Nicolas le Jeune

Nicolas le Jeune is the Co-Founder and CEO of Courtyard, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on tokenizing physical collectibles. Under his leadership, the company participated in the Winter 2022 batch and subsequently secured a $7 million seed funding round led by NEA. He oversees the platform's strategic operations, including a key partnership with Brink’s to provide secure vaulting services for graded cards and physical assets linked to NFTs. Prior to launching Courtyard, le Jeune spent six years at Alphabet, serving as a Strategic Partner Manager for TV and Film at YouTube and a Territory Manager for Google. He previously completed an internship at McKinsey & Company and holds multiple master's degrees in business and international management from European institutions. His current focus centers on bridging physical and digital markets through Web3 infrastructure and blockchain-authenticated asset ownership.