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  "markdown": "Co-founder.\n\n## What Tancrède builds\n\n- [Pennylane](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pennylane.md), graded B, 66.3/100, in Accounting \u0026 invoicing. Pennylane is a French accounting and invoicing platform for companies and accounting firms. Its Company and Firm REST APIs cover invoices, supplier invoices, ledger entries, transactions and exports. A hosted read-only MCP server exposes the same books to AI assistants. Co-founder, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Alexandre Roquoplo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alexandre-roquoplo/), Co-founder\n- [Arthur Waller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arthur-waller/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Edouard Mascré](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/edouard-mascre/), Co-founder\n- [Félix Blossier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/felix-blossier/), Co-founder\n- [Quentin de Metz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-de-metz/), Co-founder\n- [Thierry Déo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/thierry-deo/), Co-founder\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [TCV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tcv/)\n- [Blackstone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackstone/)\n- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)\n- [Alphabet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alphabet/)\n- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Partech](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/partech/)\n- [Global Founders Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/global-founders-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Tancrède Besnard?\n\nTancrède Besnard is co-founder.\n\n### What does Pennylane SAS make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Pennylane from Pennylane SAS. Pennylane is a French accounting and invoicing platform for companies and accounting firms. Its Company and Firm REST APIs cover invoices, supplier invoices, ledger entries, transactions and exports. A hosted read-only MCP server exposes the same books to AI assistants.\n\n### Who has invested in Pennylane SAS?\n\nThe sources our research read name TCV, Blackstone, Meritech Capital, Alphabet, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Partech and Global Founders Capital.\n\n### How are Tancrède's tools graded?\n\nPennylane is graded B, 66.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.pennylane.com/fr\n- https://www.pennylane.com/fr/support\n- https://www.pennylane.com/fr/blog/pennylane-news/serie-b\n- https://www.pennylane.com/fr/blog/pennylane-news/annonce-serie-c\n- https://www.pennylane.com/fr/blog/pennylane-news/ingenieur-chez-pennylane-interview-quentin-et-thierry\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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