Jolt Capital
VC Fund
Paris, France
Jolt Capital is a fully independent Private Equity firm targeting growth investments in mid-sized European technology companies, typically with revenues between €10million and €100million. Founded in 2011, the firm is authorized and regulated by AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) and led by Jean Schmitt and a very experienced team.As industryinsiders, Jolt Capital has an ingrained understanding of the scaling constraints facing SMEs originating in Europe, from both an operational and financing perspective. As such, Jolt Capital enables and catalyzes the requisite expansion by financing Working Capital, CAPEX, and strengthening Balance Sheets, while facilitating operational and capital efficiency with strategic guidance across Intellectual Property (IP), Internal Processes, Partnerships, Talent, Board Membership, M&A, and more.It is a fast growing technology companies in Europe need to finance their working capital in order to scale effectively in competitive markets. Despite their robustness, limited access to bank financing is a recurring constraint on company growth. Jolt Capital partners with these great companies by filling this gap with mutually beneficial equity investments.Growing technology companies routinely require significant capex across the organization in areas such as manufacturing, servers, facilities, testing, etc. Jolt Capital supports companies in their Capital Expenditures on the path to sustainable growth and profitability.Jolt Capital fosters European mid-size companies’ growth and profitability by financing their working capital, capex, external growth strategies and overall strengthening their balance sheet, in an approach that is mutually favorable to Jolt’s investors, Jolt’s portfolio companies, and Europe as a whole.
- Total investments:
- 36
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
- Last fund:
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Industries Jolt Capital invests in
Stages Jolt Capital invests in
Countries Jolt Capital invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (25%)
- Manufacturing 6 (17%)
- Analytics 5 (14%)
- Semiconductor 4 (11%)
- Electronics 3 (8%)
Stage
- Private Equity 11 (31%)
- Series B 7 (19%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (14%)
- Funding Round 4 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (3%)
Country
- France 11 (31%)
- United States 3 (8%)
- Denmark 2 (6%)
- Germany 2 (6%)
- Singapore 2 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Akira Okada
Operating Partner
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Operating Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Antoine Trannoy
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
Guillaume Girard
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jean Schmitt
President & Managing Partner
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President & Managing Partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tempress Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures horizontal and vertical diffusion/atmospheric and low pressure chemical vapor deposition furnace systems. It offers horizontal production furnaces, small batch vertical furnaces, research and development furnaces, reactive ion etch systems, plasma etch and deposition systems, retrofits,spareparts, furnace and furnace components, advanced single wafer plasma process systems, gassource cabinets, loadstations, boatloaders, system controllers, conveyor furnaces, and Pyrox reactor systems, as well as training services. The company serves photo voltaics, semiconductors, photonics, MEMS, nanotechnology, and hybrids industries. Tempress Systems, Inc. was formerly known as Tempress B.V. and changed its name to Tempress Systems, Inc. in 1994. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Vaassen, the Netherlands with additional operations in France. Tempress Systems, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Amtech Systems, Inc. | $22.9M / Private Equity / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Locus Lock provides next-generation GPS solutions to businesses all around the world. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| ChapsVision enables sectors with a large data footprint, such as Retail, Finance and Public Services, to successfully complete their digital transformation thanks to a highly complementary portfolio of business solutions fully integrated around a unified Customer and Product repository and a modern analysis and investigation platform. | $89.8M / Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| ChapsVision enables sectors with a large data footprint, such as Retail, Finance and Public Services, to successfully complete their digital transformation thanks to a highly complementary portfolio of business solutions fully integrated around a unified Customer and Product repository and a modern analysis and investigation platform. | $90.1M / Series C / Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| NIL Technology ApS (NILT) takes optical applications to a new level of performance, efficiency, and compactness, by combining diffractive, refractive, and meta optics. As a result, NILT creates competitive advantages with flat optics in optical applications for 3D sensing, consumer electronics, machine vision, autonomous vehicles, and VR/MRdisplays. Products include optical elements and components, waveguides for AR/MR, and masters. | $31.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 07, 2024 | ||
| BOYDSense specializes in developing non-invasive and affordable tools for measuring critical biomarkers via the exhaled breath. The company provides breath-based metabolomics focuses on the capture, identification, and quantification of volatile organic compound (VOC) biomarker patterns in human breath and using it to diagnose and monitor chronicdiseases.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California. | $7.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| EVUM Motors is a manufacturer of electric utility vehicles. | $22M / Series B / Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| BioSerenity souhaite aider la communauté scientifique à mieux comprendre l'épilepsie pour mieux la soigner. Une fois anonymisées et privées de tout lien avec le patient, les données recueillies seront mise à disposition des chercheurs de l'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM). C'est un pas décisif pour faire avancer larecherche sur l'épilepsie et améliorer le futur du diagnostic | $25.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 13, 2023 | ||
| Microoled is a provider of microdisplays for mobile near-to-eye viewing devices used by consumers, medical professionals, and the security industry. Founded in 2007, Microoled headquarters, R&D, and a production facility are located in Grenoble, a renowned center of excellence in France for chipset and nanotechnology development. | Series B / Jul 12, 2023 | ||
| VIRTA offers a complete turnkey solution for managing electric vehicle charging services of any scale. Our future-proof solutions enable professional charging networks to offer a world-class end user experience to their customers. We also help real estates and other businesses stand out by providing them with a comprehensive EV charging servicepackage. | $71.4M / Private Equity / Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| See all 36 investments → | |||
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What does Jolt Capital invest in?
Jolt Capital invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Analytics startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Jolt Capital includes Akira Okada (Operating Partner), Antoine Trannoy (Managing Partner) and Giacomo Del Grande (CFO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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