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Boris Golden

General Partner at Partech

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Overview 

Boris Golden is a Seed VC and General Partner at Partech, with a strong background in entrepreneurship, product management, and venture capital. He has invested in notable companies like Maze and CoachHub, providing leadership and guidance as a board member or observer. With a PhD from École Polytechnique and experience at prestigious institutions like MIT, Boris has successfully led investments in various sectors such as gaming/eSports, security, and AI. His role at Partech involves strategic decision-making and advising startups to achieve growth and success.

Work Experience 

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Partech

  • General Partner

    2015 - Current

    Co-leading Partech Seed funds, where we've backed companies like Alan, CoachHub, Jellysmack, Maze, Pennylane, Pydantic, Sorare, TestGorilla or The Exploration Company. At the Board & advisor of: – Sorare 🦄: Fantasy sport games, reinvented – Maze 👩‍💻: User research insights at the speed of light – TestGorilla 🦍: Talent assessments for skills-based hiring – CoachHub 👩‍🏫: The digital B2B coaching platform – Presti 🪑: Photorealistic GenAI images for furniture – Contrast 📹: Modern webinars + repurpose with AI – Pimento 💡: In-brand GenAI visual content studio – inmemori ⚰️: Beautiful funerals for your loved one - ai|coustics 🗣️: AI-powered speech enhancement Exits / Formerly at the Board of: – Jellysmack 🦄: Supercharging video creators with AI (→ Exit to SoftBank) – Glofox 🏋️: #1 fitness management software (→ Acquired by ABC Fitness) – Ubble 🛂: Remote identity verification with AI (→ Acquired by Checkout) – Dejbox 🍱: Virtual canteen for employees (→ Acquired by Carrefour) – Bearer.sh 🕵️‍♂️: Developer-first code security (→ Acquired by Cycode) – Plato 🧑‍🏫: Mentoring for engineering leaders (→ Acquired by Coda/Grammarly) -- – Le Collectionist 🏰: Beautiful private holiday rentals – Idecsi 🛡️: Smart security for your enterprise data – Vsora 🤖: Chips for GenAI & self-driving cars – Karnott 🚜: Smart farm equipment tracking & billing

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Fédération des conseils de parents d'élèves - FCPE

  • Parent representative

    2024

    Actively participating in our local school and community is a key part of my identity as a parent.

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Sorare

  • Board Observer

    2020

    Led Partech investment & at the Board since Seed. Raised $50m Series A and $680m Series B (Benchmark, Accel, SoftBank, Bessemer, IVP, etc), only 1 year after the Seed round.

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Maze

  • Pre-Seed lead investor

    2018

    Led Pre-Seed round (when it was just a "dirty hack" for wireframes user testing) & at the Board until Series B. Raised $15m Series A (Emergence) and $40m Series B (Felicis).

Maze is the continuous product discovery platform for user-centric teams.

Raised $57,472,923.00 from Amplify Partners, Atlassian Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, Seedcamp, Justin Bauer, Felicis, Zoom Ventures, Emergence, Partech and Anne Raimondi.

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TestGorilla

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Led Partech investment & at the Board since Seed. Raised $70m Series A (Atomico & Balderton) a year later. On a mission to replace CVs with skill-based hiring. #5 fastest growing product in 2022 (G2).

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CoachHub - The digital coaching platform

  • Board Observer

    2020

    At the board since Series A (after Partech invested in the Seed round). Raised $20m Series A, $110m Series B, and $200m Series C (SoftBank, Sofina, Molten, HV & more). Democratizing digital coaching.

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Presti

  • Board Member

    2024

    Led Seed round. AI-generated product photos for the furnishing industry.

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ai|coustics

  • Board Member

    2025

    Led Seed round. GenAI-powered audio quality for speech into software and hardware devices.

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Pimento

  • Board Member

    2023

    Led Pre-Seed round (together with my colleague Alison). Stay tuned!

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inmemori

  • Board Member

    2018

    Led Partech investment (1st VC) & at the Board since Seed. Raised Series A (Eurazeo). Striving to provide the most beautiful funeral services to families & their departed loved ones.

Education 

Investments 

Bearer

Pre Seed

Total funding: $8M

Maze

Pre Seed

Total funding: $57M

CoachHub

Series A

Total funding: $330M

TestGorilla

Seed

Total funding: $80M

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