Philippe Suchet
About Philippe Suchet
Philippe Suchet is based in Tel Aviv and is a Venture Partner at Spider Capital. Crunchbase says he joined Spider Capital in 2015. Some sources title him Partner. He describes himself as a serial entrepreneur and investor focused on B2B technology.
Before investing full time he co-founded and led two companies to exit. Kefta was an early real-time marketing personalization SaaS company, founded in 2000 and later acquired by Acxiom/RAMP. Zappli was a mobile 2-click checkout company, acquired by Shopzilla/Taboola. He was also Chief Strategy Officer at Shopzilla (later Connexity) from 2013 to 2014, according to MarketScreener. PitchBook lists him as a co-founder and board member of Apsalar.
He began his career at BCG. His education is an MBA from Harvard Business School, plus degrees from HEC Paris and ENSAE Paris. Crunchbase lists him as a mentor at 500 Global, Fast Forward and Alchemist Accelerator. MarketScreener lists him as a board member at Smartex Europe since 2019 and as Managing Partner at Akkadian Ventures from 2020 to 2021.
His Crunchbase bio cites 70+ angel investments, of which 6 companies he backed early reached unicorn status and 8 exited. Crunchbase's own counts are lower. It shows 43 investments across 41 portfolio companies, 9 exits (none by IPO) and 0 lead investments. The two sets of figures come from different sources and may be counting different things.
An older AngelList syndicate page describes his portfolio at the time as around 30 companies, with 2 public, 6 private unicorns and 5 acquired. It names Palantir, Forter and Checkr among them. His Wellfound profile also lists WePay, Carbon Health, Placer and Fundbox. WePay was acquired by JPMorgan.
Third-party investor databases describe him as typically a follower rather than a lead in rounds, which matches the zero lead investments on Crunchbase. In 2024 and 2025 he also publicly congratulated the team at Alinea Invest on LinkedIn.
Several of his listed investments are AI or ML companies. NFX Signal lists him as an investor in Perplexity, Decart and Onyx Security. It also lists a secondary investment in Anthropic. It shows seed investments in Qwak, Datagen and Skyline AI. NFX does not give dates for these entries, so no years are stated here.
Qwak was an ML platform that JFrog acquired. StartupHub lists a Qwak Series A round dated December 2020 that includes him, and a Lettuce Financial Series A dated May 2023, which he also shared on LinkedIn. NFX ranks him in its AI lists at Seed, Series A and Series B, and in DeepTech lists at those stages.
He is also listed as an investor in Exodigo and Bardin (also on NFX). Those entries do not show the exact year or his role in each round.
His Crunchbase bio places his focus on enterprise software, AI infrastructure and deep tech across Israel, the US and Europe. Spider Capital is described by third-party profiles as an early-stage SaaS fund focused on enterprise cloud software. Those profiles describe his own activity as mostly pre-seed and seed. NFX and RaiseHunt also tag FinTech and developer tools.
NFX Signal lists an investment range of $10K to $100K with a sweet spot of $50K. This is from an investor database and not a statement on his own site, so treat it as indicative. Founders should confirm directly. A third-party profile says he has emphasized founder-centric investing. It also says he has shared lessons for European founders entering the US market.
He has not published a formal thesis that we could find, so the sector and stage details above are inferred from his bio and portfolio.
- Perplexity: AI search company, listed on NFX Signal; year not public.
- Anthropic: AI lab, listed as a secondary investment on NFX Signal.
- Decart: AI company listed on NFX Signal; year not public.
- Qwak: ML platform acquired by JFrog; seed investor per NFX, Series A listed December 2020.
- Datagen: synthetic data company; seed investor per NFX.
- Skyline AI: AI for real estate investing; listed investor.
- Lettuce Financial: AI finance company; Series A listed May 2023.
- Palantir: data analytics software company that went public in 2020; listed on his AngelList syndicate.
- Forter: fraud prevention company described as an Israeli unicorn; listed on his AngelList syndicate.
- Checkr: background check company described as a US unicorn; listed on his AngelList syndicate.
- WePay: payments company acquired by JPMorgan; listed on Wellfound.
- crunchbase.com/person/philippe-suchet
- signal.nfx.com/investors/philippe-suchet
- venture.angellist.com/philippe-suchet/syndicate
- wellfound.com/p/philippe-suchet
- marketscreener.com/insider/PHILIPPE-SUCHET-A1DQBS
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/114363-73
- startuphub.ai/investors/philippe-suchet
- startupfundraising.com/investors/philippe-suchet-ad7d64
Investing activity
Philippe Suchet has made 43 investments according to Crunchbase across 41 portfolio companies, and has seen 9 exits and founded 3 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Philippe Suchet
Who is Philippe Suchet?
Philippe Suchet is a Tel Aviv-based angel investor and Venture Partner at Spider Capital. He co-founded Kefta and Zappli, both acquired, and started his career at BCG.
What stage does Philippe Suchet invest in?
Public profiles show mostly pre-seed and seed investments, with some Series A. His Spider Capital work is described as early-stage enterprise SaaS.
What is Philippe Suchet's typical check size?
NFX Signal lists a range of $10K to $100K with a $50K sweet spot. This comes from a database and not from him, so confirm it with him directly.
Does Philippe Suchet invest in AI startups?
Yes. He is listed as an investor in Perplexity, Decart, Qwak, Datagen and Skyline AI, and as a secondary investor in Anthropic. His bio also names AI infrastructure as a focus.
Does Philippe Suchet lead rounds?
Crunchbase shows 0 lead investments for him, and third-party profiles describe him as a follow investor. Founders should expect him to join a round with a lead in place.
Where can founders reach Philippe Suchet?
He is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/phsuchet and lists suchet.co as his website. We did not find a public X account.
Is Philippe Suchet an angel investor?
Yes. Philippe Suchet invests personally as an angel and is Venture Partner at Spider Capital. Crunchbase counts 43 investments and 9 exits.
Where is Philippe Suchet based?
Philippe Suchet is based in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
How can founders reach Philippe Suchet?
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