Mathias Monribot is an investment specialist in emerging sectors. After having created, at the age of 21, his first company pioneering 3D environments and sold 7 years later, he created Petit Poucet in 2002, a strategy consulting firm specialized in supporting student entrepreneurs. He then finances 40 startups (up to 500K€ per company) through 4 investment holdings. 3 companies out of 4 will reach 1M€ turnover before the 4th year of activity. 14 of them have already been sold (including Oxent in 2016, in which Mathias was the first to invest).

Alain Esnault graduated from Edhec Business School and Ecole Centrale Paris. He started his career by working at Crédit Lyonnais, as a private equity associate. He then proceeded to work as a CFO and M&A officer for several international companies (eg. Hewlett Packard) and entrepreneurial groups (eg. Groupe Roullier). Alain moved to being an entrepreneur himself in 2002 when he became the CEO of several SMEs in industry and business services, including Groupe SVP. He is currently the CEO of Apicap, an asset management company that specializes in both real estate and private equity – Apicap is the fund manager of Trust Esport Fund 1.

Axel Pittier graduated from both Sciences Po Paris and the University of St. Gall (Switzerland). He had early exposure of the public sector by working at the French National Assembly, before taking advantage of a gap year to discover entrepreneurship and the Esport industry at Oxent, audit at PwC and investment at Apicap – which he joined in early 2016. Axel’s passion for Esport and his Dota 2 skills ideally supplement his competence as an analyst for Trust Esport Fund.

Group FIMALAC is the main sponsor of Trust Esport and is entirely owned by Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière who manages a net assets of 4,3 billion euros, in five business areas: capital investment with Warburg Pincus, digital media in entertainment through Webedia, entertainment with the organization of shows and venue management (Fimalac Entertainment), leisure activities and hotels through the Group Barrière, and real estate property, essentially of offices.

www.fimalac.com
www.fimalac-entertainment.com
www.webedia-group.com

AMAURY is an independent family group, global leader in sports and media, who supports Trust Esport with its subsidiary firm Amaury Investments. The Amaury group owns and runs A.S.O (Amaury Sport Organisation) which regoups 80 sport events over 25 countries including the Tour de France, the Dakar, the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon, the Lacoste Ladies golf French Open. Amaury is also in particular the owner and the organizer of the Ballon d’Or and the media L’Equipe (print, digital, and TV).

www.aso.fr/en
www.lequipe.fr/Esport

FDJ is the Europe’s second largest lottery and attract 26 million French players with its secure and innovative gaming offering which also creates value for the community at large. FDJ promotes a socially responsible business model which attracts a huge number of players. To that end, FDJ is continually adapting to changing trends among players to offer new gaming experiences, while fostering a close relationship with French players through a distribution network of 30,800 points of sale as well as its websites and mobile apps.

www.groupefdj.com
www.fdj-gaming-solutions.com