European VC Digest: Virtual Events; Loops; Liquidation Preferences; Moving Firms
Capital Call #5
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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Maren Thomas Bannon 🇺🇸 writes about diversity in tech entrepreneurs and shares a long list of Rising Startups To Watch With Diverse Founders.
Alexandra Baranowski 🇬🇧 writes about her first six months as an analyst at a VC firm: Why I joined Playfair Capital & what my internship has been like so far.
Sophia Bendz 🇸🇪 shares some exciting news: she’s joining Cherry Ventures (from Atomico) as Partner! Here’s the context and what she’s looking forward to: I have some exciting news to share.
Brett Bivens 🇺🇸 looks into the importance of identifying the right opportunities in the right markets when there’s not much to see: How to Identify Underrated Markets.
Also by Brett, check out this more recent piece in which he emphasizes the virtuous cycle of empowerment loops, drawing examples from three landmark companies: Empowerment Loops.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 (co-host of this newsletter), writing in Sifted, discusses the false dichotomy between greedy capitalists and conscious social entrepreneurs: Capitalists aren’t always the bad guys.
Henrik Grim 🇸🇪 of Northzone shares the principles underlying product-led growth in the gaming world and what SaaS founders can learn from it: Keen on product-led growth in SaaS? Look towards gaming.
George Henry 🇧🇪 of LocalGlobe took to his keyboard to write about what platforms have to offer small and midsize businesses: Platform tools: the SMB playbook.
Daniel Korski 🇬🇧 of PUBLIC analyzes the fiasco with the contact tracing app deployed by the British government and draws lessons for the future: NHS Covid app didn’t pass the test.
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 of Point Nine Capital discusses the impact of the pandemic on bringing people together and Why Virtual Events Are The Future 🔮.
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 and her Trellis Road co-founder Erik Byrenius are starting a series on the State of the European Foodtech and Agtech Investment Landscape (Part I).
Erik Stadigh 🇬🇧, from London’s Crane VC, shares the key takeaways from a panel he moderated about Serverless and the future of computing.
In a podcast discussion with Gonz Sanchez, James Wise 🇬🇧 discusses how he became a VC, what kind of startups he’s interested in, and the government’s contribution to innovation: James Wise from Balderton – Productivity, Innovation and Government.
Maren Thomas Bannon 🇺🇸 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, January Ventures, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Alexandra Baranowski 🇬🇧 Off-Cycle VC analyst, Playfair Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sophia Bendz 🇸🇪 Partner, Cherry Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Brett Bivens 🇺🇸 Venture Investor, TechNexus, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Willy Braun 🇫🇷 Operating Partner, Gaia Capital Partners & Founder, .exe, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Gil Dibner 🇺🇸 Founder & General Partner, Angular Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Henrik Grim 🇸🇪 Investment Manager, Northzone, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
George Henry 🇧🇪 General Partner, LocalGlobe, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Daniel Korski 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & CEO, PUBLIC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 Co-Founder, Trellis Road, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Erik Stadigh 🇬🇧 Investor, Crane VC, London 🇬🇧LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
James Wise 🇬🇧 Partner, Balderton Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
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