European VC Digest: Gender Diversity. Dealflow. Due Diligence. Manufacturing Startups.
Capital Call #28
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Asta Diabaté 🇬🇧 of CapitalT is sharing the behind-the-scenes of getting her first job in VC and what it takes to succeed: How a policy grad ended up in VC a year and a half after graduation.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family shares a podcast featuring Laetitia Vitaud and Nina Goswami about the BBC’s 50:50 project: Nina Goswami on how to make progress on the diversity front.
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 of IdInvest and Maxime Fonsale write about an accelerating trend in fintech: Buy Now, Pay Later Solutions are Going Direct to Consumer.
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧 of Mosaic Ventures offers a synthesis on how to moderate online speech if we want society to survive: Online speech and publishing.
Michele Foradori 🇫🇷 of BlackFin Tech zooms out from Covid-19 and zooms in on what 2020 meant for the European fintech and insurtech sector: 2021 predictions.
Jonathan Hollis 🇬🇧 and Jack Richardson 🇬🇧 of Mountside Ventures dive into the stack every investor should have for deal hunting: Leveraging the latest technology to source dealflow.
Eric Lagier 🇩🇰 of byFounders shared the firm’s term sheet and a guide for early-stage founders looking to understand the mysterious clauses: byFounders' Guide to the Term Sheet.
Liina Lehtonen 🇫🇮 from Butterfly Ventures evaluates the important concept of “due diligence” in the VC world: How does due diligence work in venture capital?
William McQuillan 🇮🇪 of Frontline shares the firm’s data about investing in diverse founders and some patterns the investment team has seen along the process: 5 years of gender data in VC.
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 of Trellis Road has put together a list of incubators, accelerators and grants that can help Foodtech startups in the early days: The A-Z of Foodtech Incubators, Accelerators & Grants.
Kjartan Rist 🇳🇴 of Concentric is sharing predictions, and how covid-19 has proven to be an unexpected stress-test for tech: Trends, Sectors, And Tech That Will Emerge.
Asta Diabaté 🇫🇷🇬🇧 Investment Associate, CapitalT, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Robin Dechant 🇩🇪 (Formerly) Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 Analyst, Idinvest, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧 Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First & Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Michele Foradori 🇮🇹🇫🇷 Investment Director, Blackfin Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Jonathan Hollis 🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Mountside Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Eric Lagier 🇩🇰 Founder & Managing Partner, byFounder, Copenhagen 🇩🇰 LinkedIn | Twitter
Liina Lehtonen 🇫🇮 Associate, Butterfly Ventures, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn | Twitter
William McQuillan 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Partner, Frontline Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 Co-Founder, Trellis Road, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Jack Richardson 🇬🇧 Investment Analyst, Mountside Ventures, London 🇬🇧 | LinkedIn | Twitter
Kjartan Rist 🇳🇴 Founding Partner, Concentric, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog