Franck Nazikian

Franck is a tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO and co-founder of WowTune, a company focused on synthesizing singing voice from existing voice samples. Franck is also the founder of Tempo2 Ventures, and PROFETERNITY – a Blockchain-tech & cryptotrading company. Previously, Franck founded CHINICT – the largest conference in China on tech innovation & entrepreneurship, and DEVELOPNEUR – a series of global pitch competitions & hackathons. Prior to CHINICT and DEVELOPNEUR, jointly with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded TripleHop Technologies – acquired by Oracle. Before TripleHop Technologies, based in Silicon Valley, Franck served as a managing director at Gemplus Associates (now Gemalto), making venture capital investments in tech companies. Prior to Gemplus Associates, Franck occupied technical, sales & business development positions in the smart card industry. Franck has lived and worked in several locations (including Silicon Valley, France, Brazil, Mexico and China), speaks five languages, and holds a MSc in telecom from Telecom EM (France) as well as a BA in business from the University of Paris-Dauphine.