Arthur Bessières

France Country Director I Plug and Play Tech Center

📍 France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
VC🌍 France
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Angel Investor
2024
ContextSDK is designed to enhance mobile app engagement and revenue by leveraging real-world user context with machine learning. ContextSDK collects more than 200 signals from the modern smartphone to assess a user’s real-world context instantly - whether theyre commuting, walking or relaxing - and use this for intent detection. This allows for the delivery of precisely timed, context-aware notifications and content that enhance user satisfaction and drive conversions. Its on-device processing ensures privacy by avoiding cloud transfers, which preserves user trust. ContextSDK’s vision is to establish real-world context data as the new gold standard in mobile app engagement, providing product owners and CMOs with a powerful tool to continuously optimize user experiences.
Angel Investor
2023
inHEART is committed to delivering the world’s most sophisticated, AI-enabled, digital twin of the heart to advance the care of patients living with cardiac disease. We believe all patients deserve access to world-class expertise that guides and optimizes treatment strategies to support improved clinical outcomes and return patients to full, healthy lives.
late stageMedical Device
Angel Investor
2023
Transforming High Stakes Sectors with AI
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Founder (1)
2024
Ventures Lead France
Jan 2024
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, weve accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City
Angel Investor
2024
ContextSDK is designed to enhance mobile app engagement and revenue by leveraging real-world user context with machine learning. ContextSDK collects more than 200 signals from the modern smartphone to assess a user’s real-world context instantly - whether theyre commuting, walking or relaxing - and use this for intent detection. This allows for the delivery of precisely timed, context-aware notifications and content that enhance user satisfaction and drive conversions. Its on-device processing ensures privacy by avoiding cloud transfers, which preserves user trust. ContextSDK’s vision is to establish real-world context data as the new gold standard in mobile app engagement, providing product owners and CMOs with a powerful tool to continuously optimize user experiences.
2023
Angel Investor
2023
inHEART is committed to delivering the world’s most sophisticated, AI-enabled, digital twin of the heart to advance the care of patients living with cardiac disease. We believe all patients deserve access to world-class expertise that guides and optimizes treatment strategies to support improved clinical outcomes and return patients to full, healthy lives.
late stageMedical Device
Angel Investor
2023
Transforming High Stakes Sectors with AI
2021
Co-Founder
2021
Stealth Collective is an investor club focused on backing and growing early-stage companies. We target startups with high-growth potential, led by visionary founders across EMEA & North America. Our members consist of experienced venture capital professionals, seasoned business angels, and ex operators. Together, we provide a wealth of knowledge, connections, and resources that go far beyond just capital.
Investment activity
2023–2024 · 3 investments
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