# Xavier Paternot

> Xavier Paternot is a funding round investor at VINCI CAPITAL backing Energy and Electronics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VINCI CAPITAL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinci-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-paternot-31a26719

Xavier Paternot is a funding round investor at VINCI CAPITAL focused on Energy and Electronics. Mr Paternot worked with Vinci Capital since 2004. He is responsible for SME investments in industrial and IT sectors and represents Vinci Capital on the board of Omnisens, CES Creative Electronic Systems, RSD and ASIC Robotics. Prior to Vinci Capital Mr Paternot was responsible for new business development. at Microchemical Systems (formerly partof Renaissance PME portfolio), a company providing silicon-based gas-sensors to the automotive industry. Mr Paternot began his career as a manager at Hughes Space and Communications in California, developing the guidance and control system for communication satellites.Mr Paternot holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Electronics | 1 | 100% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Omnisens SA | OMNISENS was created in 1999 as a spin-off company of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL ). Omnisens produces instrumentation and systems based on optical metrology and photonics.Using fiber optic-based sensing Omnisens offers continuous, reliable monitoring for energy industry assets. A range of solutions is available for earlydetection and location of events which may threaten the integrity of the asset. These techniques provide condition monitoring, asset optimization and intrusion detection, based on small changes in temperature, strain and vibration. Monitoring techniques include Brillouin-based Distributed Temperature and Strain Sensing (DTSS), which Omnisens pioneered, Raman Distributed Temperature Sensing(DTS), Distributed Acoustic/Vibration Sensing (DAS/DVS) and Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG).Based in Switzerland Omnisens operates throughout the world, either directly or through specialized solution providers, via dedicated application, commissioning and customer service teams. A leader in long-distance fiber optic sensing, Omnisens has pioneered effective real-time asset integrity monitoring solutions for critical oil and gas, power and civil engineering infrastructures. | $5.3M |  | Sep 10, 2008 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About VINCI CAPITAL

VC Fund · Lausanne, Switzerland

Vinci Capital is a leading Swiss private equity firm with over MCHF 200 under management. Since 1998 they have provided equity to over 30 Swiss technology and industrial companies to finance innovation, growth and succession-buyouts.Their investment team capitalizes on 40 years of cumulated experience in private equity and a solid operationalbackground in growth, turn-around, consolidation, IPOs and M&A situations.

5 contacts available at VINCI CAPITAL.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Waldvogel | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-waldvogel |
| Jean-Luc Chenaux | Chairman of the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-luc-chenaux |
| Sabine Andre | Administrative Manager, Compliance officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sabine-andre |
| Xavier Paternot | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xavier-paternot |
| Claude Suard | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-suard |

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## FAQ

### What does Xavier Paternot invest in?

Xavier Paternot invests primarily in Energy, Electronics and Oil and Gas startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Xavier Paternot last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Xavier Paternot closed in Sep 2008. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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