Lucas Liabeuf
Chief of Staff at Welii
Paris, Île-de-France
Overview
Work Experience
Chief of Staff
2024 - Current
- Joined after €15M Series A led by 13Books and Portage and currently supporting company growth from 30 to 100+ employees. - Acting as the CEO extension internally and externally. - Supporting founders on all aspects related to investor relations, recruiting and structuring top management team and supporting company strategy. - Managing the HR department (Talent Acquisition & HR, currently 2 FTEs) with active contribution to HR and recruitment processes. - Managing RevOps team (1 FTE) with active comtribution to align financial and revenue operations. - Strategic planning and execution of key projects (OKR implementation, business forecasting and finance management, product and business reviews etc.) - Operational and stakeholder management (communication alignment across departments, process improvement and enhancing team efficiency etc.) - Internal event management (All Hands, company onsites and offsites, senior management meetings etc.)
Seed Investor - Venture Capital
2018 - 2024
Partech Partners is a global investment platform focused on tech and digital companies. Founded in 1982 in Silicon Valley by a group of European entrepreneurs, Partech has offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, and Nairobi. The firm invests in startups at various stages, including seed, venture, and growth, across a range of industries such as software, healthcare, and financial services. - Joined the Seed strategy from Analyst (4 FTEs) to Principal (13 FTEs), from fund 2 (PEF2) to fund 4 (PEF4). - Named one of Europe’s top 30 young VCs by Sifted. - Initiated the development of the European sourcing strategy to shift from inbound to outbound (15+ European companies per week in pipe on average). - Successfully sourced and participated to the execution of early-stage deals for high-growth startups, including SoRare ($680M Series B with Softbank), Maze ($40M Series B with Felicis & Emergence Capital), and Ubble.ai (acquired by Checkout), Gourmey ($45M Series A led by Earlybird, Heartcore, P9 and Airstreet), Neoplants ($20m Series A with True, Heartcore), Joko (€10M Series A), LaVie (€25M Series A led by Seventure, Capagro), Ukio (€15M Series A), and Plum (€5M Seed Round). - Supported the team effort to build an international VC brand and make Partech visible across Europe. - Supported the hiring of 4 new investors to strengthen the Seed team. - Participated in the fundraising of the 4th fund (PEF 4 - €120M) and actively engaged with Partech Seed LPs to foster relationships.
Investor
2020 - 2024
https://medium.com/sorare/our-next-chapter-sorare-raises-a-4m-seed-round-led-by-e-ventures-b8e615bce191
Investor & Board Observer
2019 - 2024
acq. by Checkout in 2022 https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/12/checkoutcom-to-acquire-identity-verification-startup-ubble/
Investor & Board Observer
2019 - 2024
Investor
2018 - 2024
https://maze.co/blog/maze-just-raised-350k/
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.
Investor & Board Observer
2021 - 2024
https://tech.eu/2021/10/07/home-design-and-decorating-startup-plum-plumbs-e5-million-in-seed-funding/
Investor
2020 - 2024
https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/14/gourmey-is-a-cell-based-poultry-startup-working-on-lab-grown-foie-gras/
Investor
2020 - 2024
Investor
2020 - 2024
Education
Master’s Degree
2014 - 2017
Exchange student
2017 - 2017
Baccalaureate
2011 - 2012
French Baccalaureate
2009 - 2010