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Back in Spring, Roost had its first birthday. We decided to celebrate. The goal was to raise £500k, grow the team and unlock more homes. 💸 Landed on just over £600k and a host of new partners. We have already started building new ways for our members to interact with their money, negotiate with the property market and manage their homes. 🤝 It takes more than money to build something useful. Hi Tom, hi Iman. We will be hiring more team members in the coming weeks. 🏘 Last night, Roost picked up the keys for 4 homes in Tottenham. They come with a big community garden. Together, they are the home for London's newest co-op. Lots of growth to come. ------ Excited to work with Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, HEARTFELT_, Angel Invest, Ventures Together, Richard Ng via the Ada Ventures Angel program, Jesper With-Fogstrup, Deborah Okenla and other angels. We are greatful for the continued support of Hannah Wickes, Alex Bannister, Patricia Canelas, Ciara Conway, Harry Hill, Sheridan Kates and more. Above all thanks to our members, collectively imagining an end to the housing crisis.

We're back with round 2 of future founder drinks in Berlin 🇩🇪 We’re teaming up with our friends at Embarc, Atlantic Labs and FoodLabs to provide some pre-summer holiday inspiration for aspiring founders 🌞 Under the theme of 'finding your cofounder', we're connecting startup operators, investors and employees ... who are keen to turn side projects, hustles and ideas into startups. On the agenda: 🤝 Franziska Schildbach will share findings from our portfolio-wide research into ‘cofounder matching’ ... for the first time. 🤔MEDWING's Johannes Roggendorf, and our own Dogo - your dog's favourite app's Eliza-Marija Hirvensalo +1 🤫 will share stage advice on choosing your cofounder. 🎵 We'll be running informal networking, drinks and nibbles (& yes, there will be a DJ) Link for registration in the comments! 🗓️ 25th July | ⏰ 18:30 | 📍 Berlin

Congrats to our portfolio company CYCLE for expanding their presence in the Dutch mobility market! https://lnkd.in/gRGptBib

We @ Spike Technologies have been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program for top teams building in genAI space! 👊🏻 NVIDIA AI will support us in developing preventative Health AI through access to their ML expertise and the latest compute. Met with NVIDIA's Healthcare AI team @ their HQ in Santa Clara last week. Excited to see NVIDIA is betting big on Healthcare AI with thousands of folks in biopharma, healthcare, and digital health divisions and their SPEED! #NVIDIAInception #healthai #speed

Our first-ever Embarc drinks in Berlin were a massive success 🇩🇪 We had an amazing venue courtesy of Best Nights VC, complete with a DJ and ice-cold Jäger on tap 🎧 Overheard in the room - buzzing conversations with potential co-founders in the making... The Berlin ecosystem is full of high-potential future founders. This event was just the beginning 🚀 And we couldn't have done it without our friends at HEARTFELT_ and Best Nights 🤝 Berlin, thank you for being awesome. We'll be back soon!

🇱🇹 Last chance to register for the Startup Lithuania Accelerator Expo! On June 21, we’ll wrap up our first batch with an event that gathers VCs, corporations, and government entities to hear the 10 startups pitching their business solutions, insightful panels, and conferences. The agenda includes: Opening remarks by Ausrine Armonaite Lithuania’s Minister of Economy and Innovation, and Seena Amidi, Plug and Play Tech Center Managing Partner, EMEA “The Global Tech Competition: Challenges and Opportunities for Baltic Startups” A panel moderated by Leonardo Rocchetti, featuring Kaan Eren, Gabrielė Poteliūnaitė, Michal Bas, and Zane Kampa. Startup Pitching Competition, powered by JCDecaux Lietuva, Kilo Health, and ROCKIT Vilnius, featuring 10 startups from our first batch. Seena Amidi, Lina Jasaite, Lina Žemaitytė - Kirkman, and Žaneta Fomova will be choosing the best startups of this batch. Our program mentor, Seymur RASULOV, will also have a keynote on “The Journey of Entrepreneurs: 6Ps Every Founder Should Pack.” We’ll have a cocktail party at our Vilnius office to wrap up the day. Register here to join us: https://lnkd.in/dEZxgGYu #PNPTCLithuania #Vilnius

Ambition Meets Reality - Mind the Gap "As a VC fund, how can we help founders beyond cash?" We believe that at the heart of it all are conversations: shared experiences, contributed ideas, warm introductions to impactful humans, partnership opportunities. We created the HEARTFELT_ Salon to inspire meaningful conversations between people who can inspire and amplify each other. Two weeks ago, we hosted the second instalment - on Green Energy - together with Libergy in the Journalistenclub. Libergy is a new and dynamic player in the Berlin Energy & GreenTech ecosystem. Our guests explored new paradigms balancing planetary boundaries with economic prosperity. We discussed the growing gap between ambitious climate targets and the willingness and ability to achieve them. Paulina of the HEARTFELT_ investment team discussed the intersection of quantum computing and the current challenges in energy transformation with Vinod Philip and Alissa Wilms. Libergy's Julian Lütkewitte spoke with Isabelle Canu, Jen Godderidge, and Dr. Nicolas Burkardt on how Europe can finance decarbonization tech and reduce Scope 3 emissions. We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the conversation and organised this impactful day: Julian Lütkewitte, Benjamin Eckert, Henric Hungerhoff, Joerg Rheinboldt, Paulina Gernandt, and Lilika Strezoska for capturing the moment.

🎉 Congratulations to our portfolio company Bluedot on the launch of their new product! ⚡ Bluedot makes EV charging payment easier and simplifies expense management for drivers and fleets. 🔌 Since launching their first fleet product 10 months ago, they've discovered a deep unsolved pain in the market: charging your company car at home is simple, but getting your money back for it isn't yet. 🎯 That's exactly what their new product solves, simplifying home-charging reimbursement. 📩 Get in touch with Ferhat Babacan if you are in charge of a corporate fleet and you're looking for a solution! Links to articles in the comments

We're very excited to welcome Elisa Biava to our investment team in Berlin! 💜 Let's give her a very warm welcome and if you're building something cool - hit her up!

Big news for all the future founders in Berlin! 🇩🇪 We’re pleased to partner with our friends at Best Nights VC and Embarc, London’s home for future founders, to bring you an exciting drinks event 🥂 🇬🇧 In London, Embarc has connected over 800 future founders, with 7 start-ups founded in their first year…so what better than partnering on their first ever Berlin drinks for future founders, supporters & VCs? We’ll be hosted at BNVC’s offices, a great indoor/outdoor event space, with free drinks, bites and a resident DJ 🎧 Spaces are limited, so sign-up fast: https://lnkd.in/dNbH7pnJ