New Wave (VC)
VC Fund
New Wave (VC) is a VC fund focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. New Wave is a seed only fund, whose purpose is to back the next generation of successful European founders. New Wave was co-founded by two early-stage investors Pia d'Iribarne (ex-Accel, Stride) and Jean de La Rochebrochard (Kima), and is backed by a group of iconic founders (Free, Zenly, Voodoo, Sorare) and GPs from the best later-stage funds(Coatue, Benchmark, DST, Insight Partners).
- Total investments:
- 27
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $80M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries New Wave (VC) invests in
Stages New Wave (VC) invests in
Countries New Wave (VC) invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$24M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.5M–$3M
- Series A
- $15M–$414M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (26%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (19%)
- FinTech 3 (11%)
- Payments 3 (11%)
- Mobile Apps 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (56%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (11%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- France 9 (33%)
- United States 4 (15%)
- Germany 2 (7%)
- Switzerland 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jean de La Rochebrochard
Co-founder & Partner
|
Co-founder & Partner | Total investments: 26 | Find email | |
Pia d'Iribarne
Co-founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Bee
|
Bee is an AI developer of a life administration wearable assistant. | $5.5M / Seed / Jul 29, 2024 | |
Sekai Studio
|
We are creating next-level entertainment for Anime fans between episodes. | $10.9M / Seed / Jul 11, 2024 | |
Lago
|
Lago synchronizes customer data to business tools. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in New Castle County, Delaware. | $15M / Series A / Mar 14, 2024 | |
Mistral AI
|
Mistral AI is a platform that assembles team to develop the generative AI models. | $414.5M / Series A / Dec 10, 2023 | |
Gladia
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1 stop shop AI API hub for developers | $4.4M / Seed / Jun 19, 2023 | |
Poolside
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Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform intended to offer cutting-edge foundation concepts and infrastructure. | $26M / Seed / May 14, 2023 | |
Amo
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Amo is a social networking platform. | $17.6M / Seed / Mar 01, 2023 | |
Blobr
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Blobr is helping non-technical people to manage their APIs as products and drive forward the API economy. | $5.4M / Seed / Feb 09, 2023 | |
Product Science
|
Product Science increases product metrics for mobile applications and helps apps work faster by providing insights into key performance issues that impact user experience. It analyzes the code and actual runtime data to pinpoint performance issues. Its AI enables them to do it more efficiently by providing unique insights for data visualizations tohelp mobile developers identify the problem right away. The company's integrated development environment tools and plugins display video recordings of apps alongside performance traces, providing insights into what's going on behind the screen.Product Science was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $18M / Seed / Jan 04, 2023 | |
cubzh
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cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system. | $3M / Seed / Dec 06, 2022 | |
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FAQ
What does New Wave (VC) invest in?
New Wave (VC) invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is New Wave (VC)'s check size?
New Wave (VC) typically joins rounds of $3M–$24M at Seed, $1.5M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $15M–$414M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds New Wave (VC) participates in.
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Who are the partners at New Wave (VC)?
The team at New Wave (VC) includes Jean de La Rochebrochard (Co-founder & Partner) and Pia d'Iribarne (Co-founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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