Alain Rodermann
Founding Partner at Expon Capital
Alain Rodermann
Founding Partner at Expon Capital
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2015 - Current
We back ambitious teams with bold Ideas harnessing Exponential Technologies for a global Impact. Among the companies at the later stage, Spire Global, Catalyte, Dott, Glovo, Pliops, Refurbed, Coinhouse, Salonkee, Sympower... 2 funds under management with CSSF supervision funded by Institutional Investors, Corporations and Family Offices
Lieutenant-Commander / Capitaine de Corvette (reserve)
1988
Senior Officer in the French Naval Aviation - Capitaine de Corvette (lieutenant commander) 1988-1989 : Air Traffic Controler 1993 : Somalia. 1996 : Bosnia. 2010-2014 : development of new recruitment channels for the French Navy. Testimonials and Medals.
Managing Partner - Genii Investment Mgt.
2014 - 2015
Primary and Secondary Tech investments. Great firm but I left with Jérôme and Marc to found Expon Capital.
CEO
2009 - 2014
Founder of Arenatis Capital Partners, an independant VC firm incubating e-services and buying secondary positions in private companies Founder of Arenatis Venture Services providing entrepreneurs with mentoring and fundraising services. Venture Partner with Sobera Capital. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Formforall and Welovewords. Board member of Sirdata, Geneanet and Orphanlan. Advisor of the Business Development Accelerator of the EIT Digital. Mentor at Startup Leadership Program. Lecturer at Essec and Supelec
Partner
1999 - 2009
Sourced and Analysed thousands of investment opportunities in Europe and in the US. Invested and held board seats in early stage high tech startups in the UK, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland USA; among them : Atomz, Letsbuyit.com, Emailvision, Maximiles, Wyplay, Mydeco. Grew companies from inception to IPO. Developed and put in place the deal sourcing and analysis process (2001). Built from scratch the hardware practice in 2001. Built a broad network of Gps, Lps, lawyers, head hunters, experts, entrepreneurs and corporate executives, across Europe, and the USA. Spoke at a number of conferences, and cited in many newspaper articles. Worked in a multinational, English speaking ecosystem. More than 6 months cumulated stays in San Francisco.
Investment Director
1997 - 1999
Venture Capital arm of Orange. Invested in and sat on the board of 5 early stage startups, among them 3 went IPO: Netvalue, Lastminute.com, Integra.
Head of projects and business development
1991 - 1997
Designed and led the development of Command, Control and Intelligence Systems for the French Ministry of Defense. Started and led a business development activity for internet related technologies.
Project Manager at IB2 Technologies (Bouygues - IBM Joint venture)
1990 - 1991
IB2 Technologies, Bouygues-IBM Joint Venture Led the design of several Smart Building construction and renovation projects. Led the construction of a Data Center for Winterthur.
Software Engineer
1988 - 1988
development of an AI attitude control software for satellites (l'Aerospatiale)
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
1997 - 1997
Certification - Director
2020 - 2020
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Licence
2009 - 2012
Associate of Science (A.S.)
1983 - 1985