Boris Golden
General Partner at Partech
Boris Golden
General Partner at Partech
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2015 - Current
Co-leading Partech Seed funds. At the Board & Active advisor of: – Sorare 🦄 (Seed): Fantasy sport game x Digital collectible cards x NFT marketplace – Jellysmack 🦄 (Pre-Seed & Seed lead): Supercharging video creators with technology – TestGorilla 🦍 (Seed): Online pre-employment testing platform for bias-free hiring – Maze 👩💻 (Pre-Seed lead): Product research & user testing platform at scale with AI – CoachHub 👩🏫 (Partech Seed): Digital workforce coaching solution, on a global scale – inmemori ⚰️ (Seed, 1st VC): The most beautiful funeral for your departed loved one – Contrast 📹 (Pre-Seed lead): Effortless & engaging webinars + repurpose with AI – Pimento 💡 (Pre-Seed lead): Collaborative moodboard for creatives, fueled by Gen AI – Second 🛒 (Seed): The leading marketplace solution to sell services online – Presti 🪑 (Seed lead): AI-generated product photos for the furnishing industry Exits / Formerly at the Board of: – Glofox 🏋️ (Seed co-lead): The #1 fitness management software (Acquired by ABC Fitness) – Ubble 🛂 (Seed lead): Remote identity verification with AI x video (Acquired by Checkout) – Dejbox 🍱 (Pre-Seed & Seed lead): Virtual canteen for employees (Acquired by Carrefour) – Bearer.sh 🕵️♂️ (Pre-Seed lead): Find & fix your critical security issues (Acquired by Cycode) – Plato 🧑🏫 (Pre-Seed, 1st VC): Mentoring for software engineering leaders (Acquired by Coda) -- – Le Collectionist 🏰 (Seed co-lead): Beautiful private holiday rentals with exceptional service – Vsora 🤖 (Pre-Seed co-lead): IP provider for chips in (generative) AI & self-driving cars To learn more about Partech Seed, you can read this: https://bit.ly/3Zgnkvx
Board Observer
2020
Led Partech investment & at the Board since Seed. Raised $50m Series A and $680m Series B (Benchmark, Accel, SoftBank, Bessemer, IVP, etc), only 1 year after the Seed round.
Board Member
2016
Led Pre-Seed & Seed rounds. Raised Series A & B (Highland Europe), and XXL Series C (SoftBank). Feeling priviledged to have witnessed & supported this journey from day 1. More here: bit.ly/3LZjj8F
Board Observer
2021
Led Partech investment & at the Board since Seed. Raised $70m Series A (Atomico & Balderton) a year later. On a mission to replace CVs with skill-based hiring. #5 fastest growing product in 2022 (G2.com).
Pre-Seed lead & Advisor
2018
Led Pre-Seed round & at the Board until Series B. Raised $15m Series A (Emergence) and $40m Series B (Felicis). Having evolved from a "hack" for wireframes user testing in 2018 to a full product research platform today, with an unchanged mission: no more time & energy wasted building the wrong products.
Board Observer
2020
At the board since Series A (after Partech invested in the Seed round). Raised $20m Series A, $110m Series B, and $200m Series C (SoftBank, Sofina, Molten, HV & more). Democratizing digital coaching.
Board Member
2023
Led Pre-Seed round (together with my colleague Alison). Stay tuned!
Board Member
2018
Led Partech investment (1st VC) & at the Board since Seed. Raised Series A (Eurazeo). Striving to provide the most beautiful funeral services to families & their departed loved ones. Motto in French: "En hommage à ceux qui partent, au service de ceux qui restent".
Board Member
2024
Led Seed round. AI-generated product photos for the furnishing industry.
Board Member
2023
Co-led Seed round with 42Cap. The leading marketplace solution to sell services online. Stay tuned!
Education
PhD
2009 - 2012
Visiting Scholar
2011 - 2011
Bachelor / Master / Agrégation
2004 - 2009
Master
2008 - 2009
MPSI/MP*
2002 - 2004