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Jean Bernard Schmidt,
Managing Partner and Chairman
Jean-Bernard Schmidt is managing partner and chairman of Sofinnova
Partners. He started with Sofinnova in Paris in 1974
as an investment manager. In 1981, he became chairman
of Sofinnova Inc. in San Francisco where he participated in Sofinnova's
US funds, in a partnership with Burr, Egan & Deléage,
including many investments in information technologies and life
sciences investments. He returned to Paris in 1987 to
head the Sofinnova group. Building on his US experience,
he focused on technology and early stage opportunity investments
in the fields of information technologies and life sciences. In
1989, he launched the first Sofinnova Capital fund.
He is a past and current board member of technology companies in
the US and France, currently sitting on Wintici, Edrasco and CosmosBay
boards. He has also been a board member of Afic (French
Venture Capital Association) and Chairman of Evca (European Private
Equity & Venture Capital Association).
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