Fabrice Grinda
Fabrice Grinda is one of the world’s leading internet entrepreneurs and investors, and the Founding Partner of FJ Labs, a stage-agnostic venture fund that invests in ambitious founders. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has over 300 exits on 1100 angel investments. He successfully operated and invested in businesses in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America, and was an early investor in Alibaba, Delivery Hero, BrightRoll and many others. Prior to FJ Labs, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of OLX, one of the largest free classifieds sites in the world. He also co-founded Zingy, one of the largest media companies in the Americas, and Aucland, one of the largest auction sites in Europe.
Fabrice Grinda Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founding Partner
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Consultant
Academic History
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B.A., Economics
OLX
Fabrice started OLX in 2006 as a Craiglist alternative for the world outside the US and became one of the largest websites in the world with more than 300 million unique visitors per month.
As Co-CEO with Co-Founder Alex Oxenford, he drove the company's business development, investor relations, M&A, and product development.
OLX became the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.
Fabrice is a prolific angel investor with over 100 active investments in various companies including Viajanet, Peopleperhour, Brightroll, and many others.
He was named #1 in a Forbes piece, ranking angel investors based on volume + number of exits.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to OLX, he co-founded Zingy Inc., which he built into one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas.
Within four years, he successfully grew Zingy to $200 million in content sales, successfully closing deals with some of the top wireless providers in the world.
Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland which grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe.
Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.
He has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in exits from the 500+ investments, including companies like Alibaba, Viagogo, Tencent, Airbnb, Betterment, Uber, Fanduel & Palantir.
RECOGNITIONS
Halbert White Prize
The Wolfe Balleisen Memorial Prize