Deleage and BEDCO were early investors in a number of notable venture backed companies including Cephalon, Chiron and Genentech.
Additionally, Deleage facilitated a significant partnership between BEDCO and Sofinnova, leading to a number of co-investments.
BEDCO invested in information technology, communications, and healthcare/biotechnology companies, and at its zenith managed $700 million in assets.
Alta Partners is one of several successors to BEDCO founded in the mid-1990s and has raised over $1.9 billion of investor commitments since inception.
Jean received a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Supérieure d'Électricité and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Sorbonne.