At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top France based CEO’ operating in the Bitcoin space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Nicolas Louvet
CEO of Coinhouse
CEO of Coinhouse, a Paris-based Blockchain startup and a seasoned Venture Capital investor (Sofinnova, Serena Capital, Société Générale Private Equity and Ecomobilité Venture). Founder of Keya Capital, a consulting company which advises large Corporate in their CVC and Corporate Innovation activities. As a Partner in VC fund, he invested in – Dataiku (colead, Series A) – FinalCad (lead, Series A) – Lengow (lead, Series B) – Ouicar (sold to SNCF) (lead, Seed and Series A), – Solutions30 (IPO), (lead, Series B) – TR Com (sold to Bull) (colead, Seed) – Sensitive Objects (sold to Tyco Electronics) (lead, Seed and Series A, B) – and 15+ other companies… He has also personally invested in several companies : Ledger (seed, Series), Assoconnect (Seed), Zeenea (Seed), Atria Gestion (seed) Skills: – Entrepreneurship, company management, business development – Venture Capital investment (seed to growth capital) in Tech sectors (software, AI, tech, smart cities, telecom, retail) in Europe – Fund management and creation – Corporate Finance (fund raising, build up, merger, acquisition) – Corporate Strategy (business model, growth strategic plan, competitive positioning)
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About Coinhouse: Coinhouse is a digital platform for individuals and institutions wishing to acquire and secure their digital assets.
Pierre Noizat
Co-Founder and CEO of Paymium
Pierre Noizat is the CEO of Paymium, a start up he co-founded in 2011 as one of the world’s first Bitcoin exchange and Bitcoin payment solution provider. Pierre is also the author of numerous books and articles about Bitcoin since 2011 and a co-founder of the French Bitcoin Association. Prior to Paymium, Pierre Noizat worked for Orange, a global Telecom Operator on innovative solutions in the field of contactless technology and security. Pierre worked also on digital television projects from 1991 through 2000, for the launch of DirectTV in the USA and for Canal+ in France. Mr. Noizat received his MBA in Marketing and Finance from Columbia University in New York, 1991.Mr. Noizat is also a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris
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About Paymium: Paymium is pioneering Bitcoin services, with several tens of thousands of European customers.
Pierre-Marie Padiou
CEO of ACINQ
Pierre-Marie is passionate about both technology and entrepreneurship. He considers himself very lucky to have the opportunity of building meaningful products and services for such a major innovation as Bitcoin.
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About ACINQ: ACINQ is one of the companies working on Bitcoin scalability.
Claire Balva
Co-founder and CEO of Blockchain Partner
Claire Balva is the CEO of Blockchain Partner, the leading startup on blockchain consulting in France. Blockchain Partner was created through the merger of Blockchain France and Labo Blockchain in 2017. It gathers 3 poles of expertise – strategic, technical and legal – allowing companies to fully embrace the potential of blockchain technologies.
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About Blockchain Partner: Blockchain Partner is the French leader in consulting around blockchain technologies.
Gilles Cadignan
CEO and Co-Founder of Woleet
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About Woleet: Woleet is a digital notary solution, based on the Bitcoin blockchain.
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