Nicolas Celier is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ring Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.
Nicolas Celier is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Ring Capital, a Paris-based venture firm he launched in 2016–2017 to address the lack of French tech growth equity, drawing on prior experience as a Partner at Alven Capital and co-founder of France Digitale and the social impact fund Investir&+. His investment thesis centers on impact-driven technology scale-ups that tackle social and environmental challenges, with a primary focus on early-stage companies (pre-seed to Series B) across Europe and an emerging strategy for French-speaking Africa, covering sectors like climate, fintech, healthcare, edtech, and AI. Ring Capital typically invests at seed and Series A stages with a hands-on, strategic support model, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly disclosed. Notable portfolio companies include Dataiku, Sézane, and Platform.sh, for which Celier has served on the board, alongside the firm’s broader portfolio of 76 companies. Celier distinguishes himself through a consistent public commitment to impact investing, having co-founded France Digitale and Tech For Good France, and he frequently emphasizes empowering teams to bui
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