Jean-Bernard Schmidt,

Jean-Bernard Schmidt joined Sofinnova in Paris in 1973 as investment manager.

In 1981 he became President of Sofinnova Inc. in San Francisco until 1987, when he returned to Paris to head the Sofinnova group. He then began focusing Sofinnova's investments in Europe on technology and early stage projects in Information Technologies and Life Sciences.

In 1989 he launched the first Sofinnova Capital fund. He is a past and current board member of many technology companies in the United States and France.

Between 1998 and 2001, he was a board member of AFIC, the French Venture Capital Association.

From June 2003 to June 2004, he was Chairman of EVCA (European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association).

Jean-Bernard Schmidt is a graduate of Essec Business School in Paris and holds a M.B.A. from Columbia University in New York.


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