Cross, Land, Expand. Winning in the US as a French Founder / Startup
Join us for a moderated panel discussion about doing business in the US followed by Q&A, live chats as well as casual drinks and food. We are four former and current founders with significant experience building companies in the US. This is us:
Erik Zahnlecker: Co-founder of Allocate.ai, an AI-powered SaaS product for professional services, acquired by Sage in 2019. Led AI product for Sage post acquisition, and recently Head of New Products & Growth at Kyte, a Series B startup.
Seb Boyer: co-founder and CEO of Farmwise, a leading US-based AgTech startup that raised $80m over the past 6 years, part of Sequoia x Forbes Top 50 AI companies of 2023 with teams in both FR and US.
Olivier Moindrot: co-founder & CEO at Fragment (YC S23), an AI-powered task management system for human-in-the-loop operations, emphasizing the collaboration between AI and human agents.
JY Stephan: Co-Founder of Data Mechanics, a YCombinator-backed data infrastructure startup (B2B dev tool), acquired by NetApp (US enterprise) in 2021. Now Co-Founder of Storio Energy.
Laurent Jolie: Co-founder of Lalilo, an innovative EdTech company with a cross-border operation (product team in France, primary market in the U.S.), recently acquired by Renaissance Learning, a leading US-based EdTech firm owned by private equity.
The discussion should be specifically relevant for entrepreneurs who are building companies from France and want to have a significant footprint and business activities in the US: fundraising, selling, hiring, M&A. We will chat about strategies, cultural differences as well as concrete tactical steps you can use.
We look forward to meeting you!
This event is sponsored by Basis Set Ventures, a VC firm based in San Francisco that invests in early stage companies from US and Europe. Please check out the website and reach out to sebastien@basisset.ventures if you are interested in getting in touch.