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

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

Skills enhancement startups: an investor point of view

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

The SleepTech Industry: an Investor Perspective

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

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

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

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