Kamel Zeroual
General Partner at Varsity
Kamel Zeroual
General Partner at Varsity
France
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2023 - Current
Varsity is a seed-stage venture capital firm partnering with future legends 🚀 of tech entrepreneurs from all over Europe.
Partner
2017 - 2023
Serena is a venture firm backing companies anywhere from seed to later stage. Board member: Wazo / Acheel / Lifen / Inato / 8Sec / Heuritech / Acinq / Sarus / Implicity / Brigad / IbanFirst / Lengow / PixelMe. BA: Bon Vivant / Vell / Commune / Kovalee / Crew Tech / Dots / e-Short / Faks / Finary / Hestia / Jump / Kompozite / Magma / Metagora / Omaj / Ottho / PatrOwl / POC Pharma / Qobra / SnapKey / Teal/ Thynk, Avekapeti / Quiet.
Principal
2015 - 2017
50 Partners is a startup support program built by 50 experienced entrepreneurs (Blablacar, LeBonCoin, PriceMinister...) who select and support promising early-stage startups financially and operationally. 50 Partners supports tech 5 to 7 early-stage tech startups (Mobile, Media, SaaS, Big Data,...) a year. Role: In charge of 50 Partners Capital (Sourcing, Due Diligence, Closings, Follow-up): €100-500k investments in very early-stage projects ; Board observer at Hull.io (Marketing/Sales Segmentation SaaS platform) ; ProcessOut (Smart routing payment platform) ; PandaScore (e-Sport data platform for betting) ; Firekast.io (LiveStreaming SaaS platform for B2B) ; BirdOffice (Marketplace for B2B space renting ) ; Magic Makers (kids coding services) ; Seald.io (Encrypt and management Saas Platform) ; TechRising (Quantitative trading software for Retailers).
Business Developer and Cofounder
2011 - 2015
GG FACTOR developed social and mobile games, based in Paris, France that were applicable on any mobile or Facebook platform. We developed mobile and Facebook games by nailing game design, UX and UI challenges: - Coffee Break Mania (Puzzle Game – cross platforms iOS, Android and FB) - Django (Endless runner and Shoot’em up). This game was named best mobile game in Game Connection America 2014 : http://goo.gl/UTFvTK - FunkyTown (City Builder & Tower Defense - FB) - Fanloons (puzzle game iOS & Android) - Street Boss (MMO RPG with mobile localization - iOS) As a cofounder, I was involved with all aspects of management including human resource decision making (recruitment, training and evaluations), production (features priority and planning), operations (revenue forecasting, content planning, and community management), marketing (user acquisition, play-test, and soft-launching), and business development (relationships with platform partners, gaming companies, and advisors),
CEO and Cofounder
2008 - 2013
Stribe was a software company based in Paris, France. We developed a social network platform, with SaaS embedded technology, which allowed any company to instantly create its own customizable social network on any website. Stribe was honored by Techcrunch50 and won the gold award from Leweb 2009. More than 5,000 websites used our service across different industries including gaming, blogs, video streaming and e-commerce. Stribe launched several apps and websites: - couplestreet.com - A social network for couples. (Finalist of Launch Festival 2012) - meetyouaqui.com – Dating website for travelers - cvlocatif.com – Website to find potential tenants As CEO and cofounder, I was involved in all activities of the company including product design, strategic planning, business development, commercial strategy and recruitment. I also managed the fundraising activities to help the company grow and develop.
Senior IT Auditor and Risk Manager
2004 - 2007
As a consultant, I participated in and led compliance reviews and audits of key IT and business processes (e.g., Sarbanes Oxley Act, COBIT, statutory audits) and assessed application controls and segregation of duties). - Performed complex data analysis to support financial/statutory audits: (i) pre/post ERP migration reviews, (ii) fraud investigation on accounting entries, (iii) Research of abnormal patterns within the invoicing process of a major Telecom company. • Performed or supervised, as part of the financial audit support, a review of key IT processes and business processes (Order to Cash, Procure To Pay, Financial Close, etc.). • Prepared proposals, defined approach and scope, organized and scheduled fieldwork, coached team members, reviewed quality of work done and evaluated deliverables.