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Capital Call #46

This is your weekly newsletter highlighting what investors in European startups are thinking—in their own words. We are Willy Braun, Nicolas Colin and Vincent Touati-Tomas. Hit reply if you want to send us feedback!

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Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) writes about Tiger Global making deals in Europe, and what it reveals about the future of VC on the continent: Tiger Global: what happens when 'normal' returns?

Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 of The Family reminds founders that they should keep their employees in mind as they raise funds: Employee-friendly fundraising.

Pauliina Martikainen 🇫🇮 of Maki.vc shares the latest data and insights about the state of femtech in Europe: Femtech trends to watch in 2021.

Chirag Modi 🇬🇧 of Lakestar writes about Allegro, a recently listed Polish e-commerce company with a $16B market cap: ALLEGRO - Q1-21 Earnings Breakdown.

Ricardo Sequerra Amram 🇵🇹 of Point Nine Capital writes that it’s high time we modernize payroll management: Running payroll like it's 2021. Our investment in Pento.

Peter Specht 🇩🇪 of Creandum takes a closer look at the Spanish startup scene: Looking at the Spanish tech ecosystem from an international perspective in 2021 🇪🇸 🌍.

Iulia Tudor 🇷🇴 of Ascension Ventures writes about her professional journey and how startups can make the world more fair: Running to new heights.

Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures, quoting Tal Ben-Shahar, reminds us that the foreplay is at least as important as the action: The "Lovemaking Model" for Happiness.

• Also by Eze, check out The stoic resilience of Israel's Tech Ecosystem - Welcome to the Middle East.

Dario de Wet 🇿🇦 of Anthemis writes about startups whose aim is to allow users to monetize their own data: The Data Dichotomy: Control, Compensation and the Gen-Z Opportunity

Valerie Wiederkehr-Prundianu 🇦🇹 of Speedinvest acknowledges that the switch to remote working has brought about a lot of stress. Fortunately, there are solutions: Let's Talk About Stress.

Ana Wolsztajn 🇵🇱🇨🇿 of Kaya VC is looking back at her first months since joining the VC ecosystem and her hybrid role, from brand development to sourcing and investing: Things about being a VC I wish I knew 2 years ago.

Tom Blomfield 🇬🇧, formerly CEO at Monzo, talks about his new focus on angel investing in Sifted: Tom Blomfield turns to angel investing, making fourth bet this year.

Robert Lacher 🇩🇪 of the Berlin-based Visionaries Club talks about closing two new funds focused on seed and Series B, respectively: Berlin Visionaries Club closes two $85m funds.

Fred Lardieg 🇬🇧 of Mubadala Ventures Europe is bullish about the future of our ecosystem in this Tech.eu podcast: “We’re in the Golden Age of tech in Europe”.

Pär-Jorgen Pärson 🇸🇪 of Northzone talks about Tiger’s partnership with early stage investors in Europe as the ecosystem heats up: Tiger Global has invested in 16 European startups worth €70bn this year.

Nathan Benaich @nathanbenaich

2 weeks ago I published a 500-word oped in the @FT about why our spinout playbook is counterproductive to progress. I've now published my 6,000 word unfiltered internal version for those of you who want to dive further into this wormhole. Enjoy 🤓 airstreet.com/blog/spinouts

airstreet.comRewriting the European spinout playbookNathan Benaich is the Founder of Air Street Capital, a venture capital firm investing in startups using artificial intelligence to build products for consumers and enterprises

Nathan Benaich @nathanbenaich

🌟 @airstreet update! 6 months after public launch our $17M Fund has upscaled to $26M! The market to build AI-first tech and life science companies to solve huge global challenges is massive. Our largest investor is @PrimaMateria_ led by @shak @eldsjal @brettbivens! Thread 🔽

Sharmadean Reid @sharmadeanreid

Watching Dragons Den for the first time in ages and twice women entrepreneurs have been told they “have no commercial sense.” Has anyone done any stats on the amount of male teams vs female teams who have raised and also the language and tone used in the pitches?

• Nathan Benaich 🇬🇧 General Partner, Air Street Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Tom Blomfield 🇬🇧 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧  LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Dario de Wet 🇿🇦 Early-Stage Investor, Anthemis, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Frederic Lardieg 🇬🇧 Partner, Mubadala Ventures Europe, London 🇬🇧  LinkedIn | Twitter

• Pauliina Martikainen 🇫🇮 Investment Director, Maki.vc, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Chirag Modi 🇬🇧 Investment Associate, Lakestar, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter

• Sharmadean Reid 🇬🇧 Entrepreneur, London 🇬🇧  LinkedIn | Twitter

• Ricardo Sequerra Amram 🇵🇹 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Peter Specht 🇩🇪Principal, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter

• Iulia Tudor 🇬🇧 Portfolio Manager, Ascension Ventures, London 🇬🇧  LinkedIn | Twitter

• Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Valerie Wiederkehr-Prundianu 🇦🇹 People Manager , Speedinvest, Vienna 🇦🇹 LinkedIn

• Ana Wolsztajn 🇵🇱🇨🇿 VC Investor and Head of Platform, Kaya VC, Prague 🇨🇿 LinkedIn | Twitter