Bridge business France ↔ Asia

France Market Entry Advisor

I help Asian AI scale-ups and tech companies succeed in entering the French and European market. Senior CTO, French-Singaporean, bilingual FR/EN, 25 years in Data & AI, successful founder and CEO with a 13x exit. Your technical and business relay in France: a bridge that combines product credibility, compliance and network access.

Three engagement formats

01 Step 1 · Project

Discover France

Feasibility study & French market assessment

  • Competition, pricing and product–market fit
  • Compliance framework: AI Act, GDPR, sector regulation
  • Target partners & first accounts
  • Bilingual deliverable + 2 review workshops

4–6 weeks · fixed fee

02 Step 2 · Recurring

Go-to-Market France

Local representation in France

  • Business development & first clients
  • Partnerships & product recommendations
  • Hiring of the first local teams
  • Compliance & governance, end to end

6–12 months · retainer + success

03 Step 3 · High-end

Corporate Development

Connecting with investors & family offices

  • Fundraising / JV / M&A across France–Europe
  • Due diligence & cross-border advice
  • Carried interest / equity (aligned interests)

Ad hoc · fee + success

Differentiator

Where local intermediaries talk product, I talk product and compliance.

AI Act, GDPR, governance, ESG. Mastery of European regulation as a strategic asset for your credibility on the French market — an advantage to lean on, not a constraint to deal with later.

Why me

A technical CTO who also closes deals

  • CTO & AI: data, ML, GenAI, agents — hands-on coder
  • 13x exit (Homadata), successful founder & CEO
  • Responsible AI, governance & compliance
  • Network in France: CAC 40, banking, pharma, real estate
  • Bilingual FR/EN · based in Singapore & Paris
25+
years
Data & AI
13x
exit
return on exit
1000+
clients
governance-led
60-day
AI prototypes
shipped
FR/EN
native
bilingual

Experience: Sanofi — corporate strategy & finance (10 years) · Homadata → Wüest Partner — 13x exit · Blueboard — co-founder CTO, AI governance · Workfutur — venture studio, fractional CTO. Education: HEC Paris · École Centrale Lyon · Télécom ParisTech.

Next step

Got a project to turn into a product?

Book 30 minutes, or describe your idea in a few lines. We reply within 5 business days with free scoping — scope, risks, timeline and engagement pricing.