Sophie Dingreville
Accelerating the net-zero transition in mobility at scale
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Global Product Partnerships & Innovation Director of bp Pulse
2023 - Current
bp pulse is a global EV charging company and a bp low carbon energy growth engine. We operate in 4 continents and 14 countries. Our mission is to decarbonise mobility at scale with a focus on consumers and fleets by delivering high quality products and a seamless digital customer experience. Skills: Sustainability · Innovation & New Business Development · Venture Capital · Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) · Strategy · Leadership
Startup Mentor
2021
Startup mentor in the leading AI & Deeptech French accelerator of Institut Polytechnique de Paris https://incubateur-telecomparis.fr/
Chief Investment Officer
2022 - 2023
bp Launchpad has invested in and scales tech companies accelerating the energy transition. Our Portfolio: Blueprint Power, Open Energi, Onyx, Lytt, Stryde, Fotech, Finite Carbon.
BP Midstream Partners is a fee-based, growth-oriented master limited partnership recently formed by BP Pipelines.
Investment Director at Munich Re Ventures
2017 - 2021
Led Munich Re's corporate venture capital activities in Europe. Munich Re Ventures is the strategic venture capital arm of Munich Re. Munich Re is the world's largest reinsurer, with a balance sheet of EUR 298 billion (as of end of 2020). MRV invests globally in early-stage and late-stage companies in the areas of insurtech/fintech, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, digital health and the future of transportation. MRV has invested in 30+ companies, such as Bought By Many (boughtbymany.com), Babylon Health (babylonhealth.com), Ticker (ticker.co.uk), Fraugster (fraugster.com), Forge (forgeglobal.com), Relayr (relayr.io), Mnubo (mnubo.com), Augury (augury.com), Span (span.io), Next Insurance (next-insurance.com), Acko (acko.com), At-Bay (at-bay.com), and Team8 (team8.vc) Some of my most recent roles: Board Observer at Bought By Many (2018-2021), at Ticker (2018-2021), and at Fraugster (2018-2021); Member of the Advisory Committee and the Gating Committee of Team8 (2018-2021)
Munich Re provides reinsurance, primary insurance, and insurance-related risk solutions.
Founder
2017 - 2017
SDG Advisory specialises in disruptive technology & innovation. The high standard delivered in professional services is based on my background and experience as award-winning venture capital investor, former McKinsey consultant and alumni of one of the most selective French engineering schools.
Partner
2016 - 2016
C4 Ventures is a next generation venture capital investor in Europe founded in 2012 by Pascal Cagni, Apple GM and VP EMEA (2000-2012). I took part of the project to launch a new fund based in London and Paris, investing from early stage to growth in smart hardware, e-commerce and digital media. On behalf on C4 Ventures I realised investments in Formlabs, the leading 3D printers manufacturer based in Boston (US), and in Graphcore a disruptive Machine Learning Processor company based in Bristol (UK). - Board Observer of Graphcore since October 2016 - Bristol, United Kingdom Graphcore is a hardware systems company developing specific chipsets and servers to accelerate the processing of complex Machine Learning models for training and inference.
Partner
2002 - 2016
Iris Capital is a leading pan-European venture capital investor specialized in digital economy mainly active in Europe. Founded in 1986 in Paris, the team has invested over a billion euros in more than 250 innovative companies. Iris Capital is sponsored by Orange and Publicis since 2012. - Joined as investment manager, became Partner in 2007 - Focused on €1-20m early and late-stage investments in digital economy across Europe - Hold Board positions at Agorize, iAdvize, YouScribe, iMediapp, InstantLuxe (acquired by Galeries Lafayette), LetItWave (acquired by Zoran), Bluestreak (acquired by Espial) and OpenTrust (acquired by Keynectis). - Led investments in Adjust, XCom (acquired by Pace) and Zantaz (acquired by Autonomy). - Co-managed a tech early-stage fund in partnership with Orange and Publicis – portfolio of 25 companies in France and Germany covering adtech, IoT, online marketplaces, mobile, online communities and SaaS Member of the Investment Committee of Capnamic March 2013 - August 2016 | Cologne Area, Germany Helped establish and operate a joint venture with German VC Capnamic – sit on the Investment Committee of the fund in Cologne (15 portfolio companies in the DACH region)
Board Member
2015 - 2016
Conversational Platform-as-a-Service and open sales community for e-commerce
Board Member
2014 - 2016
Open innovation and community crowdsourcing platform connecting corporates to students, developers and startups
Investor
2013 - 2016
Audience attribution and big data analytics for mobile apps
Education
Master of Science (MSc)
1992 - 1995