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What is it like to visit the #CEElicon Valley for the first time? Christian Stiebner from KfW Capital shared his thoughts with us at #VC Central 2024 Don't miss the video in the comments! 🔥

🔥 Curious about what VCs think about the CEE region in 2024? Let's dive right into insights with Karol Szubstarski! Partner at OTB Ventures💡 Link in the comments 👇

#VCCentralGems💎 ⚡️Beyond the Buzzwords: what does it mean to be a VC in 2024❓ Gloria Baeuerlein, Founding Partner at Puzzle Ventures 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘝𝘊 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 10 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 2 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦.

Curious about our goals with VC Central? 🤔 Watch as Joanna Jasinska shares her insights in this video! 📹 👇Link in the comments 👇

#VCCentralGems 💎 ⚡️ Nobody's a prophet in their own land - why is it easier for CEE founders to attract VCs abroad? Maximilian Schausberger, Managing Director at Elevator Ventures 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘌𝘌, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨—5 𝘵𝘰 10 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘈—𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴.

#VCCentralGems 💎 ⚡️ Nobody's a prophet in their own land - why is it easier for CEE founders to attract VCs abroad? 🌈 Borys Musielak, Founding Partner at SMOK Ventures 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘌 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘊𝘌𝘌 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 ��𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭. If you haven't experienced VC Central yet, mark your calendar for next year's edition. You definitely don't want to miss out! 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 👉 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝘃𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘃𝗰-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 #VCCentral2024 #VentureCapital #VCWisdom #EventHighlights #NoBullshit #VCCentralGems

#VCCentralGems 💎 ⚡️ Sasha Vidiborskiy, Partner at Atomico 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 UiPath 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯. If you haven't experienced VC Central yet, mark your calendar for next year's edition. You definitely don't want to miss out! Secure your ticket today 👉 https://lnkd.in/euDTRxAT #VCCentral2024 #VentureCapital #VCWisdom #EventHighlights #NoBullshit #VCCentralGems

Ah shit, here we go again! 😎 Relieve some of the #VCCentral2024 ✨ magic ✨ with us! 👇Video in the comments👇

#VCCentralGems 💎 ⚡️𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗣𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗘 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 Christian Stiebner, Senior Investment Manager at KfW Capital 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘗𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘗𝘴. 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘗𝘴' 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. If you haven't experienced VC Central yet, mark your calendar for next year's edition. You definitely don't want to miss out! Secure your ticket today 👉 https://lnkd.in/euDTRxAT #VCCentral2024 #VentureCapital #VCWisdom #EventHighlights #NoBullshit #VCCentralGems

VC Central 2024: Key Insights from Patric Gresko’s "𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀" Keynote: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗖 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴: Europe's share of the global VC market reached 20% in 2023, with early-stage European VC representing almost a quarter of the global market. 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Over the past five years, Europe has consistently produced more technology startups than the U.S., a statistic that surprises many and highlights significant growth and innovation within the European market. 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗖𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁: The best-performing fund in the EIF portfolio generated a 505% net IRR, with the top 10 funds averaging around 150% net IRR. Notably, 167 funds in their portfolio deliver over 10% net IRR, showcasing the financial viability of European VCs. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀: The presence of serial entrepreneurs within VC funds has positively correlated with fund performance. Experienced entrepreneurs often attract top talent and contribute significantly to the success of VC firms. 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 = 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? First-time and emerging fund managers are finding success in Europe. Many of these new funds are among the best-performing in their respective vintages, indicating that new entrants can compete effectively with established players. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱: The average fund size in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is €80 million, significantly lower than the European average of €175 million. Without sufficient capital, local VCs might not fully benefit from the growth of their portfolio companies, which could be acquired by more capitalized firms from other regions. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿:  Around 40% of venture fund commitments in CEE come from public sources. CEE VCs need to diversify funding sources and attract more private investors to ensure the long-term sustainability of the market. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗘𝗘 𝗩𝗖 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀: In CEE, where 90% of General Partners (GPs) are male, there is a critical need to introduce more diversity. The EIF will scrutinize diversity efforts more closely in due diligence processes and encourage firms to recruit and promote female professionals. CC: European Investment Fund (EIF)