Jean SCHMITT – Jolt Capital

Jean Schmitt is the Founding President and Managing Partner at Jolt Capital, the leading European PE firm dedicated to growth deeptech.
Prior to Jolt, Jean was Managing Partner at Sofinnova.
Jean started his carreer by founding and leading as CEO 3 tech companies, all successfully exited.
He holds an MSc from Telecom ParisTech (France) and a post-grad degree in Artificial Intelligence
Jean is currently a board member of BioSerenity and Virta, Verimatrix (EUR:VMX) and the SICAV Tech Premium. He has played a pivotal role in multiple exits and IPOs, including Myriad (SIX:MYRN), Authentec (NASDAQ:AUTH) acquired by Apple, NILT acquired by Radiant, Fogale Sensation acquired by Apple, and Heptagon acquired by AMS. He is also the Chairman of the baroque orchestra La Chapelle Harmonique.

Luca is a Partner at Atomico based in London and joined the firm in 2018, where he focuses on Atomico’s growth stage investing. He sits on the boards of, or is involved with, Atomico investments into Aiven, Attentive, CADDi, ChannelEngine, CodeRabbit, Factorial, Bird (formerly MessageBird), Raycast and TestGorilla, amongst others.

Furthermore, he historically also was involved with Atomico investments into Graphcore (acquired by Softbank), Peakon (acquired by Workday), Pipedrive (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), Scoutbee (acquired by Coupa Software) and Quid (merged with NetBase).

Prior to joining Atomico, Luca spent five years in Silicon Valley. Most recently, he worked at San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital, where he was involved with multiple growth equity investments and leveraged buyouts in the vertical applications and infrastructure software spaces. Luca began his career at MergerTech Group, a Bay Area-based technology investment bank, where he advised mid market companies on M&A and financing processes.

Luca holds a Master of International Business with a concentration in Corporate Finance from Hult International Business School in San Francisco, as well as a BA in International Management with a concentration in hospitality management from IU, IUBH School of Business & Management in Germany.

貿易・投資促進分野で約30年の経験を有する。JETROではニューヨーク事務所での勤務や、外国企業による対日直接投資を促進する取り組みを主導。現在は理事として米州地域の事業を統括するとともに、イノベーション分野（対日直接投資促進・協業・連携促進、スタートアップ海外展開）を統括しています。

2019年にJICの取締役兼最高投資責任者に就任し、グループ会社の直接投資のための投資戦略の策定、およびJICの民間ファンドへのLP投資のための投資戦略の策定と実行をリードしています。JICは2020年に投資活動を開始して以来、年平均10件程度の民間ファンドとJICグループ会社が運営するファンドに出資約束しています。

1997年から東京海上日動火災保険在職中に国内外のVC/バイアウトファンド投資に関わり、2002年からは東京海上アセットマネジメントにてPEファンド投資に関する投資一任業務およびFoFの運用をPE投資部長としてリードしました。2000年代初頭、PEファンド投資に従事するLPが少なかった時期に、LPワーキンググループの創設メンバーの一人となり、LP向けの教育および啓蒙活動を行いました。

東京大学で経済学の学士号を取得し、サンダーバード国際経営大学院で国際経営学の修士号を取得しています。さらに、日本証券アナリスト協会認定アナリスト（CMA）でもあります。