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At a glance

Full Name
Louis Bô
Title
Managing Director – Venture (previously Investment Director)
Firm
Eurazeo (formerly Idinvest Partners)
Firm Type
Venture Capital / private equity platform (the "Angel Investors" label in the stub is inaccurate — he invests institutional VC capital, though he backs founders from the early stage)
Investment Stage
Early-stage to growth — typically Series A through Series C, with some earlier seed activity
Check Size
Not publicly disclosed; participates in rounds ranging from a few million euros up to nine-figure growth rounds (e.g., Electra's €160M and €304M raises)
Target Company Profile
Fast-growing software companies, digital marketplaces, and tech-team–driven ventures scaling across Europe
Sector Focus
Software / SaaS, digital marketplaces, mobility, logistics, retail & consumer tech; internally he is Eurazeo's reference partner for the Retail & Mandates practice and for mobility/logistics deals
Geographic Focus
Europe (pan-European)
Location
Paris, France

Background

Louis Bô is a Managing Director in Eurazeo's Venture team, based in Paris. He joined the firm — then Idinvest Partners — in late 2014 as an Investment Director in the venture capital team, and rose to Managing Director following the 2018 merger of Idinvest Partners into Eurazeo and the 2021 brand relaunch. At Eurazeo he leads the Venture team's Retail & Mandates practice and serves as the group's internal reference point for mobility- and logistics-related investments.

Before entering venture capital, Louis was an operator and founder. He founded MyBee Systems (later Payintech), a digital payment-services startup, where he served as CEO and product lead for roughly three years. Earlier in his career he served in the French Navy, including as a commander's chief of staff — an unusual background for a VC that he references in a management style described as combining high ambition with courage and humility.

Louis holds a Master's degree in Management from HEC Paris, where he specialized in Entrepreneurship. Over his tenure he has built a deep network among software, marketplace, and mobility founders across Europe and has sat on numerous portfolio boards, making him one of the more active operators on Eurazeo's venture bench.

Investment Thesis & Focus

  • Backs fast-growing software companies, digital marketplaces, and strong technical teams scaling across Europe.
  • Acts as Eurazeo's internal reference partner for mobility and logistics ventures (Heetch, Ontruck, Shipfix, Cubyn, Boxtal, Stanley Robotics, Electra) and for the Retail & Mandates practice.
  • Invests primarily at Series A–C / early-growth, and is willing to re-up in later rounds of companies he already backs (e.g., repeated participation in Heetch and Electra rounds).
  • Values founders who pair "high ambitions with an outstanding sense of courage and humility" — a phrasing drawn from his own Eurazeo profile that signals a preference for ambitious-but-grounded operators.
  • His own founder/operator background (built and ran a payments startup) suggests he weighs product depth and execution capability heavily.

Notable Investments

  • Heetch — French ride-hailing app; Idinvest/Eurazeo backed it across multiple rounds (Series A ~$12M, Sept 2017; Series B ~$20M, Jan 2018; further ~$38M Series B, May 2019). Board member.
  • Glovo — Spanish on-demand delivery marketplace; Idinvest invested from its Series C (July 2018). Board member.
  • Electra — European EV fast-charging infrastructure; Eurazeo led a €160M round and later a record €304M round (announced January 2024). Board member.
  • Cubyn — French e-commerce fulfillment/logistics platform (raised ~€35M). Board member.
  • Ontruck — road-freight logistics marketplace. Board member.
  • Shipfix — data platform for the shipping/commodities industry. Board member.
  • Stanley Robotics — autonomous car-parking (valet) robotics. Board member.
  • Boxtal — French shipping-comparison / parcel logistics platform. Board member.
  • Comet — meeting/event spaces marketplace. Board member.
  • Trustinsoft — software-verification / code-security tooling. Board member.
  • Vay, Witco, Iroko, Mila, Double, Ambler, Million Victories — additional current board seats spanning mobility, proptech, fintech and consumer.

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