Nicolas Gaume

Space for Earth | Innovating for a Better Future

📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 31 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Oct 2023
SpaceFounders is empowering European space tech startups from Pre-Seed to Series A with a bold 3-month acceleration program. Our intense 3-month program supports you with a bold program through mentoring from space experts, bootcamps in leading space locations, access to our unique network and valuable impulse sessions to accelerate you growth and fundraising strategy.
Board Member
2000
NXN Software was a leading supplier of Digital Asset and Production Management solutions for the computer graphics and digital entertainment industries. Top ranking companies such as Electronic Arts, Pixar Animations Studios and Siemens used NXN's software to handle their digital productions around the world. In January 2004 NXN was sold to Avid Technology, Inc. Alienbrain, the main product, was sold to Alienbrain Ltd. end of 2016.
Board Member
2000
A major player in animation, Xilam is an integrated studio founded in 1999 that creates, produces and distributes original programmes in more than 190 countries for both children and adult audiences. Xilam content is broadcast on television, and is also available on SVoD platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and NBC Universal, and ADVoD streaming platforms including YouTube and Facebook. With its creativity and capacity for innovation recognised worldwide, and editorial and commercial expertise at the cutting edge of its industry, Xilam is positioned as a key player in a fast-growing market. Each year, Xilam builds real successes and capitalises on its powerful historical brands including Oggy and the Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko, as well as new properties such as Oggy Oggy for a preschool audience, Moka, Mr. Magoo, and Academy Award® nominated adult feature film I Lost My Body. Xilam’s expanding and strong catalogue now consists of over 2,200 episodes and three feature films. In 2019, Xilam acquired Cube Creative, a studio providing the company with unique expertise in 3D and computer generated images. Xilam employs more than 500 individuals, including 400 artists, across its studios in Paris, Lyon, Angoulême and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam.
mid stageAnimation
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2023
Board Member
Oct 2023
SpaceFounders is empowering European space tech startups from Pre-Seed to Series A with a bold 3-month acceleration program. Our intense 3-month program supports you with a bold program through mentoring from space experts, bootcamps in leading space locations, access to our unique network and valuable impulse sessions to accelerate you growth and fundraising strategy.
2019
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Jan 2019
Orbite is building a commercial astronaut training and spaceflight gateway complex. Orbite will provide an end-to-end customer experience, from pre-mission training, to preflight accommodations, day of departure preparation, mission monitoring during flight, and post mission accommodations, re-acclimation and mission debriefing.
2013
Co-Founder & CEO
Jan 2013
Space manufacturing for Earth. Space matters! The time is now, pioneer groundbreaking microgravity science for innovation and progress. Embark with Space Cargo Unlimited to forge projects that will shape the future of research and industry.
early stageDefense & Space
2007
Mimesis Republic
Co-Founder & CEO
Dec 2007
2005
Advisor to the Games in France initiative
Apr 2005
Creators of business opportunities, throughout the world 🌍 International development is key to the development of your business. What if a meeting with Business France was what you needed to give your projects a new dimension? Our three flagship professions all have one thing in common: boosting you on the global stage!  To fast-track exports, we make the daily lives of entrepreneurs easier by providing them with the power of our network.  To generate investments and employment in France, we promote the economic attractiveness of our regions.  To propel young talent onto the international stage, we operate the “VIE” international internship program. Join the community of ambitious and determined decision-makers and set your sights on international success! Operating in France and in 55 countries worldwide, Business France has 1,400 employees and a range of public and private partners to facilitate your deployment throughout the world.
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