Hugo Amsellem
backing founders moving (internet) culture
Paris, Île-de-France
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2024 - Current
Backing founders moving (internet) culture.
Angel Investor
2018
Wrote small pre-seed checks in Beehiiv, Poolside.ai, Creative Juice (acquired), Folk App, Intros.AI, Gigi, Popchew, Kick.co, Unison, DrakulApp, Amigo AI, PikkyChat, Club.fans, Qoohoo, Flooz, Semper (aquired), Totem, Spacefill, Jinka, Shipfix (acquired), Clarisights, Emma.
VP, M&A
2021 - 2023
Led a few acquisitions in the creativity and content AI space.
VP, Creator Fund
2021 - 2021
On a mission to educate & empower the next generation of ambitious creators.
Jellysmack builds and powers social videos channels through technology.
Raised $22,000,000.00 from Junction Venture Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Founder
2020 - 2021
We help busy people get the most out of social media by growing their audience without needing more time. We work with a select number of clients in the tech industry and provide 1-on-1 support via Slack to ensure top-quality service.
Director
2016 - 2020
Launched and ran The Family in Germany for 3 years, connecting our founders to Berlin's best people, ressources and capital while managing a 5-people team on the ground. Lead our European tour, a year-long exploration of the ~20 best second-tier European tech hubs (Tallinn, Amsterdam, Munich, Zurich, Copenhagen, Budapest, Bucharest, Lisbon, Madrid, Brussels, Luxembourg, Kyiv, Prague, Warsaw).
Founding Team
2013 - 2016
I spent three years growing The Family's offline & online tech communities from scratch. I ran 150 events with 30k attendees in total & a global community of 20k people spread around 9 meetup groups, a few of which were France's largest and most active ones.
Co-Founder & CEO
2011 - 2013
I co-founded oocto.com, a crowdfunding platform for artists, where we helped over 120 artists raise more than $1M.