Monika Esprit

Partner - Corporate Programs at Incubateur HEC Paris

📍 France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2018
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Jul 2018
Taurus is the #1 independent player and a global-leader in enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure with roots in Switzerland. 1️⃣ Market leadership: Taurus has >50% market share in its home market in Switzerland, the most competitive in the world. Globally, Taurus is entrusted by the full spectrum of financial institutions - systemic banks, investment banks, crypto banks, private banks, universal banks - financial market infrastructure providers and core banking systems. In production. 2️⃣ Product leadership: Taurus has developed the most advanced and most complete digital asset platform in the industry which goes “way beyond” crypto-currency custody. No one else besides Taurus, is able to empower financial institutions to issue/onboard, manage, and book “any type” of tokenised securities and digital currencies. On any standard. With the same platform. 3️⃣ Technology leadership: Taurus masters the full technology stack and 70% of our staff is made of engineers. We believe this is a core capability and a strong hedge against tech disruptions in an industry that is young and moving fast. The products our clients use are 100% built by Taurus and are at the forefront of what exists in the market with several patent-pending inventions. Anticipating protocol upgrades, adding "complex" new protocols, new signature curves or strengthening HSM-security, operating nodes+indexing is totally controlled by our engineering teams. This makes us future-proof, execute fast and a long-term, partner to our clients. Taurus is growing fast and always looking for talents. Contact us at https://www.taurusgroup.ch For other business enquiries: contact@taurusgroup.ch
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May 2017
Venture Capital Fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4th industrial revolution. CP Ventures has produced some of the highest returns of any VC globally.
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2024
Partner APAC
Aug 2024
This year marks a significant milestone for our ecosystem: our HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center is transforming into the HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI). 🚀 Now comprising three distinct centers: the Deep Tech Center, Social Entrepreneurship Center, and Incubator Center. In the last decade, entrepreneurship has changed radically. Technology has taken over, and the tools to stay ahead of the game have continued to evolve. Facing the odds of climate change, of social challenges, innovation is no longer an option. More than ever, there is a need of entrepreneurs. Within the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute we have set up an unparalleled concentration of entrepreneurial energy. Whatever your profile, a start-up in its infancy or a unicorn, SME in acceleration or corporate in transformation, social or environmental entrepreneur, whether you come from Paris, Seoul or New York... If you are driven by the desire to move the lines, we will help you grow with ambition, efficiency and impact, find the shortcuts to success and grow beyond what you thought you could. Explore some of the Institutes unique programs: - Incubateur HEC Paris - X-HEC Entrepreneurs - HEC Paris Startup Launchpad - HEC Stand Up - Accélérateur ESS - HEC Challenge + - CDL-Paris Corporate Partnerships: Meta, LOréal, TotalEnergies, Schneider Electric, Bank of America, BRED, Icade, XTX Markets, Bredin Prat Public Partnerships: Région Île-de-France, Ministère de lEnseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, KISED (Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development), Banque des Territoires, Bpifrance, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts Welcome to the new HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute! Make it happen, make it big!
2020
Partner - Corporate Programs
Sep 2020
Incubateur HEC Paris is a collective of entrepreneurs and experts steeped in the HEC community, which strengthens collective intelligence and action. Our ambition ? Enable entrepreneurs to realize in 4 months objectives that they wouldnt have achieved in 12 months on their own. Our way ? Mobilizing all resources from the HEC ecosystem around ambitious entrepreneurs. Our program ? A tailored-made, "à la carte"​ and participative program. Subscribe to our newsletter 💌 https://incubateurhec.substack.com/ #LearnToDare
2018
Investor
Jul 2018
Taurus is the #1 independent player and a global-leader in enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure with roots in Switzerland. 1️⃣ Market leadership: Taurus has >50% market share in its home market in Switzerland, the most competitive in the world. Globally, Taurus is entrusted by the full spectrum of financial institutions - systemic banks, investment banks, crypto banks, private banks, universal banks - financial market infrastructure providers and core banking systems. In production. 2️⃣ Product leadership: Taurus has developed the most advanced and most complete digital asset platform in the industry which goes “way beyond” crypto-currency custody. No one else besides Taurus, is able to empower financial institutions to issue/onboard, manage, and book “any type” of tokenised securities and digital currencies. On any standard. With the same platform. 3️⃣ Technology leadership: Taurus masters the full technology stack and 70% of our staff is made of engineers. We believe this is a core capability and a strong hedge against tech disruptions in an industry that is young and moving fast. The products our clients use are 100% built by Taurus and are at the forefront of what exists in the market with several patent-pending inventions. Anticipating protocol upgrades, adding "complex" new protocols, new signature curves or strengthening HSM-security, operating nodes+indexing is totally controlled by our engineering teams. This makes us future-proof, execute fast and a long-term, partner to our clients. Taurus is growing fast and always looking for talents. Contact us at https://www.taurusgroup.ch For other business enquiries: contact@taurusgroup.ch
2017
Investor
May 2017
Venture Capital Fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4th industrial revolution. CP Ventures has produced some of the highest returns of any VC globally.