European VC Digest: UiPath. Control. Alan. Doing Stuff. Warm Intros. Institution Building. Hacking Finance.
Capital Call #41
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Philippe Botteri 🇫🇷 of Accel is looking back at his early days backing UiPath and a European love story with automation: From humble beginnings to market leadership: UiPath rings the NYSE bell!
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) muses about founders asserting control over their company: You're the one in control.
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 of IdInvest published the second part of his deep-dive into Deliveroo: 🦘Deliveroo's IPO - Breaking Down the Potential Futures of the Company (Part II).
Michele Foradori 🇮🇹🇫🇷 of BlackFin Tech looks at weekly fundraising activities amongst European countries: BlackFin Tech Weekly — April 19th.
Romain Lavault 🇫🇷 retraces the story of French startup Alan, which just became a unicorn following their latest fundraising round with Coatue: Alan, a legendary company in the making.
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 of The Family reflects on how investors should and could retain their ability to actually make things: Do stuff.
Thomas Meier 🇨🇭 introduces his new fund Lightbird Ventures, a Swiss-based VC firm aiming to back Swiss and European entrepreneurs: Backing founders aiming to rise above the crowd.
Evgenia Plotnikova 🇷🇺 of Dawn Capital dives into the big success of cloud companies: How cloud has won: The state of the market in 2021.
Sarah Turner 🇬🇧, an angel investor, writes about a fairer, more transparent and much more productive way of connecting investors with founders: Why investors need to stop taking 'warm' intros.
Seth Pierrepont 🇺🇸 and Varun Purandare 🇮🇳🇺🇸 of Accel share their investment thesis behind the European spreadsheet newcomer: Our investment in Causal: Bringing spreadsheets into the modern era.
Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 of Entrepreneur First interviews his co-founder Alice Bentinck 🇬🇧 in this wide-ranging podcast conversation: Alice Bentinck: Talent, innovation and institution building.
David Galbraith 🇬🇧 & Sean Park 🇨🇦 of Anthemis now share regular discussions on everything fintech as part of the Hacking Finance podcast. Check out the latest episode (published in March): Fintech Products & Business Model Opportunities.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 of Northzone was on Bloomberg TV to talk about European listing markets, recent IPOs in his firm’s portfolio, and various tech trends: Pär-Jörgen Pärson on Bloomberg TV.
Annika Sjöberg 🇫🇮 and Bo Ilsoe 🇩🇰 of NGP Capital talk with Tech.eu about the role gender plays in a startup founder’s ability to raise private capital in Europe: About gender and VC funding.
Akash Bajwa 🇩🇪🇬🇧 Analyst and Head of Europe, Shaper Impact Capital and Cass Entrepreneurship Fund London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alice Bentinck 🇬🇧 Co-Founder, Entrepreneur First, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Philippe Botteri 🇫🇷 Partner, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur First, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 Analyst, Idinvest, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sarah Drinkwater 🇬🇧 Angel Investor, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Michele Foradori 🇮🇹🇫🇷 Investment Director, Blackfin Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
David Galbraith 🇬🇧 Partner, Anthemis Group, Geneva 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Bo Ilsoe 🇩🇰 Partner, NGP Capital, Geneva 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Romain Lavault 🇫🇷 General Partner, Partech, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Thomas Meier 🇨🇭 Managing Partner, Lightbird Ventures, Zurich 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter
Sean Park 🇨🇦 Co-Founder, Anthemis Group, Geneva 🇨🇭 LinkedIn|Twitter
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Seth Pierrepont 🇺🇸 Partner, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Evgenia Plotnikova 🇷🇺🇫🇷 Partner, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Varun Purandar 🇮🇳🇺🇸 Vice-President, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Annika Sjöberg 🇫🇮 Communication Director, NGP Capital, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Sarah Turner 🇬🇧 CEO & Co-Founder, Angel Academe, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter