Imagination Machine is run by Rob Spiro, an entrepreneur from Silicon Valley who made his way to Nantes, France. Rob was previously the cofounder of Aardvark, a social search engine that was acquired by Google; a product manager at Google on Hangouts and other products; and he was the founder and CEO of Good Eggs, an online grocery store in the Bay Area focused on local food from high-integrity food producers.

Anne-Gaëlle became a doctor in Victorian literature before entering the startup ecosystem in France and in the US. She spent years living in the United States, including some time in Silicon Valley, before discovering Nantes. She is now in charge of the administrative and financial operations of Imagination Machine, as well as taking care of our entrepreneurs in residence.

Emilie was a founder of two startups before becoming the manager of the Startup Incubator at HEC Paris. She later served as the Executive Director of the HEC Entrepreneurs Master program. She has coached over 500 students & alumni, and almost 200 startups, in the course of her career. She is now in charge of operations & growth for Imagination Machine, where she is actively sourcing, hiring & coaching talented entrepreneurs.