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Thibaut is the Founding Managing Director of Opera Tech Ventures.

Before joining BNP Paribas in 2007, Thibaut started his career working with startups as a coder, where he formed the conviction that startups’ potential to shake up industries at large scale did not die with the dotcom bubble. He also spent a few years in strategy consulting, specialised in financial services, before joining BNP Paribas Cardif.

With 10 years dedicated to implementing Venture Capital vehicles and investment strategies with BNP Paribas, Thibaut’s track record includes investments in multiple countries, supporting a variety of companies across a range of maturity stages in innovation fields such as neobanking, insurtech, climatetech, martech, cybersecurity, fintech, proptech and mobility.

A French citizen, Thibaut graduated from University of Bologna in Italy and the Université de Marne-la-Vallée in France, where he studied mathematics, technology and information science.

Vincent joined Opera Tech Ventures early 2019 and has been fortunate enough to meet and work with many fantastic entrepreneurs across Europe and the US – typically in the B2B Payments, Wealth Management, Sustainable Finance and Mobility innovations. Before Opera Tech Ventures, Vincent spent 4 years as an Associate in tech investment banking, executing M&A and fundraising deals for European technological companies. Vincent holds a Masters in Management from Neoma Business School.

Edouard joined Opera Tech Ventures in 2023. He started his career supporting companies and entrepreneurs across Europe through his experiences in fintech-specialised VC funds, and as an embedded finance consultant, advising on product, strategy and operations. Edouard particularly focuses on sustainable finance startups, banks’ and payment technologies. He holds a Masters in Management from EM Lyon Business School, Lancaster University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.

Marinus joined Opera Tech Ventures in 2024 following 10 years of investment experience, of which 6 years were in Venture Capital. Marinus’ areas of interest lie in sustainable finance, open banking, wealth management and the future of mobility. Prior to joining Opera Tech Ventures, Marinus was a fintech investor at ABN AMRO Ventures in Amsterdam and a mobility tech investor at Alliance Ventures (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance) in Paris. Before joining the venture capital industry, Marinus was a Private Equity investor at Bpifrance Mid & Large Cap and started his career as a buy side investment analyst at Eiffel Investment Group. Marinus is a graduate from Sciences Po Paris and HEC Paris. Marinus is a Dutch native and is based in Amsterdam. He is fluent in French, English and Dutch.