# Francois Veron

> Francois Veron is a Series B investor at Newfund (Paris) backing Software and B2B. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Newfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newfund-management)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2018
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoisveronatnewfund
- Website: https://www.newfundcap.com

Francois Veron is a Series B investor at Newfund in Paris focused on Software and B2B. François has been a private equity investor for more than two decades. Previously, he had worked for the French Ministry of Finance then in corporate functions at Casino, the second-leading French listed food retail company.He joined Cita Gestion, then a Paris-based private equity investment firm, at the inception of the Cita FCPR1 fund in June2001. There he invested highly successfully in 11 companies, including Direct Energie, Allociné, 1001 Listes, Faab / Fabricauto, Travelprice and Xilam Animation.He has worked for Newfund since inception in 2008.François was a Director of the French Association of private equity investors (AFIC), from 2009 to 2011.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Beauty | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kiute | After travel and catering, the beauty & wellness sector is experiencing a boom in online booking. This highlights the emergence of a new connected clientele. Kiute is the easiest solution for beauty professionals to manage their business, attract and retain more connected customers. Available on smartphone, tablet or computer, Kiute is thefirst all-in-one solution that combines: cash software, online booking, and online store. In short, Kiute allows beauty professionals to: - spend less time in day-to-day management and more with their customers - reach new customers through the Internet - stay in control of their distribution on the internet while remaining independent. | $7.7M |  | Apr 19, 2018 |  |
| Kiute | After travel and catering, the beauty & wellness sector is experiencing a boom in online booking. This highlights the emergence of a new connected clientele. Kiute is the easiest solution for beauty professionals to manage their business, attract and retain more connected customers. Available on smartphone, tablet or computer, Kiute is thefirst all-in-one solution that combines: cash software, online booking, and online store. In short, Kiute allows beauty professionals to: - spend less time in day-to-day management and more with their customers - reach new customers through the Internet - stay in control of their distribution on the internet while remaining independent. | $1.6M | Seed | Mar 22, 2017 |  |
| Customer Matrix | CustomerMatrix offers a market-leading Cognitive Computing platform that connects the dots between you, your organization and customers without adding costly new infrastructure. The Insights and Data Enrichment platform helps companies enrich their existing CRM, Contact Center, and KYC workflows.CustomerMatrix is headquartered in New York Citywith its R&D center in Paris, France. We have a growing list of Global 2000 customers including global banks such as BNP Paribas, insurers such as Allianz, and some of the world’s most distinguished business brands such as Schneider Electric. We're a founding member of the Cognitive Computing Consortium with IBM-Watson | $10.6M | Series B | Jan 25, 2016 |  |
| Customer Matrix | CustomerMatrix offers a market-leading Cognitive Computing platform that connects the dots between you, your organization and customers without adding costly new infrastructure. The Insights and Data Enrichment platform helps companies enrich their existing CRM, Contact Center, and KYC workflows.CustomerMatrix is headquartered in New York Citywith its R&D center in Paris, France. We have a growing list of Global 2000 customers including global banks such as BNP Paribas, insurers such as Allianz, and some of the world’s most distinguished business brands such as Schneider Electric. We're a founding member of the Cognitive Computing Consortium with IBM-Watson | $3.5M | Series A | Dec 23, 2014 |  |
| Limonetik | Limonetik is driving the transformation into the new world of payment providing payments on a platform as a service (PaaS) basis to address a broad range of complex payment needs of multichannel retailers, marketplaces, gig and shared economy platforms as well as business to business platforms, acquirers and payment services providers.Limonetikstarted by processing, aggregating and creating payment methods for use online and offline in Europe, then expanding to cover a broad international selection of alternative payments. Today Limonetik’s platform supports over 265 local payment methods in 60 different countries, reduces complexity of settlement by aggregating multiple financial flows into one settlement and supports these services with comprehensive reconciliation and reporting tools all via one state-of-the-art API. Limonetik is one of the earliest developers of the marketplace payment solution and has over seven years’ experience in that relatively new sector. Processing more than $2 billion a year, Limonetik support more than 14 k merchants or marketplaces through payment players.Limonetik has been awarded by Gartner as “Cool Vendor in digital commerce” status due to our ‘one-stop’ innovative SaaS solution which makes real and positive impacts on our clients businesses.Limonetik has raised 10 million € ​in Serie​s​ A ​from ​VC​s​ (Newfund – Orkos – Hiinov) and some successful Business Angels. Among them Olivier Mathiot and Pierre Kosciusko Morizet (Founder of Priceminister), Regis Bouyala (Payment Guru and writer of “World of Payment”), Alain Parize (founder of Smile’s), Laurent Nizri (Founder of Alteir Consulting specialized in Bank & Payment), and Arnaud Barey (Founder of Voyagermoinscher), Erich Lawson Smith (Arma Partners). | $5.6M | Series B | May 01, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [True Global Ventures (TGV)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aster-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hi Inov - Dentressangle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hi-inov) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HSBC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsbc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Orkos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orkos-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Serena](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serena-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Newfund

VC Fund · Paris, France

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

5 contacts available at Newfund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Henri Deshays | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henri-deshays |
| Adama Wade | Financial Controller | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adama-wade |
| Agathe Descamps | Development Nouvelle Aquitaine | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agathe-descamps |
| Francois Veron | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franois-vron |
| Julien Boubel | EIR, Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julien-boubel |

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## FAQ

### What does Francois Veron invest in?

Francois Veron invests primarily in Software, B2B and Beauty startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francois Veron last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francois Veron closed in Apr 2018. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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