Laurent is a part time Venture Partner of 360° Capital Partners with the task of scouting investment opportunities in the UK. Laurent started his professional career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Paris and Sydney and then moved to JP Morgan and UBS Warburg in London where he quickly became a highly ranked equity research professional covering the retail and consumer goods industries. He started is Venture Capital career in 1997 when he joined Arts Alliance, a London-based VC firm, which he co-led for more than 11 years and where he became managing partner. He was one of the lead investors and an active board member of Lastminute.com, Prepay Technologies, Smartjog, PropertyFinder and Kiala. Laurent holds a BA degree from HEC and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He is married with two children, enjoys history, science and sports (tennis, ski, rugby)