Marie Ekeland

Marie Ekeland
Born15 August 1975
Paris
EducationUniversité Paris-Dauphine École d'économie de Paris
OccupationVenture Capitalist
FatherIvar Ekeland
HonoursChevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite (2014)

Inspiring Fifty France (d) (2016)

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (2021)
Websitehttps://2050.do/team/marieekeland/

Marie Ekeland (born 13 August 1975 in Paris),[1] is a French entrepreneur specializing in start-up financing. She is the co-founder of the Daphni investment fund and the founder and president of the 2050 fund.[2]

At the end of 2017, she became the first woman president of the Conseil national du numérique (French Digital Council, abbreviated CNNum or less commonly CNN),[3] an independent advisory commission created by a French presidential decree to advise the French government on any question relating to the impact of digital technologies on economy and society.[4]

She is also the co-founder of France Digitale, an association to represent the French tech ecosystem.[5] In 2021, she received the chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, the highest French order of merit.[6]

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  2. ^ Dillet, Romain (2020-11-24). "Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ "Le Conseil national du numérique reprend forme". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ Décret n° 2012-1400 du 13 décembre 2012 relatif au Conseil national du numérique, 13 December 2012, retrieved 2024-07-24
  5. ^ "Brunch with 2050's Marie Ekeland: France's VC rebel with a cause". Sifted. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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