This is Capital Call, a weekly newsletter highlighting what investors in European startups are thinking—in their own words.
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Akash Bajwa 🇩🇪🇬🇧 of Shaper Impact Capital writes about Europe’s perennial problem with liquidity and how secondary transactions can be a solution: #14: Secondaries
Alexandra Baranowski 🇬🇧 of Playfair Capital presents the 4th edition of Female Founders Office Hours: Female Founder Office Hours Edition IV: Meet the Investors.
Brett Bivens 🇺🇸🇫🇷 of TechNexus discusses a list of four factors unlocking scale for consumer subscription software companies: Consumer Subscription Trends.
Also by Brett, check out A Growth Stage Investment Framework.
Eileen Burbidge 🇺🇸🇬🇧 of Passion Capital reacts to Coinbase (seemingly) repressing employee activism: Working for social justice isn't a 'distraction' for mission-focused companies.
James Clark 🇦🇺, who handles marketing at Draper Esprit, explains the main advantage of a VC firm being a public company: How to raise £110m in 3 days.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family wonders why Europe is lagging behind on new approaches to funding startups that would better fit its market: Europe should lead the way on alternatives to traditional VC.
Robin Dechant 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital has a personal newsletter. Check out this recent edition focused on industrial startups: Issue #25 - The Future of Manufacturing.
Aline Eibl 🇦🇹, an angel investor, writes about corporate governance in the startup world and Why you probably need to shake up your startup's board.
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧, who’s with both Entrepreneur First and Mosaic Ventures, comments on the Great Fragmentation: The end of the American internet.
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures observes that valuations are going up again: The days of bargain valuations are over. Bigger outcomes & more competition means higher prices are here to stay.
Pauline Paquet 🇫🇷 of XAnge uncovers their new program focused on startup success: Startup Success @ XAnge #1 Our Partnership Program.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 of Northzone wants to remind everyone that no, the economy is not well, and there are consequences: Are you prepared for Financial Armageddon?
Matt Penneycard 🇬🇧 of Ada Ventures shares a few facts, figures, and models to explain how venture capitalists make money: Venture Returns.
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 likes to build in public. Here he’s explaining what exactly they’ve been working on at Odin: Building a social investment platform.
Mika Salmi 🇫🇮 of Lakestar shares a framework for founders pondering whether they should expand internationally or not: When should your start-up 'go global'?
Ines Streimelweger 🇩🇪 of Creandum writes about climate change and the trends that turn technology into a tool for fighting it: Time to cool the planet — Creandum’s perspective on Climate Tech
Matt Wichrowski 🇩🇪 presents Fly Ventures’s two distinct European teams and how they manage to work together: Our Two Team Structure.
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 from Balderton Capital debates UtterBerry’s CEO about which founders make the best startup CEOs? in Sifted.
Maxime Le Dantec 🇫🇷 of Balderton talks about the summer heat in fundraisings: “We saw a compensating effect in raising this summer”.
Katja Pihlainen🇫🇮 of Wave Ventures talks to Boyang Pan about music and how she ended up becoming a VC: The journey into Venture Capital (VC) with Katja Pihlainen, CEO at Wave Ventures.
Akash Bajwa 🇩🇪🇬🇧 Analyst and Head of Europe, Shaper Impact Capital and Cass Entrepreneurship Fund London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Alexandra Baranowski 🇬🇧 Off-Cycle VC analyst, Playfair Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | TwitterBlog
Nathan Benaich 🇬🇧 General Partner, Air Street Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Brett Bivens 🇺🇸 Venture Investor, TechNexus, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Eileen Burbidge 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Partner, Passion Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 General Partner, Balderton, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
James Clark 🇦🇺 Marketing Director, Draper Esprit, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Robin Dechant 🇩🇪 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Aline Eibl 🇦🇹 Investor, Independent Advisor, Vienna 🇦🇹 LinkedIn
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧 Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First & Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 Associate, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Maxime Le Dantec 🇫🇷 Investor, Balderton Capital, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Finn Murphy 🇮🇪 Principal, Frontline Ventures, Dublin 🇮🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pauline Paquet 🇫🇷 Head of Platform, XAnge, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Matt Penneycard 🇬🇧 Partner, Ada Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Katja Pihlainen 🇫🇮 CEO, Wave Ventures, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn | Twitter
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 Co-founder, Odin, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Mika Salmi 🇫🇮 Managing Partner, Lakestar, Zurich 🇨🇭 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Ines Streimelweger 🇩🇪 Investment Manager, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn
Matt Wichrowski 🇩🇪 Partner, Fly Ventures, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
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