Ilan Palacci

Deeptech startup founder

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

HRSales StrategyStrategy & ConsultingCoachingProduct Strategy

Languages

English (Native)French (Native)Spanish

About me

Intro

Hello, I can work on the following topics. For startups: - Fundraising (strategy & preparation & run) - Public funding (answering to call for projects) - Company structuring (HR, Sales, R&D) For textile companies: - Creation of innovation strategies/business units - Innovation analysis & deployment in supply chain

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Work experience

EverDye

Apr 2021 - Present

5 years 7 months

Co-Founder & Board Member

Apr 2024 - Present

2 years 7 months

Co-Founder & CEO

Apr 2021 - Mar 2024

3 years

Paris et périphérie

At Ever Dye, we're reshaping the fashion industry with efficient dyeing processes & sustainable colors. Our process will slash dyeing processes related GHG emissions because we can dye with 10x less energy and without using any petrochemicals in the dyeing process.

Freelance Consultant

Freelance ConsultantFreelance

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024

7 months

Paris, France

Independent consultant for startups and VCs. So far, worked as: --> Operating Partner @Bpifrance GreenTech/DeepTech Ventures. Providing strategic and operational support for 60+ invested companies. --> Strategic consulting for a stealth biotech --> Revamping commercial & investor pitches for Amatera Bio

EF PA6 | Founder in Residence

Entrepreneur First

Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

4 months

Paris, France

Entrepreneur First brings together extraordinary people to build startups from scratch in London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, Bangalore and Toronto. EF funds individuals and helps build co-founding teams, develop ideas, and accelerate through fundraising from the world's best investors. EF has built over 150 companies, has over 1000 alumni worldwide, and our portfolio has a valuation of over $3 billion. EF's major exits to date include Magic Pony, led by Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang, which was acquired by Twitter for a reported $150 million only 18 months after the founders met on the EF programme. For more information about Entrepreneur First, check out www.joinef.com

Chief Product Officer

Unissey

May 2019 - Apr 2021

2 years

Région de Paris, France

Unissey (ex-Deepsense) is a french startup providing an instant facial authentication solution. We apply cutting-edge computer vision algorithms to video streams in order to detect any identity fraud attempts (mask attacks, DeepFake...). We've raised a 3M€ seed round in the summer of 2020.

Entrepreneur in Residence

Agoranov

Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

6 months

Région de Paris, France

#1 Incubator for deeptech start-ups, Agoranov has supported the creation of more than 350 companies, pioneers in their field, including Criteo, Aldebaran Robotics, Dataiku, Ynsect, Doctolib, Alan...

Operations Data Analyst

Stuart

Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

6 months

Région de Paris, France

Stuart is a leading last mile delivery platform that connects small and big businesses to a fleet of geolocalised couriers. We empower thousands of companies across Europe by providing same-day delivery, next-day delivery and return solutions.

Financial Auditor

EY

Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

6 months

92400 Courbevoie, France

Internship in financial auditing in companies specializing in energy and industry: - Analysis of company financial statements - Review of internal control processes - Preparation of audit reports of closed accounting statements

President & Licensee

TEDx Mines Nancy

Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

1 year 3 months

Région de Nancy, France

Organized the 3rd edition of the TEDxMinesNancy conference cycle, a one-day event that gathered 1 300 visitors and 12 speakers. My main tasks were : - Recruited and managed 32 people divided into five teams - Established partnerships with several private companies and local authorities for 35k€ - Set up a digital and physical communication plan

Seller, Temporary Handler

Nation Chaussures - Dolce

Jan 2006 - Jan 2015

9 years 1 month

Région de Paris, France


Education

HEC Paris

MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs

2018 - 2019

1 year 1 month

École Polytechnique

MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs

2018 - 2019

1 year 1 month

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy

Major : Industrial Engineering & Applied Mathematics

2014 - 2017

3 years 1 month

Activities and societies: Président TEDxMinesNancy 2016, Membre d'Enactus (Projet Zoom), Organisateur WEI 2015

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