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March 23, 2023

This group of 20 business school friends now have a fund in France

Neo Founders has a €2m fund with plans to raise a €15m-20m fund by the end of the year


Selin Bucak

4 min read

The Neo Founders team

Twenty entrepreneurs and investors who graduated from the same business school in France have banded together to invest in “impactful startups” across Europe, under the name of Neo Founders.

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Selin Bucak

Selin Bucak is a freelance finance writer based in Paris. She tweets from @SelinBucak2

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