Stéphane Paillard

CEO

Paris, Île-de-France, France12 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led successful investments in multiple startups.
Coached over a hundred entrepreneurs in Europe.
Transformed event participation into growth channels.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused startup investor and entrepreneur with extensive experience in early-stage ventures.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales OperationsGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

StartupSeed CapitalEarly-stage StartupsEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyStart-upsProject ManagementBusiness AnalysisE-commerceIT for EquityStart-up VenturesIdea IncubationTechnology IncubationIncubatorsIncubation

About

Serial entrepreneur and investor Stéphane Paillard is Partner and Chief Business Officer at Sesamers, the event copilot platform for startups, where he's fully committed to transforming how European startups leverage events for growth. Through Sesamers, Stéphane is dedicated to fostering innovation and connecting the European tech ecosystem at scale. With participations in successful startups such as Groover (over €10 million raised) and blockchain enterprise Starton (€5 million raised), Stéphane is an established startup investor with around thirty participations to his credit. He currently serves as LP in Hook, a pre-seed accelerator program, and Nordic Web Ventures, continuing his commitment to supporting early-stage European entrepreneurs. Beyond investments, Stéphane is an active and encouraging member of the European startup ecosystem, having provided invaluable coaching to over a hundred entrepreneurs—a testament to his dedication to their success. His role at Sesamers combines his operational expertise with his deep ecosystem knowledge to help startups transform events into predictable growth channels.

Experience

Hook

Investor & Mentor

Mar 2020 – Present · 6 yrs · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Schoolab

3 roles

Entrepreneur In Residence

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos

Main mission: coaching entrepreneurs at early and seed stage.

Head of Entrepreneurship

Jan 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Main mission: leading the startup team, developping new entrepreneurship programs (Frenchtech Tremplin, Starter Vietnam), designing startup's programs (early and seed stage), managing the team on ops, recruiting and scouting startups, coaching entrepreneurs - 200+ per year.

Startup Program Manager (Station F Program)

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 5 mos

Main mission: launching and managing the Pepite Startups Program (focusing on student entrepreneurs) based at Station F.

Agily

CEO / CPO

Jan 2020 – Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

Fondée en 2020, Agily se place à la croisée entre un cabinet de conseil et un product studio. Nous accompagnons nos clients dans le développement de produits digitaux (applications, site web, logiciels, ..).

Groover

Seed Investor

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

Siouplaît

Pre-seed investor

Jun 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Sesamers

Chief Business Officer

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 6 mos · Ville de Paris

As Chief Business Officer at Sesamers, I led sales and partnerships to help startups showcase their products at tech events across Europe. By automating the booth purchasing process with our AI platform, I simplified participation and boosted revenue, paving the way for their success in the tech industry.

Sales OperationsGo-to-Market Strategy