Our Vision

"I'm humbled to have founded Origins, the first-of-its-kind venture capital fund in Europe bringing together fantastic athletes, their strong and valuable community of followers, and great tech and business LPs."

Blaise Matuidi, co-founder @Origins

The team

Between Paris, New York, and Miami, we’re a globally distributed team bringing together a breadth of perspectives and experiences to support founders across Europe and North America.

Blaise Matuidi

Co-founder & General Partner - Miami, FL

Blaise is a 2018 World Champion with the French football team! Fascinated by tech and with very strong relationships with many top athletes (NBA, soccer, tennis) and influential celebrities (DJs, artists). Blaise has started investing in tech a little while ago and quickly understood the power of his influence for these consumer companies. Blaise is touching the end of his football career at Inter Miami and sees tech investments as his next big thing, together with the right team.

Salomon Aiach

Co-founder & General Partner

Paris, France

Salomon was the Head of Startups & VC at Facebook France. Given his role, he saw companies spending 20% to 40% of VC money on growth. Origins wants to help that by bringing influential LP's and their social media influence to consumer startups.

Salomon has built very strong relationships with many of the top VCs in Europe and the US. Prior to Facebook, he was one the early employees of Marcus, the consumer & fintech arm of Goldman Sachs in New York.

Ilan Abehassera

Co-founder & Venture Partner

New York, NY

Lara is an investor in the New York office where she focuses on consumer technology across social, fintech, gaming, web3, health, and more. Prior to joining Origins, Lara began her career at Mindshift Capital in Dubai, where she supported gender-lens investing across the Middle East and North America.

Most recently, she was an investor at Spacecadet, an early-stage generalist tech fund based in New York. Lara graduated from Sciences Po Paris, where she earned a degree in political science with a concentration in law.

Yohan Benalouane

Co-founder & Head of Community

Milan, Italy

Yohan Benalouane is a world famous soccer player, premier League champion with a business driven mindset. He’s a successful investor, entrepreneur and business mentor.

Yohan also gets involved in numerous philanthropic activities. he is an important asset to the team, bringing his expertise in business as well as his a-list network to the table.