Jolt Capital

Jean has a digital twin that lives within our AI platform #JoltNinja. Clara has one too. And Guillaume. And all the other partners. How so? Well, every time one of our partners interacts with it, Ninja refines its understanding of that partner's style and taste. When she swipes left to reject a potential candidate in the deal flow, a Joltian partner documents the reasons why (a dozen criteria), and our AI companion learns from it. When he swipes right to advance a candidate scaleup step by step in the pipe, another partner will also gives away some of his preferences. Jolt Capital's thesis is set in stone, but personal investment style comes in many shades. Next time Jean asks Ninja to show him a "random" company, chances are he will get something even closer to his perfect match. Deal sourcing will never be the same again. 🤖 🎣 #AI #ML #AI4investment #AIforPE #LLM #artificialintelligence #deeptech #investment #investor #tailored #madetomeasure #bespoke #matching #privateequity #growthPE #appliedAI #dealorigination #dealsourcing #dealflow #joltian #digitaltwin #avatar

What's common between a strand of extracellular RNA (exRNA), a discovery in a science lab, a deeptech startup with a proven product, and a well thought out law proposal? All four need some specific fuels and a shielded vehicle if they want to fully develop their potential (protect our body against diseases, find a useful application in society, morph into a successful scaleup, become an enforced law). It so happens that all four topics were addressed last Friday at the French Senate, under the appealing title "Unleashing Europe’s Next Scientific Revolution". 🧬 ExRNAs and their protective carrying vesicles could be our next scientific grail: The now famous mRNA and its cousins hold immense promises but have to be nested in extracellular vesicles to fend off RNases. Europe should jump all in, and claim vast parts of this largely unknown continent. 🔬 Today's basic research is tomorrow's innovation (and wealth): Science distrust and denialism are mounting, at a time when we should double down on our efforts. Not just patenting but also monetizing this IP. Not just training more engineers but making sure they stay in deeptech. 💰 We need more deeptech scaleups in Europe: Startups can be killed by overvaluation, overregulation and (yes) overdoses of capital. At Jolt, we've demonstrated that a data-driven, reasonable, well-funded approach can do wonders. And yes, we need more pension funds in Europe, and they should definitely get more exposed to growth deeptech. ⚖️ It could all start with a European resolution: French Senator Vanina PAOLI-GAGIN just submitted a European resolution to champion the cause of exRNA and extracellular vesicles. This is important and we should blow on the ashes if we want to adapt our legislative and regulatory framework. The resolution will be discussed before the end of the year. NB1: it's not because we don't invest yet in biotechs that we can't query #JoltNinja. We just issued a report on RNA tech. You can download it here: https://lnkd.in/dUGm5rap - NB2: looking at the weaving parallel strands, we couldn't help respectfully adding a series of nucleotide base pairs to the logo of our Senate. The blue strands sandwiched between the red upper coding one and the grey one underneath illustrates the transcribed mRNA... - NB3: we've known the cures for years, but we just stare at them and never swallow the pill (public procurement instead of subsidies, European small business act, more science professionals in parliaments and governments, selecting a few key fields instead of sprinkling the money ...) - NB4: thanks to all the panelists who made the final session chaired by Jean Schmitt so lively and stimulating (Antoine Petit, Bruno Rostand, Michel de Lempdes, Jacques Darcy, Frédéric Girard) and to Thomas Crampton. #RNA #biotech #exRNA #vesicle #health #scientific #research #tto #techtransfer #startup #scaleup #deeptech #senate #law #privateequity #growthequity #pensionfund #patent

We went there to build credibility and trust. The Paris-based part of our IR team (Zineb & Eric) traveled to Madrid for a full day of meetings with potential Spanish investors. We want to crank up the number of Iberian LPs committing to Jolt Capital V (from just one who did to Jolt Capital IV). Because Spain too is home to thousands of deeptech startups ready to be taken to the next level with fresh growth capital. 🇪🇸 #espana #spain #investinspain #deeptech #privateequity #LP #GP #fund #investor #growthcapital #fundraising #madrid #scaleup #tecnologia #tecnologiaprofunda #investorrelations

After the demise of quick commerce in many European countries, this Parisian dark store, located almost next door to our headquarters, has been sitting empty for more than a year. The epitome of everything we dislike in fake tech: Displacing incumbents by outpacing the law. Creating low quality jobs. Squandering indecent amounts of capital (1.3B$ in that particular case). Reaching the so-called un...rn status in a blink (just 9 month in that particular case). Well-raised B2B #deeptech not only provides solid and consistent financial returns, it also leaves quality jobs, sustainable growth, and valuable intellectual property in its wake. #boycottfaketech #nurturedeeptech

TIN ? 🇪🇺 The Trusted Investor Network that was launched yesterday in Athens by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova is a cohort of 70+ investors committed to invest in the most innovative deeptech startups and scaleups in Europe alongside the EIC Fund. Managing Partner Laurent Samama was there to fly Jolt's flag. (( )) He was also invited to discuss with Antigoni Lymperopoulou, Jean-David Malo, and Daria Saharova in the Scale 100 Forum Fireside Chat, organized by the EIC Scaling Club and moderated by Teresa Cunha from Tech Tour. #deeeptech #investment #fund #privateequity #scaleup #growthequity #EU #EUEIC European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) European Investment Bank (EIB) Philippe Huberdeau William Stevens

① - (vintage 2011) Trotting gently ... and recording our first €1B+ exit.   ② - (vintage 2014) Starting to run ... and forming the core team.   ③ - (vintage 2017) Reaching cruising speed ... and launching Ninja.   ⓸ - (vintage 2021) Accelerating further ... and becoming a European leader.   ⑤ - (vintage 2025) Getting supersonic ... and assembling our own starship launcher.    It usually takes a decade or so to build a competitive Formula One racing team from scratch. Our growth deeptech speedster and the team behind it are now ready to reach for the sky. Techno-derisked companies. Engineered scaling process. Consistent returns. #feartheJ #stick2theplaybook #deeptech #scaleup #growthcapital #privateequity #joltian #JoltNinja

In Montreal in September. In Toronto in October. 🍁 Jean Schmitt took the stage yesterday at the Toronto Global Forum to address 4 topics: 1️⃣ Jolt's carefully selected feeding territories Our investment thesis thrives in a specific ecological niche where derisked deeptech startups abound, and growth investors are still rare. We proved the case in Europe, we are now moving to Canada and Japan. 2️⃣ Ninja's unfair advantage Our AI golem is undeniably one of the key reasons why we are able to scale fast. Adding one new company to its dynamic knowledge graph every minute. Offering us both bird's-eye views and the tiniest details on deeptech ecosystems. 3️⃣ ESG, a no brainer for deeptechs Because it often aims at improving processes and performances, deeptech is ESG-oriented almost by design. We've committed to a simple rule: 1€ invested should equate to 1kg of avoided CO2 emissions. 4️⃣ Our plea to policymakers Don't follow the latest tech fads, please. Stop setting goals in terms of number of unicorns. And make sure your regulating bodies don't castrate innovation and economic development. Thanks Robert Furdak and Sithembiso Khoza for sharing the stage with Jean, and contributing very stimulating ideas. Thanks Brian Tobin for your impeccable and witty moderation. Thanks Nicholas Rémillard and Benjamin Booth at International Economic Forum of the Americas for having offered this opportunity during the opening session. 🇨🇦 🙏🏻 #TGF #IEFA #conference #Toronto #forum #deeptech #AI #regulator #jolt #privateequity #scaleup #canada #investment #fund #growthPE #article9 #sfdr #ESG #policymaker #JoltNinja #TorontoGlobalForum

It's not because a company is about to exit our portfolio that we no longer follow its glorious flight. In the process of being acquired by Merck, the Montbonnot-based leader in chips metrology and inspection, UnitySC has just unveiled its future production facility, to be opened in 2026, a stone's throw from the existing buildings. 🔜 A four-fold increase in the manufacturing of those complex controlling equipment, vital to the semiconductor industry. 🔜 An additional 100 new jobs. 🔜 An exemplary building (wood structure, straw insulation, recycled metal cladding, solar powered) 🔜 A significant financial support from the France 2030 governmental initiative. When growth is well balanced, it's a beautiful thing indeed. Read more 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/evGaE-Dj #chips #semiconductor #inspection #metrology #chipmaking #manufacturing #microelectronics #EUchipsact #frenchfab #scaleup #privateequity #deeptech #leed #hbm #gpu #llm #compound Bpifrance Marc Ferracci La French Fab Le Grésivaudan - Communauté de communes D&Consultants Eloi Delorme Dominique Carlac'h Sébastien Montusclat Pierre Garnier

All our current portfolio companies starting with "B" are medtech trailblazers: BioSerenity / BC Platforms / BOYDSense. Whether they collect our health markers via their own devices or use external data partners, they have one common obsession: building the most comprehensive, robust and safe data points to subsequently feed smart platforms for personalized medicine and research insights. [🧠] BioSerenity now sits on the most advanced electroencephalography database on the planet, an invaluable asset in the quest to design the ultimate foundational model of our brain. [🧬 ] BC Platforms has built the largest and deepest multimodal + multiphenotypic data lake of clinical and genomic data for bespoke treatments of cancer and rare diseases. [🌬️] BOYDSense uses the wealth of info contained in our breath to precisely monitor glucose levels in a non-invasive way, with very convincing ongoing clinical studies. Proud of the progress made by our A-team of "B companies" for the advancement of global health. #medtech #digitalhealth #personalizedmedicine #rwd #clinicaldata #healthdata #privateequity #growthcapital #deeptech #epilepsy #sleep #diabetes #glucose #CGM #genomic #clinical #CRO #medicaldevice

Chances to bump into a #Joltian in the street in Helsinki, Finland, are usually much higher than 50 miles south, across the gulf, in Tallinn, Estonia. 🇫🇮? 🇪🇪! On Oct. 3rd though, our expert in defence tech and managing partner Guillaume Girard, took the stage there to speak about funding and scaling European champions in cybersecurity and dual use technologies. Organizing such an event in that part of Europe, and at that moment of our history is hardly insignificant. At Jolt Capital, we'll keep hammering this home: deeptech is and will be absolutely vital to address the most pressing issues faced by our modern societies. Thanks to our dear partners at Tech Tour for corralling some of the best European defence scaleups, for putting together this important event, and for inviting us to share our thoughts. Thanks to our fellow panelists in Tallinn: Axel Ahlström, Paul Gillespie, Keith Bonnici, Stephan Decher, Kart Siilats. #deeptech #defense #defence #dualuse #dual #miltech #cyberwar #cybersecurity #cyberthreat #estonia #tallinn #war #funding #investment #scaleup #privateequity #growthcapital