Investor at Indépendant
I back entrepreneurs building great companies. I like to be the first yes rather than the last no. It's never too early to contact me --> balthazar.delavergne@gmail.com
Balthazar de Lavergne
Balthazar de Lavergne is Investor at Indépendant, with past experience at Semper, The Family, Fleet Impact, studied at Columbia University.
Bio
I am an investor focused on backing early-stage entrepreneurs, having previously been a partner at The Family and co-founded Semper. Throughout my career, I have supported the growth of numerous startups, including Payfit, Northflank, and Jow, by providing strategic investment and operational guidance. I am committed to aligning the interests of founders, teams, and investors to build high-impact companies.
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Work Experience
Co-Founder at Semper
I invested early in Payfit, Jow, Unison, Dark, Folk, Figures, Northflank, Clarisights, Inato, Emma, Doctrine, Side, Fretlink, Totem, among others. At Semper, we use liquidity to align the interests of private companies, team members and investors. We help forward-looking companies attract and retain startups builders by giving them tangible ownership of the value they create, and have done 8M euros of transactions in our first quarter of operations. We have raised 4M euros from the best angels and funds in Europe, we built a team of 10+ in London, Paris, Berlin.
Managing Director at The Family
The Family is the premier accelerator in Europe. Startups backed by The Family have gone to raise over one billion euros. I personally took care of the investment decisions and the portfolio support. Startups include Algolia, Payfit, Luko, Heetch, Jow, Preply and many more.
Co-Founder at Fleet Impact
Fleetimpact was a startup in the digital freight forwarding space. We had built a SaaS for trucking companies that would allow us to gather proprietary data to better run freight forwarding operations. We worked on the company for two years.
Entrepreneur In Residence at Rocket Internet SE
Led the reorganization of the logistics in 3 countries while we were scaling Led our initial marketing push Structured operations and business intelligence departments
Visiting Business Analyst at Lazard
Worked on multiple M&A transactions
Lieutenant at French Army
Leadership training in the elite high mountain unit in Chamonix as part of the Ecole Polytechnique curriculum
Education
Master of Science - Management, Science & Engineering at Columbia University
Master Degree - Economics and Public Policy at Sciences Po
Engineering degree - Economics, Mathematics, Physics at École Polytechnique
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry at Classes Préparatoires
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Balthazar de Lavergne?
I am an investor focused on backing early-stage entrepreneurs, having previously been a partner at The Family and co-founded Semper. Throughout my career, I have supported the growth of numerous startups, including Payfit, Northflank, and Jow, by providing strategic investment and operational guidance. I am committed to aligning the interests of founders, teams, and investors to build high-impact companies.
What is Balthazar de Lavergne's professional background?
Balthazar de Lavergne's experience includes: Investor at Indépendant (Mar 2015 – Present); Co-Founder at Semper (May 2021 – Jun 2024); Managing Director at The Family (Sep 2014 – Jun 2021); Co-Founder at Fleet Impact (Feb 2013 – Aug 2014); Entrepreneur In Residence at Rocket Internet SE (May 2012 – Dec 2012); Visiting Business Analyst at Lazard (Apr 2011 – Aug 2011); Lieutenant at French Army (Sep 2008 – Apr 2009).
Where did Balthazar de Lavergne study?
Master of Science - Management, Science & Engineering at Columbia University (2011 – 2012); Master Degree - Economics and Public Policy at Sciences Po (2010 – 2011); Engineering degree - Economics, Mathematics, Physics at École Polytechnique (2008 – 2011); Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry at Classes Préparatoires (2005 – 2008).
How can I find Balthazar de Lavergne online?
Balthazar de Lavergne can be found at: LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/balthazardelavergne.