Sylvain Zimmer
Partner at Climate Club
Paris, Île-de-France
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Technology Officer of La Suite territoriale (EIG)
2025 - Current
La Suite territoriale aims to provide an open source online workspace to all public service employees across France. It is supported by the agencies ANCT, DINUM and ANSSI. I was appointed CTO through the private-to-public "Entrepreneur d'Intérêt Général" program. More about this career change: https://sylvainzimmer.com/blog/2025/01/public-sector/
Angel Investor
2012
I have invested in more than 120 startups, funds and late-stage companies. See my portfolio here: https://sylvainzimmer.com/investments/
Head of the CTO Office
2020 - 2025
I led a dedicated team of Senior Staff Engineers working on transversal high-impact projects like architecture, internal processes for 450+ developers & acquisitions (most notably Hotjar and Heap).
Senior Staff Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
I was the first tech lead for the Merchandising product line, built around the acquisition of my company Pricing Assistant.
Investor & Early Advisor
2019 - 2024
Sold to Voodoo for 500M€. https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/voodoo-rachete-le-reseau-social-bereal-2100723
Founder
2012 - 2021
[Acquired by Welcome to the Jungle in February 2019] dotConferences is a series of technology events in Paris that pioneered an unheard-of, TED-like level of quality. From 2012 to 2020, we organized 36 events (dotJS, dotCSS, dotScale, dotSecurity, dotGo, dotSwift) gathering 300 to 1400 developers. I was the main speaker curator and coach. http://dotconferences.com
Curator of dotConferences
2019 - 2021
After dotConferences was acquired by Welcome to the Jungle, I happily remained in charge of selecting, vetting and coaching speakers, until COVID put a halt to the conferences.
Investor & Advisor
2012 - 2021
Sketchfab is the YouTube of 3D! I was one of their first angel investors and advisor. They were acquired in 2021 by Epic Games. Full story: https://sylvainzimmer.com/blog/2021/07/sketchfab/
Sketchfab provides a platform to publish and find 3D models online
Raised $12,120,000.00 from Anorak Ventures and Brendan Iribe.
Founder & CTO
2012 - 2019
[Acquired by Contentsquare in June 2019] Pricing Assistant is a service that optimizes the pricing of online stores. We give them smart recommendations based on competitors and sales histories. http://www.pricingassistant.com
Founder
2004 - 2019
[Fully acquired by AudioValley in 2019] Jamendo is the largest Creative Commons music community in the world. It was my first company and after leaving my CTO role I continued to sit on the board until 2019.
CTO
2004 - 2011
I wrote all the original code of Jamendo for the first 2 years and then led a tech team that eventually grew to 10 people after we raised series A.
Google Developer Expert
2012 - 2016
Google Developers Expert is a yearly award recognizing top-contributing members of Google developer communities for their technical contribution and impact. https://developers.google.com/experts/
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.