Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan is a French entrepreneur.
Her venture company Emblem was recognised a promising start-up in 2018.
De Raphélis Soissan holds two master's degrees: in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
and
applied mathematics
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, and in information systems strategy,
management
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and consulting.
De Raphélis Soissan is the founder of Clustree, a business using
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
to remove bias from hiring and promotion decisions.
The company has signed contracts with
L'Oréal
L'Oréal S.A. () is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair color, sk ...
,
Sanofi
Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France. Originally, the corporation was established in 1973 and merged with Synthélabo in 1999 to form Sanofi-Synthélabo. In 2004, Sanofi-Syn ...
and
Carrefour
Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which ...
.
In 2023, Emblem announced a €50m close for its first fund.
Public speaking
De Raphélis Soissan has spoken at events such as
Viva Tech and SaaStock.
Awards
*In 2017, de Raphélis Soissan was selected by
Forbes
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as a 30under30 laureate.
*In 2018, she was selected as one of the Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women in Tech.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century French businesswomen
21st-century French businesspeople