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Gregoire Villain

Internet Infrastructure: Product and Engineering leadership.

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 1 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Oct 2017
Premier provider of Internet traffic exchange services in France, France-IX merged in December 2020 with Rezopole in order to consolidate its role of leading multi-service interconnection platform in France and offer a wide range of services to its members. France-IX offers public and private interconnection services through its carrier and data centre neutral exchange points in Paris, Marseille and Lyon, as well as additional services including equipment hosting, NAP (Network Access Point), technical training or industry promotion services. The group interconnects several hundreds of players (telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content and cloud infrastructure providers) and all other Internet networks worldwide with significant traffic on the Internet French market. Its services are aimed at all organisations seeking to optimise their costs and Internet connection as part of their digital transformation. Founded in June 2010 with the support of the French Internet community, France-IX has over 500 members today and bears the following values: neutrality, sustainability and constant improvement of the Internet. For more information, please visit the France-IX website: www.franceix.net.
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2017
Board Member
Oct 2017
Premier provider of Internet traffic exchange services in France, France-IX merged in December 2020 with Rezopole in order to consolidate its role of leading multi-service interconnection platform in France and offer a wide range of services to its members. France-IX offers public and private interconnection services through its carrier and data centre neutral exchange points in Paris, Marseille and Lyon, as well as additional services including equipment hosting, NAP (Network Access Point), technical training or industry promotion services. The group interconnects several hundreds of players (telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content and cloud infrastructure providers) and all other Internet networks worldwide with significant traffic on the Internet French market. Its services are aimed at all organisations seeking to optimise their costs and Internet connection as part of their digital transformation. Founded in June 2010 with the support of the French Internet community, France-IX has over 500 members today and bears the following values: neutrality, sustainability and constant improvement of the Internet. For more information, please visit the France-IX website: www.franceix.net.
2007
Principal network & telco architect
Dec 2007
Say goodbye to technical limitations, erratic service and expensive contracts. Gateway Gulf takes a fresh approach to the IT infrastructure model by combining state-of-the-art facilities with an experienced managed services team to ensure your systems are reliable and secure. Mission critical facilities house the infrastructure and equipment needed to provide its integrated set of offerings, which includes a carrier-neutral Tier I Internet Exchange, Tier III/IV Data Centers, Teleport (Satellite Farm) and Managed Services offerings. The company aims to bring the revolutionary benefits of connectivity enjoyed by the developed world to emerging markets. It addresses the high price of connectivity by approaching its markets with a unique carrier-neutral Internet Exchange solution, emphasizing open access and peering‚ agreements for all customers. A suite of solutions that build on the benefits of Gateway Gulf's network provide value to its customers through its one-stop, carrier neutral IXP, teleport, collocation and managed services facilities. By allowing interconnection among heterogeneous networks, hosting business data and multimedia content, providing integrated Satellite Broadcast and VSAT services, Gateway Gulf will enable businesses, ISPs, telecom operators, governments and content providers to participate on a common data processing platform and enable business growth.
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