French VC firm Newwave, cofounded by Pia d’Iribarne and Jean de La Rochebrochard in 2020, is being taken over by NJJ Holding, French billionaire Xavier Niel’s personal holding company, D’Iribarne and NJJ Holding announced today in a statement. D’Iribarne is leaving the firm and has decided to pursue other investment opportunities. But insiders describe a drama playing out behind the scenes.
News
October 24, 2024
French VC firm Newwave is being taken over by billionaire Xavier Niel’s holding company - and insiders describe ‘highly unusual’ drama
The firm has stakes in buzzy AI startups Mistral and Poolside as well as carbon accounting platform Sweep
Anne Sraders, Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Tim Smith
2 min read
Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn
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
Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

Up Round newsletter
Your weekly snapshot of European VC, covering the latest funding trends, new VC funds, people moves and gossip.
Recommended
Are VCs as ‘dangerous’ as Nik Storonsky thinks they are?
Revolut CEO says founders should keep VCs off their boards. But others argue the right investors can be invaluable
Follow Jensen’s money not his mouth
Despite the region’s promise, the Nvidia CEO is right that there are many things that need fixing in Europe
Scaleup capital drives a fifth straight quarter of growth, as Paris and Munich outstrip London
European tech notched the highest quarterly total for funding on record in Q3, the third quarter in a row the figure has been broken


