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Capital Call #31
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Cyril Bertrand 🇫🇷 of XAnge writes about the grocery wave that Europe is experiencing, talking about his latest investment in Cajoo: We want more French unicorns? Let’s start by winning the battle of Paris.
Paul Christophle 🇫🇷 of Korelya Capital makes a case for more European regulation for Apple and the App Stores of the world: Neither Apple nor Facebook?.
Newton Davis 🇺🇸 of Assembly Ventures writes about the features and functions of mobility systems in changing the movement of people, goods, data, and energy: Systems: Making the World Move.
Henrik Grim 🇸🇪 of Northzone writes about the GameStop saga and what short squeezes mean for the retail investor base: GameStop, influencers and the need for trust-based social networks for investing.
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 of Creandum is looking back at her first year as a VC and extract learnings from her experience: Making Sense of One Year in VC.
Jean de La Rochebrochard 🇫🇷 of Kima Ventures asks a tough question: how large can a market grow? The Trillion Dollar Question.
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 of The Family wonders why everything is going so slow and if that doesn’t explain Europe lagging behind: Ecosystem velocity is key.
Franck Lescure 🇫🇷 of Elaia Partners talks about their recent biotech IPO: Pherecydes seduced 2021 IPO gatekeepers for startups fighting infectious diseases. Here’s what we learned along the way.
Amy Liu 🇺🇸 of Point Nine Capital lays out some key learnings based on her experience working as a Sales Lead at Box, Anaplan, Framer and Uber: A primer on Sales Ops for early-stage B2B founders.
Konstantin Siniushin 🇱🇻 of Untitled Ventures warns about the fact that the current funding bonanza might not be a lasting trend: A single pitfall the early stage VCs should not fall into in 2021.
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures is looking at the creator economy market and the products helping the community build income: The creator economy – who are they, what do they do and how do they make money?
William McQuillan 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures talks about raising a new fund in the “strongest year” the tech world has seen in a long time—in Sifted: VC firm Frontline raises €70m seed fund for B2B startups.
Cyril Bertrand 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, Xange, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Paul Christophle 🇫🇷 Investment Manager, Korelya Capital, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur First, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Newton Davis 🇺🇸 Investors Relations, Assembly Ventures, Detroit/Berlin 🇺🇸🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Blog
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Henrik Grim 🇸🇪 Investment Manager, Northzone, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 Associate, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Jean de La Rochebrochard 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, Kima Ventures, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Franck Lescure 🇫🇷 Partner, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Amy Liu 🇺🇸 Operating Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪LinkedIn | Blog
William McQuillan 🇮🇪 Partner, Frontline Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Konstantin Siniushin 🇱🇻 Managing Partner, the Untitled Ventures, Riga, 🇱🇻 LinkedIn
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog