Gary Anssens ✔️

Entrepreneur | Chairman Decathlon CMA CGM Cycling Team | Founder Alltricks & Land For Land | Co-founder French Tech Paris Saclay | Board member

📍 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Ile-de-France, France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 64 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 France50+ investmentsInvested this year
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Feb 2026
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Investor
Feb 2026
Real world. Real intelligence.
Investor
Feb 2026
Revolutionary skincare formulas infused with STM30 Complex developed by stem cell pioneer Dr. Fred Zülli
Investor
Jan 2026
Avec Poppins, le partage devient facile, fiable et fun ! Accédez à tout ce dont vous avez besoin, quand vous en avez besoin : sac de rando, enceintes, ponceuse, siège bébé… grâce à vos voisins, vos magasins de location ou des grandes enseignes ! Rejoignez le mouvement du partage !
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Aug 2025
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products help our 70+ million customers get more from their money every day. As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, weve been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And were looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
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Jan 2025
On a mission to create the first natively European consumer brand, uniting 47 countries and +748 million European citizens, and becoming a symbol of Europe in the world. EMBRACE is co-founded by 47 founder citizens from the 47 European countries. See you in Europe in 2025 - or before at hey@drinkembrace.eu ;)
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Dec 2024
Chicorée micro-torréfacteur ! En 2023, on se lance dans la folle aventure de devenir micro-torréfacteur de Chicorée. Convaincue que cette plante, qui pousse en France, a tous les atouts pour (re)devenir la boisson de demain : saine, gourmande & durable ! Pourquoi on y a pas pensé plus tôt ?!
Investor & Board Member
Sep 2024
On a mission to reduce food waste while helping consumers save money. Beans is a system to help FMCGs manage their waste more intelligently and, ultimately, reduce it. At our very core, we believe in challenging the status quo by giving a second chance to products that would otherwise be thrown out or, worse, be buried or incinerated. We believe in a world where there is no such thing as waste, only pre-repurposed products. To rephrase the famous idiom, one business’ trash is another person’s treasure. The world of consumer goods and retail, with their rules and regulations around expiry dates, shape and size requirements, promotions, etc. only encourage wasteful consumption. It’s this attitude that leads to unnecessary waste. The only thing better than a win-win, is a win-win-win, right? Time to reset our throwaway society, empower businesses to do better and give consumers their purchasing power back.
Angel Investor
Aug 2024
Founded in 2017 by start-up entrepreneurs Adrien Roose, Karim Slaoui and Tanguy Goretti, Cowboy is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The world’s most connected electric bike for urban riders continues to transform the bike and mobility industries — from point of sale to point of service. Its mission is to build a better bike, create a better self and leave a better world. In 2022 Cowboy became the first e-bike maker to achieve B-corp status. Cowboy now has customers in more than 2,500 towns and cities across Europe and the US. Cowboy is the winner of the Eurobike 2017, the Red Dot Bicycle Design Award 2018, the Red Dot Best of the Best award for product design in 2019 and 2021, one of TIME Magazines "Best Inventions" of 2022, and the Wallpaper*Smart Space Award for Most Revolutionary Personal Transport in 2023.
Seed Investor
Aug 2024
📍 Paris, France The future of hearing, today. In our retail stores, Kesako proposes hearing aids and hearing protections.
Seed Investor
Jul 2024
Inspired by the publishing model and iterative approach of the mobile gaming industry, we collaborate with development studios to create and scale wellness apps to millions, leveraging GenAI to hyper-customize user experience.
Investor
Jul 2024
We make immersive restaurants
Investor
May 2024
The purchase journey has left the website. Consumers now start buying on AI assistants before they ever reach a product page. Dialog builds the brand agent that travels with them. Trained on a brands identity, its responsibility to its customers, and its sales expertise. Deployed on the website, inside AI assistants: everywhere a purchase decision happens. An encoded brand intelligence. Deployed. Owned. 300+ brands. 3x average conversion uplift → http://askdialog.com/
Investor
Apr 2024
Introducing Fringuant: a revolutionary solution that guarantees the perfect garment, every time, for every client. Our state-of-the-art size recommendation solution, powered by AI and technical garment expertise, redefines the shopping experience for both brands and customers. By delivering detailed size guidance personalized to each individual, Fringuant ensures a perfect fit at every online sale, reducing returns and boosting conversion rates, all while reducing the brands’ carbon footprint. Our portfolio includes tens of Europes leading fashion brands, and we are supported by global tech leaders like Meta, Hugging Face and Scaleway. The power of personalized sizing is in your hands - or rather, your camera! [Currently hiring]
Seed Investor
Apr 2024
We dream of adventures, not vacation. Expeditions, not cruises. Journeys of a lifetime, one that leaves you changed. We want to explore the world mindfully. Selar marks the birth of a new kind of maritime company, hoping to inspire with its first polar expedition ship, powered by the wind and fueled by the sun. Were writing a new chapter in ocean travel—more sustainable, human, adventurous, and inspiring for a whole new generation.
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Feb 2026
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Investor
Feb 2026
Real world. Real intelligence.
Investor
Feb 2026
Revolutionary skincare formulas infused with STM30 Complex developed by stem cell pioneer Dr. Fred Zülli
Investor
Jan 2026
Avec Poppins, le partage devient facile, fiable et fun ! Accédez à tout ce dont vous avez besoin, quand vous en avez besoin : sac de rando, enceintes, ponceuse, siège bébé… grâce à vos voisins, vos magasins de location ou des grandes enseignes ! Rejoignez le mouvement du partage !
2025
Founder
Sep 2025
Live outside the noise. Houses opening April 2026 Lifestyle, hospitality, sport & chill Instagram : Land.for.land
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