Francois Gouelo

Co-Founder & CEO Enso Connect

Francois is the co-founder & CEO of Enso Connect, a dynamic AI-driven guest experience platform for hospitality professionals.

Together with his co-founder Peter Sorbo, Francois started Enso Connect a few months before the beginning of the pandemic.
Since then, Enso Connect has scaled from 68 listings to over 17,500 homes in 45+ different countries, and processed over 485,000 guest profiles, helping operators monetize and digitize the guest experience.

The company is backed by VCs and angel investors in Europe and North America, including Mantella Ventures, Mistral Ventures, Michael Hyatt, and Andrew Kitchell.

Francois was recognized as the City of Toronto Entrepreneur of the Year by the Entrepreneur’s Organization (GSEA), voted the most innovative Proptech CEO of 2020 in the UK, was a finalist for the Royal Bank of Canada Innovation Award, and represented Canada at the G20 Summit for the Young Entrepreneur's Alliance group. In 2022 Francois was nominated as the Rising Star of the short-term rental industry by The Shortyz Awards.