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Based in San Francisco, California, Aymerik Renard joined Innovacom in 1996, opening the North American office. His major investments include Cobalt Networks (Nasdaq IPO, then bought by publicly traded Sun Microsystems), eFusion (bought by publicly traded ITXC), Epicentric (bought by publicly traded Vignette), Four11 Corporation (bought by publicly traded Yahoo!), Intershop (Neuer Markt IPO), Preview Systems (Nasdaq IPO), Sandpiper Networks (bought by publicly traded Digital Island/Cable & Wireless), and Tumbleweed Communications (Nasdaq IPO).
Aymerik has worked with Internet technologies since 1989, and focuses on enterprise and telecom software investments. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, and has been on the advisory board of IBF’s Corporate Investing & Strategic Partnering Conference a number of times over the years.
Prior to joining Innovacom, Aymerik headed France Telecom North America’s Internet and online service related business development activities. While there, he performed technology, market and strategic analyses and participated in partnership and joint venture negotiations, working in close contact with various France Telecom operating units, and served on the board of directors of the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum, an international carrier industry group.
Aymerik is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in information and decision systems, as well as policy and management. Aymerik is fluent in English and French, and can be reached by calling the US office at +1 650 875 3012. | 