Florian Graillot

Founding Partner @ astoryaVC

About

VC investor at astoryaVC investing in early-stage startups in Europe with a focus on technologies that could build the next insurance generation. Skills in : - Investment & Financial modeling - Entrepreneurship & Business development - Strategy analysis Double-degreed from an Engineering school (Telecom ParisTech) and a Business school (HEC Paris)

Country

France

City

Paris

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

Venture Capital, FinTech, Insurtech, Financial Modeling, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Portfolio Management, Economic watch, Market Research, Strategic Planning, Management Consulting, Business Planning, Business Analysis, Due Diligence, Financial Analysis, Investment, Business Development, Insurance

Experience

Founding Partner

astoryaVC

2017-10 - Present · 9 yrs

Paris Area, France

astorya.vc is an EU-based VC fund investing in tech startups, to build the next insurance generation. Investment scope= Insurance + Seed + Europe

Investor & board member

Claims Carbon

2022-11 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Sweden

Claims Carbon has developed a CO2 accounting SaaS dedicated to the insurance industry. In the Nordics and Western Europe, it is already working with tier-1 insurers to provide them with accurate figures and actionable data, measuring CO2 emissions in their (car) claim processes.

Investor & board member

Wenalyze

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

Spain

Wenalyze's solution enriches data for insurers, banks, bancassurers. It operates in SME-related use-cases to boost data completion and ensure data are up-to-date. It has customers in its Spanish domestic market and the UK.

Investor & board member

Olino

2022-1 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

France

Olino is selling insurance solutions to SME. Since inception it has embraced an indirect distribution model through platforms & marketplaces (i.e. 'Embedded Insurance'). Acquired by Groupe Rouge in September 2024.

Mentor

The Israeli Insurtech Accelerator

2020-12 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

Israel

Investor & board member

Jizô AI

2020-2 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

France

SesameIT develops CyberSecurity solutions, including 'Jizô AI' a network observability platform allowing decision-makers  to anticipate, identify and block cyberattacks.

Investor & board member

Zelros by Earnix

2018-11 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

France

Zelros has developed an AI-based solution for insurance & bancassurance distributors to boost their operations: higher conversion rate, better cross-sell ratio and faster onboarding processes. For instance, they are already working with most of tier-1 players in France.

Advisor

The Open Insurance Initiative (OPIN)

2019-1 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

Paris

The Open Insurance Initiative aims to promote API technology in the insurance space, as a way to enable platforms distribute insurance products.

Mentor

Plug and Play Munich

2018-6 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

Munich Area, Germany

Mentoring European startups with 1-1 workshops, as part of the Plug & Play 'InsurTech' initiative in Munich.

Investor

AVP

2015-3 - 2017-10 · 2 yrs 8 mos

AXA Strategic Ventures is a €400m global venture capital fund dedicated to FinTech and InsurTech.

Education

HEC Paris

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

2007 - 2008 · 1 yr

- Business-plan and pitch to investors as part of a jet airline project, backed by a private equity fund - Project to take over a company in pharmaceutical distribution - M&A project for a regional travel agency network

Télécom Paris

Information Technology

2004 - 2007 · 3 yrs

- Common core session : Information and communications technology - Signal processing (applied to medical imagery) - Management of innovative projects - Strategy and Telco (end-of-studies dissertation on MVNOs)