Hey there!

My name is Willy Braun (@willybraun), I'm the co-founder of Galion.exe, investing at the seed stage in France.

Prior to Galion.exe, I co-founded daphni, a pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital startups that have a strong impact on people's lives. We raised 170m€ and invested in 28 wonderful companies - I’m still active with this fund, following and supporting the companies but left the management company, daphni. I then worked for one year as an Operating Partner at Revaia, a wonderful growth fund investing in sustainable scale-ups.

Besides being a VC, I love books (check my recommandations), design, social sciences (especially psychology & economics), photography (check my photos), clothes and marketing. But most of all, I'm fascinated by storytelling and influence of all form.

I’ve released in 2019 the book Human Resources for Startups.
It’s a book designed for founders, managers, and investors of fast-growing companies. Based on extended interviews of 30+ experts, co-founders, CHROs, headhunters, CEOs, COOs, coaches, and VCs, it offers concrete tools and frameworks to put in place in a startup or scale-up. The book also provides several concepts and references to think about the different HR challenges and design the best solutions. Get your copy in your local Amazon: US, UK, GER, FR, ES, JP, IT!

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