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Alain Rodermann

Founding and Managing Partner at Expon Capital - Investor in big ideas with the potential for positive impact & exponential growth

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Corporate Governance
Start-ups
Executive Coaching
Fundraising
Investments
Venture Capital
IPO
Board of Director experience
Mergers
Private Equity
Entrepreneurship
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Finance
Investment Management
Finance
Board of Directors
Corporate Development
Business Development
Analysis
E-commerce

Education

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2015

    We back ambitious teams with bold Ideas harnessing Exponential Technologies for a global Impact. Among the companies at the later stage, Spire Global, Catalyte, Dott, Glovo, Pliops, Refurbed, Coinhouse, Salonkee, Sympower... 2 funds under management with CSSF supervision funded by Institutional Investors, Corporations and Family Offices

  • Lieutenant-Commander / Capitaine de Corvette (reserve)

    1988

    Senior Officer in the French Naval Aviation - Capitaine de Corvette (lieutenant commander) 1988-1989 : Air Traffic Controler 1993 : Somalia. 1996 : Bosnia. 2010-2014 : development of new recruitment channels for the French Navy. Testimonials and Medals.

2014 - 2015

  • Managing Partner - Genii Investment Mgt.

    2014 - 2015

    Primary and Secondary Tech investments. Great firm but I left with Jérôme and Marc to found Expon Capital.

Arenatis Capital

2009 - 2014

  • CEO

    2009 - 2014

    Founder of Arenatis Capital Partners, an independant VC firm incubating e-services and buying secondary positions in private companies Founder of Arenatis Venture Services providing entrepreneurs with mentoring and fundraising services. Venture Partner with Sobera Capital. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Formforall and Welovewords. Board member of Sirdata, Geneanet and Orphanlan. Advisor of the Business Development Accelerator of the EIT Digital. Mentor at Startup Leadership Program. Lecturer at Essec and Supelec

1999 - 2009

  • Partner

    1999 - 2009

    Sourced and Analysed thousands of investment opportunities in Europe and in the US. Invested and held board seats in early stage high tech startups in the UK, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland USA; among them : Atomz, Letsbuyit.com, Emailvision, Maximiles, Wyplay, Mydeco. Grew companies from inception to IPO. Developed and put in place the deal sourcing and analysis process (2001). Built from scratch the hardware practice in 2001. Built a broad network of Gps, Lps, lawyers, head hunters, experts, entrepreneurs and corporate executives, across Europe, and the USA. Spoke at a number of conferences, and cited in many newspaper articles. Worked in a multinational, English speaking ecosystem. More than 6 months cumulated stays in San Francisco.

1997 - 1999

  • Investment Director

    1997 - 1999

    Venture Capital arm of Orange. Invested in and sat on the board of 5 early stage startups, among them 3 went IPO: Netvalue, Lastminute.com, Integra.

Alcatel ISR

1991 - 1997

  • Head of projects and business development

    1991 - 1997

    Designed and led the development of Command, Control and Intelligence Systems for the French Ministry of Defense. Started and led a business development activity for internet related technologies.

1990 - 1991

  • Project Manager at IB2 Technologies (Bouygues - IBM Joint venture)

    1990 - 1991

    IB2 Technologies, Bouygues-IBM Joint Venture Led the design of several Smart Building construction and renovation projects. Led the construction of a Data Center for Winterthur.

  • Software Engineer

    1988 - 1988

    development of an AI attitude control software for satellites (l'Aerospatiale)