I'm a repeat founder based in San Francisco. I'm currently working on Adside, we're re-building the ads agency from the ground up using agents. I've been building startups since 2013. Before that I built HireSweet (AI for recruiting, YC W20) and Botdog (sales automation, acq. by Scale Shift in 2026).
I'm also an investor and invested through my fund Batch Ventures in 120+ amazing startups, including Starcloud, Sygaldry, Mastra, Conductor, Blaxel, and many others.
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Founder & CEO
Adside · YC F26 · San Francisco
Adside is an AI platform for running profitable paid ads, self-serve or as a managed service. I started it with Guillaume Miara after we ran our own ads at Botdog and saw how much of the work could be done by AI. About Adside.
Founder & General Partner
Batch Ventures · San Francisco
Batch Ventures operates specialized, community-driven venture funds.
YC Fund (managed by me, with the support of other amazing YC founders). We invest in the top 10% of YC companies. 50 investments per year, checks of $100K to $300K, a decision in 48 hours, and we're comfortable being the first check. I strive to be the highest value-to-dilution ratio on your cap table, and one of the best people to talk to on the first day of your demo day fundraise.
CTO Fund (managed by Quang Hoang & Moataz Soliman). We invest in the most promising startups building for engineering teams: the next Cursor, AWS or Datadog. Founders get access to our community of 60 tier-1 CTOs and VPs of Engineering, who are also investors in the fund.
Founder & CEO
Botdog · acquired by Scale Shift Ventures
Bootstrapped one of the most popular sales automation tools and sold it to Scale Shift Ventures in February 2026, less than 18 months after launch. Had tons of fun with Gui, and learned a lot about paid ads along the way, which led us to start Adside.
Founder & CEO
HireSweet · YC W20
AI for recruiting, with a focus on hard-to-find roles (starting with engineering). We now operate multiple products, have helped hundreds of companies hire thousands of employees, and work with some of the world's largest staffing companies. I left in 2024 after 8 amazing years as founding CEO, handed over the reins to my co-founder Paul, and am no longer involved operationally (but still a happy shareholder).
Founder & CEO
Jougger
My first stint as an entrepreneur, building a remote service marketplace based on an internal currency. Kind of HomeExchange for services.
Private Bank Sales & Equity Derivatives Trading
Commerzbank
Y Combinator
Winter 2020 batch, with HireSweet
HEC Paris
Master in Entrepreneurship
Lycée Pierre de Fermat
Classe préparatoire ECS, Toulouse