Newfund

Newfund Management

Type	Venture capital
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Paris, France
Key people	François Véron, Patrick Malka, Charles-Antoine Morand
Website	www.newfund.fr

Newfund is a venture capital firm in Paris, France. Founded in 2008, it has raised more than 100 million euro for investments in startup companies. As of end-October 2015, its portfolio included investments in 42 companies in France and the U.S. ^[1]

In January 2016, Newfund was listed third in an independent ranking of the Top 10 French venture capital firms in the FinTech sector.^[2]

Investments

Companies in which Newfund has invested include:

• Aircall, a French telecoms support services company co-founded by Thibaud Elziere ^[3]
• Bretzel Love, a French fast-food outlets chain that sells bagels and pretzels ^[4]
• CustomerMatrix (formerly known as Polyspot), a New York-based cognitive intelligence engine for CRM systems, winner of Red Herring Top 100 Award in 2015 ^{[5] [6]}
• GPiO, a Santa Clara-based platform that allows hardware designers to compare integrated circuits ^[7]
• Groupe Pratique, a Paris-based information & services group focused on everyday life and leisure
• iBillionaire, a New York-based provider of stock indices and ETFs ^[8]
• In2Bones, a medical device designer and manufacturer based in Ecully near Lyons ^[9]
• Invoxia, an Issy-les-Moulineaux-based producer of phone hardware, which has also received investment from the Amazon Alexa Fund ^{[10] [11]}
• Jobijoba, an application that uses machine learning to match employment announcements with job seekers ^[12]
• Limonetik, Paris-based developer of a payment engine that enables alternative payments on commercial websites ^[13]
• Medtech, a Montpellier-based robotic surgery company that developed the ROSA robot, publicly listed on Euronext Paris since November 2013 ^[14]
• Monbento, a Clermont-Ferrand-based lifestyle company whose award-winning Bento boxes are distributed by the New York Museum of Modern Art ^{[15] [16]}
• Red Luxury, a Paris-based smartwatch designer ^[17]
• Tageos, a designer and manufacturer of low-cost and eco-friendly RFID labels ^[18]
• Trading Ticket/TradeIt, a New York-based fintech company that offers infrastructure solutions for retail investing ^[19]

One of Newfund's early investments, MobPartner, was purchased in March 2015 by Cheetah Mobile.^[20]

Team

François Véron created Newfund in 2008 after a decade of private equity investment experience.^[21]

Newfund's other partners include Patrick Malka and Charles-Antoine Morand.^[1]

External links

• Website

References

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2. "Les 10 VC français les plus investis dans les Fintechs". Techfoliance. January 6, 2016.
3. Romain Dillet (June 2, 2015). "Aircall Is The Easiest Way To Create And Manage Your Phone Customer Service". TechCrunch.
4. "Bretzel Love lève des fonds auprès de Newfund". FusAcq. September 14, 2011.
5. Barry Levine (March 11, 2015). "CustomerMatrix launches ‘cognitive’ platform to make your CRM think". VentureBeat.
6. "CustomerMatrix Awarded Red Herring Top 100; Award Coincides with Rapid Global Adoption of Company's Machine Learning Platform". PR Newswire. June 8, 2015.
7. R. Colin Johnson (June 8, 2015). "Free Service Compares Devices". EE Times.
8. "IBillionaire Raises One Million Dollars to Deliver Hedge Fund-Like Returns to the Average Investor". iNewsWire. February 4, 2014.
9. "In2Bones". L'Usine digitale. March 19, 2014.
10. "TÉLÉCOMS : INVOXIA A BOUCLÉ UN TOUR DE TABLE DE 1,5 MILLION D’EUROS". ITespresso.fr. November 30, 2012.
11. Anu Passary (October 21, 2015). "Amazon Invests In Invoxia: Voice-Activated Assistant Alexa Coming To The $199 Triby". Tech Times.
12. Richard Menneveux (March 29, 2010). "AllGoob, éditeur de Jobijoba.com lève 1 million d’euros auprès de NewFund". FrenchWeb.
13. "Newfund participe à la levée de fonds de Limonetik". FinActu. September 4, 2013.
14. "MedTech (Robot Rosa) opens its capital". RobotShop. April 30, 2010.
15. "Newfund craque une seconde fois pour la start-up Monbento". FrenchWeb. February 28, 2013.
16. "Monbento Lunchbox". MoMA Store.
17. "#IoT: Red Luxury lève 1 million d’euros et prépare une montre connectée d’ici fin 2014". Maddyness. July 8, 2014.
18. "Tageos lève 2 millions d’euros auprès de Newfund". FrenchWeb. May 25, 2012.
19. Ingrid Lunden (September 8, 2015). "Trading Ticket Gets $4M From Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Citi, Launches Instant Trading Tool Trade It". TechCrunch.
20. Wiki Su (March 17, 2015). "Venture-Backed Cheetah Mobile Acquires MobPartner For $58M". China Money Network.
21. "François Véron". Bloomberg Businessweek.