Ambition

Vision

Execution

We are the first believers

We are the
first believers

A handful of world-class entrepreneurs are born every year.

We are entrepreneurs too, and have designed from scratch the ideal partner for these unique people.

A meaningful check at Day One, often even before the company actually exists.

A responsive, reliable and knowledgeable counterpart with aligned interests.

A long-term relationship we hope will last a decade.

We are Frst.

Pierre Entremont - FRST Profile Picture
Pierre Entremont
Co-Founder & Partner
Pierre started as a Seed investor in 2015, when Bruno and him debuted together. In 2019, they doubled down on their partnership and launched Frst.

Passionate about how companies are born, grow and die, Pierre previously approached the matter from many standpoints: entrepreneurship (ecommerce company sold while at school), company building (eFounders/Hexa, Rocket Internet), Private Equity (IK Investment Partners), and Management Consulting (McKinsey). 

While he was an entrepreneur, Pierre also-cofounded the "Les Pigeons" movement (2012), which led to a significant legal change in favor of French startups. 
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Bruno Raillard
Co-Founder & Partner
Bruno launched Otium Venture in 2015 with Pierre, with the goal to bring the high-conviction mindset to seed investing in France. In 2019, they doubled down on their partnership and launched Frst.

Prior to that, Bruno has occupied various positions in financial consulting (EY, Eight Advisory), Private Equity investment (Otium Capital) and general management (Gault&Millau) with companies ranging from SMBs to large enterprises.
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Samuel Fitoussi
Associate
Samuel joined Frst in 2025, driven by the ambition to build the best seed fund in Europe. 

Prior to that Samuel built a company specialized in education consultancy for three years while contributing to French media, think-tanks, and authoring two essays about ideological bias and the spread of ideas. 

They are Frst

As Day One investors, we make most of our decisions in 2 meetings and 48 hours while companies have no team, no product, and aren’t incorporated yet. Our average first check is $2m, with significant variance.

We are currently investing through our third fund, Frst 3, which raised $100m in 2023.

Since we started 10 years ago, we deployed $200m into 70 companies, which have collectively raised $3,5b to date.

They believed in us as much as we believed in them, and we couldn’t be more grateful.

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