Market trends

The collapsing French fundraising market and the AI hope: Time to invest or time to wait?

I’ve been struggling for months to understand what’s happening in the venture market. It feels like we’re in both the coldest and hottest fundraising markets ever, simultaneously. Here’s what we know: the liquidity crisis is severe, with fewer IPOs and exits than we saw even during

Fundraising Advice Featured

Ultimate 2024 VC Guide for your fundraising in France

As the venture capital landscape continues to shift and evolve, Newfund releases its annual VC mapping for 2024.

Fundraising

Newfund's latest term sheet

We released a new version of our term sheet in order to minimize the back and forth with founders In France, it takes too long to close a deal: 12 weeks on average. Precious time that could be dedicated to the company’s operations is being wasted in tedious legal

Newfund US

Unlocking Growth through Acquisition: Q&A with Alexander Jekowksy, CEO of Cents

In Bri Wang's latest blog post at Newfund, we share insights from Alexander Jekowsky, CEO of Cents, on their growth strategy and recent acquisition of Laundroworks.

Brain Capital

Brain-Computer Interfaces: The Latest Breakthroughs and Developments

Last year, we published an article about brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), a rapidly growing sector. Since then, BCIs have continued to capture the spotlight. In 2023, Nature Electronics selected BCIs as the technology of the year, recognizing their critical moment in technological advancement. UNESCO also underscored the importance of this field

AI

How Startups from the USA to France are Embracing the AI Wave

7 out of 10 Newfund startups have incorporated AI into their business, and the trend is accelerating. Since 2010, artificial intelligence has seen groundbreaking developments, especially in the past two years with the advent of transformers and GPT-like models. This technology has democratized powerful AI tools, allowing startups of any

Brain Capital

Techbio and its applications in BrainTech: an investor perspective

We have decided to dedicate a series of articles on the BrainTech market to show our investor perspective. After discussing the Brain Technology Revolution, Brain and Nutrition, BCI, Psychedelics and Sleep tech, Skills Enhancement this new article deals with the current state of Techbio and its applications in BrainTech. Introduction

Brain Capital

Exploring Opportunities in the Nordic Countries

With our new BrainTech-focused investment strategy, Heka, we are expanding our geographic scope beyond the US and France. We're actively seeking to identify the next Brain Capital champion in both Europe and the US. This endeavor requires us to delve into and understand new, fascinating ecosystems. We'

Brain Capital

Skills enhancement startups: an investor point of view

We have decided to dedicate a series of articles on the BrainTech market to show our investor perspective. After discussing the Brain Technology Revolution, Brain and Nutrition, BCI, Psychedelics and Sleep tech, this new article deals with Skills Enhancement. Introduction Skills are defined as cleverness at doing something, resulting either

LPs

In Memoriam: Grégoire Lassalle, A Pioneering Spirit Behind Newfund

Grégoire Lassalle had a flair for setting the scene: he left on All Saints' Day. A good way, too, of ensuring that he will not be forgotten. Certainly, no one will forget him. His spirit and values will stay with us forever. Grégoire was an extraordinary personality, who had

Brain Capital

The SleepTech Industry: an Investor Perspective

Introduction We have decided to dedicate a series of articles on the BrainTech market to show our investor perspective. After discussing the Brain Technology Revolution, Brain and Nutrition, BCI, and Psychedelics, this fifth article deals with the SleepTech industry. The SleepTech industry is defined as ‘the sector of technology and

Market trends

Fundraising trends of French startups in Q3 2023: The VC market saved by deeptech

Following the studies on the financing of French startups for the two quarters of 2023, Newfund now reveals the trends observed at the end of the third quarter. The downward gap compared to the third quarter of 2022 is now only 21%, compared to 48% when comparing the first three

LPs

The “Newfund LP Experience”: designed to elevate your financial and intellectual growth

In the fast-paced world of venture capital, Newfund has been a key player since its creation in 2008, guiding early-stage founders towards global expansion and substantial growth. This journey has enabled our French and US teams to meet with numerous visionary entrepreneurs, conducting not only to a favorable financial track

Venture Capital

Investing in the Next Newfund Fund : How Do I Determine My Commitment?

Unlike some investment mechanisms that immediately mobilize the subscribed amount, investing in private equity is gradual: the fund "calls" capital as it makes investments. Similarly, the fund distributes the proceeds from sales as they occur. Newfund's experience demonstrates a certain regularity in these cash flows, in

Road to the USA

Red Luxury - International growth from founders with a global strategy

Founded in 2012 by Romain Bénichou and David-Emmanuel Cohen, Red Luxury is a Paris-based French-American jewelry and watch brand accelerator. Its mission is to challenge the norms of the traditional watch and jewelry industry by partnering with exceptional talent to expand up-and-coming luxury brands globally. In an interview with Newfund’

Analysis

Empowering women entrepreneurs

Newfund 2023 Action Plan Every year, Newfund analyzes the gender diversity in our dealflow at each stage of the investment process. This serves the purpose to ensure that there is no bias in our selection method. As the Newfund report shows, startups co-founded by at least one woman saw almost

Road to the USA

The US Market Expansion Quiz: Your Startup's Roadmap to Success

Expanding to the US market can be a significant milestone for any startup. The sooner the US expansion, the better the outcome, as the data points out (see the Data-Driven Approach to an Early US Expansion). 'Am I ready' is the question that everyone is asking because the

Brain Capital

Psychedelics: an investor perspective

We decided to dedicate a whole series of articles on the BrainTech market, to show the richness that this sector can reveal and to address the most controversial topics. After talking about BCI, this second article deals with the psychedelic market. The past decade has ushered in a renaissance in

Fundraising Advice

Ultimate 2023 VC Guide for your fundraising in France!

Fundraising is a crucial part of developing one’s startup. It is often a lengthy process that involves countless hours researching and reaching out to funds. In order to help entrepreneurs target the right funds and avoid wasting time reaching out to the wrong funds, we are relaunching a 2023

Market trends

The withdrawal of American funds and its impact on French startup investments

French startups are facing a 68% decline in funding during Q1 2023 compared to Q1 2022. In light of this historic shift in the French startup ecosystem, Newfund has published a study highlighting the link between fundraising amounts and the decrease of US funds’ activity in France. American funds are

Brain Capital

Brain Computer Interface : an investor perspective

BrainTech is the new emerging sector of innovation, and as such, provokes both excitement and fear. Especially since it involves the most important organ of our body, and yet, the one we still don’t fully understand. It's been a while, however, that BrainTech is a no-brainer for

Road to the USA

8 common traps when expanding startups to the US and how to avoid them

The US market is a crucial stepping stone for European startups. At the same time, it’s a step that can feel scary and overwhelming. A successful US expansion absolutely requires looking at a new market with fresh eyes, but it is much less scary and unknown than it sounds.

Road to the USA

The benefits and lessons learned from visiting the Bay Area as a founder

A conversation with DataGalaxy co-founder Sébastien Thomas Created in 2015 by Lazhar Sellami and Sébastien Thomas,  DataGalaxy is an innovative data governance solution that offers the first agile data mapping platform, enabling teams to share a common knowledge of the company's data to stay focused on the essential:

Road to the USA

A French founder’s perception of the Bay Area’s startup culture

As shared by Mehdi E. Hafed Pocard (co-founder of Touch Sensity) Created in December 2019 by Anna Pugach and Mehdi E. Hafed Pocard, Touch Sensity offers a revolutionary technology that makes objects and materials sensitive to physical interactions without using sensors, which are always difficult to integrate. The entire surface,

Entrepreneur

The Super Interview

Olivier Pailhès, co-founder and ex-CEO of Aircall September 2022 Olivier Pailhès, co-founder of Aircall, stepped down from his position of CEO in August 2022 after a 9-year tenure at the head of the new phone cloud powerhouse, and the satifaction to have brought the company from zero to $100M+ ARR.