In 1986, Pierre de Fouquet, managing partner at Iris Capital, a France-based venture capital firm
managing strategic investments for Saudi Telecom, France Télécom and Publicis Groupe, helped
launch the venture and growth capital arm of the French Caisse des Dépôts, where he was in
charge of investments in cinema and television businesses, and then more widely in the media
sector.
He currently holds board positions at Editions Montparnasse, Flach Film and Rue des Ecoles. He
has also chaired L’Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (the French VC and
private equity association) and headed its venture commission. He is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes
Politiques de Paris and holds a PhD in economics from University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).