I am a Senior Executive and General Manager with a proven track record of defining and executing transformative industry and venture investment strategies that propel businesses from concept to $50M–$100M+ in revenue. Working closely with my team, we either build these solutions internally or source breakthrough innovations from top R&D and innovation centers globally.My expertise spans IT, AI, and climate technology, where I have developed and managed high-impact portfolios across North America, Europe, and Asia. I currently focus on energy transition, decarbonization, and climate tech investments, where we drive venture building to shape the sustainable industries of tomorrow.Career Highlights:- Early roles in Telecom and IT, where I honed expertise in product management, strategy, investment selection, and partnerships within mature, billion-dollar companies.- Established and scaled businesses in IoT, Digital/AI, and Energy Transition sectors, investing over $200M in ventures spanning smart maintenance, smart manufacturing, mobility, logistics, energy storage, EV, battery management, and hydrogen power.What I Bring to the Table: identify untapped business opportunities and transform them into high-growth ventures, whether within established enterprises or through new venture creation. I’ve driven revenue growth from $0 to $100M, $40M to $340M, and $250M to $500M, generating billions in enterprise value for stakeholders.Leading and scaling diverse, high-performing teams across the US, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan has been a rewarding aspect of my career, and I am passionate about creating value and impact in everything I do.Let’s connect if you’re interested in transforming industries through innovation and strategic growth in emerging tech and sustainable ventures.
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Founder And CeoStudio 2050 VenturesParis, Fr
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Managing PartnerStudio 2050 Ventures May 2024 - Present- Climatech Venture Studio with an initial focus on eMobility, Energy Storage, Hydrogen value chain, Smart Grids and Energy Efficient building- Ideation, pre-seed and seed investment in studio built start-ups, taking them to Series A stage.- Partnerships with research and technology institute and corporates
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Senior AdvisorArcis Capital Partners Jun 2023 - PresentNew York, Ny, UsInvestment selection, due diligence, valuation, for growth stage ventures in the Hight-tech, AI and Energy transition sectors -
Global Vice President, Gm - Environmental Business (Ex. Social Innovation Business)Hitachi Jan 2019 - Mar 2024Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp• Built and managed the corporate venture building unit (incubation and acceleration), with strategy, fund, finance technology, solutions management, marketing and operations functions (team of 40+).• Contracted with dedicated internal (Hitachi) software development, hardware R&D teams and external technology teams.• Established the venture building playbook, and governance model, taking ventures from ideation to series-B stages.• Sourced ideas from Hitachi deep tech teams, business unit executives and external global partners.• Managed the creation and growth of internal ventures/startups with hiring of dedicated startup management team at seed stage.• Invested over $110M across 16 ventures, with 2 unicorn businesses and a multi-billion $ entreprise value created.• Ventures launched covered EV/e-Mobility, charging-as a service, battery analytics and battery-as-a-service, data-center decarbonization, virtual power plants, energy storage, hydrogen power generator, energy efficient buildings, energy storage and smart grids. -
Head Of Corporate Venture Office - EmeaHitachi 2022 - 2024Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp- Focus on Environmental and Climate tech external start-ups- In alignment with Hitachi BUs growth priorities, sourcing, selection and due diligence of start-ups – for strategic partnerships or investments
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Senior Director - Global Strategy, Finance, Operations - Growth Ventures, Social Innovation BusinessHitachi 2017 - 2019Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Jp• Managed a $30M+ (annually renewed) acceleration fund and allocated it to selected seed and series-A stage digital and AI ventures targeting the transportation, energy/utility and industrial sectors. • Defined the operating model and managed the strategy, finance, business and sales operations, governance teams of this digital and AI venture acceleration business unit.. • Standardized the MVP building, sales acceleration and operational playbooks for growth/acceleration ventures• Contracted with internal dedicated Hitachi software development and R&D teams.• Selected 15 seed or early series A stage ventures early in 2017, invested $95M over 3 years to both grow revenues and streamline the portfolio. By the end of year-3 the portfolio had been reduced to 3 companies, with a 10x growth in cumulated annual sales orders and $B+ enterprise value created.• Digital ventures in the portfolio included commercial fleet management, logistics fleet guided repair, factory optimization with predictive maintenance and remote useful life, security and video intelligence, water management, infrastructure lighting management, manufacturing equipment as a service.
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Senior Director - Head Of Incubation Business Unit - Analytics And IotHitachi Vantara Apr 2014 - Dec 2016Santa Clara, California, Us• Transferred to the Santa Clara corporate office of Hitachi Vantara to set up a new business incubation unit focused on analytics and IoT offerings for the Telecoms sector.• Hired a team of 20 professionals (in North America and Europe) across the strategy, product management, marketing, sales, pre-sales and partnership/alliances functions. Contracted with internal software development and R&D teams.• Operationally managed the unit through the definition and execution of the business and go-to-market strategies, the building of minimum viable offerings and the sales and marketing campaigns across the US, Canada and Europe.• By the end of year 2, the unit had closed $5M in sales bookings.• Offerings developed included network operational analytics, predictive quality of service, customer analytics for services upselling. -
Director & Deputy Head - Global Telecom And Media VerticalHitachi Vantara Apr 2011 - Apr 2014Santa Clara, California, Us• As deputy head of the newly established global Telecom and Media business, held direct responsibility for the strategy, sales enablement, product management, partnership and alliances functions and teams (direct report team of 10+).• Significantly expanded the breadth of telecom and media specific offerings, signed global alliances with global tier-1 OSS and BSS vendors (Ericsson, Amdocs, etc.) and tier-2 specialized solution providers, and implemented global sales enablement and solution selling programs.• Seconded head of business unit in sales and pipeline management activities.• Between 2011 and 2014, Telecom & Media global average annual revenues growth was circa 21%, nearing $500M at the end of the period.
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Director Emea - Telecoms Business ConsultingHitachi Vantara Apr 2008 - Apr 2011Santa Clara, California, Us• Reporting to the Vice President - Global Account Sales, promoted to run the EMEA-focused global Telecom account program, defining account strategies and driving campaigns with Telefonica, Vodafone, Deutsche Telecom Group, Orange, Swisscom and Portugal Telecom account managers.• Leveraging all capabilities of the Hitachi group, put in place OSS, BSS, Business Value of IT and R&D collaboration initiatives resulting in a 2.5x revenue growth in 3 year, at over $100M.
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Principal Business ConsultantHitachi Vantara Jan 2007 - Apr 2008Santa Clara, California, Us• Hired as business consultant driving a French-focused telecom sales program. In the first 12 months, drove a sales campaign targeting Bouygues Telecom, and resulting in the signature of a first $10M sales contract in December of 2007.
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Associate Director - ConsultingGartner Group 2005 - Dec 2006Stamford, Ct, Us• Led strategy and business value of IT consulting engagements for Telecom Italia, Vodafone and Telefonica. • Opened Vodafone Global R&D organization as a new account, sold and managed the delivery of a software innovation strategy and governance program for the global head of Vodafone R&D. -
Director Of Product ManagementViatel 2003 - 2005Dublin 15, Ireland, Ie- Managing a team of product managers and product marketing managers- Launched and managed connectivity, hosting, security and application services -
Early CareerTelecom Operator And Strategy Consulting 1997 - 2002• Product engineer, product management and strategy consulting positions in the telecom and internet sector (Icon CMT, Qwest Communications, Telechoice, Inc., Result Ventures)
Laurent Guengant Education Details
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The London School Of Economics And Political Science (Lse)(Public Policy And Administration) -
Harvard Business SchoolFinance
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Harvard Business SchoolLeadership And Innovation
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Sda BocconiBusiness Administration - Strategy & Finance Specialisation
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École Pour L'Informatique Et Les Techniques AvancéesComputer Science - Artificial Intelligence
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Classes Preparatoires Maths Sup/Spé M - Lycee Amedee GasquetMaths/Physics
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Sda Bocconi
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What schools did Laurent Guengant attend?
Laurent Guengant attended The London School Of Economics And Political Science (Lse), Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School, Sda Bocconi, École Pour L'informatique Et Les Techniques Avancées, Classes Preparatoires Maths Sup/spé M - Lycee Amedee Gasquet, Sda Bocconi.
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