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The big interview

September 24, 2025

Gigi founder Clara Gold: ‘The notion of “female founder” pisses me off’

Gold just raised funds with Khosla Ventures as she prepares to relocate the company to the US

Clara Gold, the founder of professional social networking app Gigi, tells me to meet her in a specialist coffee shop in central Paris, complete with exposed brick walls, impeccably stylish customers, and matcha lattes hot and iced. 

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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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