Securing Seed Stage Funding As A Small Brand Ft. Odile Roujol of FAB Co-Creation Studio- E.418

Send us Fan MailLet’s ChatJoin Ekta as she interviews Odile Roujol, who is the Founder of FaB Fashion and BeautyTech community (15 chapters in Asia Europe and America, now 15,000 founders and VCs, 10K+ followers linked in and Instagram, and 3800 subscribers of the newsletter) and Fab co-creation studio Ventures (fund II ambition $20M, first closing last Oct), seed stage, backing consumer tech and new commerce (in the space of Beauty and Fashion) Startups.She’s an advisor with The Hive Data building startups in AI and machine learning. And a Board member for Startups in Fintech, Social media analytics, augmented reality, tech companies.Odile was most recently the Chief Strategy and Data Officer at Orange (a leading $40 billion+ market cap French telco in 30 EMEA markets with 350 million customers), where she reported to the CEO. She previously served as SVP of Brand and Communications and SVP of Marketing for the company.Before entering the technology and telecommunications field, Odile spent a large part of her career with major brands in the field of beauty and luxury as an executive with L’Oréal, Yves Saint Laurent and Bourjois (groupe Chanel). While with L'Oréal, she managed the Lancôme brand in France and the United States and became Managing Director / President of Lancôme International in 2006 (#1 worldwide cosmetic brand in luxury retail, now $3 billion revenues, 135 markets).She has been a Board Member of Groupama SA, a key European insurance company based in Paris. She's a Business Angel at @50Partners, a French accelerator funded by 50 entrepreneurs dedicated to supporting selected startups.Odile is a graduate of the HEC School of Management in Paris - MBA.She is now based in Los Angeles, and has lived 6 years in San Francisco.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skincareanarchy/supportSupport the Show.Follow The Show On All Socials Using The Tag @skincareanarchy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Support the show