ALEXANDRE FLAMANT

About

Alexandre (Alex) Flamant is a Partner at HCVC (Hardware Club VC). He is based in London. **Background:** * Prior to joining HCVC, Flamant worked in venture capital at Notion Capital and Kindred Capital in London. * Before entering venture capital in 2016, he explored new developments in AI at IBM Watson. * He co-founded London AI, a quarterly machine learning community established in 2015. **Role at HCVC:** * HCVC announced that Flamant had joined them as a Venture Partner in December 2022. * By October 2023, he was a Partner at HCVC. * Flamant is focused on AI and "hard tech" themes, including climate, defense, AI infrastructure, robotics, techbio, and space. * He leads ZERO, an event series focused on climate solutions, bringing together founders, researchers, and policy experts. **HCVC Overview:** * HCVC was founded in 2015 by Alexis Houssou. * The firm invests in "hard tech" companies in Europe and the United States. * HCVC has invested in over 50 companies. * HCVC's notable investments include Span, Caper (acquired by Instacart), Augmenta (acquired by CNH Industrial), Automata, Radian Aerospace, Ark Biotech, and Remedee Labs. * HCVC primarily invests in Seed rounds in United States based startups. * HCVC's portfolio has seen 7 acquisitions. * HCVC's Fund is backed by institutional investors such as the European Investment Fund, Isomer Capital, and Molten Ventures, as well as individual investors like Albert Wenger (USV), John Elkann (Chairm