Jean Schmitt from Jolt Capital

Jean Schmitt is the Managing Partner of Jolt Capital.

Jolt Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investment in growth capital technology.

Jolt Capital generates returns for its investors by enabling growth-stage technology-rich companies with strong fundamentals to execute their scaling strategies, in sectors that offer strong exit potential across hardware-driven or software-driven solutions: photonics, advanced materials, cybersecurity, electrification, smart sensors, semiconductors, personalized health, and more.

They provide growth capital to their portfolio companies (from €10M to €50M in tranches).

Takeaways

- Misconceptions and realities of deep tech.

- The returns that can happen in deep tech.

- Investing in deep tech requires a long-term commitment and patience.

- Sourcing investments in deep tech often involves identifying strong IP.

- How to identify what strong IP looks like.

- Evaluating deep tech companies.

- Why the focus on later-stage companies.

- Why Jolt is excited about Canada's deep tech scene.

- Playbook for scaling deep tech companies with leadership and sales.

- Jolt's first investment in Canada.

- Dynamics and breakdown of the European tech market.

Chapters

00:00 The Genesis of Jolt and Deep Tech Investment

05:06 Misconceptions and Realities of Deep Tech

09:44 Investment Strategies in Deep Tech

15:07 Sourcing and Evaluating Deep Tech Companies

19:53 Trends and Market Dynamics in Deep Tech

25:02 Geographical Focus: Europe and Canada

29:58 First Steps in the Canadian Market

34:58 Building and Scaling Deep Tech Companies

40:01 Learning from Global Investment Practices

Keywords

Jolt, deep tech, investment strategies, intellectual property, market trends, Canada, Europe, technology companies, venture capital, growth stage