepreneurs’ team in growing and scaling up their business.
Geoffroy Bragadir was both an investor (Aurinvest Capital), a business angel (TextMaster, Socloz …) and a successful entrepreneur (Empruntis.com sold ~100m€).
Nicolas Celier invested as a Partner at Alven Capital in multiple companies (Sézane, Dataïku, Liligo …). He co-created the FEST (France Eco-Sociale Tech) movement and is a board member at France Digitale.
Marie-Capucine Lemétais was Head of Marketing Western Europe for the Danish Fintech Saxo Bank. Prior to that, she worked as Product Marketing at Fortuneo and as an analyst at Alven Capital.
Alban de La Bretèche has a strong technical background and managed multiple research and development projects at Criteo. In his previous position, he was Sales & Marketing Director for IT companies.
Nicolas Bailly worked as an associate at Aurinvest Capital and was on the board of several startups (OpenDataSoft, Famoco, Jabmo, …). Prior to that, he worked as an M&A analyst at Finarea and Natixis.
Thomas Marsal worked as a Data Manager for Stuart. He oversaw data analysis, development of forecasting tools and customer segmentation. He started working as an analyst at Agoranov, a french incubator.
Hagera Sendabad was Operations Manager at Mention. She has 8 years’ experience as an executive assistant within start-up environments (finance, administration, legal, HR, events …)
Our philosophy is based on the ability to both finance and support digital scale-up companies with dedication and humility. Working side-by-side with the founders and their team to bring operational skills, experience and added value (such as operations, commercial support, international contacts & networks, advisory requirements regarding tech, sales or financial issues) to favour growth is a core value at Ring Capital.
We gathered investors and mentors who help us support and grow the companies we invest in. Among other limited partners, we are supported by Tikehau Capital, bpifrance, Danone, BRED, Crédit Mutuel Maine-Anjou, Pro BTP Groupe, SWEN, SofiOuest. On top of that, we meet a community of +70 mentors (renowned CEOs, CTOs and entrepreneurs) with high value experience, helps us provide support to the companies in our portfolio.
We are here to back for the long term and achieve success with you within a few years. We look forward to doing so with you.
