Benjamin Carlu

Current

Founder at Flipstory

Past

Investment associate at Demeter Partners
Consutant at IES Synergy
Founder at Aexis Energie

Trainee at Sunset Energietechnik GmbH
Student Association President at ENSAM Arts & Métiers Châlons 203
IT Manager Assistant at Vacheron Constantin Branch of Richemont
Graphic designer [freelance] at PB Fixations, branch of ITW industry

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Education

Ecole nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
Lycée TR Dorian, Paris XI
Lycée Marcelin Berthelot LMB Saint Maur, France

Connections

187 connections

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Benjamin Carlu’s Summary

- Entrepreneur with experience in all aspects of company growing, marketing, and sales management.
- Technical experience in Solar, wind, biomass renewable and sustainable energies. (+ industrial engineer background)
- Former graphic desiger for small business (freelance while studies).

Benjamin Carlu’s Specialties:

- Solar (Thermal, PV, CSP) technics and design. Wind energy. Biomass energy.
- Publishing and print industry, Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop on Mac OS X.
- Web design & IT architecture.

Benjamin Carlu’s Experience

Founder

Flipstory

(Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (8 months)
Investment associate

Demeter Partners

(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

June 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Key responsabilities :
- Identification and development of investment opportunities accross Europe
- Valuation of prospects
- Synergies developpment between portfolio's company
Consutant

IES Synergy

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

March 2007 — May 2007 (3 months)

- Market study in Photovoltaics (Solar PV) focused on Inverter and off-grid electronics
- Planning of the USA subsidiary creation
Founder

Aexis Energie

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Aexis energie trades and provides services in solar energy, both Thermal and Photovoltaics.
Majority sold in early 2007.
Trainee

Sunset Energietechnik GmbH

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

May 2005 — September 2005 (5 months)

Studying the french market for solar energized product in France.
Technical, sales and hotline
Student Association President

ENSAM Arts & Métiers Châlons 203

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
IT Manager Assistant

Vacheron Constantin Branch of Richemont

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)

June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)

Acted on the field during the moving of the company to new office. Managed the team that replaced the computers.
Checked and updated the IT architecture.
Graphic designer [freelance]

PB Fixations, branch of ITW industry

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

May 2001 — July 2001 (3 months)

Catalogue and Advertisment design.
Point of purchase ads for professional distributors in plumbing and sanitary.