A passion for business.
At Jolt Capital, we selectively support only the best companies and entrepreneurs in organizing knowledge, creating value and transforming society with leading edge technologies.
Much more than an asset manager, Jolt Capital is a genuine collaborator with its portfolio companies, developing them with unrivaled passion.
Anchoring convictions
I.
Excellence in private equity investing is highly correlated with deep operational insights to support management teams and have sufficient legitimacy to drive key initiatives.
II.
Artificial Intelligence platforms are set to revolutionize private equity processes and practices with new workflows and decision making tools to drive improved precision in operations and investing.
III.
Technology is increasingly responsible for redistributing economic fortune to innovators, and is set to be the centrepiece in solving the most pressing societal challenges (health, climate, food).
IV.
Europe has an unparalleled engine of IP creation that should be better monetized so as to benefit the various laboratories, universities and local economies.
V.
Responsible investment across issues Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) helps to bring about sustainable and fair economic conditions that in-turn allow for strong investment returns.
VI.
Adequate sharing between all stakeholders (LPs, GPs, partners, portfolio companies, employees, countries/regions) is fundamental to producing virtuous loops and long-lasting effects.
Supporting & guiding expansion
Jolt Capital invests in European technology companies on the cusp of global growth and transforms value, triggers inflection points & accelerates realizations for each portfolio company by:
Driving business strategy and working closely & collaboratively with management and board, accelerating future realizations
Filing C-level executive talent gaps, identifying and securing strategic partners globally – especially in Asia, conceiving and executing build-up M&A transactions
Increasing control of larger segments of the value chain and exponentially scaling up
Conceiving and executing realization transactions on global markets after critical mass achieved
A decade of growth
Jolt was founded in 2011 by Jean Schmitt, an experienced and successful technology entrepreneur who also spent a decade as one of the managing partners at Sofinnova. He has built a team with deep technology executive management, operating and investment experience and extremely varied global networks. The senior team know each other and have worked together many years and have strong chemistry and cohesion, which provides a better experience for portfolio companies and investors.