Bio

Francois Ruether is a Vice President and joined Paladin in January 2020. Previously, he was a Venture Partner at Global Founders Capital (GFC), focusing on AI/Machine Learning and advanced technologies. Prior to GFC, he gained experience in Investment Banking at BNP Paribas and in Private Equity at Hillgate Capital. Prior to that, Francois worked as Corporate Strategy Manager at ThyssenKrupp focusing on leveraging shared services and intellectual property. Francois received his B.S. in Mathematics from Imperial College London, his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from ETH Zurich, and his M.B.A. from Imperial College London. In addition, he interned at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where he developed a numerical model of gaseous diffusion and thermal activities on the Martian crust.