"Swiss discretion, Parisian creativity, Californian speed."— Le Temps
Kevin
Gaspar.
One of Europe's most active business angels. Yesterday: social consumer & AI. Today: hardware, AI, and a soft spot for fintech.
We had built a moat
around Gen Z.
In a matter of months, YIRL had locked in a cohort no one else knew how to reach. An AI giant came in with a post-position we couldn't turn down. We signed on a Friday night, in San Francisco, in a windowless room.
Since then, one single mandate: find founders before the market knows they exist. Hardware first, AI always, fintech when the timing is honest. I sign in 14 days, or I don't sign.
Edge AI, photonics, general-purpose robotics. Silicon that smells good.
Heavy verticals, real friction, no wrappers.
Invisible infrastructure. Not neobank #437.
A few bets.
Public selection. The rest is under NDA, as it should be.
Three cities, one thesis.
Office in the 8th. Breakfasts on rue de Marignan. Where I source European founders and have lunch with old Sciences Po friends.
Fiscal home — and sentimental one. Weekends: ski touring above the clouds. The quiet needed to say no 312 times a month.
10 days a month. Mission Bay in the morning, Soho House in the evening. Where tomorrow's talent doesn't yet know they're tomorrow's talent.
"Gaspar doesn't invest in markets. He invests in firing windows."
"The most French thing about Kevin is that he closed YIRL between two croissants."
"Swiss discretion, Parisian creativity, Californian speed."
Building something
inevitable?
One line, not a 40-slide deck. If it's interesting, you'll have an answer before midnight. Otherwise, see you next year, maybe.