Jerome Wittamer
Founding Partner at Expon Capital: Investor in big ideas with the potential for positive impact & exponential growth
Luxembourg
Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$4,000,000.00Target Investment:
$350,000.00
Skills
Education
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Lists including Jerome
Investments
Accelex
Total Funding: $10M
Dott
Total Funding: $160M
Wizata
Total Funding: $5M
Nannybag
Total Funding: $2M
Wefarm
Total Funding: $31M
Smartrenting
Total Funding:
Spire Global
Total Funding: $230M
Service
Total Funding: $9M
Verse
Total Funding: $34M
OpenExo
Total Funding:
Pliops
Total Funding: $280M
Salonkee
Total Funding: $31M
Passbolt
Total Funding: $530K
Glose
Total Funding: $5.5M
Catalyte
Total Funding: $31M
Tribe
Total Funding: $6.5M
Nektria
Total Funding: $2M
itravel
Total Funding: $22M
Work Experience
2015
Founding Partner
2015
We are a venture capital firm with a higher purpose, headquartered in Luxembourg, investing out of our early stage and early growth funds in private technology companies, from pre-Series A to Series B. We back Ambitious Teams with Bold Ideas and Exponential Genes to solve Hard, Valuable Problems for a Global Impact (addressing one or more of the 17 UN SDGs). We look for highly disruptive breakthroughs and deep tech (specifically in Energy, Health, Climate using AI, Big Data, Cloud, Robotics, SaaS, Space). Our geographic focus is Europe. We also invest in the Israel (and opportunistically in the US). Please read http://www.exponcapital.com/how-we-work/ before getting in touch for financing.). Portfolio companies: - Growth: Expon Growth I : Sympower, HelloBetter, Catalyte.io, Dott, Pliops, Glovo (acquired by Delivery Hero), refurbed, Spire (IPO-SPAC), Glose (merged with Medium Inc.), Nannybag (sold to La Poste), OpenExo, Verse (merged with Block (Square Inc)), Service (merged with ClaimCompass), Smartrenting - Seed: Digital Tech Fund: Accelex, Hydrosat, iTravel, Wizata, Finarta, Salonkee, Passbolt, NextGateTech, Nexten.io, Nektria, Cascade, GoNuggets, Videobot
2021
Board Member
2021
We develop and offer psychological digital therapeutics translating scientifically validated cognitive behavioural therapy approaches into an online course experience. With more than 30 randomised-controlled clinical studies, we are the leading scientific player in the field of digital mental health.
2019
Board Member
2019
Next Gate Tech leverages the latest cloud technology, to give our clients, all their data from multiple unharmonized/unstructured sources, as one consistent, consolidated, and independent source enabling them to streamline their day-to-day processes. Through our analytics tools we provide automated NAV Oversight, Risk Oversight, ESG oversight… In summary we help drive efficiency and reduce risk, by eliminating the need for multiple point solutions and legacy databases enabling firms to manage their governance and controls independently and consistently, while lowering their technology and manual spend.
2019
Board Observer
2019
Pliops was founded in 2017 by flash storage industry veterans from Samsung, M-Systems and XtremIO. Pliops is creating a new category of product that enables cloud and enterprise data centers to access data up to 50X faster with 1/10th of the computational load and power consumption. Its technology collapses multiple inefficient layers into one ultra-fast device based on a groundbreaking patent-pending approach. Pliops' solution solves the scalability challenges raised by the cloud data explosion and the increasing data requirements of AI and ML applications.
2021
Board Observer
2021
Powered by cutting-edge data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques, Accelex streamlines the extraction, analysis and reporting of critical private investment data. Using dynamic data acquisition algorithms, our next-generation SaaS platform brings automation, scale and auditability to demanding workflows. As investors seek greater transparency into funds and their underlying assets, the Accelex solution automates the extraction of unstructured performance and transaction data from a wide range of private investment documents.
Member of the ExCom (2010-2024) - Board Vice-President (2018-19) - Chairman of the Board (2014-2018)
2011
The Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA) is a 500+ members-based, non-profit trade association established in 2010. LPEA represents, promotes and protects the interests of the Luxembourg private equity and venture capital industry. LPEA's role includes representing the interests of the industry to regulators and standard setters; developing professional standards; providing industry research; professional development and forums, facilitating interaction between its members and key industry participants including institutional investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers and academics. LPEA's activities cover the whole range of private equity, from venture capital (seed, start-up and development capital), to buyouts and buyins. GP Members (select names out of the 250+): Apollo, Astorg, BC Partners, CVC Capital Partners, Carlyle Group, Cinven, EQT, Expon Capital, Invest Industrial, Mangrove Capital Partners, PAI, Partners Group, TPG, Warburg.
2014
Guest Lecturer
2014
Masters Degree - Investment Funds Subject: Private Equity & Venture Capital
2019 - 2023
Guest Professor
2019 - 2023
I teach the *Venture Capital Class* as part of the Private Equity and Other Alternative Asset Classes Certificate Programme produced in collaboration with LPEA.
2020 - 2022
Board Observer
2020 - 2022
Passbolt is the leading open source password manager for Agile and DevOps teams used by over 10,000 organizations in 50+ countries.
Board Member
2014 - 2018
The Luxembourg Financial Industry Federation that has been set up under the name of PROFIL by the operators who play an active role in the financial centre. The Federation brings together representatives of banks, insurance companies, investment funds, wealth managers, domiciliation specialists, financial industry service providers, private equity professionals, lawyers, chartered accountants, auditors, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Cetrel and Clearstream. Its primary aim is the promotion of a coherent and clear image of Luxembourg as a prestigious international financial centre. http://www.profil-luxembourg.lu/