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Rachel Delacour
CEO and Cofounder
Sweep
Sweep Co-Founder and CEO Rachel Delacour is an award-winning repeat entrepreneur with a background in finance. In 2009, she cofounded BIME Analytics, a pioneering business intelligence SaaS which was acquired by US customer service company Zendesk six years later. Rachel worked there as General Manager until she decided to use her talent to help clean up the climate mess with Sweep.
A leading female figure in European tech, Rachel is a business angel and board member at a number of US and French startups. She was elected Co-President of France Digitale in 2018. Rachel is an alumna of the UBS Global Visionary program and is a sought-after speaker at events including Viva Tech and GreenBiz and her thought leadership has been featured in publications including The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. An advocate for women in tech, she has backed several female-founded US and French startups and was named Xena’s Founder of the Year award in 2024.