European VC Digest: Lobbying. B2B Marketplaces. Climate Investing. Sheer Panic. Simple Cap Tables.
Capital Call #40
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Shamillah Bankiya 🇺🇬 and Virginia Pozzato 🇬🇧 of Dawn Capital are bullish about the developer space and share insights on their thesis: Introducing the next generation of dev tools.
Stefano Bernardi 🇮🇹🇫🇷 & Yannick Roux 🇫🇷 sent their quarterly update about European VC firms raising money from LPs:Q1 '21 European VC fundraising note.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) explains why startup founders (and the investors who back them) are still amateurs when it comes to lobbying—in Sifted: Lobbying: it's high time startups up their game.
Also by Nicolas, check out this essay about Building Startups Across Borders.
Hadrien Comte 🇫🇷 of Gaia Capital Partners makes a case for both LPs and entrepreneurs qualifying as the firm’s clients: Client-Centricity in a Commoditized World of Financial Products.
Sebastián Fernández-Medrano 🇪🇸 of Samaipatashares some tips on what to get under your belt before raising seed money: When should I raise money?: Key milestones ahead of your Seed round.
Julia Hawkins 🇬🇧 of LocalGlobe looks back at 2020 and what’s next for her firm, seeing much bigger opportunities in the next 20 years than ever before, including in Europe: Hello from LocalGlobe.
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 of Point Nine Capital gives a useful cheat sheet for entrepreneurs going out to fundraise for their B2B marketplaces: The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021.
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 of Odin discusses why it’s so hard to bring retail investors into the venture capital world: Private 🛑.
Hampus Jakobsson 🇸🇪 & Heidi Lindvall 🇸🇪 tell TechCrunch all about their ambition in tackling climate change: Pale Blue Dot aims to be Europe's premier early-stage climate investor and has $100 million to prove it.
Shamillah Bankiya 🇬🇧 VC & Growth Investor, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Stefano Bernardi 🇮🇹🇫🇷 Angel Investor & Scout, Atomico, Italy 🇮🇹 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Hadrien Comte 🇫🇷 Associate, Gaia Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Gil Dibner 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Founder & General Partner, Angular Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sebastián Fernández-Medrano 🇪🇸 Principal, Samaipata, Madrid 🇪🇸 LinkedIn |Twitter
Julia Hawkins 🇬🇧 General Partner, LocalGlobe, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Hampus Jakobsson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Pale Blue Dot, Malmö 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Heidi Lindvall 🇸🇪 General Partner, Pale Blue Dot, Malmö 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Patrick Newton 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Virginia Pozzato 🇬🇧🇮🇹 VC Investor, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Yannick Roux 🇫🇷 Investor, Semantic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 Co-founder, Odin, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog