Bio

Ecosystem Supporter at large | Partner | Founder | CEO | Board Adviser | Speaker & Impact Investor Growth Senior Adviser, Board Adviser, Investor (> 30 companies / still managing a portfolio of 25 active companies) & International Keynote Speaker (Europas, Pioneers, BDLA, DFF, ArabNet, Unbound, Latitude59, Slush, TechChill, ImpactCEE, LIS, SouthSummit, etc...) with a background in Sales, Marketing & Strategic Biz Dev (>10y @ Apple, Telco etc). I founded & managed the Startupbootcamp IoT Program until 2018 for which we screened >1500 early stage companies & invested in about 10 every year. Contributor to Forbes, I actually wrote about its closure in early 2019 here https://www.forbes.com/sites/raphcrouan/2019/06/25/brexit-or-the-early-stage-scene-accelerator-killer/ I’m also the President & Founding Board member for the FrenchTech organisation in the UK, a Founding Management Board Member & Chair for the SMEs in the AIOTI (Alliance for IoT Innovation) at the European Commission & a Founding Board Member of the French IoT Think Tank. You can also reach me on twitter at @raphcrouan Focus area: Investment, Equity, Growth, Public Speaking, Moderating, Startup Investment, Company Biz Plan Review, Team structure & validation, Marketing Strategy, BizDev Processes & tactics, Complex Sales Negotiations, P&L, Multinational Team Management.