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Former diplomat Philippe Perez joins Jolt Capital as Head of Marketing...
Philippe Perez began his career with a satellite manufacturing company (Thales Alenia Space) involved in remote sensing and image intelligence. Having then joined the French Foreign Service in 1995, Philippe was appointed to the French embassy in Japan, with the...
Jolt Capital announces the final closing of €271m for growth fund Jolt Capital IV...
Jolt Capital is delighted to announce that it has completed the final closing of Jolt Capital IV at €271m, well oversubscribed above its €250m target. Jolt Capital IV will maintain a mostly similar strategy to its three predecessor growth funds. For the past decade,...
Jolt Capital welcomes Nadia Bouzigues as Junior Partner...
Nadia Bouzigues spent the first part of her career as a senior state official involved in all aspects of government-industry relations. She served on the Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring, sat on the board of state-owned enterprises and was a...
Efficient IP names Norman Girard as new CEO
The board of directors of EfficientIP, a leader in network automation and DDI,is pleased to announce that it has named Norman Girard as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective June 28, 2021. He will also become a member of the board of directors. Girard, a...
Jolt Capital appoints Dan Newman as Venture Partner in the US...
Dan Newman began his career in strategy consulting, working primarily with Fortune 500 companies. In the early 1990’s he shifted his focus to early stage technology companies based primarily in the US and Israel. In 1998 he co-founded Cross Atlantic...
Session #2 of Jolt Capital’s in-house academy explores the future of energy storage...
Prof. Tarascon is arguably one of the most respected scientists in the field of energy storage, a member of the French Académie des sciences and a professor at Collège de France. He was also instrumental in setting up major research and tech transfer networks on the...
Sinequa Launches Cloud Optimized Intelligent Search Platform on Microsoft Azure...
New York, USA - Paris, France - April 20 2021 - Sinequa, a provider of Intelligent Enterprise Search, today announced the launch of Sinequa for Microsoft Azure to better serve customers who want to take advantage of Azure and its global reach. Organizations that use...
Jolt Capital leads €30M funding round in Virta, a fast-growing electric vehicle charging platform ...
With 1.4 million vehicles sold in 2020, Europe has become the largest EV market ahead of China. In this context of growing electrification of mobility, the sector of EV charging infrastructure and digital platforms is rapidly consolidating. Virta offers a unique...
Jolt Capital announces a second closing of 212M€ for its new growth fund Jolt Capital IV...
Paris, April 14th 2021 Jolt Capital, a private equity firm specialized in growth capital investing in B2B European technology companies with global market opportunities, is announcing a second closing of 212M€ for Jolt Capital IV. With a first closing of 101M€...
Jean Schmitt named in the “Future 40 investment leaders”...
Every year, Real Deals names the best 40 European investment leaders based on a specific criteria. This years’ list decided to "highlight the top 40 mid market private equity investment professionals who have achieved commendable exits in 2020". Jean Schmitt, Jolt...
