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Frederic Court and Felix Capital have raised $600 million for a new fund after a series of successful bets on digital lifestyle brands like Moonbug.A failed bid to build a textile marketplace at the height of the dotcom boom taught Felix Capital’s Frederic Court an important lesson about the power of habits.
Felix’s boutique approach to venture investing has proved a hit with early investments in fashion marketplace Farfetch, food delivery app Deliveroo, and Peloton. The three companies, which are all now publicly traded, have like many tech stocks seen share prices slump from pandemic-era peaks. “Back when Frederic set up his first fund there were very few funds in Europe that understood the power of the consumer,” says Rene Rechtman, CEO of Moonbug. “That’s changed with massive American platforms dominating industries but Frederic was definitely on the forefront of that.”
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