Naomi Michali

Naomi Michali

French & American

Strategy & Operations · Health & Longevity

Biomedical engineer turned operator. I've owned a board meeting for Alan's CEO, run BIOWEG's Series A pipeline and coordinated Europe's DeepTech Week, and I'm building my own AI health app.

  • Paris, France
  • French, English, Mandarin, Italian

Scoreboard

2,500+

people at the DeepTech Week I coordinated

150+

startups I've evaluated for corporate clients

+130%

YoY conversion on Amazon's Prime Day & Black Friday deals

40K+

views on AION's TikTok & Instagram

The work

Co-founder

Health app · 2026

AION

AI health agent that turns your wearable data into one useful action a day

Co-founder & CEO

  • 40K+ views on TikTok & Instagram
  • 8 releases in its first 6 weeks
App StoreVisit site

Event · 2026

European DeepTech Week

Europe's deeptech ecosystem, 4 days at Bpifrance in Paris

@ INSKIP × Bpifrance · Main coordinator

  • 2,500+ participants from 45 countries
  • 50+ sessions and 20+ side events
My recap

Venture · 2024 – now

Startup scouting & corporate VCs

Finding, vetting and valuing startups for corporates

@ RaiseLab → INSKIP · Manager, Strategy & Innovation

  • 150+ startups evaluated
  • 10+ corporate clients

Innovation · 2025

Airport innovation

Working with the innovation team behind the Paris airports

@ Groupe ADP · Consultant

RaiseLab's post

Fundraising · 2023 – 24

Series A

The investor pipeline for a biotech replacing microplastics

@ BIOWEG · Chief of Staff

  • 10+ VC conversations a week
  • €12M Series A process, run with the founders
In the press

Operations · 2023 – 24

Company operating system

OKRs, processes and reporting for an 18-person deeptech team

@ BIOWEG · Chief of Staff

  • 1st business hire
  • 1 quarter to status on every function

Sales · 2023 – 24

Go-to-market

A B2B pipeline for a new bio-based ingredient

@ BIOWEG · Chief of Staff

  • 20+ new prospects a week
  • $1M revenue target

Strategy · 2023

CEO office & board meeting

Weekly priorities and the April board meeting for Alan's CEO

@ Alan · Founder's Associate to the CEO

  • 3 priorities a week, with recommendations
  • €2.7bn Alan's valuation at the time

Hiring · 2023

Founder's Associate hiring

Choosing who would work next to the CEO

@ Alan · Founder's Associate to the CEO

  • 30+ candidates interviewed
  • 4 hand-picked

Product · 2023

Product explorations

Three new product ideas, from hypothesis to recommendation

@ Alan · Founder's Associate to the CEO

  • 3 explorations led
  • ~€500k potential revenue identified

Pricing · 2022

Launch pricing for a new drug

Pricing and market access strategy across 4 markets

@ Simon-Kucher · Consultant intern

  • 4 markets
  • 14 opinion leaders and physicians interviewed

E-commerce · 2021

Prime Day & Black Friday deals

Deals and selection for Amazon France's biggest sales events

@ Amazon · Business development intern

  • +130% YoY conversion
  • 300k+ sellers in my weekly emails

Biomedical engineering

Escalators for wheelchair users

A device that lets wheelchair users ride escalators

@ UCL · Engineering student

  • 95% success rate

Community

Pole & Aerial clubs

Two university clubs, started from nothing

@ HEC Paris & UCL · Founder & president

  • 0 → 55 active members in 6 months

Research · 2017

Smartphone colour calibration

Measuring what a phone's camera and screen really see

@ UCL · Summer research student

AION

AI health agent that turns your wearable data into one useful action a day

Co-founder
App StoreVisit site
My role
Co-founder & CEO
Result
40K+views on TikTok & Instagram
Result
8releases in its first 6 weeks
When
2026

What I did

  • Your wearables already know how you slept, trained and recovered. AION reads those signals next to your calendar and suggests the one thing worth doing today, planned around your schedule.
  • I co-founded it in January 2026. I shaped the product concept and positioning from zero, built the pre-seed materials, landing page and investor pitch, and ran our first investor conversations.
  • Live on the App Store since July 2026, on iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, in English and French: 8 releases in the first 6 weeks.
  • Our short videos on TikTok and Instagram have passed 40K views.
  • Works with Apple Health, Oura, Garmin, WHOOP and Strava.
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European DeepTech Week

Europe's deeptech ecosystem, 4 days at Bpifrance in Paris

My recap
My role
Main coordinator@ INSKIP × Bpifrance
Result
2,500+participants from 45 countries
Result
50+sessions and 20+ side events
When
2026

What I did

  • I was the main coordinator of European DeepTech Week 2026, co-organised by INSKIP and Bpifrance at Bpifrance's Paris headquarters in March.
  • I managed the partners who funded the event.
  • 2,500+ participants from 45 countries over 4 days, with 50+ sessions and 20+ side events.
  • My favourite format: the small, curated dinners I organised. Around a table, conversations go deeper and connections become real.

Startup scouting & corporate VCs

Finding, vetting and valuing startups for corporates

My role
Manager, Strategy & Innovation@ RaiseLab → INSKIP
Result
150+startups evaluated
Result
10+corporate clients
When
2024 – now

What I did

  • I've sourced and evaluated 150+ startups for corporate M&A, CVC investment and partnerships, on strategic fit, valuation and commercial impact.
  • I designed the operating model and governance of 2+ innovation vehicles (corporate VCs and incubators): selection process, decision rights and ways of working, since adopted by the client teams.
  • I own 10+ cross-functional projects a year for 10+ corporates in healthcare, cosmetics, energy and travel, each ending in a clear go or no-go.
  • I also coach founders and intrapreneurs on product-market fit, business models and go-to-market.
  • I joined RaiseLab, part of the RAISE group, in 2024. It became part of INSKIP in December 2025.

Airport innovation

Working with the innovation team behind the Paris airports

RaiseLab's post
My role
Consultant@ Groupe ADP
When
2025

What I did

  • With the RaiseLab team, I worked with the innovation team at Groupe ADP, which runs the Paris airports. Their priorities: decarbonising infrastructure and its uses, automating operations, a better passenger experience, and partnerships with startups on each.

Series A

The investor pipeline for a biotech replacing microplastics

In the press
My role
Chief of Staff@ BIOWEG
Result
10+VC conversations a week
Result
€12MSeries A process, run with the founders
When
2023 – 24

What I did

  • BIOWEG makes bacterial cellulose that replaces microplastics in cosmetics and agriculture. I joined as its first business hire.
  • I ran the €12M Series A process alongside the founders: investor pipeline, materials and follow-through, at 10+ VC conversations a week.
  • BIOWEG went on to close a €16M Series A in September 2025, after I'd moved on, led by Axeleo Capital with the EIC Fund.

Company operating system

OKRs, processes and reporting for an 18-person deeptech team

My role
Chief of Staff@ BIOWEG
Result
1stbusiness hire
Result
1 quarterto status on every function
When
2023 – 24

What I did

  • As the first business hire in an 18-person, mostly technical team, I built the operating structure from scratch across R&D, commercial and leadership, on two sites.
  • I introduced OKRs, redesigned processes and automated manual workflows. Within a quarter, leadership could see every function's status without chasing anyone, and blocked work surfaced in review instead of weeks later.
  • Then I handed the review cadence to the founders. It kept running without me, which was the point.
  • I also started “Culture at BIOWEG” to improve motivation and communication through regular, honest feedback.

Go-to-market

A B2B pipeline for a new bio-based ingredient

My role
Chief of Staff@ BIOWEG
Result
20+new prospects a week
Target
$1Mrevenue target
When
2023 – 24

What I did

  • I built and ran BIOWEG's go-to-market motion against a $1M revenue target.
  • 20+ new prospects a week through growth hacking, events, accelerators and warm and cold intros, tracked end to end in HubSpot, which I set up.
  • I pitched BIOWEG at 3+ industry events a quarter.

CEO office & board meeting

Weekly priorities and the April board meeting for Alan's CEO

My role
Founder's Associate to the CEO@ Alan
Result
3priorities a week, with recommendations
Context
€2.7bnAlan's valuation at the time
When
2023

What I did

  • I worked directly with Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, Alan's CEO and co-founder, when Alan was valued at €2.7bn. It's €5.5bn today.
  • Every week I brought him recommendations on 3 key operational priorities, including M&A analysis, grounded in internal data and what I heard from the teams.
  • I owned the April board meeting end to end: board pack, agenda and shareholder letter, turning input from across the company into one clear story for the board.

Founder's Associate hiring

Choosing who would work next to the CEO

My role
Founder's Associate to the CEO@ Alan
Result
30+candidates interviewed
Result
4hand-picked
When
2023

What I did

  • I ran the hiring process for the next Founder's Associates: interviewed 30+ candidates and hand-picked 4, which shaped how the CEO's team was structured.

Product explorations

Three new product ideas, from hypothesis to recommendation

My role
Founder's Associate to the CEO@ Alan
Result
3explorations led
Result
~€500kpotential revenue identified
When
2023

What I did

  • I led 3 product explorations from hypothesis through market analysis to a recommendation, identifying ~€500k of potential revenue.

Launch pricing for a new drug

Pricing and market access strategy across 4 markets

My role
Consultant intern@ Simon-Kucher
Result
4markets
Result
14opinion leaders and physicians interviewed
When
2022

What I did

  • During a six-month internship in Simon-Kucher's Life Sciences practice, I built the pricing and market access strategy for a new drug in 4 markets.
  • Analogue research on 15+ comparable drugs, plus interviews with 9 key opinion leaders and 5 physicians, turned into commercial recommendations for the client.
  • I led 3 mock price negotiations with the global pharma client, and made the proposal decks behind 3 new project wins.

Prime Day & Black Friday deals

Deals and selection for Amazon France's biggest sales events

My role
Business development intern@ Amazon
Result
+130%YoY conversion
Result
300k+sellers in my weekly emails
When
2021

What I did

  • During a six-month internship in Amazon's Deals & Promotions team in Paris, I analysed deal performance across Prime Day and Black Friday and found the levers behind a +130% YoY lift in conversion.
  • I diagnosed product selection gaps between France, Italy and Spain and built the plan to take parity from 30% to 90%, targeting +20% sales.
  • I produced 4 seller communications a week for an audience of 300k+ sellers.

Escalators for wheelchair users

A device that lets wheelchair users ride escalators

My role
Engineering student@ UCL
Result
95%success rate

What I did

  • For my biomedical engineering degree at UCL, I designed and manufactured a device that lets wheelchair users take escalators. It reached a 95% success rate.

Pole & Aerial clubs

Two university clubs, started from nothing

My role
Founder & president@ HEC Paris & UCL
Result
0 → 55active members in 6 months

What I did

  • I founded and ran the Pole & Aerial clubs at HEC Paris and UCL: 0 to 55 active members in 6 months.
  • I'm a qualified pole fitness instructor and won the London Pole Varsity, group category, in 2015.
  • I also managed Peach Studio while coaching there: daily operations, bookings and scheduling. My new onboarding and four-week class format both lifted retention.

Smartphone colour calibration

Measuring what a phone's camera and screen really see

My role
Summer research student@ UCL
When
2017

What I did

  • A summer research project at UCL: I built a smartphone module that measures the spectral sensitivity of its image sensors and the emission spectra of its screen.

Writing

I write about longevity, wearables and health tech on LinkedIn: 40+ posts in the second half of 2025, for 3,000+ followers.

LinkedIn · Nov 2025

“Longevity is built for men. And women are paying the price.”

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LinkedIn · Oct 2025

“ŌURA. WHOOP. Ultrahuman. Now they want your blood, too.”

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LinkedIn · Sep 2025

“Coffee chains aren't just fueling mornings anymore. They're chasing the wellness economy.”

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Schools

2019 – 2023

HEC Paris

Master in Management, Grande École

Thesis: how FemTech startups are closing the menstrual health gap in Europe.

2022

Duke University, Fuqua

MBA exchange, Entrepreneurship Certificate

3.93 / 4 GPA. Medical Device Strategy, Private Capital Markets.

2015 – 2019

University College London

MEng Biomedical Engineering, 2:1

Mathematical modelling, computing, and a device that gets wheelchairs onto escalators.