Emmanuel Gaudé

Graduate of a Magisterium of corporate finance at the Sorbonne, Emmanuel started his career in one of the main French investment banks, Paribas: he made his way to entrepreneurs, whom he supports and supports in their development. He understands what interests him most: stories of entrepreneurs, men or women who struggle daily to impose their vision. Alas, the big institutions no longer integrate human values ​​into their decision-making processes. Emmanuel decided to join a leading group of divestment operations: he made more than a hundred acquisitions. At the same time, for the first time, he is enjoying private equity: in 2000, he launched his first SCR, XYlux Partners (a seed fund dedicated to the values ​​of the Net). Despite the explosion of the bubble, it will close with a multiple of invested portfolio of 2.2. The virus has contaminated him: he invests, as a Business Angel, in three start-ups. In 2009, Emmanuel sets up his first TEPA holding operation. At the same time, he rises and chairs the national association of ISF holdings and becomes a director of the CNCEF. On this occasion, he meets Arnaud: this meeting will give birth to Starquest.