Sam Smith
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German Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese Limited working proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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Experience
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Ventech
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France
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Ventech Partners
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Jan 2017 - Present
Ventech is a global early-stage venture capital firm based in Paris, Munich, Helsinki, Berlin, Hong Kong and Shanghai that has raised over €900 million to advance ambitious entrepreneurs and their visions for the future of the digital economy around the world. Since its founding in 1998, Ventech has made over 200 investments (Believe, Botify, Freespee, Ogury, Picanova, Speexx and Vestiaire Collective) and over 90 exits (Webedia, Curse, StickyADS.tv and Withings). Ventech is a global early-stage venture capital firm based in Paris, Munich, Helsinki, Berlin, Hong Kong and Shanghai that has raised over €900 million to advance ambitious entrepreneurs and their visions for the future of the digital economy around the world. Since its founding in 1998, Ventech has made over 200 investments (Believe, Botify, Freespee, Ogury, Picanova, Speexx and Vestiaire Collective) and over 90 exits (Webedia, Curse, StickyADS.tv and Withings).
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50 Partners
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France
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Partner
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Jan 2011 - Nov 2016
50 Partners Capital is an early stage VC fund investing from 100K€ to 1M€ per project. More than 45 investments including: ProcessOut, Brigad, TheGuarantors, Datadome, Sqreen, Simplifield, Selency, BirdOffice, Energiency, Pandascore, Supermood, ... Responsibilities: - Built and in charge of the investment team - Took ownership of various facets of deal execution: from due diligence and negotiations, to documentation and workstream coordination - Built a broad investment sourcing network with industry experts, entrepreneurs, venture capital peers and advisors - Implementation of due diligence processes to support investment decisions - In charge of the investment committee and coordination with the back office - Fundraising with private investors and corporate - Support the portfolio companies with their strategic & business development, monitoring and fund-raising, and growth challenges Show less
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Ventech
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France
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Finance Analyst
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Aug 2004 - Nov 2010
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BNP Paribas
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France
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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MNA Associate
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Jun 2001 - Jun 2004
Alcatel Lucent / Thalès, EDF / British Energy, Korian / Foncière Développement Logements, Business Objects, Cognetas / Diana Ingredients, Sequana Capital, Editis / De Boeck Group... Several buy side LBOs Detachment in the Media & Telecom sector team Alcatel Lucent / Thalès, EDF / British Energy, Korian / Foncière Développement Logements, Business Objects, Cognetas / Diana Ingredients, Sequana Capital, Editis / De Boeck Group... Several buy side LBOs Detachment in the Media & Telecom sector team
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Ventech
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France
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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VCIntern
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Aug 2000 - May 2001
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Education
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Tilburg University
Master's degree, Statistics -
Humboldt University of Berlin
Master's degree, Banking and Finance