Jean Schmitt is the Managing Partner of Jolt Capital.
Jolt Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investment in growth capital technology.
Jolt Capital generates returns for its investors by enabling growth-stage technology-rich companies with strong fundamentals to execute their scaling strategies, in sectors that offer strong exit potential across hardware-driven or software-driven solutions: photonics, advanced materials, cybersecurity, electrification, smart sensors, semiconductors, personalized health, and more.
They provide growth capital to their portfolio companies (from €10M to €50M in tranches).
Takeaways
- Misconceptions and realities of deep tech.
- The returns that can happen in deep tech.
- Investing in deep tech requires a long-term commitment and patience.
- Sourcing investments in deep tech often involves identifying strong IP.
- How to identify what strong IP looks like.
- Evaluating deep tech companies.
- Why the focus on later-stage companies.
- Why Jolt is excited about Canada's deep tech scene.
- Playbook for scaling deep tech companies with leadership and sales.
- Jolt's first investment in Canada.
- Dynamics and breakdown of the European tech market.
Chapters
00:00 The Genesis of Jolt and Deep Tech Investment
05:06 Misconceptions and Realities of Deep Tech
09:44 Investment Strategies in Deep Tech
15:07 Sourcing and Evaluating Deep Tech Companies
19:53 Trends and Market Dynamics in Deep Tech
25:02 Geographical Focus: Europe and Canada
29:58 First Steps in the Canadian Market
34:58 Building and Scaling Deep Tech Companies
40:01 Learning from Global Investment Practices
Keywords
Jolt, deep tech, investment strategies, intellectual property, market trends, Canada, Europe, technology companies, venture capital, growth stage
