Advice From Top European VCs; Insights Into the LP Ecosystem; A Fund’s Performance Revealed.
Capital Call #7
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Stefano Bernardi 🇮🇹🇫🇷 & Yannick Roux 🇫🇷 sent their quarterly update about European VC firms raising money from LPs—“the wildest quarter in a long time”: Q2 '20 European VC fundraising note.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) shares his thoughts about how venture capital is transforming to serve more diverse needs: The Diffraction of Venture Capital.
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 is looking at funding rounds in France in 2019. Interesting insights, and a nice graph that reveals the feedback loops at work in the local ecosystem: 2019 French Funding Rounds.
Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 of Cambrial Capital shares Part Two of his series targeting fund managers’ performance and sweet spots: Know Your Edge As A VC: Analytical And Behavioral Edge.
David Galbraith 🇬🇧 of Anthemis wants to inspire founders with a reverse pitch. He’s looking for a company building a rent negotiation product: Startup Seeding Ideas: Rent Re-negotiation.
Kyle Hall 🇺🇸🇫🇷 shares recent customer experience discoveries grabbed from The Family’s latest online summit: Customer Experience wisdom from The Family’s online CX Summit.
Jasmin Heimann 🇨🇭from Marcau Partners shares the reasons why (she’s) excited about FemTech in 2020 and beyond: it’s all about more privacy by design!
Also by Jasmin: Useful resources for (present and future) investment analysts (Part 1/Part 2).
Christian Jantzen 🇩🇰 is closing down Futuristic VC, his Nordic early-stage fund, launched in 2017, to instead focus on angel investing for the time being.
Chandar Lal 🇬🇧 & Bart Dessaint 🇬🇧 of Mosaic Ventures discuss the current challenges of remote work and widespread uncertainty from an HR perspective: Smarter hiring in a post-COVID world.
Jean de La Rochebrochard 🇫🇷, who manages Xavier Niel’s investments in tech, shares the details about Kima Ventures’s investment thesis... and the returns: Under The Hood Of Kima Ventures.
As she transitions from journalism to angel investing, Bérénice Magistretti 🇨🇭has a message for investors: Don't forget about the 1B people with a disability: Tech is failing people with disabilities.
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 maps out the European B2B marketplace landscape in her latest article. In total, European B2B marketplaces have raised over €3B, and the number continues to grow.
Sonali de Rycker 🇮🇳🇬🇧 shared some of her best advice on leadership in startups in the new Soaked media launched by Slush: 8 Vital leadership learnings for startups.
Chris Smith 🇬🇧 lays out the opportunities he sees in Europe and Israel for the years to come, together with key hiring trends: 4 Trends That Are Creating Huge Opportunities For Entrepreneurs During Covid-19.
Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 from Sweet Capital spoke with VCLeaders on her journey to VC, her investments in female founders, and why it matters: Listen and empathize — an interview with Pippa Lamb.
Paula Groves 🇬🇧 of Impact X emphasizes the importance of financing entrepreneurship when it comes to social change and how underrepresented communities can thrive in this EU Startups post.
Christian Miele 🇩🇪 interviews Bjorn Tremmerie 🇧🇪,Head of VC at the European Investment Fund (EIF): Das Tech Briefing — mit Daniel Fiene & Gästen (it’s in English from 11:00 onward).
Stefano Bernardi 🇮🇹🇫🇷 Angel Investor & Scout, Atomico, Italy 🇮🇹 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Bart Dessaint🇬🇧Partner, Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧LinkedIn | Twitter
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 Analyst, Idinvest, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 Principal, Cambrial Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
David Galbraith 🇬🇧 Partner, Anthemis, Geneva 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Paula Groves 🇺🇸 Founding Member, Impact X Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Kyle Hall 🇺🇸🇫🇷 Ghostwriter, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Jasmin Heimann 🇨🇭 Marcau Partners, Zurich 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christian Jantzen 🇩🇰 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Chandar Lal 🇬🇧 Research Associate, Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 Partner, Sweet Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Jean de La Rochebrochard 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, Kima Ventures, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Bérénice Magistretti 🇨🇭 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christian Miele 🇩🇪 Partner, e.ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Yannick Roux 🇫🇷 Investor, Semantic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Sonali de Rycker 🇮🇳🇬🇧 Partner, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Chris Smith 🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Playfair Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Bjorn Tremmerie 🇧🇪 Head of Venture Capital, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LinkedIn
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