Arnaud Baraer

VC Investor

2017 - Current

XAnge is a leading European venture capital firm based in Paris and Munich. We invest in European early-stage innovative technology companies operating in the fields of Digital consumer, Enterprise & Data, Fintech, and Deeptech. Since its creation in 2003, XAnge has backed more than 200 fast-growing companies in their entrepreneurial journeys. We work alongside visionary founders with strong values and International ambitions such as Ledger, Odoo, Lydia, Believe…

Seed Investor

2022

Board Observer

2021

HR platform to manage employees abroad.

Board Member

2021

airfocus is an easy to use prioritization and roadmapping software solution that helps teams visualize priorities, build lean roadmaps, collaborate on strategy, and align your vision with the whole organization.

Board Observer

2020

Ouihelp is an outpatient care company active in the French market.

Board Observer

2020

VOSS provides a complete tool-set to transform the way that communications architectures are designed, deployed and operated, in the public and private cloud.

Private Equity Analyst

2016 - 2017

Rothschild Proprietary Investments (formerly Paris Orléans) manages a €300 million global portfolio of direct minority co-investments. The strategy is to pursue opportunistic private equity and growth investments in a variety of sectors and a broad range of countries with a specific focus North America and Emerging Markets.

Private Equity Analyst

2014 - 2015

Weinberg Capital was launched in 2005 by Serge Weinberg, former CEO of Sanofi. The PE shop takes majority stakes in French mid-sized companies specialized in BtoB distribution, Healthcare and Industry products. WCP has over $1B assets under management. At WCP, I was in charge of researching on investment opportunities, either for a build up acquisition or for a portfolio acquisition. The task involved reading material sent by investment banks and sum it up in a review for the Investment Committee. For the most promising cases, it involved financial modelling and a full due dilligence process I also worked on valuating current portfolio companies on a regular basis, so that WCP could communicate an updated valuation to its investors Near the end of my contract with WCP, I was given the opportunity to work on the implementation of a $150m new investment fund Nobel that invests in medium-sized listed company, preparing with Nobel’s CEO a summary of investment opportunities in order to raise funds.

Supplier Monitoring and Alert (SMA) and Supplier Evaluation and Development (SED) Co-Manager

2012 - 2012

--> Performed financial analyses of Astrium Space Transportation, Satellites and Services’ suppliers - Identified critical and risky suppliers for the SMA (did use Orbis, Coface and D&B’s reports) - Took part in meetings between German, French, English and Spanish Procurememt teams --> Performed analyses of 2012 suppliers’ assessments - Trained multifunctional teams for 2013 SED - Created an Excel Tool which gathers the last 5 years suppliers’ assessments --> Carried out the 2012 « Reverse Supplier Survey » for Astrium and Airbus Military - Drafting of questionnaires in English and Spanish - Created an Excel Tool for Military suppliers and carried out the Supplier Survey in Les Mureaux (outstanding results: 88% answers, +22% YoY). - Analyses of 330 suppliers feedbacks and presented them to Procurement managers

Junior Consultant in a team within Essec Curriculum

2012 - 2012

--> Did work on the fiber’s development in France --> Benchmarked South East Asia countries’ achievements --> Prepared market surveys and administered questionnaires --> Made recommendations to clients