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How do I actually get proper money as a founder? I spoke about this in the Für-Gründer.de Podcast with editor Elena Todeva. What financing options are there? How do I find the VC that really suits me? When should I bootstrap? Which financing has which consequences in the end? My personal tip for founders: Do some real networking, exchange ideas with other founders, get tips and advice from everywhere, be brave, talk to experienced founders and ask really deep questions and learn always from the experiences of others. Please listen and feel free to write me feedback. https://lnkd.in/de_ZmdZq

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Ep.17 Drop #20Angel 🎙 The one & only Philipp Moehring, Co-Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, joined me in the hot seat for a rare public appearance 🔥 👉 Introducing Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company FUND III ✍ 👉 Higher valuations = higher expectations 💣 👉 Giving Founders the freedom to be extreme 🤪 👉 Your access gives you your price 💰 Some Founder References on Philipp: dennis müller (Amie): "More than most, pmoe is a cheerleader. The journey is already hard enough, some VC's make it harder by sending unsolicited articles with "seen this?". He's the opposite. always fun to brainstorm ideas with him. Differentiated intros relative to others." David Budde (trawa): “He‘s been a great sparring partner and has a ton of experience. I remember, the night before our Pre-Seed closing, we found a minor but important error in our cap table. Unsure what to do, we called Phil late that evening for guidance. To me, it‘s super important to know that I can reach my investors, if it actually matters, and that they‘ll be able to help! + he’s just a really nice guy.” Milos Rusic (deepset): “Phil is amazing! He was actively involved in assembling each of our funding rounds - even in the first round where he committed before we had settled for a lead investor. He actively helped to construct our favourite setup of lead investors for that initial round. He knows everyone and his support is not limited to great intros - he really helps founders to assess and identify which investor could be a right fit for them. 100% reliable, massive value for every company. What they do is really unique.” This was a special one to do, hope you enjoy 🍿 https://lnkd.in/gTRT_SmJ 20VC, #AngelInvesting, #technology, #podcast, #entrepreneurship, #VC, #Founder, #Investing

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Three biggest learnings from a fundraising journey. Shared by Rainer Märkle, General Partner at HV Capital at EUVC 1/ Have a time box with a deadline attached. Have a defined horizon & create a clear plan. Have some urgency to get things done at some point. Execute very transparently and reliably. 2/ Stick to your narrative. But don't do it blindly. Tweak it when necessary. Adapt it. Don't let yourself be surprised by major changes. Keep focusing on delivering according to your strategy & plan. 3/ Fundraising is a marathon with many sprints. There are moments when you'll ask yourself - Why do I do this? Is it gonna work out? But don't get too negative during the down phases. Adapting and pivoting is part of our job. As it is for the founder of a company. How about you? What fundraising lessons have you learned? Join the conversation. 🔽 #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

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🚀 Meet me at HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds #FamilyDay in Berlin next week! 🚀 Looking forward to meet exciting startups and fellow investors! Join me and let's talk #logtech! #FD24 #networking

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Start-ups in Europe: a light at the end of the tunnel - finally!    This article by Nadine Schimroszik in Handelsblatt gives reason for hope for the tech ecosystem, as it summarises a development that has been tentatively emerging for some time: The number of new #start-ups in Germany is growing again, by 17 per cent, as shown by a comparison of the first quarter of 2024 with the same quarter of the previous year.   💡It is particularly interesting to see that most investments are being made in AI. An unmistakable sign that they continue to be a driver of innovation for the German startup ecosystem.   We recently came to a similar conclusion with my team, as part of our analysis of the German startup landscape. Our conclusion: more and more funding are being mobilised for ♻️ #Greentech business ideas that are based on AI-based technologies and have a positive impact on our planet. More info on our research at IRIS can be found in Startup Insider`s Investors Report 2024: https://lnkd.in/dU-5AMPz More info on Nadine’s insightful article here: https://lnkd.in/depicwGA

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Did you know that Antler welcomes already-formed startup teams to our residencies, offering fast initial investment to accelerate your venture's growth? 💼💰 Take inspiration from these remarkable success stories: 🔹 NetBird: Based in Berlin, @NetBird soared to success, securing a remarkable €1.1 million in pre-seed funding. Their mission? To revolutionize VPNs for businesses by simplifying IT infrastructure and networks. 🔹 FERO: Start-up from Amsterdam, @FERO, founded by industry experts from Ekata and Mastercard, raised an impressive €2.8 million. Their vision? To streamline payments processing for end-merchants, inspired by firsthand industry insights. If you're part of an established startup team hungry for growth, seize this opportunity to join Antler's May residency. 💥 #StartupAcceleration #EntrepreneurialSuccess

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🌍 Excited to connect with fellow innovators and explore scalable business models. See you there! InnovaticGroup. Create the Future Now innovaticgroup.com #BornGlobalAcademy #GlobalExpansion #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investment #Networking #InnovaticGroup #BusinessGrowth #SustainableInnovation #BusinessAngels #VentureCapital #LPs #GPs #Innovation #DigitalRransformation #Digitalization #Startup #Scaleup

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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲! 🪑 Today we are going to launch the “Round Table – Founder-Friendly VC Feedback”. 🚀 This format will take place on the first day of the check-in event alongside two workshops on the topics of “Pitch Founder Personality” and “Start-up Valuation Methods”. What exactly is this “Round Table”, how does it work, who is involved, and what is the point of it? 🟠 Who? We will be welcoming four venture capitalists and seven teams from Phase 1 to the round table. The format will be moderated by Kathrin Schelbaum. 🟠 What? After an introduction and conversation with the representatives of the VCs, all start-ups will pitch for 3 minutes and then receive feedback from them. 🟠 Why? The aim of the format is to familiarise the start-ups with the topic of pitching and to prepare them for potential financing rounds in a fun way. They achieve this by receiving valuable feedback from the VCs on what they can improve regarding content and how they can communicate better in order to be more convincing verbally, for example. The primary aim is therefore not securing funding, but learning from representatives of real VCs and practising their pitches. And who knows, maybe there will be one or two opportunities after all ... 😉 We are very happy and grateful to have venture capitalists Dr. Maximilian Ochs, Emilie Cousin, Varun Gupta and Sebastian Büchte on board this time and therefore took the chance to dive deeper into the world of VCs. Swipe to the left to take a look behind the scenes of the VCs and read extracts from our #interview with them. 🙌 ➡️ Would you have expected these answers? #maximizeincubator is the official start-up incubation program for the Max Planck Society by Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH.

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#Exciting news! Our caesar. partner Sebastian Büchte is participating in the session "Round Table - Founder-friendly VC feedback" of the MAXIMIZE incubator for Max Planck startups 💬 💡 The format is designed to familiarize founders with the topic of pitching and prepare them for possible financing rounds. Sebastian is looking forward to the pitches and is happy to share his constructive feedback, as he is not only an investor but also a founder himself and therefore very familiar with the other side of the table! 🙌 Take a look below to see what he had to say in advance about sustainability and values when evaluating start-ups at caesar. 👇 🔎

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🟠🟣 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗬 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳! At WECONOMY, founders win what money can't buy: The competition brings founders together with experts and managers right up to the executive boards of the German economy. Are you a tech start-up and want to take your business to the next level?  This is your chance! ✔️ 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆? Start-ups in the early stage / pre-seed phase as well as start-ups that have not yet been founded with proof of concept or pilots. ✔️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀? We are looking for startups with a focus on STEM and technology. MedTech, FinTech, AgriTech ... the possibilities are endless! ✔️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 �� 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺? Not a must, but all the better. After all, it has long been known: More diverse teams are more successful. Any questions? Message Christine Heuwing or comment below! ⏰ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟰! WECONOMY is an initiative of Wissensfabrik - Unternehmen für Deutschland e.V. in cooperation with UnternehmerTUM and Handelsblatt.

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Dr. James Hollis is a fascinating American Jungian psychoanalyst, author, and public speaker. After starting to read one of James Hollis's books, I also listened to the podcast #SpeakingofJung #32, which discusses his book „Living an Examined Life“. You can watch it here https://lnkd.in/dsJEV-Uw. Three main points stood out to me as very relevant to my own life and to our society. As I prepare my workshop on the Landscape of Impact Investing in Europe at #Noah24 on June 3rd at 11:50, I wondered if these points are also important for us as investors. First, he talked about Meaning vs. Happiness: "I'm saying it's not about happiness, it's about meaning. Happiness is not a permanent state, it's transient... and what is meaningful is often found in areas that are uncomfortable." Second, he discussed Accountability and the difference between hedonism and adulthood: "It's the word accountability at the end of our journeys. All of our systems—civic, political, religious, ethical, etc.—all of them consider us accountable for the life we've lived, even though we've had hard times. We're accountable, and becoming an adult means you have to deal with what is difficult for you and exercise as much freedom of choice as you can manage in the face of the circumstances of the outer and the inner world! Now, when you look at popular culture, you realize that the typical rites of passage for men and women have really disappeared. What we have is an extended adolescence, which describes modern American pop culture. I mean, where is the depth of discussion when we have a reality show president, for example, and a bunch of clowns in public office? We have people who respond to slogans that are emotionally charged, and very few people sit down and really sort of work through anything. It's almost as if I occupied a big body and played big roles, and then I died without ever really knowing who I was, why I was here, and in service to what. So why should we not live a hedonistic lifestyle? Why not take responsibility for things and stop blaming other people for everything? The world needs grown-ups to survive!" Third, he explained that True spirituality is about embracing the mystery: "Intellectual development sometimes involves the work of your hands. It's whatever really moves and touches you and engages your spirit. Your spirituality is not a single thing, and true spirituality often takes us deeper than that which is comfortable. True spirituality, in a way, respects the mystery and allows it to be mysterious. Because any time you have a psychology or religion that has figured it out and wrapped it up in a package, it's really delusional. Those are people enchanted by and captivated by their own ego constructs. They are bewitched by their own construction rather than allowing the mystery to be the mystery." What has that todo with #Impactinvesting? Read in my comment!

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James Hollis is a fascinating American Jungian psychoanalyst, author, and public speaker. After starting to read one of James Hollis's books, I also listened to the podcast Speaking of Jung #32, which discusses his book „Living an Examined Life“. Three main points stood out to me as very relevant to my own life and to our society. But also being an Investor talking with Cyril Colin at #Noah24conference on Impact Investing. First, he talked about Meaning vs. Happiness: "I'm saying it's not about happiness, it's about meaning. Happiness is not a permanent state, it's transient... and what is meaningful is often found in areas that are uncomfortable." Second, he discussed Accountability and the difference between hedonism and adulthood: "It's the word accountability at the end of our journeys. All of our systems—civic, political, religious, ethical, etc.—all of them consider us accountable for the life we've lived, even though we've had hard times. We're accountable, and becoming an adult means you have to deal with what is difficult for you and exercise as much freedom of choice as you can manage in the face of the circumstances of the outer and the inner world! Now, when you look at popular culture, you realize that the typical rites of passage for men and women have really disappeared. What we have is an extended adolescence, which describes modern American pop culture. I mean, where is the depth of discussion when we have a reality show president, for example, and a bunch of clowns in public office? We have people who respond to slogans that are emotionally charged, and very few people sit down and really sort of work through anything. It's almost as if I occupied a big body and played big roles, and then I died without ever really knowing who I was, why I was here, and in service to what. So why should we not live a hedonistic lifestyle? Why not take responsibility for things and stop blaming other people for everything? The world needs grown-ups to survive!" Third, he explained that True spirituality is about embracing the mystery: "Intellectual development sometimes involves the work of your hands. It's whatever really moves and touches you and engages your spirit. Your spirituality is not a single thing, and true spirituality often takes us deeper than that which is comfortable. True spirituality is something that I think asks us to embrace ambiguity and uncertainty rather than resolve it. True spirituality, in a way, respects the mystery and allows it to be mysterious. Because any time you have a psychology or religion that has figured it out and wrapped it up in a package, it's really delusional. Those are people enchanted by and captivated by their own ego constructs. They are bewitched by their own construction rather than allowing the mystery to be the mystery." #impactinvestment XAnge #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #climate #sustainability #startup See my points of discussion below in the comments!

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ICYMI: Speedinvest was granted a full AIFM licence by FMA Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich. 😎 🙏 Another milestone on our journey of pioneering VC in Austria🇦🇹: 🔸 2011 first VC fund launched in a decade (AuM 10m) 🔸 2015 first EuVECA fund (AuM 100m) 🔸 2024 first VC fund with AIFM licence (AuM 1b) A big step in our efforts of further professionalizing VC in Austria: There are only 22 other domestic firms with such a licence and we are the only VC in this group. This puts us on the same level with firms such as Allianz Invest, Erste Asset Management GmbH, Gutmann KAG, IQAM Invest GmbH, KEPLER-FONDS Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H., Lansdowne Partners, LLB Invest KAG, Raiffeisen KAG, Schoellerbank Invest AG, 3 Banken-Generali Investment-Gesellschaft m.b.H. invest.austria Invest Europe Industriellenvereinigung #venturecapital #risikokapital

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***Update on Version One Ventures's thesis*** We back mission-driven founders who are early in new areas. As you know, Boris Wertz and I never stop challenging ourselves to be better VCs - it’s one of our core values! An important part of that work is developing a strong investment thesis, and evolving it as technology improves and markets change. Our current investment thesis, “backing mission-driven founders at the earliest stages,” was introduced back in 2020. It encapsulates our focus on backing a certain type of deeply passionate entrepreneur at an early stage when few people might believe in them.    Those words still hold true but they don’t explicitly spell out something we look for when evaluating an investment opportunity: timing. Investors always talk about “Why now”, and we do too, but the more interesting question for us is “Why not?”   Another way to ask it is “What’s possible?” We’re interested in those rare opportunities where a founder is creating a brand new category. These opportunities are fringy and emerging (some might call them crazy, weird, whacky or wild). There’s nothing obvious or inevitable about it. They’re building something the market hasn’t yet imagined and doesn’t fit neatly into an existing market category. But if they’re right, then the fringe picks up momentum and ultimately becomes a wave. So, going forward, we’re evolving our thesis to be even more explicit about the why now and why not: We back mission-driven founders who are early in new areas. Looking back, we predicted a few waves right and invested early into them: Vertical SaaS in 2012-2014 (e.g. Jobber) Crypto in 2016-2020 (e.g. Uniswap Labs) Climate in 2020-2021 (e.g. Patch) These days, the areas on our radar are a combination of “why now” and “why not”. AI – with a focus on AI-native products (e.g. Ada) VR/AR – especially with the recent launch of Apple Vision Pro (e.g REMIO) Crypto – yes, we’ve been investing in crypto since 2016, but it still feels early given that design space has recently opened with new L2 scaling, and the acceleration of mainstream use cases like payments or tokenization of real-world assets Climate/energy – we are looking outside of software and just invested in a materials company replacing lithium ion with sodium ion (as the world is moving towards electrification) Hardtech/biotech – we recently backed a company building the next illumina for proteins Building a startup is hard enough as it is, but pioneering founders need to build on brand new technology, find new markets, and convince everyone of the market need. BUT this is exactly who we, as venture capitalists, want to back. We look forward to meeting more of these courageous and bold founders creating transformational change!

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Today our portfolio company, atmio, the operating system revolutionizing methane emission management, led by Matthias Schmittmann, Marius Krüger and Fabian Ihl announced their successful €5.1M Seed round led by Notion Capital, with participation from SquareOne Venture Capital, HCVC and Robin Capital 🚀 We could not be more proud of your achievements thus far and are eager to continue the joint journey of helping natural gas companies abate an additional 1 Billion tonnes of CO2 emissions 🌍 Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is responsible for a significant portion of global warming, with 60% of global methane emissions stemming from human activity and a third from the energy sector. Traditionally, methane leak detection has been manual, slow, and focused on immediate safety risks, often overlooking smaller but environmentally impactful leaks. atmio aims to change this with a comprehensive system for effortless detection, logging, and repair of methane leaks, ensuring precise and regular reporting 🌿 #venturecapital #sustainability #climatetech

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The best part of work is always at the terminals. Yesterday at the HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG Container Terminal Tollerort. Supporting the incredible works of founders Marcel Wiegand and Nico Marks and their exciting venture passify that secures and automates gate processes. The roll-out was a blast. Speaking with hundreds of truck drivers all day long and showing them the easiness of the gate process via smartphone App. This is another great example why founders who have years of terminal work experiences make the difference when it comes to gate integration, process knowledge and smooth software roll-outs. And this is just the start. passify simplifies and streamlines the access management process for both truck drivers and facility operators, while providing real-time information on pick-up and delivery availability. Definitely a startup to watch on an exciting growth path. #smartport #terminalaccess #startup #truck #gateprocess

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Three biggest learnings from a fundraising journey. Shared by Rainer Märkle, General Partner at HV Capital at EUVC 1/ Have a time box with a deadline attached. Have a defined horizon & create a clear plan. Have some urgency to get things done at some point. Execute very transparently and reliably. 2/ Stick to your narrative. But don't do it blindly. Tweak it when necessary. Adapt it. Don't let yourself be surprised by major changes. Keep focusing on delivering according to your strategy & plan. 3/ Fundraising is a marathon with many sprints. There are moments when you'll ask yourself - Why do I do this? Is it gonna work out? But don't get too negative during the down phases. Adapting and pivoting is part of our job. As it is for the founder of a company. How about you? What fundraising lessons have you learned? Join the conversation. 🔽 #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

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"As a VC for 20 years, here's a confession: I should have trusted my gut more often." Something that Rainer Märkle, General Partner at HV Capital. Shared with us at EUVC We all know VCs are supposed to be data-driven guided. We're trained to believe perfect analysis leads to perfect investment decisions. But sometimes, your gut feeling is your best friend. As a highly analytical person, Rainer has learned this valuable lesson. Intuition matters. Yes, due diligence is essential. However, take a break and look from a different perspective. Experience tells you when to trust your instincts. How do you balance data-driven analysis with intuition? Share your experiences in the comments! #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

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