eFounders

Efounders invents, generates, and tests business ideas for SaaS-based products.

eFounders is a Startup Studio focusing on SaaS and B2B Marketplaces. Together with entrepreneurs, we turn unique ideas into successful companies. We act as the perfect co-founder to build strong and independent startups. Our methodology: We develop startup ideas internally. Once an idea is validated by our market study, we find great entrepreneurial talents, usually a CEO and a CTO, to build a company together. Shares are equally divided among the three co-founders. To help these startups take off, we provide initial funding, a team of experts in residence (ranging from designers to marketers), and an infrastructure of tools and people. Our goal is to build independent companies, with their own culture, DNA and team. We build products that people want, and startups that are visible above the mass Startups co-founded by eFounders: * [mention](http://www.mention.net) * [Pressking](http://www.pressking.com) - sold to ePressPack in March 2015 * [Mailjet](http://www.mailjet.com) * [Textmaster](http://www.textmaster.com) * [Aircall](http://www.aircall.io) * [Front](http://www.frontapp.com) * [illustrio](http://www.illustrio.com) The team: eFounders was founded in 2011 after Thibaud Elziere and Quentin Nickmans met and found a common interest in the Startup Studio model. Thibaud Elziere holds a Master's Degree of engineering in Ecole Centrale de Lyon, a french engineering school . After studying management and economy at the TU Berlin, he founded Fotolia in 2004 (sold to Adobe for $800M in 2014). He has been investing in more than 15 companies in the last years as a business angel. Quentin Nickmans, holds a Master's Degree in Business Engineering from Brussels’ Solvay Business School and London’s Cass University. He spent his first years working as a strategy Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Later he ran a turnaround on a bankrupt web service venture he sold some years later. He since acted as an advisor on topics like web, social media and eCommerce strategy. In 2012 Didier Forest joined the team as Creative partner. He is the designer in charge of crafting the products and manages the design team The rest of the team is made of 15 talents (designers, marketers, operation officers, etc) who work hand in hand with each startup's co-founders to help them build their product faster and better.