European VC Digest: SaaS Metrics. European SPACs. Investment Notes. Unplugged Summer.
Capital Call #53
This is your weekly newsletter highlighting what European VCs are thinking—in their own words. We are Willy Braun, Nicolas Colin and Vincent Touati-Tomas.
Welcome to all our new subscribers 🤗 If, like us, you’re interested in everything that’s happening in European VC, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter to be kept in the loop at all times: @CapitalCall_. Also follow our two Twitter lists: Featured in Capital Call & Female VCs in Europe.
We are pulling the plug for the summer beginning next week, and will spend some quality time to come back in September with fresh ideas for the European ecosystem—hopefully a lot of articles, interviews and twitter threads to catch up on!
Nathan Benaich 🇬🇧of Air Street Capital and Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital use Bastille Day as an opportunity to celebrate their investment in Gourmey, a French startup tackling the challenge of cell-based meat: Vive Gourmey's cell-based foie gras!
Merlin Carter 🇳🇿 of Project A shares some marketing tactics that apply to developer-facing products and community building: How to market to developers — according to a CTO.
Fredrik Cassel 🇸🇪 of Creandum dives deep into their latest investment in the untapped market of digital services targeted to seniors: Leap – the social learning platform for the over 55s.
Camilla Dolan 🇬🇧 from Eka Ventures shares insights on their investment in Paired, tackling the yet-to-be-defined market of relationship health: Why Eka invested in Paired.
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital shares his views about the best SaaS metrics for entrepreneurs, with some industry specifics: The Goldilocks Zone of SaaS Metrics.
Maxime Mandin 🇫🇷 of Blackfin does a full logo and research mapping of the B2B payment market: What are the most promising trends in BtoB Payment?
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺of Mangrove Capital Partners shares some thoughts about startups ideas and why building startups matters: The 3 questions you must answer.
Sophia Bendz 🇸🇪 of Cherry Ventures shares tips on effective communication, different business angel styles, and using personal brands as assets: The Art of Being a Wholesome and Authentic VC with Sophia Bendz.
Hussein Kanji 🇺🇸 of Hoxton Ventures answers questions about how he got into the industry and what makes a good VC: In conversation with Hussein Kanji, the founding partner at Hoxton Ventures.
Pierre-Yves Meerschman 🇫🇷 of Daphni opens up about the fundraising process with venture capital firms: The Reality of the Fundraising Process for a VC Fund with Pierre-Yves Meerschman.
Antoine Papiernik 🇫🇷 of Sofinnova Partners comments on the firm’s freshly raised $75M medtech accelerator fund: Sofinnova Partners Closes €63M ($75M) Oversubscribed Medtech Acceleration Fund.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 of Northzone talks with TechCrunch about the SPAC bonanza in Europe and what could happen next: Investors find European unicorns reluctant to join SPAC boom.
Nathan Benaich 🇬🇧 General Partner, Air Street Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sophia Bendz 🇸🇪 Partner, Cherry Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Merlin Carter 🇳🇿 Senior Content Writer, Project A Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Fredrik Cassel 🇸🇪 General Partner, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Camilla Dolan 🇬🇧 Partner, Eka Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Hussein Kanji 🇺🇸 Founder, Hoxton Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Maxime Mandin 🇫🇷 VC Investment Director, Blackfin, Paris 🇫🇷, LinkedIn | Twitter
Pierre-Yves Meerschman 🇫🇷 Partner, Daphni, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Antoine Papiernik 🇫🇷Chairman & Managing Partner, Sofinnova Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter