Iris Capital, a France-based venture capital firm that counts telecommunications group Orange and public relations firm Publicis as strategic partners, has hired Stéphane Pesqué and promoted Julien-David Nitlech to partner.
Pesqué joined Iris as a partner in charge of early-stage investments in France. He had been managing director of CM-CIC Capital Privé, a private equity subsidiary of France-based retail bank CM-CIC, for more than 13 years, and had been leading its VC team and activities since 2010.
Nitlech joined Iris…