Alain is a Managing Partner and founded Ventech in 1998. He is driving investments in Internet, Media and Mobile. He serves as a board member for Augure, Believe, Curse, Eyeka, Mamsy, Oktogo, Shopmium, SoJeans, Viadeo, Webedia.

Alain has achieved numerous successful exits such as MeilleurTaux (first listed then sold to Group Caisse d’Epargne), Alapage (sold to France Telecom), Cyrano (IPO), Com6-Busines&Decision (IPO), Genesys (IPO), Internext (sold to Primus Telecom),and Racing Live (sold to ESPN).

Alain joined the private equity sector in 1986. He founded 3 management companies and has built rich experience in various types of operations (venture, expansion, buy-out & turnaround) as well as on multiple geographies, during multiple economic cycles.

Alain Caffi holds a Master of Sciences from the University of Kansas, Lawrence (USA). He is also a C.P.A. (Chartered Public Accountant)

Jean is a Managing Partner with Ventech, and has been investing in the Mobile and Infrastructure sectors since 2000. He brings to the team his expertise in this area as well as knowledge of these industries' business models and key actors. Jean serves as a board member for AdValem, Ateme, Crocus technology, Ekinops (EKI), Ogury, and Withings. He was instrumental in many of Ventech’s investments, including Altitude Télécoms (ILD), Arteris (QCOM), Musiwave (MSFT), Muzicall (RNWK), and Wengo (VIV).

Jean began his career in the USA (AT&T Bell Labs) and South America (Telecom Argentina), and then went on to develop new business opportunities within the ALTRAN Group in the Semiconductors and IP Networks sectors starting in 1997. He also co-founded a subsidiary dedicated to strategic due diligence for Private Equity investors.

Jean Bourcereau graduated from Ecole Polytechnique with a degree in engineering and also holds a degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des télécommunications. Based in Paris, Jean is married to Laetitia and is a proud father to Louis, Martin, and Eva.

Claire joined Ventech as General Partner in 2008. She focuses on Internet/Mobile Services and Software. She currently sits on the boards of Bonitasoft, Vestiaire Collective and Stickyads in France and Asgoodasnew in Germany.

Claire started her career at Crédit Lyonnais in project financing activities in France and in the USA. She later participated in the creation and development of the Venture Capital department of Crédit Lyonnais (which later became Crédit Agricole Private Equity) from 2000 to 2005, leading their investments in companies such as Musiwave (sold to Openwave), and Meiosys (sold to IBM).

In 2005 Claire co-funded the “Infrastuctures” fund for AXA Private Equity, handling investments in the Utilities sector (energy, water, waste) and particularly in the renewable energies in Europe.

Claire is an electronics engineer (Institut Supérieur d’Electronique de Paris) and graduated from ESSEC. Claire supports the non-profit organization Ashoka, which allows her to meet and collaborate with passionate social entrepreneurs.

Emmanuelle joined Ventech in 2011.

Previously, Emmanuelle was the Corporate Secretary at NPEIM in 2007 and was responsible for finance, legal, tax and middle/back office matters.

From 2001-2007, Emmanuelle served as a Corporate Secretary at DWS Investments, the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank, France.

Emmanuelle began her career in 1988 at CCF (now HSBC Group) as a Controller, before joining the asset management business in 1992, where she served in both the Controlling and Tax & Legal departments.

Emmanuelle graduated from ESC Rouen and holds a Master's Degree in Management Control from Paris Dauphine University. Based in Ville d'Avray, Emmanuelle has 3 'grow-up' children.

Christian has been a Managing Partner with Ventech since 2013 and brings his 16-year experience as an investor in innovation. With offices in Munich and Paris, he leads Ventech investment activities in the DACH region. He serves as a board member for Picanova and TV Smiles.

As a partner with TVM Capital (Munich-Boston, 1998-2008) and with OMNES Capital (Paris, 2009-2013), he led numerous investments, such as Tantau Inc. (listed on NASDAQ), T.I.M.E. AG (acquired by Genesys), Telesnap GmbH/Stuttgart (acquired by Netwise), CoreOptics Inc./Nuremberg (acquired by Cisco), Silicon Hive B.V. (acquired by Intel), Netviewer AG (acquired by Citrix), Arteris Inc. (acquired by Qualcomm), Plista GmbH (acquired by GroupM), Definiens AG (acquired by Astra Zeneca), Trusted Shops GmbH (Certification- and Confidence Solutions for e-Tailers), Turtle Entertainment GmbH (Digital  Media Group for e-Sports), TennisPoint GmbH (Europe's leading Tennis-Sport and Apparel e-Tailer), European Games Group AG (next gen F2P Online Games Publisher) and Trust You GmbH (SaaS-Provider for Online Reputation Management).

Prior to joining the VC industry in 1998, Christian worked for 10 years in Europe's Telecommunications industry as Head of Strategic Bus Dev and Product Management in Siemens' Public Networks Group.

Tero has been Venture Partner with Ventech since 2016 and brings operational, entrepreneurial and investment experience in innovation. With an office in Helsinki and Paris, he covers Ventech’s investment activities in the Nordic countries, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

Most recently Tero founded and was the CEO of PulseOn (2012-2015), a connected wearables company specializing in optical sensors and algorithms.

Tero holds a Msc. in Industrial Economics from Université de Genève and an MEB from Solvay Business School, Université libre de Bruxelles. Tero has lived and studied or worked in Belgium, Switzerland, UK, Russia, USA, and Finland.

During his times as an investor (1998 – 2006) for Sitra and as General Partner with Nordic Venture Partners he led numerous early stage Nordic investments such as u-Nav Microelectronics (acquired by Atheros), CRF Health (acquired by Vitruvian Partners), Continuent (acquired by WMware), and MAC (acquired by Meconet). He has also held several Investment Committee and Advisory Board positions in European and US VC funds. During his tenure with Nokia (2006 – 2012) he held leadership positions in Corporate Development, Venturing and M&A. Earlier in his career he worked in business development for Boeing Corp.

Audrey Soussan joined Ventech in 2011. As a Principal, she identifies and analyses new IT opportunities, contributes to investments and follow-up of technological companies. She monitors seed pocket investments.

Audrey graduated from Université Paris Dauphine and ESSEC, and benefits from first-hand experience in Venture Capital at DN Capital in London. She is a Co-Managing Director at GirlsInTech Paris, an organization focusing on the empowerment of women in technology. She is also a mentor at the Founder Institute, a global entrepreneur training and startup launch program.

Stephan Wirries joined Ventech’s investment team for the European markets in 2011. He particularly focuses on managing the dealflow, opportunity sourcing, analysis and due diligence. Stephan is also tracking our seed investments in Germany.

Stephan graduated in Strategy / Information Systems from WU Vienna and FH Flensburg. He also studied abroad at Bocconi University and Copenhagen Business School. Prior to joining Ventech, Stephan had a first venture capital experience at e.ventures.

Nicolas Barthalon joined Ventech in 2017.

A tech investment banker-turned-investor developing investments in the DACH region.

Laurent Fritz joined Ventech in 2017.

A highly experienced fund manager responsible for the accountancy of Ventech and its funds.