A picture of Plural partner Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty

The big interview

October 8, 2025

‘Too few investors have actually run businesses’: Former Uber exec joins Plural as partner

After 13 years at Uber, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty joins Plural as partner and opens the firm’s first office in Paris

Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty is probably one of Europe’s most seasoned operators, having spent the past 13 years sitting on ride-hailing giant Uber’s leadership team (the company’s only top exec outside of North America), and helping grow the startup into a business worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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