Fabrice Grinda

Fabrice Grinda (born 3 August 1974) is a French entrepreneur, blogger for Business Insider[1] and super angel, with more than 200 investments around the world,[2] including Alibaba Group, Airbnb, Beepi, FanDuel, Palantir, and Windeln.

[3][4][5] Grinda is the co-founder and former CEO of Aucland, Zingy, and OLX[3][4][6] and is a frequent conference speaker on trends in technology, emerging markets, and investing.

[12] In July 1999, in exchange for 51% of the company, Grinda raised $18 million for Aucland from the venture fund of luxury-goods magnate Bernard Arnault.

[1] Grinda has written about raising money from VCs, the future of technology in shaping the world, and working as a serial angel investor.

[1] Grinda has been a featured speaker at many conferences, including Le Web,[8] IDCEE,[9] La Red Innova,[10] TechCrunch Italy[24] and SIME.

[26] On 5 December 2014 Grinda received the Golden Pillar, awarded annually from the French Institute Alliance Française for outstanding contributions to Franco-American relations.