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Oussama Ammar 🇫🇷🇱🇧 shares key startup insights following The Family’s recent Customer Experience Summit: The Customer Experience Mentality for Startups.
Maren Bannon 🇺🇸 maps the technology that contributes to improving diversity in the workplace: New Tech Solutions To Help Companies Curb Sexism And Racism.
Erik Byrenius 🇸🇪, cofounder of the Foodtech specialist Trellis Road, continues to lay out their investment thesis: Where to Start Your Foodtech Startup, Part I.
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 shares his enthusiasm while writing about Balderton’s recent investment in Smol, a company focused on making better house cleaning products: A smol announcement.
Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 of Entrepreneur First writes a weekly newsletter, Thoughts in Between. The latest issue is about How to create tech optimism; the future of AI; ideological warfare.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 (co-host of Capital Call) writes in Sifted about Stefano Bernardi and Yannick Roux’s recent update on European VC fundraising: Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital.
Also by Nicolas, check out this review of Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway’s forthcoming book The Startup Community Way: Anyone Can Build an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 of Cambrial Capital details the LP’s perspective on why and when it makes sense to raise a fund: Should You Raise A Fund? An LP's View On Challenges And Alternatives.
Pierre Entremont 🇫🇷 of Frst explains with simple words the signal they send founders when issuing a term sheet: What it means to receive a Term Sheet from us.
William McQuillan 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures reflects on investment behavior in the venture capital industry: The Importance of Speed in Venture Investing.
Guillaume Meulle 🇫🇷 draws a parallel between being a VC and the “World’s Best Athlete”: it is all about being a multi-domain expert: What VCs and the “World’s Greatest Athlete” have in common.
Max Niederhofer 🇩🇪 of Heartcore Capital writes about the (sometimes) complicated relationship between a founding team and their investors: Fear and loathing in venture capital.
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 of Mangrove Capital Partners wants to help founders do better pitches: 5 Pitch Mistakes: How to Fix Them.
Younès Rharbaoui 🇫🇷, CFO at The Family, continues his series of posts on the fundamentals of managing a company’s finances. This week: Cash is Queen.
Kjartan Rist 🇬🇧 comments on what a venture capitalist can contribute to building a startup: Why startups need activist VC partners more than ever.
Eze Vidra 🇬🇧🇮🇱 of Remagine Ventures shares a long list of ways startup founders can approach and work with the tech giant Google: How can startups engage with Google?
🎧 In a conversation with Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham, Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 of Sweet Capital shares insights into her thesis regarding social media: The Verticalization of Social Media.
📰 Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪, an investor with Northzone and publisher of the Femstreet newsletter, talks about joining the VC industry: Femstreet's Sarah Noeckel on Hustling Into Venture.
Oussama Ammar 🇫🇷🇱🇧, Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Maren Bannon 🇺🇸 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, January Ventures, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Erik Byrenius 🇸🇪 Co-Founder, Trellis Road, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 General Partner, Balderton, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur First, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 Principal, Cambrial Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pierre Entremont 🇫🇷 Co-Founder and Partner, Frst, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sarah Guemouri 🇫🇷 Senior Associate, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 Partner, Sweet Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
William McQuillan 🇮🇪 Partner, Frontline Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Guillaume Meulle 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, XAnge, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Max Niederhofer 🇩🇪 Partner, Heartcore Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 Seed Investment Manager, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Younès Rharbaoui 🇫🇷 CFO, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Kjartan Rist 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Concentric, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Eze Vidra 🇬🇧🇮🇱 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 & Israel 🇮🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
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