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French Accelerator helps French startups enter the US market and scale their development.

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French Accelerator

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23.07.2015

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French Accelerator is a Los Angeles-based accelerator that helps French innovative startups enter the US market and scale their development. Their program spans 9 months and provides expert guidance, funding, and strategic partnerships to set up startups for the long-term and maximize their growth value. They invest in French startups in the technology, service, and software sectors and have a proven tailor-made strategy that spans all stages of a company's growth.
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Romain LeFranc
Romain LeFranc

Romain LeFranc

Co-Founder of French Accelerator

Romain LeFranc

Robert Smith
Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Co-Founder of French Accelerator

Robert Smith

Estelle Garnier
Estelle Garnier

Estelle Garnier

Estelle Garnier is co-founder and VP Marketing and Operations at French Accelerator. She is also the founding member of “La French Tech Los Angeles” Prior to French Accelerator, Estelle worked at Rosetta Stone as a Account Manager where she was in charge of the largest key-accounts, generating 15% of the company’s annual revenues. She also worked at Berlitz, Princeton Partner and French Morning. Estelle is from Nice, France and graduated from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France and has a bachelor in Economics from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She speaks English and French.

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Laurent Ruben
Laurent Ruben

Laurent Ruben

Laurent Ruben is the founder and GM at French Accelerator, a leading Startup tech accelerator focusing on foreign startup stepping into the US market. He was at first, product marketing manager at Apple where he was responsible for the introduction of the old version of the IPad called Newton. He also worked at Microship, Accenture and Sur la Terre Medias where he was CEO in leading Internet and publishing venture across Europe and Americas before selling the company. Prior to French Accelerator, Laurent was President of Nero where he pivoted the company from a consumer’s legacy business to an OEM high margin revenue stream in North and South America. As a General Manager of Genymobile he successfully setup the US branch of the group and maximized company’s valuation by 10x over one year. Laurent is from Marseille, France and graduated from Kedge Business School, in Marseille, France. He also earns a Master’s degree in Economics from Middlesex University, London and an Executive Education from Stanford University. He speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish. Last, but not least, Laurent is the proud dad of 2 children: Lissa (17) and Tom (13) Favorite quote: Created 3 companies, sold 1, failed 1 and running 1.

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Adrien Marchetti

Adrien Marchetti

VP of Sourcing, Europe

Julien Subit

Julien Subit

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Semi Bouricha

Business Development Executive

Charles La

Charles La

Vice President Of Technology

Gildas Duval

Gildas Duval

Business Development, Partner & Sourcing

Laurent Ruben

Laurent Ruben

Founder, General Manager

Chantal Couturier

Chantal Couturier

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Sean Miller

Sean Miller

Business Development

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