Jean-Marc Bally
Managing Partner
Our team
We’re lean and flexible, like you.
Education
Cécile holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Strategy from Sciences Po Paris and an Advanced diploma in Accounting and Management (DSCG).
What I love
I used to be very active: modern pentathlon, reservist, beekeeping, Scrabble… Now, I am a mother of four children so I am still very active, but free time is just a memory!
My role reminds me of Scrabble
It combines language, numbers and competition in the form of compliance, reporting and strategy. I see finance as an optimization challenge – of knowing how to deploy resources smartly.
Never stand still
I’ve been at Aster for more than 12 years now but every year we grow and evolve. We are very entrepreneurial ourselves, which gives us direct experience of the issues our portfolio startups face too. We often find we speak the same language. In my role there are strict rules, but I like being able to support new projects.
Aster is like a family
Our vision is that many more people, be they colleagues or founders, will benefit from Aster’s caring and healthy environment. Everyone has the opportunity to express their opinion. We keep kindness in our relationships and passion in our actions. As a VC, you might think we’d be obsessed by money, but actually we focus on performance and concrete results.
Education
Cécile holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Strategy from Sciences Po Paris and an Advanced diploma in Accounting and Management (DSCG).
What I love
I used to be very active: modern pentathlon, reservist, beekeeping, Scrabble… Now, I am a mother of four children so I am still very active, but free time is just a memory!
