Investor profile
Laurent Claes
Corporate VC, Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Investor at Richemont, Angel Investor at Frenchfounders
Laurent Claes is an Angel Investor at Frenchfounders, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsCommerce EnablementCreator EconomyData AnalyticsE-CommerceEnterprise SaaSFashionTechLeather GoodsLuxury GoodsMarketplacesRetail TechWatchmaking
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at Richemont, whose known portfolio counts 3 companies
- Farfetch
- Delvaux
- PlumRiver Technology
Angel Investor at Frenchfounders, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Flitter
- Albert
- Groover
- Dataïads
- firmly.ai
- Fairly Made
- Worldia
- French Bloom
- Gamercraft
- Sizzle AI
Investor Profile
Laurent Claes is listed against sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and SaaS, and focus areas AI Applications, Commerce Enablement, Creator Economy and Data Analytics in the database.
Frenchfounders appears in Late-Stage, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Laurent Claes is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Geraldine Le Meur
Partner LeFonds by Frenchfounders
Paris, France
Francesco Maio
Member
Paris, France
Paul Papadimitriou
Master of Ceremonies
London, United Kingdom
François Santi
Board Member (EXIT 2022 Tikehau)
Paris, France
Ekaterina Piaskorskaia
Co-Founder
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stephan Dietrich
President SaaS Club
Boston, United States
Lucie Duvivier
Head of MEA
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Maxime Masraff
Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Songyi Deng
Investor
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
Who is Laurent Claes?
Laurent Claes is a corporate venture investor and syndicate member based in Hong Kong, listed as Angel Investor at Frenchfounders. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Laurent Claes personally.
What does Laurent Claes invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Commerce Enablement, Creator Economy and Data Analytics. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Laurent Claes invest at?
Frenchfounders appears in Late-Stage, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Laurent Claes is listed there as Angel Investor. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Laurent Claes listed at?
Laurent Claes is listed as Angel Investor at Frenchfounders. 9 other people in the database share a firm with Laurent Claes.
How do I contact Laurent Claes?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Laurent Claes. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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