

Inclusive Hour SISTA x RAISE Ventures - Hiring Your First Senior Tech Leader: When, Who, and How ?
We are pleased to invite you to our next Inclusive Hour SISTA x RAISE Ventures to discuss about your startup’s first senior tech hire: Timing, Talent, and Tactics with :
Nicolas Chow, Principal at RAISE Ventures
Vaiva Uryzaj, Director, AI, ML, and Data at Riviera Partners
Padraig Laverty, Senior Partner, Head of Early Stage Practice at Riviera Partners
A startup speaker to be announced
When? November 6 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am
8:30 am - 9:00 am: Welcome (we will close the doors at 9:00 am, so please be on time)
9:00 am - 9:45 am: Panel discussion moderated by Nicolas Chow, Principal at RAISE Ventures, with Vaiva Uryzaj & Padraig Laverty from Riviera Partners, specialized in recruiting technical and senior profiles
9:45 am - 10:00 am: Q&A
10:00 am - 10:30 am: Coffee and networking
Where? At RAISE Ventures, 75007 Paris
A few words about RAISE Ventures :
RAISE Ventures is the venture strategy of RAISE Group, which operates two specialized venture funds dedicated to innovative startups in Europe. Their Pre-Seed and Seed fund invests in mission-driven founders tackling critical environmental and societal challenges, and their Series A and Series B fund supports high-growth software companies across industries. RAISE Ventures' initial investment ranges between €0.5 and €5 million.
RAISE Ventures has an ecosystem of French corporations across energy, financial services, retail, telecommunications, cosmetics, construction, chemicals, and more.
This fund also dedicates a portion of the funds returns to the foundation, RAISE Sherpas, which provides non-dilutive funding to french startups, scaleups, and european NGOs
A few words about Riviera Partners :
Riviera Partners is a global executive search firm specialising in Technology leadership across Engineering, Data/AI, Product, and Design. With a singular focus on technology-driven functions, Riviera combines deep functional knowledge, thousands of executive relationships, and proprietary data to identify impactful leaders who build businesses that shape the future