European VC Digest: Cold Inbounds. Clubhouse. Innovation and Regulation. What’s Next for the Digital Employee.
Capital Call #29
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Ben Blume 🇬🇧 of Atomico, who was just promoted to Partner at the firm, looks back on 8 years as a VC and shares somes thoughts on his experience: Reflections on eight years in VC.
Alliott Cole 🇬🇧of Octopus Ventures writes about their team expanding in the healthcare space: Three new health tech experts join the team.
Pauline Paquet of XAnge is looking back at the successes of the French Tech scene and is optimistic about the year ahead: Despite everything, we are more optimistic than ever.
Henrik Wetter Sanchez 🇬🇧 of Playfair Capital values cold inbounds and makes a case for why it’s a crucial part of the ecosystem’s inclusion efforts: Turning up the heat on VC cold inbound pitch forms.
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures is writing about Clubhouse and what its expansion in Europe reveals about its future: What makes Clubhouse great, and what might cause its demise.
Also by Eze, check out this article about working with Amazon: How can startups engage Amazon and AWS across investment, partnerships and support.
Florian Heinemann 🇩🇪 of Project A is talking with McKinsey about how to incorporate a start-up-like approach to marketing, business intelligence, and building high-performing teams: How incumbents can lay the foundations for hypergrowth.
Leo Ringer 🇬🇧 of Form Ventures participates in a discussion with Trust Ventures’s Sal Churi and Ed Vaizey on Can Innovation Disrupt Regulation?
Also by Leo, check out this essay published by Silicon Roundabout: How can disruptive startups avoid alienating policy makers and actively influence regulation?
Shamillah Bankiya 🇺🇸 Vice-President, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧LinkedIn | Twitter
Alliott Cole 🇬🇧 Co-CEO, Octopus Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Florian Heinemann 🇩🇪 Founding Partner, Project A Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Mattias Ljungman 🇸🇪 Founder, Moonfire Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pauline Paquet 🇫🇷 Startup Success Manager, Xange, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Leo Ringer 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Henrik Wetter Sanchez 🇬🇧 Associate, Playfair Capital, London 🇬🇧LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog