François Desmarest, financier and serial tech entrepreneur, joins the advisory board of DIAMFAB. Financial management, strategy, fund raising, business model, pricing… are all areas where François will bring his valuable experience and sound advice.
Passionate about technology and innovation, François met Gauthier (our CEO) through BPIFrance’s « Les DeepTech” community. https://www.lesdeeptech.fr
François was trained at HEC (finance option) and at Centrale Paris (Air-Space option). He has a multi-faceted career and experience, including investment banking (mergers and acquisitions, fund raising), investment (former CEO of the LMBO fund and Chairman of the Innovation branch), the creation or takeover of companies (6 in all, in tech hardware or software and digital media) and operational or financial management of startups or scaleups, all over the world but mainly in France, the UK and Switzerland. For several years he has been working in parallel with deep tech startups as an Operating Partner or part-time CFO.