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Capital Call #50
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Marin Cauvas 🇬🇧 of Anthemis explains why his firm decided to double down on digital assets: Why we re-invested: Kaiko.
Jon Coker 🇬🇧of Eka Ventures dissects the firm’s thesis after the launch of their £53 million impact focused, but highly commercial, early stage venture fund: Eka Ventures: Our Thesis.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family explains the antitrust revolution that’s currently happening in the US and the consequences over here: What Europe can learn from the new US antitrust chief, Lina Khan.
Annalise Dragic 🇬🇧 of Sapphire Ventures, Sarah Nöckel of Northzone, and Pietro Invernizzi of Stride VC share their views about The future of work startups that'll make it big—in Sifted.
Rouven Dresselhaus 🇩🇪of Cavalry Ventures celebrates the fund's first unicorn, and what blew them away in the freight-forwarding industry: The Backstory of Cavalry x Forto.
Sarah Drinkwater 🇬🇧, an angel investor with Atomico, remembers the first years of London Campus, a key tech hub in the UK before the pandemic: Celebrating the end of Campus London.
Julia Hawkins 🇬🇧 of LocalGlobe shares insights about a recent investment to help women proactively learn about their fertility: Our investment in Hertility.
Vedika Jain 🇬🇧 of Weekend Fund explains what the position of chief of staff is all about in a startup context: State of Chief of Staff in Tech — 2021.
Louisa Mesnard 🇫🇷, Samantha Jérusalmy 🇫🇷,Franck Lescure 🇫🇷, Alexis Frentz 🇫🇷 and Sacha Loiseau🇫🇷of Elaia Partners share a comprehensive deep dive on science and tech: Digital Life Sciences ≠ Digital + Life Sciences.
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 of Point Nine Capital reveals what institutional investors want to see before they consider investing in crypto: Data is the key to unlocking institutional crypto adoption.
Francisco Navas 🇪🇸of Balboa Ventures makes the case for founders cashing out more often, and earlier: It shouldn't be taboo for founders to take cash off the table early.
Christopher Steinau 🇩🇪 and Michiel Kotting 🇳🇱of Northzone discuss supply chain innovation and why shipping prices have skyrocketed during COVID: How a freight-forwarder (Forto) is valued $1.2bn in the middle of the biggest shipping crisis in history.
Marin Cauvas 🇬🇧 Principal, Anthemis, Lisbon 🇵🇹 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Jon Coker 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Eka Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Annalise Dragic 🇬🇧 Principal, Sapphire Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Rouven Dresselhaus 🇩🇪 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Cavalry Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Sarah Drinkwater 🇬🇧 Angel Investor, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alexis Frentz 🇫🇷 Investment Manager, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Julia Hawkins 🇬🇧 General Partner, LocalGlobe, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 First-Cheque Investor, Stride VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Vedika Jain 🇬🇧 Chief Of Staff, Weekend Fund, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Samantha Jérusalmy 🇫🇷 Partner, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Michiel Kotting 🇳🇱 Partner, Northzone, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter
Franck Lescure 🇫🇷 Partner, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Sacha Loiseau 🇫🇷 Venture Partner, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn
Louisa Mesnard 🇫🇷 CMO, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Francisco Navas 🇪🇸Investment Director, Balboa Ventures, Madrid 🇪🇸 LinkedIn
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 Investment Manager, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christopher Steinau 🇩🇪 Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter