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📊 Venture Capital Today: Navigating a Market in Flux 🔎 In his latest blogpost, Salim Hassad, Principal at Newfund shares his view on what’s driving the current market dislocation in fundraising, with late stage valuation dropping, driven by bad market conditions, and early stage valuation soaring, driven by FOMO on GenAI. Salim Hassad explores the dynamics at play: traditional sectors are slowing, yet GenAI is attracting renewed interest and capital, even from U.S. investors returning to France. This unique split reveals both caution and optimism among investors, shaped by career ambitions, competition for high-quality deals, and a belief in future tech opportunities. 💡 Curious to learn more about the forces shaping today’s venture market? Read the article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/egc63MkG #VentureCapital #GenAI #InvestmentTrends #Newfund #TechInvestment

🎙️ Scale to America: the go-to podcast about expanding to the US! 🇺🇸 The journey to the U.S. market is one of the most ambitious and complex moves for every founder. Scale to America by Newfund shares firsthand experiences from founders who’ve taken on the challenges between Europe and the U.S., offering guidance on scaling in a competitive market. In each episode, Salim Hassad, Principal at Newfund, and his guests, dive into practical topics, from regulatory hurdles to scaling operations and adapting to U.S. customer expectations. 🔜 Get ready for the first episode, launching next week on all major streaming platforms! cc Salim Hassad #Newfund #ScaleToAmerica #VCInsights #USExpansion #Startup #US #Scaling

[ 💎 Support Women in Entrepreneurship ] Inclusive Hour : Learn How to Sell Your Startup 🤝 Are you a founder struggling to navigate the fundraising maze? Join us on November 29th, from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM, for an Inclusive Hour in partnership with SISTA. Our speaker, Lara KHANAFER, brings extensive experience as a founder and investor. With a background that includes building Kara.ai and contributing to the international growth of Dataiku, Lara will share proven fundraising strategies to help entrepreneurs effectively navigate the complexities of securing investment. Whether you are in the early stages of your startup or looking to scale, this session, hosted by Anne-Sophie Saint-Martin will provide valuable insights into negotiation techniques, investor relations, and market positioning. Following the talk, attendees are invited to stay for a networking breakfast, offering an opportunity to engage with peers and industry professionals. 📍 Location: Newfund Office, 15 rue de la Banque, 75002 Paris 📅 Date: Friday, November 29th, 8:30 AM-11:30 AM 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e6XVDenA Seats are limited : don’t miss your chance to learn from inspiring women and build lasting connections. #FemaleFounders #GenderDiversity #WomenInTech #Fundraising #DiversityAndInclusion

[📣 News from the Portfolio] We're thrilled to announce that portfolio company Umiami has rebranded as SWAP Food and is pursuing its international journey to transform the way the world eats. 🌱 Why "SWAP"? The new name is a direct invitation to consumers everywhere to swap traditional meat for tasty, sustainable plant-based alternatives. 🚀 SWAP Food has already established partnerships in major European and US cities, with plans to increase its presence in the future. 🎉 Congratulations to all the SWAP Food team for paving the way to a more sustainable food industry! cc François Veron #SWAPFood #PlantBased #Sustainability #FoodTech #VC #Investment

On October 17th, Newfund's CTO, Antoine Latrille, participated in Vestberry's Venture Intelligence Day in Prague. 💡 Antoine contributed to a panel on “Data Engineering in Venture Capital” alongside Alex Patow ( Inflection.xyz) and Tommaso Condulmari (P101), moderated by Elena Ghiniță. The panel emphasized that data engineering is essential for both new and established funds. Success requires a top-down vision and bottom-up buy-in, with a foundation of solid engineering before moving into data science. 🛠️ Following the panel, Antoine led a workshop on “Data-Driven LP Relationships,” where he discussed the importance of adapting to different LP expectations across borders. He also showcased Newfund’s unique approach: our tailored tools for LP knowledge and subscription processes, the data we provide to our LPs, and the Newfund+ app. 🤝 Vestberry's VC Day was an invaluable opportunity to build new connections, particularly with the panel participants, and engage with the CEE VC ecosystem, learning from some of the best in the field. 🙌 Congratulations to VESTBERRY for organizing such a collaborative event, and thank you for including us in this knowledge-sharing journey! #VC #Technology #Newfund  #VCDay #VentureIntelligenceDay

📍 [Tibi Deep Tech Roundtable] On October 15th, the Tibi Deep Tech Workshops on Digital Health and New Space gathered key experts to explore the future of innovation in these fields. Newfund was represented by Pierre Frouin, Operating Partner, who shared valuable insights into the competitive landscape of Healthcare, a strategic sector for the VC fund for more than 10 years. 🇺🇸🧠 Pierre discussed the Go-to-Market strategies for startups, highlighting the importance of balancing U.S. expansion with European growth. He explained how this approach, especially through Heka, helps accelerate progress in the BrainTech and HealthTech sectors. The roundtable also demonstrated how digital healthcare unites a wide range of players—corporations like Pfizer (Luca Mollo) and Dassault Systèmes, public institutions like Agence de l'innovation en santé and Inserm, startups like Volta Medical, and VCs such as Jefferies, Ventech, and Sofinnova Partners—all working together to foster the rise of international leaders, following Philippe Tibi’s initiative. cc Pierre Frouin, Anne-Sophie Saint-Martin, François Veron, Constant Beroulle, Carla Paillardon #Newfund #RoadToTheUSA #Heka #BrainTech #Tibi

[📣 News from the Portfolio] We are thrilled to share that Arkhn has launched Arkhn Assistant, a new tool that enables doctors to automatically generate medical and administrative documents, access patient follow-up information instantly, and explore details through an integrated chat feature. 🩺 By automating up to 40% of administrative tasks, Arkhn Assistant allows doctors to focus more on patient care with the help of AI. It integrates seamlessly with hospital information systems, optimizing time and significantly enhancing the quality of medical documentation by reducing errors in reports. Founded in 2019, Arkhn developed a Health Data Warehouse solution that manages 10 million patient files, while adhering to GDPR and data warehouses standards. Newfund has been supporting Arkhn since 2021, and we are excited to witness this new step in their journey. 👏 Congratulations to co-founders Théo Ryffel and Emeric Lemaire! cc Anne-Sophie Saint-Martin #MedTech #HealthTech #Investment #Arkhn

🚀 We are thrilled to announce the closing of the Newfund NAEH INNOPY fund, with the support of the Banque des Territoires, under the #France2030 initiative. This fund is dedicated to supporting innovative startups with a strong impact in the Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and is linked to the Ambition Pyrénées INNOPY project. Newfund NAEH INNOPY will invest among others, in companies in the Département des Pyrenées-Atlantiques (64) and Département des Hautes-Pyrénées (65) departments, aiming to drive the region’s transformation through sustainable innovation. 🎙️ This announcement was made official with a press conference in Bayonne on October 9th, reuniting all the entrepreneurship and innovation actors of the region. Since its launch, Newfund NAEH INNOPY has already made 6 investments concerning ESG, HealthTech, Deeptech, and AI applied to SAAS solutions. Thank you Banque des Territoires Secrétariat général pour l'investissement Département des Pyrenées-Atlantiques Département des Hautes-Pyrénées Antoine DARODES Jean-Jacques Lasserre Michel Pélieu Nathalie Police Antoine Pacquier Philippe CAMPA Cédric Verpeaux Jean-Nicolas BEASSE Pascal SAUREL FRANCK MIGAN Frederic NIETO Eva Lamothe Cédric Tonini Delphine Zamuner Anne-Laure Chevron Delphine Bellegarde-Rieu Laurence Nemes cc Patrick Malka Agathe Descamps Julie Roblot #innovation #startup #impactinvestment #VC #France2030 #Newfund #NewfundNAEHINNOPY 

🌍🧠 World Mental Health Day 2024 As we mark World Mental Health Day, it’s a great moment to reflect on last week’s Heka Mind Mixer with Professor Ludovic Samalin, exploring the role of digital medical devices in mental health—from diagnostics to personalized treatments. 💡 Mind Mixers are gatherings for our ecosystem where diverse minds come together for deep discussions on specific topics, supported by strong scientific insights. Through Heka, one of our key focuses is mental health, as we support startups that develop innovative digital solutions for screening, precision diagnostic and personalized healthcare. By providing these startups with the necessary resources and diverse expertise, our BrainTech fund aims to help them grow and revolutionize mental healthcare. We would like to thank Marion Leboyer and Fondation FondaMental for their invaluable collaboration with HEKA , for the impactful work they are doing in the field of mental health, and for introducing us to Professor Samalin. cc Anne-Sophie Saint-Martin Constant Beroulle Carla Paillardon #WorldMentalHealthDay #Braintech #Heka #HealthTech #MentalHealth #NewfundLPExperience

📌 Newfund’s 2024 VC mapping is out! As the VC landscape evolves rapidly, we’re excited to share our annual venture capital mapping for 2024. Every year, we take a closer look at the most active funds and where they stand, helping entrepreneurs and investors navigate the changing market. And to make our mapping even more useful, we have included a downloadable table by fundraising type and industries for entrepreneurs to plan their fundraising process. To access the mapping click the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5YmDY7x #VC #VCfunding #VCmapping #VCinvestment #fundraising #startups cc Salim Hassad François Veron Patrick Malka Anne-Sophie Saint-Martin Marjolaine CATIL Thomas Bodin Constant Beroulle Luca Vendeville Carla Paillardon