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...down their assets, went bankrupt or held fire sales, their VC backers found themselves with little to return to their own investors. As many as 80% of Europe's incubators and independent early-stage venture firms are expected to disappear by next year. Jean-Bernard Schmidt, founder of Paris' Sofinnova venture capital firm and chairman-elect of the European Venture Capital Association, points out that since the venture market in Europe is far less mature than in the U.S., the Continent has a far greater share of these young funds in trouble. Meanwhile, captive funds - those that are owned...
Though lack of management expertise is often cited as another weakness, the country?s pool of seasoned executives is starting to get larger, says Jean-Bernard Schmidt, president of a Paris-based venture-capital fund, Sofinnova Partners. Consider the career of Pierre Liautaud, another Tech Tour participant and the brother of Business Objects? CEO. This Liautaud started at IBM in 1982, first as an engineer for IBM France and later as vice president of marketing for its Internet unit in the U.S. He left Big Blue in 1999, returning to France to take the job of CEO of @Viso...
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