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Capital Call #12
This is Capital Call, a weekly newsletter highlighting what investors in European startups are thinking—in their own words. We are Willy Braun, Nicolas Colin, and Vincent Touati-Tomas, and you can find out more about the newsletter and who’s featured in it here: About Capital Call.
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Sarah Drinkwater 🇬🇧 reflects on the plurality of labels to describe one category we all know about: The responsible tech movement is held back because we don’t know what to call it.
According to Simon Edelsten 🇬🇧, the European tradition of identifying monopolies assumes that companies with high market shares in any industry are likely to act against the public interest.
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 shares the thesis behind his firm’s latest investment, a startup creating meat from animal cells—and why it makes sense as a SaaS investor: Why we invested in Mission Barns.
Lillian Li 🇨🇳🇬🇧, previously with Eight Road Ventures, helps us better understand Chinese tech companies and the very large niches they’re revealing: The product philosophy of Kuaishou.
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 dives into why data matters, where the underlying value is, and what companies are looking into to improve their capabilities to work with data in Unpacking the data hype.
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 explains why optimizing for revenue growth doesn't always make sense in Why Cash is King.
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 of Odin, a new platform focused on investing in tech startups in the UK, writes about the local ecosystem and Building a Greater Britain 🇬🇧
Rory Stirling 🇬🇧 of Connect Ventures talks about a dear topic of his, the mental well-being of founders in VCs need to make themselves accountable for founders’ mental wellbeing.
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 is hooked on the passion economy, the endless opportunities for creators, and the challenges the creative industries are facing to cope with the hype in The creator economy is rising.
Also by Eze: check out A Digital Goodie Bag.
🎧 Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 talks with Andrii Degeler of the Tech.eu podcast: EQT buys Idealista, more money for Mollie and Klarna, and we talk to PJ Pärson of Northzone.
Luis Shemtov 🇮🇱 of Lunar Ventures explains why he decided to become a VC and what it would take to build the next Silicon Valley in Europe: Shooting for the VC moon with Luis Shemtov.
Sarah Drinkwater 🇬🇧 Angel Investor, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Simon Edelsten 🇬🇧 | Manager, Artemis Global Select Fund, London 🇬🇧 | LinkedIn
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 Investment Analyst, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Lillian Li 🇨🇳🇬🇧 Investor, Eight Roads Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 Seed Investment Manager, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 Co-founder, Odin, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Luis Shemtov 🇮🇱 Co-Founder, Lunar Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Rory Stirling 🇬🇧 Partner, Connect Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
We are Willy Braun 🇫🇷, Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 and Vincent Touati-Tomas 🇫🇷. We work as investors and operators in the European VC industry. Hit reply if you want to send us feedback!