Fabien Penso

Building AI infra · Creator of Moltis (local-first AI gateway, 2.8k★)

📍 Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 France
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Oct 2021
Stargaze is a decentralized and community-owned network for NFTs. It is built as an app-specific Cosmos Proof-of_stake chain, running the Tendermint consensus engine. It’s goal is to be similar to OpenSea, except governed by a community via a curation DAO and a protocol DAO. Stargaze will allow users to buy, sell, and trade NFTs. It will also allow trading NFTs across other IBC-enabled chains. It will also interoperate with Ethereum over Gravity Bridge. STARS is the native staking token that is used for: Fees for processing transactions and storing data Running validator nodes on the network via staking STARS tokens Voting in governance for protocol upgrades and parameter changes Voting in the DAO to curate NFTs and fund creators Mint and bid on NFTs Stargaze tools include: Stargaze node software to run validators, full nodes, and perform command-line operations
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Mar 2018
Bearer helps modern teams ship trustworthy products with the help of our code security solution built for security, privacy and engineering teams. We combine sensitive data context with static code analysis to make security and privacy engineering simpler and smarter to maximize the ROI for your DevSecOps and central security team driven programs. For enterprises, we offer Bearer Cloud to manage product and application security at scale with deep sensitive data context. This is powered by Bearer CLI, an open-source static code analysis product with sensitive data context that currently supports Java, Ruby, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Follow along or try us out here - https://github.com/Bearer/bearer
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Aug 2017
Acquired by Datadog in Apr 2021. Sqreen is the application security platform for the modern enterprise. More than 800 organizations trust Sqreen to protect, observe and test their applications, APIs and microservices. As opposed to pattern-based approaches, Sqreen analyses in-app execution in real time to deliver more robust security without compromising performance. This empowers security owners to easily extend protection and visibility across their entire application portfolio without requiring on-going maintenance and tuning. With Sqreen, organizations of all sizes, can strengthen their application security, decrease the number of security incidents and resolve incidents more quickly when they do occur.
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Jan 2017
BeOp is a solution designed for media, brands, and agencies. We offer a unique experience of content enrichment through questions (surveys, petitions, quizzes, personality tests) and tools that help you increase and retain your users. Our plugin provides a wide range of customization options and functionalities to meet our partners needs. Your time is valuable, so we ensure easy integration of our plugin and optimal comfort of use for your teams and your audience.
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Dec 2016
Hull was acquired by MessageBird on March 30th, 2021
Experience · 11 entries
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2024
Principal Engineer
Nov 2024
Blockchain infrastructure development
2021
Investor
Oct 2021
Stargaze is a decentralized and community-owned network for NFTs. It is built as an app-specific Cosmos Proof-of_stake chain, running the Tendermint consensus engine. It’s goal is to be similar to OpenSea, except governed by a community via a curation DAO and a protocol DAO. Stargaze will allow users to buy, sell, and trade NFTs. It will also allow trading NFTs across other IBC-enabled chains. It will also interoperate with Ethereum over Gravity Bridge. STARS is the native staking token that is used for: Fees for processing transactions and storing data Running validator nodes on the network via staking STARS tokens Voting in governance for protocol upgrades and parameter changes Voting in the DAO to curate NFTs and fund creators Mint and bid on NFTs Stargaze tools include: Stargaze node software to run validators, full nodes, and perform command-line operations
Principal Engineer
Jul 2021
A new way to collect your thoughts and experience the internet.
2018
Co-Founder & CTO
Oct 2018
Kard, cest lapp dargent de poche préférée des familles. Une carte et un compte ado pour apprendre la gestion et la valeur de l’argent, une app parent pour tout superviser et les accompagner en toute sécurité. Notre mission : permettre à TOUS les parents d’apprendre l’argent à leurs enfants de façon vraiment adaptée à leurs usages et dans la bonne humeur ! Chez Kard, on y croit dur comme fer : l’argent, ça s’apprend. Lancée en septembre 2019, Kard a levé à date plus de 15 millions deuros auprès de Founders Future et de business angels, dont plusieurs experts mondiaux de la Fintech.
Investor
Mar 2018
Bearer helps modern teams ship trustworthy products with the help of our code security solution built for security, privacy and engineering teams. We combine sensitive data context with static code analysis to make security and privacy engineering simpler and smarter to maximize the ROI for your DevSecOps and central security team driven programs. For enterprises, we offer Bearer Cloud to manage product and application security at scale with deep sensitive data context. This is powered by Bearer CLI, an open-source static code analysis product with sensitive data context that currently supports Java, Ruby, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Follow along or try us out here - https://github.com/Bearer/bearer
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