Thibaud Elziere
| Thibaud Elziere | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 13, 1979 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Residence | Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Centrale Lyon Engineering School, France |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Fotolia, co-founder of eFounders |
Thibaud Elziere (born in 1979, Aix-en-Provence) is a French entrepreneur and investor.
Career
In 2004 Thibaud Elziere founded in 2004 microstock photography company Fotolia just after graduating from Centrale Lyon, a French engineering school.[1] In 2012, Fotolia raised $150m from buy-out firm KKR,[2] and in December 2014, Adobe Systems announced it was buying Fotolia for $800 million, aiming at integrating it to its Creative Cloud solution.[3]
In 2008, Thibaud Elziere created Zilok, a peer to peer rental site.[4]
In 2011, Thibaud Elziere launched eFounders together with Quentin Nickmans,[5] a startup studio focusing on Saas companies, that has successfully created six independent startups:
- Mailjet
- Textmaster
- Pressking
- Mention
- Front
- Aircall
All together, eFounders’ startups have raised about $16 million in Europe and the US.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
In June 2015, eFounders raised $6 million from private investor Oleg Tscheltzoff.[11]
References
- ↑ "Interview With Fotolia´s CEO Thibaud Elziere: "Microstock Sites Can Capture Up To 30% Of The Existing Market"". November 28, 2005.
- ↑ Mitroff, Sarah (May 16, 2012). "European stock photography site Fotolia grabs $150M". VentureBeat.
- ↑ Dove, Jackie (December 11, 2014). "Adobe acquires stock company Fotolia to boost Creative Cloud asset supply". TheNextWeb.
- ↑ Kiss, Jemima (June 23, 2008). "Elevator Pitch: Zilok wants to be the eBay of renting". The Guardian.
- ↑ Li, Charmaine (April 2, 2015). "Sizing up the startup studio model: A look at eFounders, a company that builds companies". Tech.eu. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ Perez, Sarah (November 29, 2012). "Scrappy Cloud-Hosted Emailer Mailjet Raises $3.3 Million". TechCrunch.
- ↑ O'Hear, Steve (June 25, 2015). "Translation And Copywriting Platform TextMaster Scores $5M In New Funding". TechCrunch.com.
- ↑ Ohr, Thomas (March 14, 2013). "mention.net raised $800K to reinvent Google Alerts". EU Startups. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ Sullivan, Mark (September 30, 2014). "Team email startup Front raises $3.1M for 'multi-player version of Gmail'". VentureBeat.
- ↑ Dillet, Romain (June 2, 2015). "Aircall Is The Easiest Way To Create And Manage Your Phone Customer Service". TechCrunch.com.
- ↑ Dillet, Romain (June 23, 2015). "Startup Studio eFounders Grabs $6 Million To Build 6 New SaaS Startups". TechCrunch.com.