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Top tips for angel investors for more international deals. From Eva Spannagl, Managing Director of Climatos. The easy part: 👉 Build connections with international investors. 👉 Reach out proactively to international teams. 👉 Use Linkedin The tough one: 👉 Define your unique value proposition for this type of founders 👉 Preach what you want to do a thousand times. Talk about what you want. And the actions will follow. What do you think? What other tips will you add to the list? Join the conversation. #venturecapital #startupinvesting #angelinvesting #europe

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Come and join us at Impact Days this week! The Relevant Ventures Team and I are contributing to two sessions: 1) On Thursday 6th (16h15-17h15) we facilitate a conversation on how to direct entrepreneurial energy and investment finance to the blind spots: the people, places and topics that markets neglect. Too often, the businesses that really matter - the ones solving the most pressing problems in the most challenging circumstances - are the ones that struggle most, especially with access to finance. What's more, there are many businesses that should exist, but don't. Let's discuss how to change that! We will share learnings from the first four years of piloting a refugee enterprise finance platform in Uganda, as well as our vision for a "humanitarian venture studio" to ideate, incubate, and scale businesses to address humanitarian and planetary crisis. 2) On Friday 7th (9h-12h) we will participate in the Deep Dive Session at Impact Hub Vienna on Entrepreneurial Approaches in Philanthropy and NGOs, where we will contribute learnings from our 10+ years of experience working with NGOs and philanthropists internationally on enterprise and investment solutions for impact. The Deep Dive format is a fantastic occasion to include many perspectives and delve into difficult and sometimes controversial issues that are rarely discussed. We'd like to bring up two in particular: (i) A tendency for donor prescriptiveness on methods / strategy, and (ii) an infatuation with "innovation as novelty" in our community as a whole. New is not always better, and especially in the enterprise field untested often means risky, which in the end means higher impact risk first-and-foremost. Come and join!! With Jana Krajcovicova and Gregor Riss.

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While private market LPs are holding out from the market, public sector LPs are more important than ever. Public investors like EIF and KFW are stepping up to support Europe's VC landscape, especially critical during economic uncertainties. We invited David Dana of EIF and Christian Roehle of KFW, as well as Joe Schorge of Isomer Capital and Michael Sidgmore of Broadhaven Venture to have a discussion for The State of European Fundraising Report. Here's why we think their support matters for the ecosystem. Brings stability in uncertain times. Public investors provide crucial support, ensuring promising VC funds get a foothold even in downturns. It's shifting our focus. Their investments are increasingly targeting sustainability, climate tech, and disruptive innovation (deep tech, AI, etc.). It creates a lifeline for emerging funds. Public involvement is often vital for not just the first closing of funds but for their very existence. Learn how to navigate the effects of the #TechReset. Get insights from The State of European Fundraising Report. https://buff.ly/3KJ23W3 Delivered to you by EUVC | Isomer Capital | Floww. #EUVC #fundraising #venturecapital #industryreport

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🌍 Green business building often involves large-scale infrastructure and tangible assets. These are difficult to finance, especially in the early phase. 💸 If you want to hear from Gustav Bolin about McKinsey & Company's playbook on green tech scaling, with learnings from leading unicorns in Europe, as well as other thought leaders on de-risking hardware and their financing journeys, join us in Berlin on June 11. 👋 Link to apply in the comments

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In recent years, the amount of capital raised in the Dutch private equity (PE) landscape has accelerated significantly. ➡️ This growth seems driven by both increased fund sizes and a rising number of funds. ➡️ Across specific asset classes (buy-out, early-stage, venture, growth, mezzanine, etc.), this pattern holds. ➡️ In fact, 2023 has been another record-breaking year despite the rough investment climate during and after the pandemic. ❓What do you think this implies for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs, and GPs? What are the crucial observations and nuances at a more granular level? 🤗 There's more behind these numbers. Let me know or reach out if you wish to discuss further!

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Wauw, feautured in Forbes today! Thank you Geri Stengel & Forbes for shining a light on our vision on venture capital investing and your support! And grateful to have such a kickass business partner to make waves with Janneke Niessen. Despite the potential for increased returns and innovation, #GenderEquity remains a significant challenge #VC. Only 15% of European VC firms have women investment decision-makers, largely due to an industry preference for investing in people similar to themselves and reliance on male-dominated referral networks. CapitalT, led by Janneke Niessen and Eva De Mol Ph.D, addresses these issues head-on. Their innovative tool, VCVolt, evaluates early-stage founder teams on both hard and soft skills. When it comes to investing CapitalT’s money, they don’t rely on gut feelings. Their open application process ensures a diverse portfolio with 80% women, people of color, or LGTBQl+. Their efforts underscore the importance of gender hashtag #diversity in driving higher fund returns, benefiting not just investors but society. Read the full article on how CapitalT is achieving a higher return while doing good. https://lnkd.in/gTp7tZYQ

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TribeAngels is a small investor in Pitch59... Watch our overview of TribeAngels in 59 seconds. I get a lot of questions of what TribeAngels is ... ❌ We are NOT a group just interested in Startups ❌ We are NOT for people trying to raise money ❌ We are NOT a networking group, where the lead self promotes Here's what we ARE ... ✅ This is for Business Owners, Executives & Investors that ARE investing $50k - $1M in the next 12 months ✅ Relationships before Transactions ✅ If you don't GIVE-FIRST you probably aren't a fit ✅ You will get the chance to connect deeply with the other members #Landons_Thoughts #June27thEvent #WhatAreWe #TribeAngels #Pitch59 Jon Barlow, Haysam S., Kyle Hanagarne, Crystal Godfrey Bartlett We mean it Relationships over Transactions ... we mean it. COMMENT What you like most about this list? COMMENT if you watched the video

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What an extraordinary Venture Capital Conference. I gained powerful insights of the investment and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the netherlands and europe. 🚀🍀 It is also great to be member of the Financial Study association Rotterdam (FSR). #Slinghot #FinchCapital #NosuchVentures #venturecapital

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📰 Great to be featured on the latest Sifted article by Amy Lewin Joe Schorge, Maria Rotilu and I share our thoughts on the topic of ''How many new #VC funds does Europe need?'' and the ''rise in solo GPs across Europe'' 💭 TLDR: In my opinion, Solo GPs are fantastic! They truly do care and are super useful with great networks, hunger and high-speed. However many solo GPs don’t lead deals at pre-seed, and the European ecosystem could do with a few more funds that do. But there are exceptions, such as Germany’s Gloria Baeuerlein, Finn Murphy, and Max Claussen, to name a few. Full article here: https://lnkd.in/dWXUFsWb

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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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Without Venture Capital, the US economy would be half its size (public markets). Europe continues to underappreciate the impact that VC has on the broader economy. Next to its big brother Private Equity, venture capital is often discarded by larger investors as “not in our focus”. And I get it - as an asset class it has to further mature. But already today its impact is massive. According to a recently updated paper of researches at UBC and Stanford, Venture capital-backed companies account for 41% of total US market capitalization and 62% of US public companies’ R&D spending. Among public companies founded within the last fifty years, VC-backed companies account for half in number, three quarters by value, and more than 92% of R&D spending and patent value. In Europe, data is less readily available but various sources point to it being in the 20-25% range - obviously less but still quite significant. What other data do you have on this point?

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🌍💡 Embracing Interoperability: The Evolution of Carbon Markets 💡🌍 The landscape of carbon markets is rapidly evolving, with a significant shift towards fungibility and interoperability. What does this mean? We (at the SoHo Global Climate Fund) spoke with leading climate fund manager, Charles Bedford of Carbon Growth Partners, to shed light on this important trend in the carbon markets. It's about creating seamless connections between compliance and voluntary markets, allowing for the exchange and recognition of carbon credits across borders and sectors. This trend marks a pivotal moment in our collective efforts towards combating climate change. By enabling carbon credits to be fungible and interoperable, we're fostering a more efficient and scalable approach to carbon pricing and emissions reduction strategies. Companies and organizations now have greater flexibility to participate in markets that align with their goals. #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #Fungibility #Interoperability #Sustainability #Innovation #GlobalImpact

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Three reasons why I like this post of Joint Impact Model Foundation on their cooperation with BIO - the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries : 💡 interesting read on #impact measurement 🫶 someone else talking about what you do right instead of yourself 👏 compliments to people that deserve it

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Two weeks ago, we celebrated the closing night of OVNI Ventures I—and what a night it was! A heartfelt thank you to all our closest stakeholders for making this event a success—our LPs, fellow investors, and dear founders. Launching a fund is demanding, but gathering with all of you reinforces our belief in why we do it. A year and a half ago, we started with limited AUM, a niche community, and one deal in our portfolio. Fast forward to today, and we now have +100 LPs who believe in our vision, a podcast series launched with Matthieu, whose recent addition to our team has skyrocketed our community, and seven deals (with three yet to be announced). This special night perfectly embodied the OVNI Capital mindset: don’t take yourself too seriously, but get things done. It also reminded us how explosive things can get when you put 100+ entrepreneurs in the same room. 😅 Reflecting on our journey, I couldn’t be prouder of my partners Arnaud and Augustin. Together, our small team has achieved so much in such a short time. We are actively investing, so if you’re an entrepreneur looking to be supported by 150 like-minded individuals and join the OVNI community, our DMs are wide open.

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I'm speaking at SuperVenture 2024 on the 5th of June in Berlin. The topic of the panel is emerging VC managers: time to shine or out of their depth? Are LPs fleeing to established names and those that cut their teeth during previous cycles? Or is now the time for emerging managers to bring something different to the table? Is volatility leading to true innovation and disruption? We’re on track to see approximately 44% of the total LP capital committed to US VC funds since the start of the year go to just two large established VC platforms, according to PitchBook data. While many established VCs maintain their allure, there is a subset of LPs who are making a deliberate choice to increase their allocations to specialist emerging VC managers - managers who have spun out from established funds and have an attributable track record, founders with deep operational experience turned funders or academics with deep domain expertise. There is non-trivial added complexity when it comes to emerging VC selection – given the large number of funds needed to be screened and the more complicated referencing and DD process. Data highlights how important it is for GPs to identify & back ‘big winners’ early on to drive fund returns. Typically, ~5% of invested capital in a few winners drives most of the return (>50%). The VC model is built around investing in early-stage companies each with the potential to more than return the whole fund. Who has the right to win? Who will the best founders (and LPs) decide to partner with? #SuperVenture #VC SuperReturn

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The European VC fundraising scene is showing a clear trend. Experience matters. Let's unpack some data on this! From The State of European Fundraising Report. 1/ Why track record matters. In a cautious market, LPs (investors) are prioritizing established funds with a proven history of success. Experienced firms captured 54.5% of the capital raised in 2023. 2/ New opportunities for LPs. This market shift presents a golden opportunity for LPs to build relationships with top-tier VC firms. Firms they might not have accessed before. 3/ Focus on creating value. Investors are seeking firms that prioritize building real value, not just hype. This is a great long-term trend for the industry. If you are an emerging fund manager, the time to build a strong reputation and track record is now. Focus on building a compelling value proposition and demonstrating a clear path to success to attract investors. Learn how to navigate the effects of the #TechReset. Get insights from The State of European Fundraising Report. https://buff.ly/4boUlfm Delivered to you by EUVC | Isomer Capital | Floww.  #EUVC #fundraising #venturecapital #industryreport

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Private capital has huge potential to help develop a local ecosystem. It is the fuel for the local engine (startups and founders) to work. However, in biotech, local ecosystem dont thrive isolated but connected to the larger ones. Florian Schuster and Christopher Trummer seems to be doing this at Venga Ventures. From the little I have seen here, the idea is to connect Austria to the larger biotech league. If successful, the value created by these companies is spreaded between all engaged countries. If I understood this correctly, I share the excitement of this strategy and believe there is great technology to be developed outside of the larger biotech places of the world (think Boston, San Francisco, New York, San Diego and London), but that do not have a fighting chance if not connected to them somehow. Some local VCs in Brazil and Latan are doing this too like Vesper Biotechnologies and Zentynel Frontier Investments but there is room for more. Looking forward to hear from Venga Ventures and its companies in the future. Congrats and good luck!

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You maybe never heard the backstory why I entered into the (c)VC industry as an ex-entrepreneur, intrapreneur & startup operator. I wanted to support amazing entrepreneurs, learn about new business models & technologies, invest in the companies that matched with the corporate mothership (insurance CVC) and help those businesses scale. But there is another reason .... ⚡ It's an industry wide-open for evolution and disruption by ... technology. Really? Yes ... "The VC investment process is broken It’s manual, inefficient, non-inclusive and biased." 💡 Excel has been the preferred tool for ages 💡 Human bias is all over the process 💡 Only the top 20% of VC's is datadriven (with a set of very advanced funds leading the pack like Moonfire, EQT Group, Redstone , ... ) ..... I have been considering the #VC industry as another industry that was in an urgent need for their 'digital transformation'. The acceleration of AI and GenAI was clearly THE momentum to leapfrog. 📢 "VCs need to become data-driven in search for efficiency, effectiveness, and inclusiveness" Over the last 4 days, I attended the first Data-Driven VC Summit 2024. A 4-day summit, +20 sessions and 600 investors/startups discussing the Datadriven VC across multiple domains and topics (sorry numbers are important 😎 Some (incomplete) snippets from 4 days packed with content:  * The different phases in the Investment process require different solutions & data (panel discussions) . No monoliths possible. * Getting the data and normalizing, maintaining, updating, ... them is a massive job (all sessions) * " I don't have to do every good deal, but every deal needs to be good" Mike Arpaia on deal quality versus adding sources * 'Buy or build' is clearly still a debate, with build taking the lead at the moment, with deal sourcing being an exception (buy)? Differentiation is a key motivation to build. * AI will have an impact on the investment process, but 'core people and leadership challenges' will be just as pressing (in scaling up) (Martin Mignot - Index Ventures) * Founder relationships and their impact on succes can be researched and evaluated using the same research on married couples (excellent insights by Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers on conflict handling being the most predictive dimension) .... There was a LOT more content across all the talks, but hard to summarize here, even using #GenAI ;-) >------------- LET'S TALK 💬 If you consider upgrading your VC or CVC fund to become more data-driven (VC Platform roles), don't hesitate to reach out below to discuss: 💬 https://lnkd.in/e6kjakzF #VentureCapital #DataDrivenVC #GenerativeAI

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The European VC fundraising scene is showing a clear trend: experience matters. Let's unpack some data on this from The State of European Fundraising Report. 1/ Why track record matters. In a cautious market, LPs (investors) are prioritizing established funds with a proven history of success. Experienced firms captured 54.5% of the capital raised in 2023. 2/ New opportunities for LPs. This market shift presents a golden opportunity for LPs to build relationships with top-tier VC firms. Firms they might not have accessed before. 3/ Focus on creating value. Investors are seeking firms that prioritize building real value, not just hype. This is a great long-term trend for the industry. If you are en emerging fund manager, the time to build a strong reputation and track record is now. Focus on building a compelling value proposition and demonstrating a clear path to success to attract investors. Learn how to navigate the effects of the #TechReset. Get insights from The State of European Fundraising Report. ➡️ buff.ly/4aYglgi Delivered to you by EUVC | Isomer Capital | Floww. #EUVC #fundraising #venturecapital #industryreport

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