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January 20, 2025

Prominent French investor Jean De La Rochebrochard joins US-based VC Cassius

The move comes 10 months after De La Rochebrochard left another early-stage VC, Newwave, following management drama

Prominent French investor Jean de La Rochebrochard, who leads French billionaire Xavier Niel’s VC investments through pre-seed and seed-stage VC Kima Ventures, is joining US-based early-stage VC Cassius as a partner. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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