INVESTING IN EARLY STAGE B2B BLOCKCHAIN START-UPS

Jean-Marc was managing partner at BTR Capital Advisors, an investment advisor focusing on venture capital and special situations in Europe and Asia, and has 30 years of professional experience. Investments included several start ups in food safety (based on blockchain technology), healthcare, authentication. Prior to that, he was a partner at Osiris Partners, a French Turnaround Fund based in Paris.

He had been VP Mergers & Acquisitions at EADS where he conducted several corporate restructurings of EADS subsidiaries and investments in start-ups on behalf of EADS group. He had previously been in charge of developing the business activities and the presence of the EADS and Lagardère groups in North Asia.

Before joining EADS, he was the co-founder of a strategic advisory firm where he advised European and US companies on their investments in China. He is the author of several articles and essays on China. His latest publication is “Sovereign Wealth Funds, financial instruments or geopolitical weapons” Autrement, 2009.

He is a graduate of JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University (USA), and EDHEC Business School (France). He speaks fluently French, English and German.

Education

• MBA, JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management - Northwestern University
• MSc EDHEC Business School

Experience

• BTR Capital Advisors, London
• Osiris Partners, Paris
• EADS / Lagardere Group, Paris
• GE Capital, Barrington Illinois
• Credit Lyonnais Investissement, Paris

David worked as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, covering the Energy sector, and providing investment insights and ideas to global fund managers on equity securities. His prior experience include working in R&D on biophysics projects, in finance and strategy in various industries including in Healthcare (Novartis), Retail/Luxury Goods (L'Oréal/McKinsey) and Financial Services (Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Deloitte, ADN’Co). He was previously on the Board of Directors of Article 1 (previously Frateli), a Paris- based charity (‘French Impact’ label received in 2018).

David holds a BSc in Chemistry from Imperial College London (UK), with a major in quantum mechanics and computational chemistry. As part of his degree, he spent a year studying Management at Imperial College Business School (UK). He also holds a MSc in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School (France). He followed several online courses during his spare time including on Blockchains, Algorithms and Machine Learning (Coursera). He speaks French, English and Cambodian fluently.

Education

• MSc, EDHEC Business School
• BSc, Imperial College London

Experience

• Goldman Sachs, London
• Barclays Investment Bank, London
• Deloitte, Paris
• L'Oreal, Paris
• Novartis, Basel

Baptiste worked as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in London, covering the Utilities sector with a focus on Renewables. His previous experiences include working as an equity sales at Goldman Sachs in Paris, and as a buy side financial analyst at Rothschild & Co and La Banque Postale Asset Management. He cumulates more than five years of experience in the financial sector with a focus on equity investing. Back in 2017 he started mining cryptocurrencies mainly Ethereum.

Baptiste holds a Grande Ecole degree and a MSc in Finance from Audencia Business School (France). He also spent a half-year abroad studying Finance at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He speaks French and English fluently.

Education

• MSc, Audencia Business School
• Exchange program, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Experience

• Goldman Sachs, London & Paris
• Rothschild & Co, Paris
• La Banque Postale Asset Management, Paris