Matthieu Soule
Venture Partner at BNP Paribas
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Cathay Innovation is a multistage VC firm investing in founders building transformative businesses across Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America and Africa. Founded in Paris in 2015, Cathay Innovation now manages over €2.5B AUM with additional offices in Berlin, San Francisco, Shanghai and Singapore and has invested in over 100 startups including Chime, Pinduoduo (NASDAQ: PDD), Glovo, Wallbox (NYSE: WBX), Owkin, Getaround, Ledger, ZenBusiness, Alma, Descartes Underwriting and more. Its platform connects founders with investors and its ecosystem of leading Fortune500 corporations to help startups scale and transform industries with consumer to enterprise and AI solutions in commerce, fintech, digital health and mobility / energy. To learn more, visit us at www.cathayinnovation.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter @cathayinnov.
Cathay Innovation is a global multi-stage venture capital firm investing in startups impacting the world.
Venture Partner
2022
Venture partner for BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, early stage investor into climate tech startups (energy, mobility, real assets, food & ag, biodiversity, oceantech & circular economy) https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/cleantech-bnp-paribas-solar-impulse-launching-investment-fund-dedicated-startups
Head of BNP Paribas C.Lab Americas
2020 - 2024
BNP Paribas C.Lab Americas is the innovation lab of BNP Paribas Group in San Francisco. We advise Fortune 2000 companies on their innovation journey and identify relevant players for them to invest into and partner with. Affiliate of the BNP Paribas Cardif Lab in the USA. Also doing bi-weekly interviews for BFM Business around hot news from the tech industry in the USA in Tech&Co. Focus on #fintech #mobility #luxury #retail #foodtech #sustainability #ClimateTech
Deputy CEO (L'Atelier BNP Paribas Americas)
2017 - 2020
Leading the advisory team for l'Atelier BNP Paribas US for large international corporate clients in #fintech #mobility #Retail #EnergyTransition #Foodtech Weekly contributor to BFM Business Tech&Co TV and radio show from the Silicon Valley https://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/replay/techco/
Community host - San Francisco / Bay Area
2019
Member of the My Climate Journey community gathering entrepreneurs, VCs and activist in the climate space
Mentor
2020
Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) is a great organization empowering startups and leaders across the globe to solve the greatest challenges facing our oceans. #OceanTech
Ocean Solutions Accelerator is a startup development and executive leadership course for ocean entrepreneurs.
advisor
2020
Helping Startups and entrepreneurs in the cleantech & climatetech space to succeed!
Founding Fellow @ On Deck Corporate Innovation (ODCI)
2022 - 2024
On Deck Corporate Innovation Founding member On Deck Corporate Innovation (ODCI) is a lifelong community for Corporate Innovation and Strategy leaders to exchange ideas on future-proofing, work with startups, and build a network of like-minded peers.
Silicon Valley correspondent
2017 - 2020
Bi-weekly interviews for BFM Business Tech&Co about hot startups, news and trends from the Silicon Valley
Head of consulting
2015 - 2020
Leading the analyst team for L'Atelier BNP Paribas San Francisco office and looking to work and partner with great startups and companies. #fintech #retail #mobility #smartCities #FutureOfWork #DigitalHealth
Strategic Analyst
2012 - 2014
L'Atelier BNP Paribas (www.atelier.net) is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group dedicated to new technologies and innovation impact. Headquartered in Paris with subsidiaries in San Francisco and Shanghai. L'Atelier consulting and digital strategy boutique scans trendsetting innovations and bring them to businesses (financial services, retail, healthcare,...) through strategic advisory and consulting missions. Speakers and guest lecturers: Convergences, ESCP Europe, HEC, Institut Mines Telecom, Forum d'Avignon, Idate DigiWorld Summit, Finextra Future of Money @2014, Pay Expo Future of Money @2014 Digital Expertise: #Banking #Payment #BigData #SmartCities #DataPrivacy #T4D #Retail #Media
Mentor
2017 - 2019
Helping French and international startups in their go to market strategy and views on the US market #fintech #mobility #smartCity #eHealth
French Tech Hub is a growth accelerator for French high tech companies in the United States.
Mentor
2016 - 2016
I will be helping and mentoring SBC Fintech startups in NYC for 2016