Nicolas Dessaigne
Private Equity Investor chez Y Combinator LLC
Profil
Nicolas Dessaigne is the founder of Algolia SAS, which was founded in 2012.
He held the title of Chief Executive Officer at Algolia SAS.
He is also the founder of Algolia, Inc., which was founded in 2012.
At Algolia, Inc., he held the titles of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director.
Currently, Dr. Dessaigne is a Group Partner at Y Combinator LLC, starting in 2020.
In the past, he worked as the Chief Technology Officer at Arisem International SA and as the Vice President-Research & Development at Exalead SA. Dr. Dessaigne has a graduate degree from Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique Electronique Automatique and a doctorate degree from the University of Nantes.
Postes actifs de Nicolas Dessaigne
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
Y Combinator LLC
 Y Combinator LLC Investment ManagersFinance Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Private Equity Investor | 01/09/2020 |
Anciens postes connus de Nicolas Dessaigne
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
Algolia, Inc.
 Algolia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia, Inc. develops a hosted search application programming interface. The firm?s solutions include security & compliance, E-commerce, media, SaaS, magento, salesforce commerce cloud, shopify and azure. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Fondateur | - |
Arisem International SA
 Arisem International SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Thales SA, Arisem International SA is a French company that develops Internet and Intranet software. The company is based in Paris, France. Arisem International was acquired by Thales SA on March 31, 2004. | Directeur Technique/Scientifique/R&D | - |
Algolia SAS
 Algolia SAS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia SAS develops and provides hosted web search solutions. Its Algolia API allows clients, such as retailers, media content publishers, and booking service providers, to create customized, search-as-you-type experiences on their websites and applications. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in October 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Directeur Général | - |
Exalead SA
 Exalead SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Founded in 2000 by search engine pioneers, Exalead is a global software provider in the enterprise and Web search markets. Exalead's worldwide client base includes leading companies such as PricewaterhouseCooper, ViaMichelin, GEFCO, American Greetings and Sanofi Aventis R&D, and more than 100 million unique users a month use Exalead's technology for search. Today, Exalead is reshaping the digital content landscape with a platform that uses advanced semantic technologies to bring structure, meaning and accessibility to previously unused or under-utilized data in the disparate, heterogeneous enterprise information cloud. The system collects data from virtually any source, in any format, and transforms it into structured, pervasive, contextualized building blocks of business information that can be directly searched and queried, or used as the foundation for a new breed of lean, innovative information access applications. This revolutionary technology and others make Exalead one of the most important companies to watch in the fields of digital content search, discovery, management, security, and storage. | Directeur Technique/Scientifique/R&D | - |
Formation de Nicolas Dessaigne
| Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique Electronique Automatique | Graduate Degree |
| University of Nantes | Doctorate Degree |
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Sociétés liées
| Entreprise privées | 5 |
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Arisem International SA
Arisem International SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Part of Thales SA, Arisem International SA is a French company that develops Internet and Intranet software. The company is based in Paris, France. Arisem International was acquired by Thales SA on March 31, 2004. | Technology Services |
Exalead SA
Exalead SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Founded in 2000 by search engine pioneers, Exalead is a global software provider in the enterprise and Web search markets. Exalead's worldwide client base includes leading companies such as PricewaterhouseCooper, ViaMichelin, GEFCO, American Greetings and Sanofi Aventis R&D, and more than 100 million unique users a month use Exalead's technology for search. Today, Exalead is reshaping the digital content landscape with a platform that uses advanced semantic technologies to bring structure, meaning and accessibility to previously unused or under-utilized data in the disparate, heterogeneous enterprise information cloud. The system collects data from virtually any source, in any format, and transforms it into structured, pervasive, contextualized building blocks of business information that can be directly searched and queried, or used as the foundation for a new breed of lean, innovative information access applications. This revolutionary technology and others make Exalead one of the most important companies to watch in the fields of digital content search, discovery, management, security, and storage. | Technology Services |
Y Combinator LLC
Y Combinator LLC Investment ManagersFinance Y Combinator LLC (Y Combinator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Finance |
Algolia SAS
Algolia SAS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia SAS develops and provides hosted web search solutions. Its Algolia API allows clients, such as retailers, media content publishers, and booking service providers, to create customized, search-as-you-type experiences on their websites and applications. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in October 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France. | Technology Services |
Algolia, Inc.
Algolia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Algolia, Inc. develops a hosted search application programming interface. The firm?s solutions include security & compliance, E-commerce, media, SaaS, magento, salesforce commerce cloud, shopify and azure. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
