# New Wave (VC)

> New Wave (VC) is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $80M
- Last fund: Dec 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.newwave.vc/

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).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$24M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$3M |
| Series A | $15M–$414M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 19% |
| FinTech | 3 | 11% |
| Payments | 3 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 11% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 56% |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 9 | 33% |
| United States | 4 | 15% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jean de La Rochebrochard | Co-founder & Partner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-de-la-rochebrochard |
| Pia d'Iribarne | Co-founder & Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pia-d-iribarne |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 1 stop shop AI API hub for developers | $4.4M | Seed | Jun 19, 2023 |  |
| Poolside | Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform intended to offer cutting-edge foundation concepts and infrastructure. | $26M | Seed | May 14, 2023 |  |
| Amo | Amo is a social networking platform. | $17.6M | Seed | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Blobr | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [another.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-vc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Calm/Storm VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calm-storm-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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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.

### How do I contact New Wave (VC)?

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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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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