Guillaume Besse (entrepreneur)

Guillaume Besse (born 7 August 1971) is a French entrepreneur and venture capitalist.

Biography and business career

From 1999 to 2001, Guillaume Besse founded and was President of nFactory,[1] news content syndicater later sold to Bertelsmann media group.[2]

In 2002, he co-founded Dedicate Publishing, owner of DediCate magazine.[3]

In 2003, Guillaume Besse co-founded Itélios,[4] an IT services company specialized in e-commerce, based in France and Brazil, which he is board member.

From 2001 to 2004, Guillaume Besse was CEO of Prolitec SA,[5] an R&D company specializing in fluid dynamics, liquid diffusion and fragrance diffusion. In 2004 Prolitec SA was sold to Richard Weening's private equity company Quaestus,[6] and moved from Montpellier and Paris to new headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the US. Prolitec Inc., the successor to Prolitec SA, is now a commercial ambient scenting company based in the US. Guillaume Besse is still shareholder of the company.[7]

In 2006, Guillaume Besse cofounded Le Ker,[8] a venture capital company.

In 2006, Guillaume Besse is the CEO of Entreprise-facile,[9] a SaaS software editor for entrepreneurs and companies.[10] In 2014 Entreprise-facile changes its name to become incwo.

Guillaume Besse is a coach for entrepreneurs at business schools, and a member of juries for entrepreneurs' competitions[11] about entrepreneurship.

Bibliography
  • Le Triomphe de la cigale, with Olivier Masselis and Emilie Le Pessot, Paris, Triomphe de la cigale, 2009[12]

References
  1. "Factory : l'usine à contenu s'engage à respecter les droits d'auteurs". Journal Du Net. 13 March 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. "zdnet, 2001, L'agrégateur nFactory rejoint le groupe Bertelsmann". Zdnet.fr. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. Olivier Riquet. "DEdiCate". Dedicatemagazine.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. "Itelios élabore des services cartographiques pour les agriculteurs". 01net.com. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. "Ca fleure bon". Stratégies. 13 May 2004. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. Quaestus & Co Inc. Web site Archived 2 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Prolitec advisory board". Prolitec.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  8. "Qui Sommes Nous" (in French). Site officiel Le-Ker. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  9. "Entreprise-facile.com, un facilitateur de création d'entreprises". Journal du Net. 9 December 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  10. "ma petite entreprise". 01net. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  11. "Concours National de la Création d'Entreprise 2011". Leconcoursdelacreation.fr. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  12. "Amazon,2009". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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