Caphorn Invest<\/a>, and was pleasantly surprised at how Romain demonstrated Caphorn\u2019s value-added as an investor. Caphorn\u2019s first fund is a 50 Million euros, brought together through 120 entrepreneurs and executives including Jean-Paul Richard (former VP of Marketing for Pernod Ricard). Caphorn\u2019s VCs identify startups that Romain described as \u201cbridging the old world and the new world,\u201d and identifying executives among their investor pool who can add value, whether by making introductions to his network, or advice on the sector that the investment is operating<\/p>\nRude Baguette has not previously written about any Caphorn investments, which include Avob, ExaqtWorld, Magic Recycle, Mes Materiaux, and Milibris \u2013 not the traditional web companies we cover, but startups nonetheless. The fund makes investments between 1-2M\u20ac, doing between 5-7 investments per year, it seems.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Caphorn doesn’t make it easy to know who their 130 backers are – I’m sure not all of them want to be named publicly – however, it makes it difficult for startups to know if they have someone in their arsenal who can add value. Nonetheless, Caphorn Invest invites any startups working on the transition between “old world” – brands, retail stores, the industrial sector, etc. – to the “new world” (i.e: web, mobile, connected, etc.) to come talk to them to see if there is a fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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As hard as it is for a startup to raise a round of funding (especially early stage), it\u2019s even harder for startups to assess which Venture Capital firms (or Angel Investors) to approach for investors. Key strategies often include looking for firms or individuals who have invested in the same sector or business model in the past, but things get complicated when you add in that a startup must assess how well previous investments performed, and whether investors can add anything beyond a check to the fundraising.<\/p>\n