Philippe Roche

Founder & CEO

Founder & CEO of Inovexus Philippe Roche is a self-made entrepreneur who found his calling in California, where he spent 25 years building businesses and learning that success is simply the result of a serious number of failures. Born in France and shaped by two continents, he developed a deep conviction that the best investment you can make is in people — not technology, not businesses, but the human beings behind them. This belief became the foundation of Inovexus.

Philippe built Inovexus around a simple but powerful idea: once you’ve achieved success, the most meaningful thing you can do is give it back. He invests his time, experience, and capital into founders who are coachable, resilient, and hungry to learn — people who know what they don’t know. For Philippe, mentoring a startup isn’t just a transaction; it’s a form of storytelling, passing hard-won lessons forward so the next generation can build something that truly matters.

Outside of work, Philippe lives by the same values he preaches. What drives him is building, connecting, and leaving meaningful footprints — for the people he works with, and for the communities they create together.

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Other members of the investment team.

Christophe Aulnette
Ethics and Compliance
Christophe Aulnette
Ethics and Compliance
Iacopo Maccario
VC Associate
Iacopo Maccario
VC Associate
I am a VC Associate at Inovexus, where I identify and evaluate early-stage B2B tech startups with global potential.
Aïmen Bennadji
Corporate Finance Manager
Aïmen Bennadji
Corporate Finance Manager
Aïmen is part of the core team at Inovexus, where he focuses on fundraising advisory for early-stage European B2B tech startups.
Alice Gouzalch
Corporate Finance Director
Alice Gouzalch
Corporate Finance Director
Alice is Fundraising Director and Portfolio Manager at Inovexus, where she acts as a strategic partner to founders

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