Pierre-Francois Marteau Email & Phone Number

Cologne, NRW, DE

Vienna, Austria

Investing in the most promising tech-driven startups in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI)

Vienna, Austria

First startup accelerator worldwide dedicated to startups that leverage technology to transform the world of arts and culture.https://culttechaccelerator.org

Vienna, Austria

The 'Immaterial Future' association aims at shifting the world's growth model towards intangible production and consumption, with culture as the main vector of change.Following an Innovation Award for startups that address the problems of access to culture and monetization for creatives, we have initiated the launch of the first culttech startup.

Velbert-Langenberg

Owner and operator of 3 forest adventure courses in Germany: Kletterpark Bad Neuenahr, Velbert-Langenberg and Leiwen (Mosel). www.wald-abenteuer.de Launched the business in 2008, expanded over the years to 3 leisure parks + one restaurant. Now relying on a world-class team that allows me to still run this business on the side of my other endeavors. My own.

Moscow / Vienna / Cologne

Berlin, Germany

Wien

Speed Invest is the leading seed-stage VC in Europe. More at https://speedinvest.com.

Vienna

Europe

My years at Schibsted have been an amazing ride. Launching 20 Minutes France; accompanying leboncoin on its journey to all-out market leadership; helping grow and manage SCM’s marketplace portfolio in 26 markets worldwide, finally laying the foundation for the de-merger of Schibsted and Adevinta. Great colleagues, lots of fun, some drama. Since 2001.

Oslo, Barcelona, Köln, etc.

Supported the senior group leadership team and the board of directors in strategic matters; played a key role in shaping the group's strategy and organization at a critical juncture in its history.

Barcelona Area, Spain

Heading strategy, marketing and organizational development / HR for Schibsted's operations (digital marketplaces) in 19 countries spanning 3 continents.

Oslo, Stockholm, Barcelona, Paris

Member of Schibsted Classified Media's management team since inception in 2006. At different times CEO / chairman / board member of various digital marketplaces mostly in Europe, including leboncoin.fr, lacentrale.fr, subito.it, blocket.se, Shpock, etc. In charge of strategic projects, incl. mobile development starting in 2011. President of Schibsted.

Paris Area, France

Most-read daily newspaper in France (4.4 million daily readers, 11m monthly). Chairman until June 2014, regular board member thereafter.

Paris Area, France

Leading generalist and multi-vertical marketplace in France. Over 60% monthly reach, largest digital destination in France (PVs, time spent), 700.000 new ads per day - one of the worldwide benchmark successes in digital marketplaces. Passed €300m turnover in 2018 with a margin well above 50%, still growing double-digit. Valued €2,5bn as of Sept 2018

Köln

Infrasonics develops therapeutic systems based on acoustic neurostimulation. The main field of application so far has been treatment of sleep disorders and optimized regeneration (powernap), more will follow.

Paris Area, France

Leading car vertical marketplace in France

Köln, Paris, Oslo

Various projects (new product development, JV negotiation, M&A, strategy) for French, German and Scandinavian media groups: Le Monde / Courrier International; Burda Holding International; Holtzbrinck group / Die Zeit, Parship; Schibsted.

Paris

Managed the launch project on behalf of Schibsted, then joined the management team as COO, CFO and deputy CEO. 20 Minutes quickly became the most read daily newspaper in France, and still holds that position today.

Mobile middleware startup / mobile wallet in the early days of the mobile internet. Went bankrupt when mobile carriers decided to postpone 3G infrastructure deployment in the aftermath of the 2001 crisis. 6 offices worldwide (NY, Mountainview, London, Paris, Köln, Hyderabad), 100 employees incl. 60 developers, burnt $18m in 18 months, went through the full.

Köln, Munich

Strategy and organization projects mostly in the telecommunications and microelectronics (semiconductor) industries; a few stints in financial services, men's apparel, heavy industry etc.

Paris

Two years "McK fellows program", mixing Insead MBA with 6-month projects at McKinsey. Broad range of sectors (white goods, pharma, fashion...)

New York City

Tokyo, Japan

Market watch on behalf of various European electronics manufacturers

Idp Programme

International Directors Programme

Mba

Broad curriculum, major in Corporate Finance and Economics. Graduated "with distinction" (top 10%).

M.S., Electrical Engineering