Mathieu Hecquet
Partnerships associate at Whatnot
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Partnerships associate
2023 - Current
Shaping the future of ecommerce, one stream at a time
Whatnot is a live stream platform and marketplace that enables collectors and enthusiasts to connect, buy, and sell verified products.
Raised $484,700,000.00 from DST Global, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Bond, CapitalG and Andreessen Horowitz.
Associate
2022 - 2023
Venture Capital Analyst
2020 - 2022
Early stage generalist venture capital firm, investing across Europe and Israel. Mangrove has been an early backer of companies such as Skype, Wix, Walkme, K Health, Wallapop or The Bank Of London. At Mangrove I was in charge of sourcing startups across different European ecosystems, analyzing investment opportunities and working with our portfolio companies on different projects.
VC Startup Scout
2020 - 2020
Rating agency for startups and innovative SMEs, operating across Europe. In 5 years the company has built a database of 30.000 startups and rated 4.000 of them. As a scout intern I sourced startups on a daily basis, worked on market researches and implemented new processes to improve the efficiency of operations.
COO Right-Hand
2018 - 2018
French startup offering a platform where users can subscribe and manage their different contracts (utilities, insurance, internet/mobile, etc.). During my internship at papernest I had the opportunity to work on the company's establishment in Spain, perform data analysis to assess sales efficiency (using SQL) and work on the implementation of new processes.
Relationship Manager's Assistant
2018 - 2018
Trade Development is a BNP department in charge of helping SMEs and startups with their international strategy. As an assistant of the relationship manager I was in charge of analyzing the projects of our clients and organizing commercial meetings with potential partners for them.
Internal Auditor
2017 - 2017