Louis Dussart

Vice President

2021 - Current

Research Associate

2020 - 2021

Investor & Board Observer

2022

Investor & Board Member

2021

Investor & Board Member

2022

Investor

2023

CoFounder & CEO

2018 - 2020

Mood is a livestreaming and ecommerce application within WeChat connecting Chinese millennials and Europe's brands through live shopping sessions. Chinese micro-influencers living in Paris, Berlin, Milan and London introduce the local fashion through livestreams shot in brands' stores. From China, millennials & GenZ can discover the newest products, watch, interact and purchase live. Accelerated by Station F, Lafayette Plug and Play and LVMH La Maison des Startups in 2020, Mood gathers 50+ client brands that Chinese GenZ can discover and purchase through livestreams.

Data Scientist

2018 - 2018

Founded in 2011, Naspers’ company takealot.com is South Africa's largest online retailer. On top of its diversified offer, takealot.com acquired Superbalist, an ecommerce website dedicated to fashion, and Mr D Food, an online food ordering and delivery platform. My job was to use predictive analysis (machine learning, deep learning) and heuristics (genetic algorithms) on Python and R to optimize the supply chain & logistics problems.

Analyst

2017 - 2018

White Star Capital is an early-stage Venture Capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, data-driven businesses. Based out of London, New York, Montreal, Paris and Tokyo, our international presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with our Founders to help them scale internationally from Series A onwards.

Intern

2017 - 2017

Intern - Financial Management

2016 - 2016

Bolloré Transport & Logistics is a French company implanted in 45 African countries since 1927 (36,000+ employees, €8.3bn turnover in 2017). It evolves in diverse sectors: container terminals, commodities warehousing (cocoa, coffee, cashew nuts), shipping, oil & gas logistics, rail transport... The Abidjan headquarters are the Group's largest office on African soil and run the Western Africa subregion (Guinea, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone): Bolloré is the largest private employer in the country. • Weekly financial consolidation of the 20+ departments • Daily report on the financial performances in comparison with the projections • Involved in the yearly budget planning (market share, company growth, geopolitic risk, investments...) • Involved in the monthly and quarterly results' closing (P&L, Balance Sheet)