Profile
Olivier Protard is Managing Partner and invests in IT, with a strong focus on Internet and software.
He started with Sofinnova in 1989 and was one of the founding members of Sofinnova Partners in 1997.
Over the years, he has invested in many start-up projects, from micro-electronics to Internet portals.
He was the first investor in several successful Internet start-ups in the mid-nineties, including Nomade and Multimania.
He acted from seed-investor all the way to public listings in two recent success stories, VistaPrint in the US and Parrot in France.
As a young professional, before joining Sofinnova seventeen years ago, he worked as a junior management consultant in London and then as associate-editor of the French computer magazine Le Monde Informatique (IDG Communications Group).
He currently sits on the boards of Travel Meta Search, BeeWare, Qosmos, Volubill, Quescom and Sefas.
Former positions of Olivier Protard
| Companies | Position | End |
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Seventure Partners SA
 Seventure Partners SA Investment ManagersFinance Seventure Partners SA (Seventure) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Natixis SA founded in 1997. Seventure Partners SA is headquartered in Paris. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2013 |
Sofinnova Partners SAS
 Sofinnova Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco. | Director/Board Member | 01/12/2007 |
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Sofinnova Partners SAS
Sofinnova Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco. | Finance |
Seventure Partners SA
Seventure Partners SA Investment ManagersFinance Seventure Partners SA (Seventure) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Natixis SA founded in 1997. Seventure Partners SA is headquartered in Paris. | Finance |
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