Team
Antoine brings over 20 years’ experience in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, UBS and Morgan Stanley. He advised on some of the largest transactions in the media and telecoms sectors in Europe.
Antoine is a graduate in Finance from HEC Paris and has a Master in Finance from London Business School.
Fleur started her career as a high civil servant with the French Court of Auditors. In 2012 she was appointed Minister of SMEs, Innovation and the Digital Economy where she launched the French Tech initiative. From 2014 to 2016, she became Secretary for Foreign Trade and Minister for Culture and Communication. Fleur founded Korelya Capital in 2016.
Fleur graduated from ESSEC, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and Ecole Nationale d’Administration.
Paul brings over 12 years’ experience as a Venture Capitalist in Europe. Previously Partner at 360 Capital Partners, he participated in more than 30 investments in Europe including Aramis (sold to PSA Group), Infinit (sold to Docker), Withings (sold to Nokia), Ledger, Ohbibi, Vestiaire Collective, Kayrros and ABTasty. He began his career in 2004 as a software engineer in start-ups and worked in San Francisco helping French technology companies expand in the US.
Paul graduated in telecommunication engineering at ECE Paris and holds a Master’s degree from Dauphine University.
Franco brings over 20 years’ experience and was most recently Investment Director at Kinnevik, a leading European tech investment firm, for 7 years. He was involved in several investments in Consumer and Fintech and led the Fintech investment strategy for the firm.
Prior to Kinnevik, Franco led the investment team of QInvest in Qatar, focusing on growth investments in emerging markets. He was also investment banker with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Franco graduated in Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and has an MBA with distinction from London Business School.
Carole joined Korelya in 2020. She has more than 20 years experience in advising Asset Management Companies.
Carole holds a Master degree from Lyon III University in Business Law & Taxation and a Diploma in Public Accounting.
Pierre has over 20 years’ experience in business consulting and innovation across Europe and Asia.
Pierre started his career in 1999 as co-founder of Net Intelligenz, now part of Publicis group. From 2003 to 2008 Pierre was Partner at strategy consulting firm Attali & Associés in Paris. From 2008 to 2010 he joined the No Com, a communication strategy consulting firm where he developed its digital practice. In 2011, Pierre moved to Seoul where he developed his own cross-border business consulting practice, before setting up Korelya Capital’s Seoul office.
Pierre is a graduate from ESCP Europe, where he majored in Finance. He is fluent in French, Korean and English.
Griffin joined Korelya in 2021 as a Principal. He was previously a Vice President in Rothschild & Co’s TMT practice, working on mid and large cap assignments in software, digital media and tech-enabled services. He was recently involved in the investments of Tencent and GBL in Voodoo as well as the IPO of Believe. He previously worked at Capza Growth Tech as an Associate.
Griffin is a graduate of HEC Paris.
Grégoire joined Korelya in 2017. He started his career at Lydia, a French payment company, before transitioning to Venture Capital, with Bpifrance and Omnes Capital.
Grégoire is a graduate of Dauphine University.
Céline joined Korelya in 2022 as an Associate. Céline was previously an Investment Banking Analyst within Société Générale CIB’s Consumer, Retail & Luxury sector team, and mainly worked on transactions of leading French retail players. Prior to Société Générale, Céline worked as a Private Debt Analyst within Omnes Capital.
Céline is a graduate of EDHEC Business School.
Loreley joined Korelya in 2021 as Analyst. She had previous experiences at The Carlyle Group, BNP Paribas and Citizen Capital.
Loreley is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and HEC Paris.
Florian joined Korelya in 2021. He started his career at PwC as a Consultant and then worked for Fast-Track, a Singapore-based venture studio helping European startups to enter Asian markets. Florian also worked for NIVEA NX in Seoul, an accelerator scaling-up Korean cosmetics globally.
Florian holds a Master in Management from ESCP Business School and an MBA from Korea University.
Jamie joined Korelya Capital Korea in 2019. She started her career as a marketing Product Manager at Samil Pharmaceutical where she advanced her expertise in the bio/healthcare industry. She then decided to focus on cross-border business between Europe and Korea, as a sales and marketing manager in Panda Media, a Korean media agency which represents high-profile European media groups in South Korea.
Jamie holds a Master’s Degree in French Literature from the Graduate School of Ewha Womans University. She speaks Korean, English and French.
Sabrina joined Korelya in 2018. She started her career as a manager and salesperson in the food industry.
Five years ago, she entered the world of small companies to help them being more organized and efficient.
Sabrina graduated from business school, IDRAC Lyon.
Senior Executive, Venture Capital, Portfolio manager, Business angel in technology businesses, with more than 15yrs in Investment Banking, with a proven track record of contributing to the profitability and growth of an organisation.
Ghislain brings over 25 years of experience in Strategy, Business Development, Operations and Marketing roles with leading companies such as Google or Botify.
Ghislain is passionate about building businesses and helping teams expand in Asia, where he has been based for over 12 years and helped several companies scale in the region.
Ghislain holds a MSc. in Electronics from Centrale-Supelec Graduate School of Engineering, a Master in Business & Marketing from Essec Business School, an MBA and an IDP Certificate in Corporate Governance from INSEAD.
Sanghun started his career as Judge in the Seoul District Court, before joining LG Corp. in 1996 as General Counsel.
In 2009, he was appointed CEO of Naver Corp., South Korea’s largest internet company and led the company until 2017. During this period, he also served as President of the Korean Internet Companies Association for 4 years and contributed to the development of the internet industry in Korea.
Sanghun has served on the boards of directors of many prestigious companies which include LG Corp. (Holding company of LG Group), Woowa Brothers (acquired by Delivery Hero) and Mail.ru Group (Russia’s largest internet company). He has invested in and given mentorship to several start-ups including SmartStudy (known for Pinkfong and Baby Shark), Radish Media Inc. (acquired by Kakao Entertainment), and Hyperconnect (acquired by Match.com).
Sanghun graduated from Seoul National University and received an LL.M. degree at Harvard Law School. He is admitted to both the Korean Bar Association and the New York Bar Association.
Don started his career as a strategy consultant at BCG after graduating in aerospace engineering. After several years in the media industry and working with start-ups, Don joined the academic world as Professor of Business Administration specializing in Entrepreneurial Strategy at Kookmin University, where he became the first Dean of the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship.
In 2014, Don served as President of the Korean Society of Business Venturing. In 2018, Don was appointed Chairman of Startup Alliance Korea, a non-profit organization co-established by the Korean government and Korean leading internet companies with the mission to foster the country’s start-up ecosystem.
Additionally, Don is currently Academic Advisor of Hyundai Motor Company and CJ Corp. and Board Member of several companies and non-profits organisations for start-ups, including Asan-nanum Foundation.
Don has a PhD in Management from Warwick Business School as well as a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University.