Christian Maurin

administrateur indépendant

📍 Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 27 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2011
VC🌍 France
4
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2
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0
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0
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27y
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Portfolio

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Investor
2011
Caphorn is a European Venture Capital firm that invest in climatetech, healthtech, and entreprise software. We partner with outstanding entrepreneurs and commit investment from € 1M to € 15M in high growth start-ups. The firm, established in 2011, is based in Paris and is part of the Anaxago Group.
investor, board member
2010
Launched in 2011 in London, Shopcade is now part of the Lagardère group, leading the convergence of lifestyle content and e-commerce, so consumers can keep up with latest news and shop related items all in one place. The Shopcade app is a premium-shopping destination for fashion, beauty and lifestyle products as it creates a unique shoppable experience that is social, tailored and personalised. Shopcade is a combination of the words “shop” and “arcade” as it represents an engaging, social shopping environment online. In-house editors produce engaging content and also tap into a network of influencers to deliver curated shoppable content to guide the community to all that is trendy and covetable. Since February 2017, Shopcade is proud to be integrated one of the largest media group in Europe, Lagardère Active.
Investor
2006
Phigenics is the independent leader in water management. Its purpose is to help facility managers optimize the cost and efficiency and improve the safety of their water systems. Clients include a diverse mix of industry and government leaders in healthcare, commercial, institutional, military and manufacturing facilities. Typically for our clients, water processing utility costs are reduced 5-20% and water safety is quantitatively improved. Phigenics does not sell water treatment equipment or chemicals and is not biased toward any particular treatment technology or supplier. We do provide best practices guidance that is defensible should anyone inquire about the quality or cost effectiveness of your water management program. Phigenics provides leading expert support in potable and utility water safety, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188 Plans, secondary disinfection and many other areas to ensure compliance with regulations and leading best practice standards. Our state of the art information systems provide affordable secure access to the right information when you need it. Phigenics Analytical Services Laboratories are certified as proficient in the Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are EPA-NELAP certified for the analysis of drinking water.
Investor
1999
Rakuten est un leader mondial des services en ligne et l’inventeur du modèle de place de marché B2B2C. Fondé en 1997 au Japon, Rakuten propose un écosystème de plus de 80 services digitaux complémentaires, disponibles dans 30 pays, dans des domaines aussi variés que l’e-commerce, les télécommunications, les Fintech, la publicité ou encore l’Intelligence Artificielle. En France, Rakuten est le pionnier de l’économie collaborative et circulaire. Sa plateforme inclusive permet aux grandes enseignes comme aux TPE/PME locales de commercialiser leurs produits à une très large communauté d’acheteurs et de bénéficier d’outils technologiques et de services innovants pour développer leur activité, en ligne comme en magasins, via le click & collect notamment. L’engagement de Rakuten en faveur d’un e-commerce vertueux se traduit aussi par son approche non concurrentielle, qui encourage les commerçants comme les particuliers à revendre leurs produits, faisant de la plateforme un acteur majeur de la seconde main. La réussite de Rakuten repose ainsi sur une double promesse : le pouvoir d’acheter et de revendre. Aujourd’hui, plus de 12 millions de Français profitent de cet engagement via le Club R. Plus qu’un programme de fidélité, le Club R récompense acheteurs et vendeurs et favorise le développement de l’économie circulaire. Fidèle à ses valeurs fondatrices, Rakuten prône un modèle de digitalisation responsable, pour les commerçants, pour l’environnement et pour le consommateur : un e-commerce qui met tout le monde d’accord.
Experience · 6 entries
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Investments (4)
Board (1)
2014
senior adviser
Mar 2014
Ennovance Capital LLC (ECL) is in one business only — alternative asset investments and enhancing our portfolio’s value. We are not in the investment banking, brokerage, or advisory businesses. I. Private Equity: Ennovance is a niche industry-focused investor in middle-market companies, with exclusive focus on chemical, specialty materials, pharmaceuticals, health-care, water, energy, petrochemical and chemistry related sectors. For our representative segments of investment interest, please visit: http://ennovance.com/index_files/Interest.htm End markets for related products and services in these industries vary widely, such as: water and waste treatment, functional additives, renewable energy, fine chemicals, medical devices or electronics, biodegradable plastics, coatings, food & beverage, flavor, fragrance, beauty & personal care, hygiene & cleaning solutions for hospitals or general applications, preservatives, fertilizers, catalysts, contract manufacturing & research, laboratory supplies, safety or security solutions, and so on. We focus on structuring acquisitions that meet the unique requirements of each strategic seller, navigating all aspects of deal complexities. From public-to-private transactions to corporate divestitures of non-core assets, we are skilled at mitigating all degrees of risk when extracting a non-core division from its parent, maintaining business momentum, and ensuring business continuity. II. Other Alternate Assets: Please contact us at: info@ennovance.com For more information, please visit: www.ennovance.com
2011
Investor
2011
Caphorn is a European Venture Capital firm that invest in climatetech, healthtech, and entreprise software. We partner with outstanding entrepreneurs and commit investment from € 1M to € 15M in high growth start-ups. The firm, established in 2011, is based in Paris and is part of the Anaxago Group.
2010
investor, board member
2010
Launched in 2011 in London, Shopcade is now part of the Lagardère group, leading the convergence of lifestyle content and e-commerce, so consumers can keep up with latest news and shop related items all in one place. The Shopcade app is a premium-shopping destination for fashion, beauty and lifestyle products as it creates a unique shoppable experience that is social, tailored and personalised. Shopcade is a combination of the words “shop” and “arcade” as it represents an engaging, social shopping environment online. In-house editors produce engaging content and also tap into a network of influencers to deliver curated shoppable content to guide the community to all that is trendy and covetable. Since February 2017, Shopcade is proud to be integrated one of the largest media group in Europe, Lagardère Active.
2008
Aurinvest Capital 2 and 3
investor, member of the investment committee
2008
2006
Investor
2006
Phigenics is the independent leader in water management. Its purpose is to help facility managers optimize the cost and efficiency and improve the safety of their water systems. Clients include a diverse mix of industry and government leaders in healthcare, commercial, institutional, military and manufacturing facilities. Typically for our clients, water processing utility costs are reduced 5-20% and water safety is quantitatively improved. Phigenics does not sell water treatment equipment or chemicals and is not biased toward any particular treatment technology or supplier. We do provide best practices guidance that is defensible should anyone inquire about the quality or cost effectiveness of your water management program. Phigenics provides leading expert support in potable and utility water safety, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188 Plans, secondary disinfection and many other areas to ensure compliance with regulations and leading best practice standards. Our state of the art information systems provide affordable secure access to the right information when you need it. Phigenics Analytical Services Laboratories are certified as proficient in the Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are EPA-NELAP certified for the analysis of drinking water.
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