Pierre-Edouard Sterin

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.

Membre

2022

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

Equity Sales

1998 - 1998