Cyril Paglino
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Investor, Dancer

Cyril Paglino (born 1986) is a French breakdancer, reality TV personality and IT entrepreneur who has founded and invested in several startup companies.[1][2][3]

Business career

Paglino founded the digital communication agency, Wizee in 2011.[4][5][6][7] Later in 2013, he sold it to Change Group.[1] He also co-founded Pleek, a picture messaging application that allows its users to communicate via images.[8]

Paglino has invested in 30 technology startups to date. In 2015, he founded Tribe, a video messaging app, backed by investments from Sequoia Capital and KPCB.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Entertainment career

Paglino worked in the breakdance band Legiteam Obstruxion and was crowned champion of France in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He won the world title in 2007.[1][18][19] He is a former vice-world champion of breakdancing.[18][19]

Paglino was a cast member on reality TV show Secret Story 2, playing alongside Alexandra.[1][18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Média, Prisma. "Cyril Paglino - La biographie de Cyril Paglino avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  2. ↑ Harmant, Olivier (2013-12-20). "[Mouvement] Cyril Paglino, self-made (Buzz)man". FrenchWeb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  3. ↑ Média, Prisma. "VIDEO- Cyril Paglino : d'ex candidat de Secret Story à chef d'entreprise aux Etats-Unis! - Gala". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Ces futures stars françaises du Web - Les Echos". www.lesechos.fr (in French). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  5. ↑ Moreau, Marion (2013-05-13). "Entretien exclusif: Cyril Paglino vend l'agence de célébrités 2.0 Wizee à ..." FrenchWeb.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  6. ↑ "L'agence Web Wizee rachetée - Les Echos". www.lesechos.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  7. ↑ "Tribe augments video chat with speech recognition subtitles and suggested links – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  8. ↑ "Sean Diddy Combs Allegedly Poised To Invest In Picture Messaging App Pleek, Built For Generation Selfie – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  9. ↑ "Tribe, la messagerie vidéo instantanée qui cartonne aux Etats-Unis". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  10. ↑ "Tribe, l'appli de messagerie vidéo qui a séduit Sequoia Capital - Les Echos". business.lesechos.fr (in French). 13 October 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  11. ↑ "L'appli de messagerie vidéo Tribe lève 3 millions de dollars". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  12. ↑ "From Paris to San Francisco: Tribe the experiential messaging app hits 200K users". Rude Baguette. 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  13. ↑ Su, Jean Baptiste. "Tribe Reinvents Video Chat With One-Handed App". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  14. ↑ "Messaging is eating the app store: New Tribe app growing 80% weekly". VentureBeat. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  15. ↑ "Tribe raises $3 million to bring conversational commerce to video chat". VentureBeat. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  16. ↑ Flynn, Kerry. "Tribe wants to make video messaging way more useful". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  17. ↑ "Cyril Paglino, de champion de breakdance à entrepreneur dans la Silicon Valley". LCI (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  18. 1 2 3 "Appels vidéo : Tribe va-t-il ringardiser Skype et Facetime ?". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  19. 1 2 3 "Secret Story 2 : Alexandra et Cyril parlent de leur site de rencontre". melty (in French). 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2018-03-19.


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