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Pierre-edouard Sterin

Membre at Génération Bien Commun

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Pierre-Edouard Sterin is an accomplished Investor and Entrepreneur based in the Brussels Metropolitan Area, with a strong background in founding and owning successful ventures such as Otium Capital and Smartbox Group. He has made significant investments in various sectors including Diagnostics, Entertainment & Sports, Payments, Cybersecurity, BioTech, and FinTech, with notable investments in companies like Ensol, Giftory, VSORA, Rzilient, and Stage11.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2022 - Current

    The Fonds du Bien Commun is an ecosystem comprising different structures: an endowment fund to support associations and an investment fund for for-profit projects. Finally, we have an incubator to help associative and other projects emerge. We invest €80m a year (donations, impact investing and land investment) to support the promoters of positive-impact projects as they scale up. Our priorities : - Solidarity - Integral education - Culture and heritage - Human and spiritual growth

  • Founder and Owner

    2009

    Otium Capital is an evergreen investment company that: - is owned by a philanthropic foundation, - donates 50% of its annual profits to charities, We manage our own money and we are committed for the long term. We invest 200 M per year. We invest from 100 K to 80 M EUR per deal. We have invested so far 500 M EUR in 100 companies. If you raise money and if you are very ambitious, contact us. The list of our companies : www.otiumcapital.com

  • Founder and Owner

    2003

    Smartbox is the worldwide leader in gift experiences. Founded in 2003 with only 5 000 euros. Turnover 2022 of 500 millions EUR. Team of 800 talented people. We are in 10 european countries (France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Denmark...). We have 40 000 partners (hotels, restaurants, spas...) and 10 000 point of sales.

  • Owner and President of the Board

    2008 - 2014

    We have invested in LaFourchette and became the main shareholder of the company (80%). We bring operational expertise and hands-on support to the founders. We developed the company from 20 to 20 000 bookings a day. We recruited 200 talented people. We sold the company in 2014 to Trip Advisor.

  • Founder

    1999 - 2001

    Black Orange was the french leading software and video game retailer over the Internet. 3 M of sales in 2000 for our first year. Team of 40 talented people. I sold my shares in 2001.

  • Equity Analyst

    1998 - 1999

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