# Pia d'Iribarne

> Pia d'Iribarne is a seed investor at New Wave (VC) (London) backing FinTech and Payments. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [New Wave (VC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-wave-6e35)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/piadiribarne
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/piadiri

Pia d'Iribarne is a Co-founder & Managing Partner at New Wave. She attended HEC Paris.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| Payments | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 50% |
| Banking | 2 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 33% |
| France | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sweep | Sweep is a software platform that helps companies understand, manage and reduce their carbon emissions across their entire business and value chain. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Montpellier, France. | $22M | Series A | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Friday Finance | Airbank is the next-generation financial management platform for startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Airbank transforms B2B finance for SMBs in Europe by building the simplest way for businesses to collect, pay, and finance invoices. Airbank connects with existing bank accounts of its users and provides real-time visibility intotheir cash flow. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Friday Finance | Friday Finance is a next-generation financial management platform for startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Friday Finance transforms B2B finance for SMBs in Europe by building the simplest way for businesses to collect, pay, and finance invoices. Friday Finance connects with existing bank accounts of its users and providesreal-time visibility into their cash flow.The company was established in 2021 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $3M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Sweep | Sweep is a software platform that helps companies understand, manage and reduce their carbon emissions across their entire business and value chain. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Montpellier, France. | $5M | Seed | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Sundayapp | Sundayapp is a fintech company that provides a fully integrated solution built for restaurants, bars, pubs, cafés, and hotels for customers to pay for their food via a QR code. It is built by restaurateurs for restaurateurs to connect the front- and back-of-house operations and to deliver the fastest payment method. | $24M | Seed | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Impala | Our vision is to make every trip perfect. By building a future in which travel is seamless. Impala connects room sellers and hotels, instantly. We empower you to build, innovate and sell. We are the infrastructure that enables sellers to build better products, faster. Unlike bed-banks or affiliate schemes, you can get started in 30 seconds. OurBooking API is a mega-channel that attracts more bookings for hotels without having to pay integration fees or police rate parity. | $11M | Series A | Oct 02, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Calm/Storm VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calm-storm-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10K Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10k-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2050](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2050) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [another.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About New Wave (VC)

VC Fund

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).

2 contacts available at New Wave (VC).

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

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## FAQ

### What does Pia d'Iribarne invest in?

Pia d'Iribarne invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Pia d'Iribarne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pia d'Iribarne closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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