laurent babikian
Master's degree in Banking & Finance from Dauphine University, with MBA from IESE Business School, Spain. 10 years of experience in financial markets. Currently working as Independent Advisor in Private Equity at Corcovado.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Languages, Marketing, Portuguese, Sales |
| Location: | rio de janeiro |
| Groups: | IESE Center for Entrepreneurship (CEFIE ) |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | looking for opportunities in brazil where i have recently relocated |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Corcovado, privately held company, Paris, Sophia-Antipolis and Brazil |
| Position: | Independent Advisor in Private Equity |
| Time period: | December 2002 - Present |
| Description: | Supervised development strategy consultancies and fund raising processes for growth
companies in partnership with LDA: • B3G: VOIP Operator-Turnover 2007: 75 M€ - Private Placement: 16 M€. • Miyowa: Mobile Instant Messaging Platform Provider - Turnover 2007: 5 M€ Private Placement: 3 M€. • Imminence: European Multiple Listing Service operator- Private Placement: 3 M€ • Holding company involved notably in high speed powerline communication, and telecom handset manufacturers virtualization: M&A and fund raising assignments in process. Coached the CEO of Imminence and Wany. |
| Employer: | Afternext, Incubator and Seed Capital Fund, Paris and Sophia-Antipolis, France |
| Position: | Member of the Board, Investment Manager and Operational Coach |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Within a team of 5 people, analyzed the deal flow, co-founded, invested and followed-up
22 start-up companies. 10 are still in operation with a cumulated turnover of 50M€ of which: • Miyowa is the leading European provider of Mobile Instant Messaging Platform • Wany is a robotic software editor - operational coaching • Criston Software is a clients systems management software editor, Former member of the Board • Imminence, European Multiple Listing Service operator, operational coaching. • Elsys Design, electronic equipment system integrator First exit in September 2008 through a LBO. |
| Employer: | Banque Indosuez, acquired by Credit Agricole in 1997 |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1990 - November 2000 |
| Description: | 1996-2000 Founded and Managed the Provence dealing room in Marseille, France:
Structured sophisticated debt & foreign exchange strategies as well as investment products targeted to large corporates, local authorities and institutional investors. Advised HNWI, clients of BGPI. Managed a team of 3 people. Realized yearly profit of 4 M€ by 2000 up from scratch. 1993-1996 Foreign exchange sales, dealing room in Paris Headquarters: Specialized in foreign exchange options strategies, developed a portfolio of 10 new large corporates and realized an average yearly profit of 2 M€. 1991-1993 Treasurer in Vanuatu, Tax Haven located in the South Pacific: Managed and hedged the daily foreign exchange and interest rate treasury position. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Tennis and Soccer player |
| Memberships: | - IRIS, International and Strategic Relations Institute which is the leading French foreign policy think-tank
- Agora Energy which is aimed at enhancing the energetic consciousness of citizens Founder of the Center for Globalizations and Human Security (GSH) |
laurent's Startups (2)
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Emulis
Emulis is the leading operator of Multiple Listing Service MLS (dedicated to realtors) in France and Italy and it has just started to operate in Spain.
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Humberto Matsuda
Humberto Matsuda is the partner responsible for Venture Capital investments at Performa Investimentos.
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