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Capital Call #38
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Jason Ball 🇬🇧 of GR Capital shares how he organizes his days as an investor, and gives interesting insights for founders pitching to him: Hacking Productivity.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) comments on Deliveroo’s IPO and the bigger picture: Deliveroo: is it worth its £7.6bn listing valuation?
Hadrien Comte 🇫🇷 of Gaia Capital Partners explains how SPACs work and assesses their impact on the financing market Are the “Roaring Twenties” the beginning of the SPAC “Gilded Age”?
Sofia Dolfe 🇸🇪 of Index Ventures shares some perspectives about their investment in Otrium, in a time when consumer expectations are changing towards clothes: Solving Fashion’s Overstock Problem Once And For All.
George Henry 🇧🇪 of LocalGlobe writes about the rise of marketplaces in the B2B space: B2B networks are the next big software tool for SMBs.
Stanislas Lot 🇫🇷 of Daphni looks back at years of VC process optimization of deal processing, hunting through the firm’s own platform: Augmented VC, when the old fantasm is becoming the new normal.
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures is all about differentiation in venture investing and shares how he picks winners: Play where no one else will.
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 of Mangrove Capital Partners urges founders to look beyond the money while raising at seed stage: How to choose your seed investor?
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures anticipates what it will be like to come back to the office (very soon): How Will We Return to the Office After COVID-19?
Check Warner 🇬🇧 of Ada Ventures and Tom Wilson 🇬🇧 of Seedcamp make the case for bootstrapping in Sifted: The danger of venture capital ‘foie gras’.
Paul-François Fournier 🇫🇷 of Bpifrance shares some color behind the sovereign wealth fund pouring millions into beefing up France’s deeptech capabilities: France adds €700m to Europe’s deeptech arms race.
Colin Hanna 🇺🇸 of Balderton has a chat with his firm’s new Investment Associate: We welcome Shikha Ahluwalia 🇩🇪 as our new investment associate.
Nader Sabbaghian 🇨🇦 of 360 Capital talks about SPACs finally making their way into Europe—specifically Paris: Paris to Get its First Tech SPAC With 360 Disruptech Listing.
Markus Törstedt 🇸🇪 of Enzo Ventures explains why he raised a fund focused exclusively on young founders: Enzo Ventures: the new microfund for Gen Z founders.
Shikha Ahluwalia 🇩🇪 Associate, Balderton Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn
Jason Ball 🇬🇧 Partner, GR Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
James Clark 🇦🇺 Marketing Director, Draper Esprit, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Hadrien Comte 🇫🇷 Associate, Gaia Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sofia Dolfe 🇸🇪 Principal, Index Ventures, London 🇬🇧LinkedIn | Twitter
Paul-François Fournier 🇫🇷 SEVP, Bpifrance, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter |
Colin Hanna 🇺🇸 Principal, Balderton Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn
George Henry 🇧🇪 General Partner, LocalGlobe, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Inka Mero 🇫🇮 Founder & Managing Partner, Voima Ventures, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 Principal, Frontline Ventures, Dublin 🇮🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Leo Ringer 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nader Sabbaghian 🇨🇦 General Partner, 360 Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Markus Törstedt 🇸🇪 Founding Partner, Enzo Ventures, Puerto de la Cruz 🇪🇸 LinkedIn
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Check Warner 🇬🇧 Partner, Ada Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Tom Wilson 🇬🇧 Partner, Seedcamp, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog