Within the IRON HANDS CAPITAL team, I am Chairman of the Investment Committee and lead the overall coordination and strategy of the fund.

Before co-founding IRON HANDS CAPITAL, I was a Vice President of the Technology M&A team at Rothschild & Co. I have completed over 30 transactions with major french and international corporations and private equity funds with a total value of over $20+ billion.

My main areas of expertise in Technology are Software, deep tech, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, and IT Services.

I have also worked at Crédit Agricole CIB on technical M&A transactions, delistings, IPOs, large-cap buy-side transactions for private equity funds, and cross-border transactions; at Bucéphale Finance on mainly small and mid-cap transactions; and in Private Equity at Aquasourça as an account manager on expansion capital and LBO transactions.

I am also a business angel investor with 10+ investments in French start-ups and LP in several venture tech funds.

Nicolas helps the whole team to deliver on their promises, and to reinforce the invest approach with his experience.

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Within the IRON HANDS CAPITAL team, I am the Chairman of the Management Company, responsible for fund management.

Prior to co-founding IRON HANDS CAPITAL, I worked in private equity at Siparex as an account manager on expansion capital and LBO transactions. Subsequently, I honed my operational skills in consulting firms such as Albus Partners and KPMG on corporate turnaround issues. I have worked on M&A transactions for investment funds or large groups with positions in companies. I have also worked on M&A transactions for investment funds and large groups, taking positions in companies to solve problems related to cash flow, inventory, logistics, sales, asset disposals, ERP and HR.

I also developed new activities with members of the COMEX of Groupe Casino, notably on the blockchain with structuring a tokenized fund for institutional investors.

Within the IRON HANDS CAPITAL team, I am responsible for sourcing Deeptech companies and post-investment operations. I am also responsible for marketing, communications, and network management for the companies and the fund.As a co-founder of IRON HANDS CAPITAL, I also work as a Deeptech expert and mentor for the European Commission. In addition, I have been passionate about innovation since 2010; I have worked as an innovation director and board member in large corporations and SMEs, both BtoB and BtoC. At the same time, I have worked with around 400+ start-ups and supported 200 for periods ranging from 10 days to 2 years, 50% of which were in deep technologies. I have developed expertise and strong intuition about the disruptive capacity of these start-ups, balanced by a structuring methodology of go-to-market and industrialization.This approach is reinforced by 20 years of design and marketing project management in the major events, luxury, and retail sectors for Decathlon, Engie, LVMH, Diageo Group, Cartier, Chargeur Group, and FFT, among others. Thanks to them, I have worked on all continents, from Singapore to Israel, the USA, Argentina, and sub-Saharan Africa. All this helps me better understand how to create the conditions for the success of our innovative start-ups in France and internationally.

Within the IRON HANDS CAPITAL teams, I oversee investments, operations, and deployment of technology bricks to increase participation performance. With a dual investment and sovereign technology background, I evaluate each investment opportunity from both perspectives. I also oversee the development and management of the fund's technical infrastructure.

Before co-founding IRON HANDS CAPITAL, I was CFO and Strategic Director of the Blockchain Business Unit of Exaion, a company specializing in Cloud Computing, High-Performance Computing, and Blockchain. Known in the Web3 ecosystem, where I was able to define the group's strategy, build the Exanode solution and initiate multiple ICO and Web3 projects.

Before that, I worked in the turnaround and strategy space leading transformation deals for top-tier companies at Albus Partners and as a VC analyst at EDF Venture.

I am also a Business Angel in several start-ups in the DeepTech ecosystem.

I identify, analyze and perform due diligence on investment opportunities within the IRON HANDS CAPITAL team. In addition, I am responsible for setting and monitoring our portfolio's goals / KPIs and roadmap, both business and financial. I also use my corporate and international business network to support the companies and the fund. Founder of Feeloë in 2003, a specialist in digital tech due diligence and digital transformation consulting, I have supported many European PE VC and MidCap funds and their portfolio companies in their investments and strategic decisions. The main industries have been B2B services (electrical engineering, oil & gas, supply chain, utilities), TMT (Telecom Media Technologies) and retail, including e-commerce. As an expert in the Internet and IT industries, I developed my investment portfolio in early-stage start-ups, including Dailymotion, the world's 29th largest audience, now owned by Vivendi. After graduating from HEC Paris in 1990, I started my career in the M&A department of Schneider Electric, where I worked for seven years on over 200 transactions worldwide. I then spent three years at BCG and Oliver Wyman Paris and led Keyrus, a BI solutions integrator, to its IPO on Alternext in 2000, a group I managed until 2003.