France
Hi ! I'm Alex ! 👋I launched my first startup at 13. At 14, I was competing as one of France's top-ranked tennis players, training six days a week and learning what it takes to perform at the highest level.Sports taught me discipline and execution. But I realized my ambition wasn't just to win matches — it was to build something that could change how an entire generation works.At 16, I started studying how businesses are really built. I completed programs in entrepreneurship at Harvard, corporate finance at Columbia, and AI engineering at Microsoft. I was the youngest in every cohort, not because age matters, but because I was in a hurry to understand the systems that shape our economy.What I learned is that the way we build companies today is fundamentally broken.Founders navigate fragmented platforms, opaque networks, and geography-dependent resources just to find the right co-founders, access capital, and build their teams. The infrastructure doesn't match the ambition of this generation.So at 17, I'm building Foundem to change that.My mission is simple: revolutionize how the next generation creates companies. Democratize access to the resources entrepreneurs need. Reshape the future of work itself.This isn't just about building a platform. It's about changing the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the ground up — making it less lonely, less fragmented, and infinitely more accessible.I'm an athlete who learned discipline on the court. A builder who executes relentlessly.
Building the operating system for entrepreneurship — fundamentally changing how companies are created. The way founders build startups today is broken. They navigate fragmented platforms, opaque networks, and geography-dependent resources just to find co-founders, access capital, and build teams. This inefficiency costs the ecosystem billions in lost potential. Foundem solves this by centralizing the entire entrepreneurial infrastructure. As CEO, I'm responsible for defining and executing a vision that reshapes an entire industry: Strategic architecture: Designing systems that will power the next generation of European companies. Every decision we make today creates compounding effects for thousands of founders tomorrow. Product philosophy: Building not just features, but fundamental infrastructure. The difference between a tool and an operating system is that one helps you work — the other changes how work is possible. Capital strategy: Aligning investor incentives with founder success. Traditional VC models optimize for exits. We're optimizing for sustainable company creation at scale. Talent density: Assembling a team that doesn't just execute — but redefines what's possible. Every hire is a bet on someone who sees the future we're building. Ecosystem transformation: Partnering with institutions, investors, and operators across Europe who understand that entrepreneurship infrastructure is overdue for disruption. The mission isn't incremental improvement. It's systemic change. Democratize entrepreneurship. Remove the friction that holds back talented founders. Prove that infrastructure, not just capital, determines who gets to build the future.