Antoine Rolland, CEO of NewAlpha, leads one of Europe's prominent hedge fund seeding platforms, affiliated with OFI, a pioneering EUR 49 billion multi-management firm owned by French insurance giants Macif and Matmut. Established in 2003 under ADI and later acquired by OFI in 2008, NewAlpha has analyzed over 1150 seeding projects and successfully seeded 16 managers by July 2011. Antoine Rolland discusses NewAlpha's strategy in incubating emerging managers, emphasizing the critical factors of fund structure and target volatility for success. He shares success stories where managers closed their funds to new investments shortly after seeding, highlighting NewAlpha's differentiated approach in the seeding industry. NewAlpha's role extends to managing the first investment tranche of France's national seeding fund EMERGENCE, aimed at fostering domestic talent in absolute return strategies, supported by Finance Innovation and Paris Europlace.