Romain Sautrau

Romain Sautrau has extensive experience in the venture capital and investment industry, with a focus on sustainable technologies and the agri-food sector.

Romain is currently serving as an Investment Director at Supernova Invest, a leading European venture capital firm specializing in DeepTech investments. In this role, they support innovative startups developing sustainable technologies in various sectors, including Climate Tech, Life Science, Digital Technologies, and Agriculture. Their responsibilities include making investments from Seed to Growth Capital across Europe and Israel.

Prior to their current role, Romain was involved in various ventures. Romain was a Founding Partner and provided investment advisory services in the agtech/foodtech sector at StartupFarmers. Romain worked as a strategic advisor, assisting clients such as investors, corporates, and startups in the agrifood ecosystem with innovation strategies, investment screening, and strategic due diligence. Additionally, Romain founded StartupFarmers' Venture Capital Fund project, where they made seed investments and provided strategic coaching to AgriTech startups. Some of their notable investments included Antofénol, a natural preservatives company for agriculture and the cosmetic industry, and nextProtein, a large-scale technology company producing sustainable protein from insects.

Romain also served as a Member of the Investment Committee at GO CAPITAL, a leading investor in tech startups with a focus on biotech, cleantech, and digital sectors. Romain provided their expertise as an AgTech expert in investment decision-making.

Furthermore, Romain gained experience at Corporate Value Associates, a global strategy boutique, where they worked as a Manager in the Agriculture & Energy practice. Romain worked on various projects across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, covering topics such as investment and partnership decisions, marketing strategy, innovation management, portfolio arbitrage, and value optimization.

Earlier in their career, Romain worked as a Large Venture Associate at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, where they focused on CleanTech. Romain also worked as an M&A Analyst at Climate Change Capital, an investment boutique specializing in the low carbon economy, where they provided strategies, corporate finance, M&A, and project finance advice for energy companies, government, and institutional investors.

Romain started their career as an Investment Analyst at Global Gestion, gaining insights into investment analysis and portfolio management.

With their diverse and extensive background in venture capital and investment advisory, Romain Sautrau has built a strong expertise in sustainable technologies, agri-food, and the low carbon economy sectors.

Romain Sautrau's education history begins in 2005 when they attended the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. Romain completed a Msc degree in Game and Decision Theories during their time there. In the same year, they also pursued another Msc degree in Economics at Université Paris Nanterre.

Later, in 2011, Romain Sautrau enrolled at INSEAD and completed an MBA degree. Romain graduated as part of the Class of July 2012. The specific field of study for their MBA is not provided in the information given.

In terms of additional certifications, it is mentioned that Romain Sautrau holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute. However, the exact year and month of obtaining this certification are not mentioned.