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Based in Silicon Valley, I’m a General Partner at HCVC, an international early-stage hardware-centric venture capital fund. I have over 25 years of business development and investing experience spanning hardware, software, and services, across four continents. Angel investments include Carta and Eargo (IPO).Several of my portfolio companies have had successful IPOs on the Nasdaq and NYSE, with others acquired by Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, SAP, Yahoo, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Cox Automotive, Keynote Systems, Ericsson, Assa Abloy, Toro, Digital Island, ITXC, Cable & Wireless, and CNH Industrial.Prior to joining HCVC in 2017, I led Western Digital’s North American and European strategic venturing program at Western Digital Capital. I came to WDC via its acquisition of SanDisk, where I led investments in North America for SanDisk Ventures. Before SanDisk I was the VP in charge of venture-backed supply chain startup PCH International’s emerging business team targeting startups, where I co-founded Highway 1, a hardware startup accelerator between San Francisco and Shenzhen. Earlier, I headed France Telecom-Orange’s venture activities in the US, investing on behalf of Innovacom as well as France Telecom Technology Investments and Orange Ventures.I’m a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Information & Decision Systems as well as Policy & Management, and started my computing industry career while a student, serving as Campus Representative for Apple Computer.I enjoy working with companies that can have a profound impact on their ecosystem. The companies I've been involved with have pioneered significant advances in the Internet, computing, mobile, and consumer electronics industries.I've used online services since the days of acoustic coupler modems, have worked with Internet technologies since 1989, and mobile systems since 1993.I have a multicultural background, having lived in the US, Norway, Brazil, France, Scotland, England, China, and Singapore, and conducted business in a significant number of other countries across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Citizen of the USA + France.I have substantial experience with public speaking, conference presentations, and working with the media. Over the years I've been interviewed and referenced by US National Public Radio, Private Equity Week, The Corporate Venturing Report, Global Corporate Venturing, Upside Magazine, Tele.Com Magazine, La Tribune, Le Point, Red Herring, Fortune Small Business, DotCEO Magazine, Tornado Insider, The Industry Standard, and Venture Reporter, among others.
Aymerik Renard Work Experience Details
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General PartnerHcvc Sep 2017 - PresentParis, Ile-De-France, FrBased in Silicon Valley and Paris, HCVC is a venture capital firm helping hardware-related founders build amazing companies.With Hardware Club Fund I, we invest in pre-seed, seed, and series-A hardware-centric startups. My HCVC investments are Alcatraz, Amberbox, Anello Photonics, Antaris, Augmenta, Bellwether Coffee, Bodyport, Caper (acquired by InstaCart), Fieldvision (acquired by BallerTV), Full Speed Automation, Left Hand Robotics (acquired by Toro), Span, and Spectrohm.We also run Hardware Club, a stage, geography and sector agnostic community of highly curated hardware startups and corporate partners. We help member startups scale globally through access to strategic partnerships and resources aimed at overcoming critical challenges common to hardware, like manufacturing and distribution. -
AdvisorHcvc Jun 2016 - Sep 2017Paris, Ile-De-France, FrSpanning Paris, San Francisco, and Tokyo, Hardware Club is the first community-based venture firm for hardware startups.Hardware Club selects startups worldwide building game-changing products or technologies and help them scale globally, providing resources to its community through a private network of partners in manufacturing and distribution, an online platform, and private events. Hardware Club also invests at early stage in some of its member startups.
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MemberEuropean Defense Investor Network May 2023 - Present -
Board MemberSpectrohm Dec 2021 - PresentTysons Corner, Va, UsSpectrohm was founded in 2018 by former US Intelligence Community officers with the vision to make security screening and inspection safer, faster and more accurate. Spectrohm’s team includes some of the most innovative minds in material identification science, with expertise in radio-frequency (RF) engineering, sensor development, and artificial intelligence. Spectrohm has developed a patented next-generation RF-based technology that provides safe, high-speed threat identification without the use of potentially harmful X-Ray radiation. Thanks to launch customers in the US Department of Defense and the US Department of Homeland Security, Spectrohm’s solution is disrupting mail screening, customs inspection, and border and aviation security, and empowering the use of AI in these applications. -
Board MemberFull Speed Automation Feb 2021 - PresentLos Gatos, Ca, UsFull Speed Automation was founded by the former Head of Core Automation Engineering at Tesla. Our company boosts manufacturing with intelligent automation and digitization. Our software =V= VITESSE, is the world's first no-code digitization and automation platform for Manufacturing. It enables fast bring-up, rapid iterations, with up to 70% savings on costs versus traditional platforms! -
Board MemberAugmenta Aug 2019 - Mar 2023[Acquired by CNH Industrial.] At Augmenta we’re on the mission of changing Agriculture by “smartly” automating the most critical agricultural operations, driving down costs, and improving crop performance. Augmenta is a deep-tech company serving farmers and agricultural service providers with both intuitive and actionable solutions. Our company is the first in the sector globally, combining reliability with scalability. The technology is based on edge computing, multispectral computer vision, and AI to achieve an accurate perception of the farming environment (e.g. the canopy health) and automate tasks, such as fertilizer application. Our state-of-the-art machine learning tech and carefully designed hardware operate in real-time and the system "learns" the more it's used by the farmer. A typical farmer can increase their yield up to 15%, reduce the number of chemical field inputs by up to 20% and increase the quality of their field's end-product by 15%.
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Board ObserverHightail Jan 2017 - Sep 2017San Mateo, California, Us[Acquired by OpenText] Hightail addresses the problems of creative collaboration and visual project management between teams of creative professionals and their clients and other stakeholders. Hightail began as a simple way to send files that were too large for email and has since grown to evolve the cloud into a virtual workspace that enables seamless collaboration on visual projects from concept to completion. -
Board ObserverAvere Systems Jan 2017 - Sep 2017Pittsburgh, Pa, Us[Acquired by Microsoft] Avere is radically changing the economics of data storage. Avere’s solutions gives companies – for the first time – the ability to put an end to the rising cost and complexity of data storage by giving customers the freedom to store files anywhere in the cloud or on-premises without sacrificing the performance, availability or security of their data. -
Director, Western Digital CapitalWestern Digital Aug 2016 - Sep 2017San Jose, Ca, UsWestern Digital Capital has invested over $250 million in more than 20 start-ups. We are stage agnostic, investing alongside financial and corporate VCs in seed to expansion stage start-ups. Our portfolio spans cutting-edge components, systems, and software technologies across memory storage, cloud, data center, big data, the Internet of Things, mobile, wearables, virtual and augmented reality, and frontier tech, for the benefit of consumers as well as the enterprise. -
Board Observer3D Robotics Apr 2015 - Sep 2017Berkeley, Ca, Us3DR helps people see their world from above. As North America’s largest personal drone company, 3DR is a pioneer in making advanced, easy-to-use drone technology accessible to consumers for a wide range of everyday exploration and photography, and for applications using data analysis, mapping, surveying and 3D modeling for agriculture, construction, infrastructure, search and rescue and ecological study. -
Director, Sandisk VenturesSandisk Mar 2014 - Aug 2016Milpitas, Ca, UsSanDisk Ventures targets investments across the spectrum of flash storage—from companies with solutions that enhance enterprise applications to companies that develop consumer products.I was heading our North American investing in data center, IoT, wearable, and mobile technologies, and also investigating relevant investments in Asia and Europe. -
MentorQualcomm Robotics Accelerator Oct 2014 - Nov 2015The Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator was a 16-week program run by a full-time, dedicated Techsters team on the Qualcomm R&D campus. Ten startups were selected to come to San Diego to accelerate their robotics businesses and had access to the range of expertise and resources from Qualcomm to help bring their vision for an automated future to life.
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Co-Founder & MentorHighway1 Jun 2013 - Jan 2014San Francisco, Ca, UsHighway1 is part of PCH International, a global supply chain company that has been working with large companies for years, and more recently brought venture-backed startups like littleBits and Lively go from prototype to market via PCH Accelerator. http://highway1.io/ -
Vice President, AcceleratorPch International Jun 2011 - Jan 2014San Francisco, California, UsI ran PCH Accelerator, focused on giving funded and/or post-incubation hardware start-ups a competitive edge by taking a product from development to market in the same amount of time that a Fortune 500 leader could do it, and helping later stage start-ups upgrade their supply chain to unlock their sales growth potential. The goal was to assist start-ups with world-class teams and products and offer them the same services and facilities that engineering, manufacturing, and distribution services company PCH offers to top tier clients, in start-up friendly ways. While there I brought on board, funded, and helped launch products for LittleBits, Meta Watch, and Lively, among others. -
Advisor For Information Technology Companies[Stealth] May 2009 - Jun 2011Assisting information technology start-ups with company formation, funding, product strategy, business development, and international expansion.Assisting corporations with corporate venturing initiatives, spin-offs, and acquisitions of venture-backed start-ups.
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Founding Board MemberTelecom Council Of Silicon Valley Sep 2007 - Apr 2009Sunnyvale, Ca, UsThe Telecom Council of Silicon Valley connects companies and individuals involved in the region's Communications Technology industry with one another for business development, collaboration, and education. Using our network, tools, framework, and meetings to bring together the local telecom industry's critical mass of businesses, research, ideas, capital, and human expertise – the Council is a hub for telecom professionals. -
Partner North AmericaInnovacom Venture Capital 2000 - 2009Paris, Île-De-France, FrFounded Innovacom's North American office. Early investor in Four11 (bought by Yahoo), Intershop (IPO), Cobalt Networks (IPO, then bought by Sun), Sandpiper Networks (bought by Digital Island, then Cable & Wireless), Tumbleweed Communications (IPO), Epicentric (bought by Vignette), eFusion (bought by ITXC), and Preview Systems (IPO), among others. -
Managing Director, Venture CapitalFrance Telecom-Orange North America 2000 - 2009Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, FrInvested and managed funds for France Telecom's Innovacom venture subsidiary. Also managed corporate investments for Orange and France Telecom in the US, such as Danger (bought by Microsoft), Jabber (bought by Cisco), and Netezza (IPO). -
Investment Manager, North AmericaFrance Telecom-Orange North America 1996 - 2000Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, FrTasked with relaunching France Telecom's US venture capital activity. Was able to achieve substantial profitable venture returns in less than two years. Sourced investment opportunities in Total Entertainment Network, MPlayer, Covad, Unwired Planet/Phone.com, Critical Path, OneBox, @Motion, The Mining Company/About.com, and Octane Software, among others.
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Manager, Internet Business Development, UsFrance Telecom-Orange North America Jun 1994 - Aug 1996Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Île-De-France, FrHeaded France Telecom North America’s Internet and online service–related business development activities. While there, performed technology, market and strategic analyses and participated in partnership and joint venture negotiations, working in close contact with various France Telecom operating units, represented France Telecom in CommerceNet, and served on the board of directors of the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum, an international carrier industry group working on the development of interoperable multimedia IP equipment standards and interoperable IP multimedia services. Also responsible for creating and managing the France Telecom group's first international web presence.
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Board MemberPixsense Dec 2006 - Dec 2008Co-led the investment in PixSense. PixSense provides mobile media management infrastructure, software, and services for wireless carriers. PixSense’s technology enables digital media management and rich-media messaging services to mobile subscribers who increasingly rely on their mobile phone as their primary media device. PixSense’s technology also includes patent-pending, on-device media compression technology and network optimization technology that ensure fast transfers, and significantly reduces costs to both end users and wireless operators. For more information on PixSense or to try the solution, visit www.pixsense.com. -
Board MemberMobile Complete Apr 2005 - Dec 2008San Mateo, Ca, UsLed first round investment in Mobile Complete (2011 Keynote acquired the company for $90m) as sole investor, and was board director until the company hit profitability. In Mobile Complete offers multi-point solutions for the development, testing, deployment, monitoring and marketing of mobile applications and services. They include DeviceAnywhere, LiveTest, LiveMonitor and MarketAnywhere. The company has been experiencing tremendous success in the market as demonstrated by recent customer acquisitions that span the full spectrum of the mobile industry -- network operators (Cingular, T-Mobile, Swisscom, France Telecom), device manufacturers (Motorola, SonyEricsson), content providers (MSN, AOL, Yahoo, InfoSpace, I-Play, Mforma, Airborne Entertainment, Jamdat) and infrastructure companies (Comverse, Telephia). -
Board MemberJabber Sep 2005 - Oct 2008San Jose, Ca, UsRepresented France Telecom on the board of Jabber (sold to Cisco), a leading provider of real-time presence and messaging solutions. More than seven million users—representing hundreds of telecommunications carriers/operators, financial institutions, government agencies, higher education institutions, logistics companies, and other organizations—have licensed the Jabber XCP commercial server to underpin carrier-class real-time, presence-powered applications including desktop and wireless IM for enterprises and consumers, real-time trading systems, and government intelligence systems. The JabberNow IM appliance is targeted to small and medium businesses, that require secure, interoperable, and compliant business-class IM. Jabber Inc., a 2005 EContent 100 Award Finalist and a 2005 Red Herring 100 Award Finalist, counts Arcelor, AT&T, BellSouth, CapWIN, EDS, FedEx, France Telecom, HP, Lehman Brothers, McKesson, Orange, Portugal Telecom, and Wanadoo amongst its customers. -
Board MemberKxen Jan 2004 - Aug 2008San Francisco, Ca, UsSourced and led Innovacom's investment in KXEN (SAP acquisition), revolutionizing the way companies use predictive analytics to make better decisions on petabytes of big data. Based on patented innovations, the company’s flagship product, InfiniteInsight and its pure cloud-based platform, Cloud Prediction, deliver orders of magnitude improvements in speed and agility to optimize every step in the customer lifecycle – including acquisition, cross-sell, up-sell, retention and next best activity. Proven with over 500 deployments at companies such as AAA, Allegro, Bank of America, Barclays, Belgacom, CBS Interactive, ING Direct, Lowe’s, Meredith Corporation, Mobilink, Overstock.com, PT XL Axiata, RealNetworks, Rhapsody, Rockwell, Rogers, Sears, Shutterfly, Stage Stores, U.S. Cellular and Vodafone, KXEN solutions deliver predictive power and infinite insight. -
Board MemberEnvivio Mar 2003 - Aug 2008San Francisco, Ca, UsLed innovacom's investment in Envivio (Nasdaq IPO then acquired by Ericsson). Envivio is the leading provider of MPEG-4 (including AVC / H.264) systems that power innovative services for revenue generating and bandwidth saving applications in the broadcast, mobile, enterprise and IPTV markets. Service providers using Envivio systems can reduce their operational costs by making their existing infrastructure more efficient while offering the highest quality video services at the lowest possible bit rates. More than a pioneer in the development of MPEG-4 technology, Envivio's open standards-based technology and systems are used to deliver complete end-to-end solutions that range from mobile video services, digital television over IP, and rich media communications to high definition television. -
Board MemberKirusa Apr 2001 - Aug 2008Berkeley Heights Township, New Jersey, UsInitial lead investor in Kirusa, one of the leading Mobile Social Media and Value Added Service providers in the world, founded by AT&T Labs and Bell Labs veterans. With its portfolio of mobile services, Kirusa is helping people in the emerging markets maximize the value they derive from their cell phones. Kirusa is working with more than 30 carriers in Africa, Middle East, South and South East Asia, CALA, and Eastern Europe, and services more than 80 million mobile subscribers every month, who collectively make more than 1.1 billion monthly calls to services offered by Kirusa. The company has a market reach of more than 500 million subscribers. -
Board ObserverXtime 2004 - 2008Mission, Kansas, UsI sourced and led Innovacom's investment in Xtime (Cox Automotive acquisition for $325m). Xtime increases customer retention by transforming the ownership experience for automotive manufacturers and dealership service departments, thus increasing customer satisfaction while boosting dealer revenue and profitability. Xtime is committed to delivering the experience consumers demand – one which emphasizes value, convenience and trust. Xtime processes more than 2 million appointments per month, has booked 70 million service visits since its founding. 20 OEMs on 2 continents have chosen Xtime to drive that same type success for their businesses, converting $5B in service revenue for more than 6,000 dealership customers annually. -
Campus Special Projects Lead: Ra And Pa Recruiting And Evaluation ProcessCarnegie Mellon University Aug 1993 - May 1994Pittsburgh, Pa, UsOne of two most senior Residence Life student staff. Established first Residence Life student staff position to formalize the processes and standards used to recruit, select, and evaluate (via 360 degree methods) Resident Assistants and Program Assistants. Reported to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. -
Teaching Assistant, Structured Analysis And Design Of Information SystemsCarnegie Mellon University Aug 1993 - Dec 1993Pittsburgh, Pa, UsTeaching assistant for Junior-year, semester-long core Information and Decision Systems, Social and Decision Sciences Department required course. Taught lab section; graded assignments and exams.
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Systems Manager, Housing OfficeCarnegie Mellon University Jun 1993 - Jul 1993Pittsburgh, Pa, UsScoped, specified, architected and developed next-generation student housing reservation database system.
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Program AssistantCarnegie Mellon University Aug 1992 - Jun 1993Pittsburgh, Pa, UsSenior member of Residence Life staff, responsible for campus region of over 40 Resident Assistants.
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Student Campus Representative For Carnegie Mellon UniversityApple Computer 1992 - 1994Cupertino, California, UsBuilt relationships with students, faculty, staff, and parents to promote and support the use of Apple products by the Carnegie Mellon community. Collaborated with the regional Apple sales team to run marketing programs on campus, including new product demos, and sales promotions increase awareness of Apple Macintosh computers. -
Resident AssistantCarnegie Mellon University Aug 1991 - Jun 1992Pittsburgh, Pa, UsResponsible for ground floor wing of Donner Hall.
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Developer InternNoble Denton, Singapore Jun 1991 - Jul 1991London, GbWorked as a summer intern in Noble Denton's Singapore office porting simulation software in FORTRAN.
Aymerik Renard Skills
Start Ups
Strategy
Venture Capital
Mobile Devices
Business Development
Entrepreneurship
Product Management
Strategic Partnerships
Telecommunications
Enterprise Software
Corporate Development
Mergers And Acquisitions
Wireless
Business Strategy
Management
Mobile Technology
Private Equity
Mobile Applications
Cloud Computing
Consumer Electronics
Leadership
Partnerships
Product Marketing
Corporate Governance
Product Development
Go To Market Strategy
Strategic Planning
Executive Management
Manufacturing
E Commerce
Competitive Analysis
Due Diligence
International Development
Analytics
New Business Development
Wireless Technologies
Iptv
Digital Media
Saas
Aymerik Renard Education Details
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Carnegie Mellon University+ Policy And Management -
International School Of StavangerAmerican High School Diploma (Valedictorian)
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