Lea Verdillon

Partner at AGLAÉ VENTURES

Paris, Île-de-France

Overview

Lea Verdillon is a Partner at Aglaé Ventures in Paris, France, with a background in finance and a focus on investments in early-stage companies in sectors like messaging, social networks, and SaaS. Noteworthy highlights include leading investments in companies like Beamy (Series A) and Heuritech (Series A), showcasing a strong track record in supporting innovative startups.

Work Experience

AGLAÉ VENTURES

Partner
2020 - Current
Aglaé Ventures invests in seed through pre-IPO rounds in asset light and fast growing activities. Expertise: Marketplaces, SaaS, content platforms, dev tools & IA, consumer tech.

Serena

Investor
2015 - 2020
Founded in 2008 by Marc Fournier, Philippe Hayat and Xavier Lorphelin, Serena Capital is an investment structure recognized in France and Europe with more than 400 million euros under management. Highly active on the innovation and digital markets (Internet & Media, Marketplaces, Software, Deeptech, AI), the company invests up to 15 million euros in innovative, strong growth companies . Board Member role : Heuritech - Quantilia Board Observer role : Prestashop - Flexybeauty - Hull.io - Uptime Actively participated in the following deals : Evaneos, Vekia, Coorpacademy, Inato, iBanFirst, Implicity

Hermès GB Ltd

Finance Intern
2014 - 2014
- Financial Analysis & General Accounting - Strategic Financial Planning and reporting sales - Management controlling : purchases policies, internal control procedures - 2 weeks as a sales and stockroom assistant in the 3 different shops in London

Cambon Partners

M&A intern
2013 - 2013
- Market research and target identification - Preparation of selling files - Setting up of data room and due diligence - Valuation, multiple calculation

MyBee

Sales Manager
2012 - 2013
Dematerialized payment start-up created by HEC students - Canvassing for new contracts - Conception and creation of new products - Projects monitoring (events of more than 2000 people)