Fund profile / France

Newfund HEKA

Geography: France
Stage: Seed
Fund size: €60M
Focus: Biotech and Deep Tech
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Newfund HEKA

Europe's first BrainTech VC fund at €60M, engineered as a transatlantic bridge. Invests in neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, and neurotech startups at seed stage.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionFrance

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Biotech

Deep Tech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European neurotech founder needing speed, science rigor + US bridge

BrainTech

Neuro-AI

Digital Therapeutics

Medical Imaging

CNS Biotech

AI diagnostics

Health tech

Impact/ESG

Cybersecurity

Screen-free tech

Bullish Signals

€60M closed, 9 deals pre-closeblog

900+ screened, 1% hit rateblog

Active Palo Alto office, 50 US portfolio cosblog

Europe's only dedicated BrainTech fundblog

BFM TV media coverage, BrainTech narrativetwitter

$4.2B raised globally in BrainTech startupstwitter

fUSI & fNIRS foundation models on radartwitter

Recent: AI Stroke (diagnostics), Nucleon (cybersecurity)website

Founder testimonials: speed, efficiency, boldnesswebsite

Tin Can (screen-free phones), Nucleon (agentic AI), Rwazi, ShareID addedwebsite

Impact thesis explicit: good for people+planetwebsite

First dual-hub VC: Silicon Valley + Pariswebsite

Founder quote: 'No time wasted roadmap on track'website

Founder quote: 'Real, bold and sharp' supportwebsite

Portfolio grows: Tin Can, AI Stroke, Infinite Orbitswebsite

Permanent reinvention + scale, network, succeed focuswebsite

Brain Capital: cerebral organoid industrial era trendwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Digital therapeutics public market brutalblog

Series B gap still painful in Europeblog

Exit path: US acquirers, not IPOsblog

European VC seed funding down 66%twitter

Founder Do's

Lead with data, papers, clinical endpoints

Have clear regulatory pathway mapped

Strong neuroscience research foundation

Need transatlantic commercialization support

Pre-seed or seed stage, €250K–€2M range

Speed & efficiency in execution valued

Emphasize impact: people + planet focus

Get featured in founder testimonials—social proof matters

Founder Don'ts

No brain-adjacent branding without real science

No generic wellness or productivity apps

Don't lead with TAM slides

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€60M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

François Véron

François VéronManaging Partner

Anne-Sophie Saint-MartinPartner

Henri DeshaysPartner

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