Manuel Barbieux

Active Investor

Founder & Managing Partner

Singapore, Spain

Manuel Barbieux, Founder & Managing Partner is an active investor based in Singapore, Spain. This profile covers what Manuel Barbieux backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Manuel Barbieux is the Founder & serves as Managing Partner at EmergeBridge. Mr. Barbieux is an Angel Investor. He served as Advisor at NIDA Rooms. He has also served as director of Pechel, a French mid-cap private equity fund whose LPs include blue-chip European family offices and international institutional investors, and Arcapita Bank. Before joining Arcapita, he was with the private equity arm of the Halley family group, founders and largest shareholders of Carrefour - the world's second-largest retailer, focusing on investments in the retail and consumer goods sectors. Previously, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Paris and started his early career with Procter & Gamble. He holds an engineering degree from Polytechnique in Belgium and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He also served as an Advisor at NIDA Rooms. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar and an MSc in Engineering from Polytechnique in Belgium.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: Consumer & Retail
Location: Singapore, Spain
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

PechelNIDA RoomsBarramundi Group

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