alban denoyel

French 🇫🇷 entrepreneur, creator & investor.

Creative projects and things I made.

alfoil

A low cost pumping foil, the project I worked on for my masters degreee at ENSCi. The front wing is made of extruded aluminum with 3D printed wingtips, the stabilizer is made with laser-cut plexiglass. See it in action here, check out my diploma presentation here.

Foil in wood

Another pumping foil, made in plywood, based on flukes designs.

Lamps in wood

Marqueterie

One scan a day

In 2021, after Apple released the lidar 3D capture technology on the iPhone, I embarked on a journey to make one scan every day for a full year. One scan a day is the output, featuring 365 3D scans, with captures mostly in NYC and Paris, but also upstate NY, Versailles, Bretagne, the Alps, Belgium and more. Click on the picture to see a larger version. You can see the collection in 3D here.

VR sculptures

I sculpted those in Virtual Reality using Oculus Rift and Oculus Medium, then 3D printed them. You can see more of my VR sculptures here.

Photogrammetry

I’ve spent over 10 years scanning everything around me with photogrammetry, gathering over 2,000 3D scans. Here are some sample collections.

Shoes

Shoes I made. For the left one, I followed a shoe making class in Brooklyn. For the right one, I used sneakerkit.

Tables

I put small checks early in great founders I know well enough to trust their ability to execute on projects I'm interested in. I am an angel investor in startups including:Aive,
Alpic,
Amata,
Animl,
Entropia,
Fairmint,
Finegrain,
Gumroad,
Jaiio,
Jumbo Privacy (exited),
Landroval,
LightTwist,
Memorizer,
Newav,
Opal,
Photoroom,
Polka,
Rerun,
Random Walk,
Scenario,
Sesame,
SportEasy,
Spot (exited),
Streamroot (exited),
Unlock Protocol,
WorkflowAI,
Yuma,
ZML.I am a limited partner in
Marble Studio, Climate Club, Galion.exe and Partech.

French 🇫🇷 entrepreneur, creator & investor.In 2012 I co-founded Sketchfab, which became the largest platform to publish 3D files, and was acquired by Epic Games in 2021 in a 9-figure exit.Before Sketchfab, I worked for 4 years in photojournalism at Polka.I graduated from ESSEC Business School (2008) and ENSCi les ateliers(2025).I am an angel investor in a few startups & funds.I'm passionate about pumping foil.After a decade in NYC, I am now based in Versailles with my wife and 4 kids.You can contact me at alban @ denoyel.com

Interviews, podcasts, keynotes

"One billion 3D views and counting", TechCrunch, 2018