Designers in France

Hugo Maury is serving as Founding Designer at Lucis (YC X25). He previously shaped product design at Alan and Mozza, and was the first product designer at Konect. His career spans health tech and consumer products, with early-stage work at Doctolib.

Yoan Almeida is a Tours-based freelance product designer and founder who operates through re+do studio, a practice focused on translating complex real-world problems into human-centered design solutions. His career spans founding ventures and senior design roles at companies including Tailwarden, eFounders Hexa, and Crew, giving him a sharp perspective on designing products from zero to one.

Maxime Germain is a seasoned product leader and entrepreneur based in France, currently serving as Founder and CEO of Beside, with a strong track record of driving product innovation at leading health and wellness companies including Alan, Jour, and Withings.

Guillaume Berthonneau is a brand designer based in Bordeaux, France, currently crafting visual identities at anagram. His career spans brand, visual, and digital design across agencies and product studios, including stints at BeTomorrow and Luni. With a consistent focus on brand-building, Guillaume brings a refined, strategic eye to identity work across a range of industries.

Founding Designer at Bitstack (YC S22), Sébastien Deconinck has built products at the intersection of brand, interaction, and strategy. His background spans fintech startups and large enterprises including Sanofi and Merck, giving him a range that runs from zero-to-one product work to complex organizational design challenges.

Valentin Salmon is the Co-founder and Creative Director of anagram, a French creative studio where he leads the development of brand identities, digital products, and experiential work for forward-thinking teams and companies. Alongside his studio practice, he lends strategic design direction to organizations including The Mobile-First Company and Drop, advising on product and brand challenges at the intersection of craft and innovation.

Drice Roland is a brand designer and founder based in France, specializing in branding, motion design, and web for high-growth companies. Through his studio Unmoth, he transforms brands from invisible to unforgettable in as little as 14 days, having collaborated with global startups and helped raise over $3M in investment. His work spans clients like Whop, Wander, and Pillar, while he continues to build industry resources including logotype.org and logosystem.co.

A seasoned design leader and entrepreneur, Aleks Faure co-founded Arcade and serves as its Head of Design, shaping the product's vision from the ground up. With a career spanning senior design roles at Upflow, Acolad Group, and TextMaster, she brings deep expertise across product and brand design. Beyond her day-to-day work, Aleks advises design-forward startups and invests in emerging talent through Source Ventures.

A seasoned product designer with over a decade of experience, Adrien Rochet has shaped digital products at Atlassian, Molotov TV, and Snips before becoming Founding Designer at Cycle, where he now leads design. Based in the Greater Angers Area, he partners with startups and founders to build thoughtful, high-impact products from the ground up.