Stanislas Lot
Partner at daphni
Stan is a partner at daphni. He has experience in consulting and startups in China before creating his own startup where he developed a real empathy for entrepreneurs. He joined the VC industry at Eurazeo (ex-Idinvest) before joining daphni in early 2018. He studied engineering at CentraleSupelec and management at UCL in London.
"You don't know until you know…"
Stan's fun facts
Super power
He can make food disappear
Smile when
He is awake
He can teach
How to draw a sheep
Why did he join the VC world ?
Entrepreneurship required to be too much focus
Soft skills
Caring, reliable, committed
Icebreaker
Just mention cycling or poker
Interests
Insurtech, Real estate, Web3, Saas-enabled Marketplaces, Saas
How he acts for good
He comes to the office on foot
Mission at daphni
Sourcing startups to invest, supporting portfolio companies, board follow up, updating LPs, entrepreneurs caring, VC networking, organising, cycling and poker events
and exist in 2021
Stanislas's track record
Stanislas's news
Revealing the Truth about the European Insurtech Industry
Public metrics from startups are mostly not to be trusted: exaggerated round announcements, projected year-end revenues, crazy hiring plans forecast… The good thing about a regulated industry is that you have to provide accurate metrics. Here is an overview of the main players in Europe from their SFDR filings. [...]
Insurtech State of the art: 4 years later
4 years ago, I published Dealing with the Burger Dilemma, it was the opportunity to share my vision of the market and to develop our thesis. Since this event, things have evolved a lot. We have backed Leocare, insurtechs have raised tons of cash, B2C insurtechs IPOs has been disasters, inflation and interest rates have risen, and some champions have emerged. [...]
Augmented VC, when the old fantasm is becoming the new normal
Recently a lot of founders I am in contact with confessed that they received calls from VC just after they incorporated their company or after they updated their Linkedin [...]
Exits part 3: How To Make Things Work With Your Acquirer
Last but not least on the series covering exits: how to make things work with your acquirer. Of course, selling your company is a huge step, but most of the time the [...]