European VC Digest: Diversity. Saving the Planet. Employee Incentive Schemes. Everybody Lies.
Capital Call #23
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Max Bray 🇬🇧 of Founders Forum shares what he’s learned in his job as chief of staff: Seven reasons you probably don’t need a Chief of Staff.
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 writes about what it took his firm Balderton to be certified as committed to diversity: Announcing our certification as a Diversity VC Standard Level 1 fund.
Also check out Suranga’s contribution to this recent virtual panel on the same topic: Diversity & Inclusion: Building Back Better.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family wonders if it still makes sense to wonder where a company is based: What is a 'European' startup in the era of remote work?
Seth DeHart 🇳🇱 of CoFound Partners writes for Point Nine Capital about how to improve your sales forecasting skills: Sales Forecasts and Pipeline Reviews: Why and How.
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷of IdInvest explains why it’s easier to create and do business if you’re part of a community 🤼♀️ Collectives in the Creative and Business Worlds.
Benoît Georis 🇧🇪 of Elaia reflects on the ideal background for founders and operators in the deep tech space: Deep tech: is PhD the new MBA as a gateway to entrepreneurship?
Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 of Stride VC shares stories about founders focusing on saving our planet: A new breed of founders using data to help the planet (and their backers)
We all know that SaaS investors are data-driven, but what exactly are they looking at? Here’s Point Nine Capital’s Christoph Janz 🇩🇪’s answer: What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2020?
Tilman Langer 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital writes about employee stock options and why it’s not necessarily a beautiful world: Employee Incentive Schemes: The good, the bad and the grey.
Mathias Pastor 🇫🇷 of The Family discusses entrepreneurship and what founders should disclose about how their business is doing: Everybody (kinda) lies.
Check Warner 🇬🇧 of Diversity VC and Ada Ventures provides inspiring answers on 40 Minute Mentor: Your mentor for the next 40 minutes is the incredible Check Warner.
A portrait of Charlotte Bruce 🇬🇧, principal at Cherry Ventures: Founders first and investors second, a portrait of Cherry Ventures.
Cayetana Hurtado 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 of Balderton gives us a Node by Slush Mentoring Session: Node by Slush Mentoring Session by Cayetana Hurtado.
Bernard Liautaud 🇫🇷 of Balderton participates in a panel about Europe's Success Stories & The Path to Scaling Globally. Check out the transcript here: Europe's Success Stories On Scaling Globally.
More about Sequoia’s expansion in Europe, with partner Luciana Lixandru 🇷🇴, in Sifted: Brunch with Luciana Lixandru, Sequoia's new European chief.
Max Bray 🇬🇧 Chief of staff, Founders Forum, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Blog
Charlotte Bruce 🇬🇧 Principal, Cherry Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 General Partner, Balderton, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Seth DeHart 🇳🇱 Partner, CoFound Partners, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 Analyst, Idinvest, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Benoît Georis 🇧🇪 Investor, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Evgenia Plotnikova 🇷🇺🇫🇷 Partner, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Cayetana Hurtado 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 Principal, Balderton, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 First-Cheque Investor, Stride VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Tilman Langer 🇩🇪 General Counsel, Point Nine Capital, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Blog
Bernard Liautaud 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, Balderton Capital LinkedIn | Blog
Luciana Lixandru 🇷🇴 Partner, Sequoia Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Bérénice Magistretti 🇨🇭 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Mathias Pastor 🇫🇷 Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Check Warner 🇬🇧 Partner, Ada Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog