Younès Rharbaoui is Co-Founder at OPRTRS CLUB, with past experience at Linkup, EGIDE, Revox, studied at HEC Paris, investor in Linkup, EGIDE, PayFit.
Bio
I am the co-founder of OPRTRS, an investment platform that leverages a community of over 180 tech operators to back early-stage founders. My professional background spans venture capital, financial leadership, and startup operations, including roles as Partner at The Family. I am also an active business angel.
We back founders with €200k at pre-seed and support from 170+ C-level tech operators.
OPRTRS is a community-led investment platform dedicated to tech operators. We give the most talented startup employees a platform to share, grow and financial leverage to deploy capital into the most promising deals launched by former operators turned founders
Milestones:
• Raised €8 million to invest in promising early-stage startups, incl. from Leblon Capital, Kima Ventures, Motier Ventures, Financière Saint-James.
• Building and leading a community-based investment platform for tech operators, with 150+ tech executives from diverse functions and industries on board.
• Gathering current/alumni executives from OpenAI, Palantir, Stripe, Mistral AI, Revolut, Wiz, Alan, Lovable, Qonto, Doctolib, Datadog, Hugging Face, Rippling, PayFit, Pennylane, Algolia, Voodoo, Mirakl, Microsoft, AWS, Meta, Google, Salesforce, Backmarket, Dataiku, Datadog and many more
Investor at Linkup
Investor at EGIDE
Investor at Revox
Investor at Galink
Investor at DotBlocks
Investor at Massive Dynamic
Investor at Guepard
Investor at Plakar
Partner & CFO at The Family
Partner in charge of finance, portfolio and restructuring.
Pan-European investment firm invested in 250+ startups including Trainline, Algolia, PayFit, Alma, Jow, WeMaintain, Unai, Spacefill, Rows, Shipfix, Luko etc.
• Management: led and managed a team of 4 people overseeing legal and accounting.
• Group Financial Management: 10 subsidiaries, 80+ controlled entities (SPVs) and 250+ portfolio companies.
• Portfolio Management: liquidity strategy, exits, secondaries, M&A, etc. ( > €20m of exits completed).
• Crisis Management: led and executed group legal and financial strategy for recovery procedures and stakeholders protection after uncovering prior internal deceit.
• Restructuring: completed the strategy and execution of a complete group overhaul.
• Day-to-day CFO: audits, reporting, balance sheet management, management control, budgeting, resource planning, funding, investor relations, accounting deadlines, processes.
Business Angel at Freelance
• Angel invested into PayFit, Jow, Dark, Unison, Shipfix (exited), Side.co (exited), Spacefill (partly exited) Prometheus Fuels, Nabis, Totem, Clarisights, Fairmint and various others.
Chief Financial & Investment Officer at Nocturne Games
Nocturne is a leading gaming fund based on revenue-sharing. We support indie developers worldwide with funding, fair terms, and expert self-publishing assistance.
• Built and managed a pioneering gaming fund based on revenue-sharing.
• Managed regulatory (AMF), tax and compliance hurdles to launch an investment fund in a brand new asset class
• Modelized returns for a new type of asset and fund with high liquidity and IRR potential
• Supported indie developers worldwide with funding, fair terms, and expert self-publishing assistance.
• Developed and implemented financial strategies, investor relations, and fund management processes.
Interim Chief Financial Officer at Choose
• Provided financial leadership and strategic guidance for financial operations (90+ FTEs, high 8-figures annual turnover) and international expansion to US
• Built a pathway to profitability for the group
• Overhaul of the FP&A, budgeting and business plan
Head of Operations (Joint Venture) at The Family
• Built educational operations for The Family's training organization (Lion, Maria Schools): strategy, content, experts.
• Wrote le Livre de La Jungle: best-selling book dedicated to startup employees.
• 100+ talks at HEC, Sciences Po, LSE, Oxford, Warwick, European Commission, Ecole des Mines, etc.
Investment Manager at The Family
• Dealflow Management: sourcing, applications, information seeking and due diligence.
• Portfolio Management: office hours, fundraising rounds preparation, pitch decks, info memos, business plans, expert network intros.
Investment Analyst at The Family
Associate Professor at Sciences Po
• Transition numérique : startups et stratégie d’entreprise (in French, Finance & Strategy major).
• Digital Transformation of Organizations (in English, Ecole d’Affaires Publiques).
Investment Analyst Intern at Ardian
• Co-Investment team investing in Large Cap LBOs along leading GPs including Carlyle, KKR, Blackstone, etc.
• Analyzed and modelled investment opportunities, conducted due diligence and wrote investment memos (3 investments of > €8 bn cumulative EV)
Education
Master in International Management at HEC Paris
I completed my Master's degree at HEC Paris, focusing on international management.
University Studies at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Investments
Linkup
Investor at Linkup
EGIDE
Investor at EGIDE
PayFit
PayFit
Prometheus Fuels
Prometheus Fuels
Jow
Jow
Plakar
Investor at Plakar
Unison
Unison
Shipfix
Shipfix (exited)
Side.co
Side.co (exited)
Spacefill
Spacefill (partly exited)
Dark
Dark
Nabis
Nabis
Totem
Totem
Clarisights
Clarisights
Fairmint
Fairmint
Revox
Investor at Revox
Galink
Investor at Galink
DotBlocks
Investor at DotBlocks
Massive Dynamic
Investor at Massive Dynamic
Guepard
Investor at Guepard
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Younès Rharbaoui?
I am the co-founder of OPRTRS, an investment platform that leverages a community of over 180 tech operators to back early-stage founders. My professional background spans venture capital, financial leadership, and startup operations, including roles as Partner at The Family. I am also an active business angel.
What is Younès Rharbaoui's professional background?
Younès Rharbaoui's experience includes: Co-Founder at OPRTRS CLUB (Feb 2023 – Present); Investor at Linkup (Aug 2024 – Present); Investor at EGIDE (Dec 2025 – Present); Investor at Revox (Oct 2025 – Present); Investor at Galink (Jan 2025 – Present); Investor at DotBlocks (Jan 2025 – Present); Investor at Massive Dynamic (Apr 2025 – Present); Investor at Guepard (Jun 2025 – Present); Investor at Plakar (Nov 2024 – Present); Partner & CFO at The Family (Feb 2020 – Dec 2022); Business Angel at Freelance (Jul 2016 – Present); Chief Financial & Investment Officer at Nocturne Games (Aug 2023 – Nov 2024); Interim Chief Financial Officer at Choose (Aug 2023 – Apr 2024); Head of Operations (Joint Venture) at The Family (Apr 2018 – Feb 2020); Investment Manager at The Family (Sep 2015 – Apr 2018); Investment Analyst at The Family (Mar 2015 – Sep 2015); Associate Professor at Sciences Po (Sep 2017 – Sep 2022); Investment Analyst Intern at Ardian (Sep 2014 – Feb 2015).
Where did Younès Rharbaoui study?
Master in International Management at HEC Paris; University Studies at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.