Lionel is a serial entrepreneur. He started the adventure in France in 1992 where he launched several successful startups. He then went on to manage a technology incubator in Israel from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, Lionel founded Entopia, a company specialized in semantic analysis. The company became a leader in the segment, with Lionel raising $40 Million. He headed the company in Silicon Valley until 2006.  Later, Lionel moved to China where he, together with Nicolas BERBIGIER, developed Xanadu, a key player in online travel services.  In 2010 they co-founded FAMOCO where he is now CEO. Famoco is one of the “gold nuggets” of the French Tech and was part of the French Tech Pass for 3 years in a row. To date, Famoco has raised €16 Million and has deployed 250 000 devices in 35 countries. Orange, Alipay and United Nations are among their list of customers.