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Red Luxury - International growth from founders with a global strategy

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’

Empowering women entrepreneurs

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

United states business expansion

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 challenge seems

Ultimate 2023 VC Guide for your fundraising in France!

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

Ultimate 2021 VC Guide for your fundraising in France!

Fundraising Advice

Ultimate 2021 VC Guide for your fundraising in France!

[If you came for the maps of the French ecosystem, just scroll below — last updated May. 25th, 2021 ⚙️ NEW: Excel download here] In order to help entrepreneurs target the right funds and avoid wasting time reaching out to the wrong funds, we have worked hard these past few weeks to

Your Series A check sheet ✔️

Fundraising Advice

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 with

Business Angels or Seed Funds?

Fundraising Advice

Business Angels or Seed Funds?

I must hear it every day. Should you raise your seed round with a few Business Angels (BAs) or should you raise with a Venture Capital Seed fund? I am obviously biased since I work for a VC fund, but I once raised money from Business Angels as an entrepreneur,

The Don’ts of Starting a Start-Up

The Don’ts of Starting a Start-Up

Do, do, do, but how about a dose of don’t, don’t, don’t? Don’t partner with associates without a shareholders’ agreement! You might be best friends now, but don’t tomorrow decide on something you could put in writing today. Don’t give equity to someone working

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

How to write the best pitch deck?

Fundraising Advice

How to write the best pitch deck?

Pitch decks are all very different. They are customized for the fundraising round, the industry, the country, the experience of the entrepreneurs. This is the pitch deck, slide by slide, 9 slides long, to unite us all! [If you don’t care about the explanations, here is the link for

Cohorts, cohorts, cohorts!

Cohorts, cohorts, cohorts!

Why cohorts are your single most important assets when fundraising, and how you should showcase them to venture capital funds! There I said it! You could have the best pitch deck in the world, but your cohorts’ slide alone could do the job to convince an investor (🔥). In this article,

When to refuse money from a VC?

Fundraising Advice

When to refuse money from a VC?

Venture Capital firms can be adored and reviled. They are behind some of the companies that have become a fabric of our daily lives. If it weren’t for Uber and Spotify, we would still be listening to the same iTunes playlist in a regular taxi that doesn’t accept