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.

Alexandra Chidiac
Analyst
Alexandra Chidiac
Analyst
Alexandra Chidiac is a VC Analyst at Inovexus. She evaluates early-stage startups, reviews pitch decks and supports due diligence ahead of investment decisions.
Tanzo Nguyen
(Fractional) CMO
Tanzo Nguyen
(Fractional) CMO
Tanzo is Inovexus’ Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), championing its vision to build a more structurally collective venture model that brings startups, investors, and corporates together to solve humanity’s hardest problems.
Dawood Javvad
AI Automation & Operations Analyst
Dawood Javvad
AI Automation & Operations Analyst
Dawood is an AI and Automations Analyst at Inovexus.
Tommaso Biasotto
VC Analyst & Startup Program Coordinator
Tommaso Biasotto
VC Analyst & Startup Program Coordinator
As a Startup Success Analyst at Inovexus, Tommaso supports the growth of our portfolio startups, helping them scale and prepare for future funding rounds…

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Inovexus is growing and we are looking for people who want to do meaningful work inside a community that is redefining early-stage investing across Europe and beyond.
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