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ImpactBuying is growing and expanding. And we have some exiting news: Marjan De Bock-Smit and I are very happy to have Moniek van Roon at our side as business partner and shareholder. 🎉 We are full of ambition to bring our #Bcorp to the next level. It was such a wonderful decade working side by side with Marjan as Co-CEO. As off today her role will change into non-executive director so she can focus on international expansion and strengthening our innovation ambitions. We are always moving, always focusing on making things better and enabling sustainable growth with our stellar ImpactBuying team. And just like the legal context for our clients is changing dramatically (#CSRD #CSDDD #EUDR #GCD); we are gearing up as well to help our clients meet all these demands in the right way. All fun and games 😍 Step by step…. Today the press release went out. Details: https://lnkd.in/erAVYSqv #CSRD #dataverification #supplychain #CSDDD #exited #determination #expansion #compliance #positiveimpact

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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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So far renewable energy has only increased consumption of energy and electricity. Trillions are needed if your goal is net zero. Nations get to choose their own path for energy and electricity. Vaclav Smil estimates the cost to reach net zero is $440 trillion, paid for by affluent nations spending 20% to 25% of their GDP for the next 25 years.

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(Open source) software is eating the world. Open + Free + Commercially Sustainable = Paradox? At Serena, we wanted to understand better the relation between Open Source values and commercial success - which is key for entrepreneurs, customers, VCs and, more importantly, projects' sustainability. So, being data-driven as we are, Matthieu Lavergne put together our first Commercial Open Source Report - together with the Serena team and with the help of awesome contributors such as JB Onofré from the Apache Software foundation, open-source entrepreneurs such as OpsMill's Damien Garros, Kotzilla's Arnaud GIULIANI and Miguel Valdes Faura, IT-law expert Gilles Rouvier and of course our very own Bertrand Diard who co-founded open-source and Nasdaq-listed Talend. There's a ton of insights in there that hopefully will help navigate, benchmark and understand COSS. Some takeaways that I find exciting: - VC funding of COSS has steadily been growing. - US unsurprisingly dominates VC-funding of COSS but Europe is on the rise. But there's also a lot to learn when looking at software categories, correlation between funding and success metrics, impact of the license models, relationship with foundations, etc... It's free and accessible here: https://lnkd.in/d5uBvjAU

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We celebrated 5 years of 4impact capital earlier this week 🌟. Time flies when you are having fun! It was late 2017 when Ali Najafbagy and I, inspired by our friends Alex Pitt and Henry Wigan at Mustard Seed , joined forces to use our network, experience and complimentary skills to contribute to a better world. Early adopters of the #moralambition you could say, with Ali and having met at Goldman Sachs. It's the best decision I made. We took 2018 to define strategy (impact 🌍 + digital tech 👩‍💻 = strong returns 🚀 ) and launched our Fund I in 2019. That's 5 years ago. We then 🍀 joined the impact journey of Envision , Solar Monkey, Carbon Equity, Satelligence, Equalture, Circularise, Quan - employee well-being, SkillsCV, The Fabricant, Green Story, Carbonfuture, InfoTiles Digital Water, TVARIT, Myrspoven AB, Deftpower, Coolgradient who continuously work on building a better future. 🙌 grew our team with inspiring, passionate and smart people and with serial founder, operator and high energy Victor Straatman joining us as full time partner earlier this year 🤠 🚀 launched Fund II last year, which is a multitude in size vs the previous fund already, allowing us to invest in more visionary founders in BNL, DACH, Nordics. Still fundraising until 3Q to further increase the € going to where it is needed - digital tech innovation for a better planet! I wouldn't be here without Ali's passion, grit and ambition, our early believers, investors, advisors, friends, family and supportive husband (Arjen Wink) 🙏 🙏 ! But this is only the beginning! $6Tr is needed annually to meet the UN SDGs and 70% can be accelerated by the use of software. As VCs we fund innovation and change. Small contributions can lead to big impact if adopted by many, so let's make a change together! If you are a digital tech4good early stage founder or want to learn more, reach out to us at 4impact capital! Yasmin Venema, Sven Meyer, Jessica Ollus, Jill Kuipers, Joep Helsen, Sam Labordus, Hermie Sun #vc, #impact #tech4good #anniversary #timeflies #thankyou

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Insights: the state of Dutch venture capital in Q1 2024👇🏼 #tech #vc #netherlands === Key takeaways: ➡️ Dutch startups raised $1.3B in Q1 2024, the biggest Q1 on record for venture capital. Investment is up 2.2x year on year. ➡️ In 2024 Dutch VC investment is currently tracking above even the global boom years of 2021/22. ➡️ 44 rounds of $2M+ were raised by Dutch startups in Q1 2024. Venture is currently more active than any time pre-2021. 📊 You can dive into this data yourself in an interactive way! 👉 Full report: https://lnkd.in/e4sYndDA Brought to you by: #dealroom === ➡️ Deal readiness New State Ventures operates as an independent deal maker for software and technology-led businesses. We collaborate with high-growth companies, their founders and investors to drive deal readiness and transaction value in preparation for and execution of investments, acquisitions and exits. 👉 Contact: DM (or https://lnkd.in/eFAxZ9W) #newstateventures #founders #investors #venturecapital #privateequity #dealreadiness https://lnkd.in/e3uTFNAp

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Scaling your startup is an exciting journey, and expanding your team is a clear sign of that growth. Although 82% of Dutch scale-ups want to employ more people (up from 75% in 2023), they face multiple obstacles in this respect. Deloitte's annual Scale-ups confidence survey delves into the challenges and triumphs Dutch scale-ups are facing to achieve their growth targets. Interested in the latest insights? Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eEBxsrrG #ScaleUpConfidence #ScaleUpEcosystem #Growth #Talent

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Scaling your startup is an exciting journey, and expanding your team is a clear sign of that growth. Although 82% of Dutch scale-ups want to employ more people (up from 75% in 2023), they face multiple obstacles in this respect. Deloitte's annual Scale-ups confidence survey delves into the challenges and triumphs Dutch scale-ups are facing to achieve their growth targets. Interested in the latest insights? Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e6aS4QcV #ScaleUpConfidence #ScaleUpEcosystem #Growth #Talent

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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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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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About 6 years ago we redefined the mission of our firm. We felt then and now that technology can be a force for good and as a growth investor we can make a difference in accellerating and magnifying that impact through our work. We don’t invent the technology, but we back the founders that see a bigger and brighter future for their business and solutions. We then set our firm on a course to become a B-corp as a way to ingrain our commitment to be a force for good. At the time there were not a lot of growth equity investment firms with a B-corp certification, other than emerging markets firms. At the time, many in Europe were still unfamiliar with the power of B-Corp, but I had seen it in action at several US firms and of course at one of my favorite companies, Patagonia. Part of that power stems from the intent and mission driven approach. More a culture and mindset than a set of rules and regulations. There are of course measurements that you need to satisfy as a company to demonstrate your commitment. But in essence the B-Corp certification allows you to commit to a positive impact while leaving you with the flexibility to figure out how you accomplish that. This flexibility is crucial for an investment setting, as of course our commitment is not only to our founders, their teams and companies, who need to be who they are but also to provide a strong return to the pension holders of the pension funds and other investors who entrust us with their future. The B-Corp approach is a great way forward. A big thanks to Ayoni Guda and our entire team who have taken up the baton and ran with it (and then made a great video to spread the B-Corp word). #bcorp, B Corp

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I wish we had the same ‘pay it forward’. Access to money, knowledge and experience. And a can do attitude 💪🏽 A great article from Anke Huiskes in Quotenet NL, for every founder/investor I would say. 👀⤵️ #firstdegree #founders #investors #whyrelationshipsmatter
#changethewaypeoplework https://lnkd.in/eTjFizAZ

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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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Structuring processes is essential for scaling. Yet few founders like to do it. So to all the startups and scaleups in my network 👉 few people are as good as Tessa at doing exactly this: structuring processes to help your company scale! Today you can reach out to Tessa and check if you're a good fit to have har onboard as fractional COO. I'd definitely recommend her to every founding team who's planning to scale and wants help for the organisation of operations from an expert, freeing up time for the founders for external tasks such as sales or investors relationship.

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The Quarterly Startup Report for Q2 highlights a notable trend in Dutch startup investments. Despite the number of investments remaining roughly consistent with the first quarter, the total investment amount sharply declined. This decrease is attributed to the absence of very large funding rounds, typically around €100M or higher, which were present in Q1. Read the key insights from the report here: https://lnkd.in/gTn-cVEu Dealroom.co, Golden Egg Check, KPMG, Dutch Startup Association (DSA), Techleap, Lucien Burm, Thomas Mensink, Maarten Cleeren

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Fascinating data about the VC investments per capita by now in 2024 that Yoram Wijngaarde and his team at Dealroom.co brings. As we get stuck in our mindset on the big advanced ecosystems that are making lots of noise, there are incredible places where resiliency in terms of capital raised is remarkable. Singapore 🇸🇬 (Jacqueline Poh, YC Choy) is at the top of the charts followed by the UAE 🇦🇪, right ahead the US! Switzerland 🇨🇭 is the leading European country with the most VC money invested per capita, followed by Israel 🇮🇱 (Michal Freeman-Shor). My take is, watch for small countries that put tech, AI, startups and the private capital market in their priorities as a leading economic growth driver. Those are the tech exporters of talent, tech and capital and will attract investors globally. #capitalmarkets #privatecapital #venturecapital #startups #innovation #technology #AI #economy #growth #entrepreneurship #privateequity

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