Louis Tetu

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Louis Têtu is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coveo. Prior to Coveo, Louis co-founded Taleo Corporation, the leading international provider of on-demand Internet software for talent and human capital management, acquired by Oracle for $1.9B in February 2012. Louis held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors from the company's inception in 1999 through 2007. In 2004, Taleo was recognized as the 11th fastest growing technology company in the United States within the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and in 2005 it was the only software company among the Inc. 500 winners to have an Initial Public Offering.

Prior to Taleo, Louis was President of Baan SCS, the supply-chain management solutions group of Baan, a global enterprise software company with more than 5,000 employees. This followed Baan's acquisition of Berclain Group inc., which he co-founded in 1989 and where he served as president until 1996. Louis is an Engineering graduate from Laval University of Canada in 1985 and in 1997 was honored by Laval for his outstanding social contributions and business achievements. He also received the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year award in the Technology and Communication category.

Louis is also Chairman of the Board of PetalMD, a developer of social platforms for the medical sector, and serves on the Board of the Quebec City international airport authority. Louis is involved in private equity within technology, infrastructure projects within emerging countries, education and high school reinsertion for children from financially challenged families. Outside of his professional career, Louis is a commercially licensed helicopter pilot, a skier, a wine and travel enthusiast, and lives in Quebec with his wife and their three children.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
4
Louis Tetu has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jan 16, 2018, when Vention raised $3.50M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jan 16, 2018 Vention Seed $3.50M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Nov 5, 2015 Coveo Series D $35M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Dec 8, 2009 Coveo Series B $8.19M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Oct 25, 2006 Coveo Series A $6M Artificial Intelligence Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Louis Tetu has 2 current jobs including Chairman at Coveo , Fellow at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Coveo Chairman Jan 1, 2008 Detail
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Fellow Detail