Jean-Marc Patouillaud
General Partner, Partech Europe
Jean-Marc Patouillaud is a co-managing partner of Partech Europe (Partech International Partners SAS) with Philippe Collombel that he joined in 1996. He is based in Paris.
Jean-Marc has a long track record of successful exits including IPOs with Lannet (GIAN), RadVision (RVSN) and Alvarion (ALVR) and trade sales with Fluxus (acq. by British Telecom), ISDNet (acq. by Cable and Wireless), Solomio (acq. by Openwave Systems) and Apogee (acq. by Colt). His current portfolio includes Digitick, Acco, Dibcom, PowerID, Jobpartners, and Airwide Solutions
Prior to joining Partech, Jean-Marc was a partner at Finovelec, a Paris based venture capital firm and managed Genèse Investissements, the first French Seed Capital Fund. He started his career as an engineer with Cegelec and worked in a Nuclear Power Plant division.
Jean-Marc earned an MBA from HEC and an MS in Engineering from SUPELEC both in Paris.
Married, with three children, Jean-Marc lives in Versailles. He has sailed on most of the oceans and has climbed numerous peaks in the Andes, the Cascade Mountains, the Tetons, and the Alps. He is also a avid cave explorer and rows every week on the Versailles Palace Grand Canal.
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