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April 14, 2023

‘French Bill Gates’ closes second VC fund at $250m

Blisce has already backed Welcome to the Jungle and Too Good To Go


Eleanor Warnock

2 min read

Alexandre Mars (Credit: Héloïse Morel)

France’s serial entrepreneur Alexandre Mars — dubbed the “French Bill Gates” — has just closed a second fund for his VC firm Blisce at $250m. Mars is best known for selling companies to Publicis and BlackBerry. 

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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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