Sofia Dahoune
Venture Partner at No Label Ventures
Paris, Île-de-France
Overview
Work Experience
Lecturer and advisor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2024 - Current
Lectures on entrepreneurship, with a focus on scientific fields such as AI, quantum, and climate Help launch several initiatives to build bridges between academia, startups, and industry
Strategic advisor & Angel Investor
2023
Over the past year, I’ve led a portfolio of strategic missions at the intersection of deep tech, venture capital, and innovation ecosystem, operating across Europe & North Africa. Advising NUS, UM6P, and IFC SheWins on startup and incubation programs. Backing early-stage founders as angel (Heal.dev, Theremia, Presti AI…) and advisor to No Label Ventures. Mentoring with Plug&Play Morocco and StemAI.VC. Founder of Moroccans in Tech (200+ members). Lecturer in entrepreneurship & VC at IFP School.
Partner
2018 - 2023
Elaia is a leading European venture capital firm with €800M+ under management. As Partner, I played a key role in the deep tech seed investment strategy. I participated to the fundraising and deployment of two flagship seed vehicles (PSL Inno Fund and Alpha 2 Inria Fund) designed for Deep Tech startups. I led pre-seed investments in science-based companies such as: Aqemia (AI for drug discovery), Alice & Bob (quantum computing), Eyepick (industrial automation), QantEv (AI in insurance), HarfangLab (cybersecurity), Nuclia (AI search engine), Olympe.legal (compliance AI), Kheops.io (agri supply chains), and Namla.cloud (edge cloud orchestration). Beyond investment, I was in charge of some major relationships with key institutional partners and LPs, including Inria, PSL University, ENS Ulm, Institut Pasteur, Institut Curie, Mines Paris, and Collège de France and majors corporate LPs.
Head of the acceleration and incubation programs at Ecole polytechnique
2017 - 2018
At École Polytechnique, I led the start-up acceleration program, which promotes entrepreneurship by providing students and researchers with the necessary tools and support to create companies. I was responsible for the X-Up and X-Tech projects (22 projects and startups, a team of approx. 5-10people), offering comprehensive assistance to researchers, students, and corporations. This included mentoring, grants, and tailored support to ensure the successful launch and growth of deep tech startups.
Co-Founder
2016 - 2018
Little Panda enables people to buy and sell clothings for children in order to promote a new way of shopping. Our main value is to deliver a simple and reliable solution for sellers and a great shopping experience for the buyers.
Private Equity and Venture Capital associate
2012 - 2017
Bpifrance Investment is the French sovereign fund offering private equity and venture capital funding. I was Investment Analyst in the Mid & Large cap team working on private equity deals. In 2014, I was promoted to senior associate in the venture capital team. I particpated in the investments in Famoco, iAdvize, Synthesio, Cardiologs, Captain Contrat.
Investment Analyst (Mid & Large Cap)
2012 - 2014
French Sovereign fund (size of the fund: 20bn€) - focus on mid and large cap companies - merged to create Bpifrance in 2013
Internship - Audit and consulting services for insurance companies
2011 - 2011
Financial audit and advisory for insurance companies
Internship - Development of The Peugeot Citroën Retail network
2011 - 2011
-The development of the network and the merger, acquisition and relocation of PSA’s branchs
School Project - Optimization of the metal cutting processes with VBA
2009 - 2010
- Optimisation of a General Shelf Space Allocation Problem on Visual Basic Access