Laurent Kott

Laurent began his career as a Research Professor at the University of Paris 7 and then Professor of the universities at the University of Rennes and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin. He also directed the Inria center in Rennes for 5 years. He was then a member of the general management of Inria before taking over the management of Inria-Transfert. In these roles, Laurent implemented Inria’s proactive policy on the creation of technology companies. He also participated in the design of the first seed fund dedicated to Digital (I-Source). From 2011 to 2019, he was Chairman of the IT-Translation Management Board, creating and managing the first ultra-seed investment fund for digital deep tech companies in France.

Laurent holds a doctorate and a state thesis in computer science in the field of programming and software development. He is the (co) author of articles in the field of programming and distributed systems.