Pierre-Olivier Barennes

Co-founder and Managing Director of Citizen Capital, Pierre-Olivier has overall responsibility for investment strategy and team development.
He has had the opportunity to work with great companies at all stages of development, from Early-stage to Growth, including OpenClassrooms, CleverConnect, Make.org, Ipso Santé, Camif and Keon.
Pierre-Olivier is driven by the conviction that companies and entrepreneurs motivated by their mission have a fundamental role to play in building a better world and that it is the role of finance to provide them with the necessary resources to achieve their ambitious goals.
Among his areas of interest, he is particularly sensitive to education, the future of work, civic engagement, health, agriculture and climate transition.
Before founding Citizen Capital, he was a director at the leading European buyout fund, Bridgepoint, where he financed and supported large companies.
Pierre-Olivier began his career at Schneider Electric in Istanbul, Turkey.