Herman De Latte is a shareholder and partner of venture capital funds such as Hummingbird \/ Big Bang Ventures (Belgium), Solid Ventures (The Netherlands) and the private equity holding Green Ventures (Mumbai & Kathmandu). De Latte is also a board member of several start-ups such as Scense (Rotterdam), Planzone (Paris) and Mobiya (London). Herman was a general partner at the NeSBIC CTe venture capital funds from 2001 to 2008.<\/p>\n
Previously, Herman de Latte was the CEO of Boston based ON Technology from 1997 until 2000. Prior to that, Herman was president \/ COO of Micrografx in Dallas and managing director Europe-West for Ashton-Tate Corporation in Amsterdam. These three companies were all Nasdaq quoted.<\/p>\n
Herman De Latte is a Belgian born national who holds a degree in computer science and applied mathematics. His views are mostly independent.<\/p>\n
Herman’s areas of expertise include<\/p>\n
\u2022 Venture capital and finance in general. These skills were acquired based upon investments in 35 companies over 15 years.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Turn-around and crisis management. The business world can truly only be understood when a company is in trouble. Restructuring a company is not a science, it is an art.<\/p>\n
\u2022 An information technology focus : business intelligence & big data, business process management, Cloud Computing and SAAS.<\/p>\n
\u2022 An energy focus on energy efficiency and alternative energy ( Hydro energy \u2018 run of the river\u2019 projects\u2019).<\/p>\n
Here are some of the presentations he gave in the past :<\/p>\n
– The economy in the 2&st century.<\/p>\n
– Role of Venture Capital. <\/p>\n
– Role of the government in economic growth.<\/p>\n
– The role of venture capital and private equity in Alternative Energy projects.<\/p>\n
– The health of the planet \/ Energy Efficiency.<\/p>\n
– Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital.<\/p>\n
– India, finance and taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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