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Capital Call #33
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Maddy Cross 🇬🇧, talent director at Notion, shares her tricks with Point Nine Capital: 9 Tricks to build your Talent Acquisition function.
Aurore Falque-Pierrotin 🇫🇷 of Samaipata wrote part 2 of her series about a key feature of software businesses in the digital age: How to create & measure Network Effects [Part 2].
Christian Hernandez Gallardo 🇺🇸 introduces his new firm 2150 and lays out its thesis: making European cities more resilient. Read more here: Back to backing s***t that matters.
Also about Christian and 2150, have a look at this interview in Sifted: New €200m VC fund 2150 has a mission to clean up Europe's cities.
Elena Mazhuha 🇺🇦 of Genesis Investments suggests that founders focus more on their product than having their name all over the Internet: Founders, stop chasing the limelight — build your damn product.
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭of Point Nine Capital explains how you can up your game when it comes to operating call centers: The future of call center software — trust us, it’s sexier than it sounds ;)
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures writes about developers as the most important decision-makers in the software ecosystem: Developers, développeurs, desarrolladors!
Veera Pietikäinen 🇫🇮 of Voima Ventures shares a detailed roadmap for fundraising in the deep tech space: From the first meeting to closing the deal - deep tech VC investment process simplified.
Bruno Raillard 🇫🇷of Frst writes about their framework for dealing with risk: What to expect from us when things go wrong.
Marguerite de Tavernost 🇫🇷 of Cherry Ventures writes about the importance of picking the right investor for your early-stage startup: The art of (Cherry) picking a seed investor.
Alice Zagury 🇫🇷 of The Family tells all about moving from Paris to Martinique and discovering the startup scene there: Entrepreneurship from a small island.
Nicklas Bergman, Martin Bruncko 🇬🇧 of Steam Capital, and Kinga Stanislawska 🇵🇱 of Experior VC make the case for the European Union investing in European startups: European VC is broken but the EU can help fix it.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family hosts a podcast conversation in which Toni Cowan-Brown shares insights about being a European in Silicon Valley: Silicon Valley & Europe w/ Toni Cowan-Brown. Capital Call. AI. International Expansion. Consumer Goods.
Cem Sertoglu 🇹🇷 tells TechCrunch everything about his new fund focused on “Emerging Europe”: Emerging as an Eastern powerhouse, Earlybird Digital East Fund launches new $242M fund.
TechCrunch published a focus on the Stockholm startup scene 🇸🇪 and heard what Swedish investors have to say: 8 investors discuss Stockholm's maturing startup ecosystem.
Martin Bruncko 🇬🇧 Founder and Managing Partner, Steam Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Maddy Cross 🇬🇧 Talent Director, Notion, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Sofia Dolfe 🇸🇪 Principal, Index Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Aurore Falque-Pierrotin 🇫🇷Principal, Samaipata, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Staffan Helgesson 🇸🇪 Partner, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christian Hernandez Gallardo 🇺🇸 Partner, 2150, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Jacob Key 🇸🇪 Founding partner, Luminar Ventures, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Ashley Lundström 🇸🇪 Deal Partner, EQT Ventures, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Elena Mazhuha 🇺🇦 Investment Manager, Genesis Investments, Kiev 🇺🇦 LinkedIn | Twitter
Tanya Marvin-Horowitz 🇺🇸 Partner, Butterfly Ventures, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 Principal, Frontline Ventures, Dublin 🇮🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Ted Persson 🇸🇪 Partner, EQT Ventures, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Veera Pietikäinen 🇫🇮 VC Trainee, Voima Ventures, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn
Bruno Raillard 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Partner, Frst, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Cem Sertoglu 🇹🇷 Co-founder & Managing Partner, Digital East Fund Earlybird, Istanbul 🇹🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Björn von Sivers 🇸🇪 Investment Manager, VNV Global, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn
Kinga Stanislawska 🇵🇱 Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Experior VC, Warsaw 🇵🇱 Linkedin | Twitter | Blog
Marguerite de Tavernost 🇫🇷 Seed Investor, Cherry Ventures, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sanna Westman 🇸🇪 Investment Manager, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alice Zagury 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & CEO, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog