Jean Grenon Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 9

  • Portfolio
  • 4

  • Exits
  • 4

Exits

Jean Grenon General Information

Description

Mr. Jean Grenon is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner of NexTFund Capital. He serves as Board Member at Intellisports. He served as a Board Member at Algolux. He serves as Chairman at FlyScan Systems. He serves as Fund Manager at i4 Capital. He brings more than 25 years of expertise in the telecom and wireless space. After a stint with the Boston Consulting Group in Paris and Boston, he worked for over 20 years in the wireless equipment industry in the US for technology innovators such as M/A.COM and California Microwave and start-ups such as Technical Communications Corporation, Microwave Radio Corporation, and Innova Corporation. Prior to forming Vectrad Networks and then NexTFund Capital in 2003, He was Chairman and CEO of Innova Corporation, a company he led following its listing on the NASDAQ in 1999. He has focused for the last 15 years on angel investing in technology, primarily in Canada. He has invested in and exited a number of companies such as Elliptic Technologies, Optosecurity, Ticksmith, LandR via secondaries or an outright company sale. He graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and holds a Harvard Business School MBA. He sits on the board of several innovation-driven corporations including Inter-Mobile S.A.S, a NexTFund portfolio company.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • C/O NTF Capital
  • 9 rue Lincoln
  • 75008 Paris
  • France
+33 01

Jean Grenon Investments (9)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Playfitt 06-May-2022 Seed Round Application Software Generating Revenue
Sollum 01-Jun-2020 Electrical Equipment Generating Revenue
Aerial Technologies 08-Nov-2018 Electronic Equipment and Instruments Generating Revenue
Faurecia IRYStec 05-Jun-2018 Application Software Generating Revenue
Sollum 01-Sep-2017 Electrical Equipment Generating Revenue
handyem 04-Dec-2014 Social/Platform Software Out of Business
Mirametrix 11-Dec-2013 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Iloc Technologies 24-Oct-2013 Early Stage VC Electronics (B2C) Generating Revenue
LANDR 27-Sep-2013 Seed Round Multimedia and Design Software Generating Revenue

Jean Grenon Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Mirametrix 12-Nov-2021 Merger/Acquisition
Faurecia IRYStec 01-Jul-2020
Iloc Technologies 01-Jan-2018 Secondary Transaction - Private
handyem 01-Oct-2017 Out of Business

Jean Grenon Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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Jean Grenon Co-Investors (8)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
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Antony Acciarri Series chart Industry bar
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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Series chart Industry bar

Jean Grenon FAQs

  • Who is Jean Grenon?

    Jean Grenon is an angel Investor who has made 9 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Jean Grenon?

    Jean Grenon is an angel investor.

  • What does Jean Grenon do?

    As an angel investor, Jean Grenon invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Jean Grenon hold?

    Jean Grenon holds a board seat in Playfitt.

  • What has Jean Grenon invested in?

    Jean Grenon has made numerous investments in companies like Playfitt, Sollum, and Aerial Technologies within the Application Software, Electrical Equipment, and Electronic Equipment and Instruments industries.

  • What has Jean Grenon invested in recently?

    Jean Grenon's latest investment was on 06-May-2022 in Playfitt, a company within the Application Software industry.

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