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In Memoriam: Grégoire Lassalle, A Pioneering Spirit Behind Newfund

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

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

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

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

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

France could pioneer brain science-inspired statecraft

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France could pioneer brain science-inspired statecraft

Harris A. Eyre MD PhD, Marion Leboyer MD PhD, François Véron, Paweł Świeboda, William Hynes and Rym Ayadi. France will hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union from January 1 to June 30, 2022. Brain science-inspired policies and economic settings are needed to solve existential brain

Is Newfund useful?

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Is Newfund useful?

With a massive slowdown of our inbound deal flow due to Covid-19, we decided to pause proactive investments for two months (apart from committed term sheets & hand shakes) and ask ourselves how we could be more useful to our founders? Although this strategic evolution of being more than just

Your Series A check sheet ✔️

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Your Series A check sheet ✔️

If you prefer to download directly the check sheet, download is here. Newfund recently announced its 3rd series A refinancing in a row over the last three months. First came FairMoney with Flourish Ventures & DST partners. Then Fairmarkit with Insight Partners. And a few weeks ago, came Young Alfred

Predictive Churn Indicator

Predictive Churn Indicator

Not all revenue is equal. Figuring out how strong yours is remains key for the future of your business, especially in a post-covid world and the likely crisis. When facing troubles, most entrepreneurs (me included) have a tendency to apply a macro risk and global hypotheses to their business. For

Portfolio analysis in trying times

Portfolio analysis in trying times

With the Covid-19 crisis hitting all data points at full speed, valuations as of Dec 31st, 2019 became obsolete. We needed a new tool to assess the health of our portfolio for internal prioritization as well as LP reporting. In this article, we share our methodology as implemented at the

In the Covid crisis, forecasts are useless

In the Covid crisis, forecasts are useless

March 29, 2020 — we finally got it: the pandemic is here, we understand that the number of infected people will rise to a peak, followed by a sharp decrease in the number of victims. Or at least we think we got it. Start-ups are being told that there will be