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Be bold. Do something different. Focus on your passions, what you are good at, and enjoy the ride. Here is a short collection of tips and tricks from leading European VCs. 👉 Noor Sweid, Managing Partner at Global Ventures 👉 Robin Godenrath, Managing Director and Founding Partner of Picus Capital 👉 colin daymond hanna, Partner at Balderton Capital If you want to learn more from each of them, dive into our discussions in the comments section below. #venturecapital #angelinvesting #europe

🚀 Announcement: Gateway Ventures Teams Up with Danube Angels! We're thrilled to announce our new #Partnership with Danube Angels at Gateway Ventures! This collaboration expands our investor network by adding over 300 new #BusinessAngels, particularly active in Eastern Europe. Together, we aim to streamline the investment process, offering investors a broader range of opportunities and facilitating co-investment opportunities. Read more about this partnership on our blog. Link in comments below 👇 #GatewayVentures #DanubeAngels #StartupInvestments

Off to Engaged Investments Conference today. Hanging with investors, start ups and scale ups. Thanks to Credo Ventures for the invite. Can’t wait to meet the rising stars of CEE entrepreneurs and listen in to the sessions like the one below. #Cloudfresh

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak to Danish business angels at Danish Business Angels - DanBAN about early-stage valuations. It was an inspiring discussion on what methods make sense to apply for companies that are pre-revenue, have some revenue or are stable and have predictable cashflow. I will be repeating this workshop on October 6th at a DanBan event together with Nordic Eye Venture & Growth Capital. For anyone interested in learning how to evaluate a company before a capital-raising round, feel free to contact me directly here on LinkedIn. #earlystagevaluations #startupvaluation #DanBan #NordicEye #capitalraising

Feeling the love regarding the near closing of our #seed #investment round which has both VC and angel investment. Take a look at the comments from David and those in his thread! We have £80k left to close the round. Please DM if you're interested. #angelinvestment #education #edtech #neurodivergent

How does Antler go from 177,000 applications to a 1% investment rate? Antler CEO Magnus Grimeland hosts a deep dive into the institutional rigor and scale that makes us unique, featuring Antler partners leading key aspects of our operations—founder scouting (Lavanya Indralingam), program (Ryan Sommerville, US team), and portfolio success (Anne Solhaug Tutar). Erik Sebusch, Global Strategy Leader for VC & Growth Equity at Mercer Alternatives Group, shares an investor’s perspectives on VC manager selection in the current environment. 📺 Watch the replay in the article below 👇 #investing #founders #events

Did you know that women represent just 17% of management company owners in venture capital? Thanks to VentureForward for shining a light on the topic and for the shout out alongside this amazing group of women investors 👊. To Chris Thomas, Felix Scheuffelen, and the team at Assembly Ventures, here's to building great things together. (Psst... emerging managers hustle harder and diverse teams outperform.) #womenshistorymonth #womeninvestors

📈 What are common challenges to overcome when scaling to a new market? Michael Lints, Partner at Golden Gate Ventures, discusses strategies to overcome common hurdles and identify growth opportunities. 💡 Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/dwHJabeX #Hub71 #FiresideChat #TechEcosystem #InAbuDhabi

Introducing #ACTON6 🚀– we’re excited to launch our 6th vc fund at €225M to back companies, ready to scale & built to last. Since 1999, we’re standing for a different kind of venture capital & GROWTH. DRIVEN BY REASON. 🌱 Our risk-aligned approach fosters substance and value for the long run. With the fresh capital we’re doubling down on proven business models at the early-growth stage. 🌍 We believe beauty comes in more than one size. Our commitment is to support all our portfolio companies to reach their full potential – be it the next global shooting star or the hidden B2B champion. #balancedportfolio #sustainableinvesting #vcfund #readytoscale The new fund has already made its mark with investments in 🇩🇪 (Seatti, ECO Group), 🇧🇪 (Henchman), 🇨🇭 (Skribble), 🇪🇪 Klaus – with more in the pipeline. We invest in companies, but we back people. A huge THANK YOU to our dedicated entrepreneurs and loyal LPs for their ongoing trust into our team – all along the way! /cc Dr. Sophie Ahrens-Gruber, Dominik Alvermann, Hannes Blum, Christoph Braun, Leon Buchholz, Christina Catania, Bettina Engert, Laura Josipovich, Joseph Hefele, Paul-Bernhard Kallen, Dominique Krötz, Julius Luehr, Fritz Oidtmann, Jan-Gisbert Schultze, Frank Seehaus, Benedikt Sudbrock, Joerg Wernet, Sebastian Wossagk

Great to hear Paula Enei | Rogelio Rea + Tak Lo talking about Platanus Ventures directed by Braeside Capital Management 💯 They get into what PV is, building in #latam markets, their focus on technical teams and seed stage companies as their firms focus, and how they would have expanded much faster in the region (and not just Chile) if they did it all over again. Listen to it here: https://lnkd.in/dRP6rbzV #latinamerica #vcfunding #investors