With this appointment, Vivid continues its development on the French market and strengthens its ambition to offer freelancers, entrepreneurs and SMEs
an all-in-one platform combining professional accounts, financial services and tools designed to simplify the daily management of their business.
Paris, September 22, 2026 – Vivida European financial platform dedicated to professionals, announces the appointment of Julien Tarrisse, as Managing Director France. Based in Paris, his mission will be to continue the development of Vivid on the French market, to accelerate its growth and to strengthen its links with the entrepreneurial and financial ecosystem.
Graduated from Grande Ecole Program of the IÉSEG School of Management, with a Master of Science (MSc) in ManagementJulien Tarrisse has built his career within several emblematic French Tech companies, including Criteo, Papernest and PayFit. An entrepreneur himself, he went on to co-found and develop two successful companies.
He first joins PayFit in 2022, where he serves as Product Marketing Manager and of Growth Partnerships Manager. He structures and manages strategic partnerships, supports the deployment of new product integrations, particularly with Pennylane, and contributes to the identification of new growth opportunities with startups, VSEs and SMEs. He also manages the Starter mentoring program at Station F, the result of the partnership between PayFit and Qonto, thus contributing to the development and visibility of this offer among entrepreneurs.
In 2023, Julien Tarrisse co-founded Immocompare with Thibault Pastour, a platform for comparing real estate providers. He is particularly responsible for marketing strategy, partnerships and commercial development. After supporting thousands of real estate owners and investors, the two partners are completing an exit in May 2026. At the same time, in March 2025, Julien Tarrisse co-founded Optivestthe diagnostic and wealth management platform intended to support new investors, registered with ORIAS as a financial investment advisor (CIF) and insurance broker (COA).
“ Joining Vivid today is an opportunity to put my entrepreneurial experience at the service of a vision in which I deeply believe. When I created my own businesses, I would have liked to rely on a platform capable of simplifying my financial management, working on my cash flow and saving me time on recurring tasks. My ambition today is to accelerate the growth of Vivid in France, so that every professional can benefit from it. », declares Julien Tarrisse, Director General France from Vivid.
Drawing on this experience, Julien Tarrisse will be responsible for continuing the development of Vivid among French professionals and strengthening its roots within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Alexander Emeshev, co-founder of Vividstates: “ We are very happy to welcome Julien to Vivid at a key moment in our development in France. Over the last twelve months, we have more than doubled our customer base to 10,000 businesses, making France our third largest market in Europe. This strong dynamic reflects growing demand for a financial platform designed around the needs of professionals. Julien’s experience and his in-depth knowledge of growing companies will be valuable assets to capitalize on this dynamic and support our next phase of development in France. »
This growth is also reflected in the profile and activity of Vivid’s professional customers in France. Legal entities now represent 55% of its business customers in France, while Vivid cards are actively used for business spending in 108 countries over the past twelve months.
The continued growth of the French market is part of Vivid’s broader European expansion. The fintech now operates in 27 countries in the European Union and recently crossed the milestone of 100,000 professional customers in less than two years, confirming its presence among the fastest growing European B2B financial platforms.
Vivid provides its financial services through regulated entities with different licenses. Vivid Money SA is licensed as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI), while Vivid Money BV is licensed to provide investment services through the MiFID license and crypto-asset services through the MiCA license
About Vivid
Vivid is an all-in-one financial platform designed for freelancers, VSEs and SMEs. It brings together within a single platform a professional account, payment solutions, cash management tools, as well as a range of investment solutions.
In particular, businesses can grow their cash flow with the Interest Account, which currently offers up to 4% annual interest in EUR for four months and up to 5% in USD and GBP for five months and access to a Securities Account allowing investment in a range of assets, including shares, ETFs, money market funds, iBonds and cryptocurrencies. Vivid also offers investment strategies with a variable return of up to 5%, depending on applicable conditions, as well as a cashback program allowing professionals to recover up to 10% on certain expenses.
Founded in 2019 in Berlin by Alexander Emeshev and Artem Iamanov, Vivid has more than 100,000 professional customers in Europe, including more than 10,000 in France. Supported by Greenoaks Capital and DST Global, Vivid continues its European expansion with the ambition to simplify and optimize the daily financial management of companies.
