François launched Newfund with Patrick Malka and Charles-Antoine Morand to invest in entrepreneurial companies with a global ambition. Newfund raised EUR 100 million from entrepreneurs and family offices, with a strong attention to alignment of interests between LPs, GPs and Entrepreneurs. François is currently on the road looking for new investments opportunities for Newfund and business development for portfolio companies. See Newfund's investments on www.newfund-capital.com

Founder @ Newfund is a private equity fund focusing on Entrepreneur-based high growth ventures in France and the USA. We attach a high price to alignment of interests and focus on bringing value to the entrepreneurs. We launched the fund in 2008 and made 50 investments and 6 exits so far. From September 2007 to Present (8 years 2 months) Paris Area, FranceInvestments manager @ Cita Gestion invests in SMBs in France. I managed investments in Allociné, 1001 listes, Direct Energie, Télémarket, Travelprice, Faab, CB News, Xilam, Sport Magazine, L4 Logistics and Ucopia. From June 2001 to September 2007 (6 years 4 months) CEO @ Casino Entreprise was the corporate venture fund of Casino, #2 listed retailer in France. We launched retail stores such as Imagica (photo) and KoMoGo (multimedia) and invested in online ventures such as CDiscount, Freesbee and Lotree. From January 2000 to February 2001 (1 year 2 months) CEO @ In parallel with the launch of Casino Entreprise, I managed c-mescourses.com which was Casino's online grocery store. We established two warehouses in Lyon (Meyzieux) and Paris (Rungis), and also experienced instore picking in Geant's Hypermarket in Anglet, near Biarritz. From January 2000 to February 2001 (1 year 2 months) Strategic Planning Director @ I created Casino's strategic planning department, whose responsability was to assist the business units in formalising an action plan and to consolidate three-years financial projections at the group level. We also had a role in spreading innovation within the group. From May 1998 to January 2000 (1 year 9 months) Inspecteur des Finances @ I completed audits and consultancy missions on various state-owned entities. From April 1996 to April 1998 (2 years 1 month)

Public administration @ Ecole nationale d'Administration From 1994 to 1996 Service Public, major @ Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris From 1989 to 1992 BS, Finance @ HEC School of Management From 1989 to 1991 Louis-le-Grand From 1984 to 1988 François Veron is skilled in: Investments, Innovation, People-oriented, New Business Development, Small Business, Private Equity, Strategy Development, Venture Capital, Business Development, Strategy, Special Situations, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, LBO, Business Strategy, Mergers, Corporate Development, Venture Financing, Growth Capital, Deal Sourcing, Angel Investing, Strategic Planning, Emerging Markets, Private Placements, Leveraged Finance, Start-up Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring, Cleantech, Financial Structuring, IPO, M&A experience, Funding, Capital, Business Modeling, Investment Banking, Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Valuation, Divestitures, Strategic Consulting, Business Valuation, Executive Management, Internet Entrepreneur, Acquisitions, Acquisition Integration, E-business