European VC Digest: Black History Month, Sweden, from Seed to Series A, startup studios.

Capital Call #18

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Maren Thomas Bannon 🇺🇸 of January VC explains why technology innovators have missed the opportunity to address women’s healthcare needs in Why It Is Time To Do Away With The Term Femtech.

Elina Berrebi 🇫🇷 of Gaia Capital Partners, Lucile Cornet of Eight Roads Ventures and Nicola McClafferty of Draper Esprit share some tips for founders looking to raise their Series B in Sifted: How to attract late-stage investors.

Thibaud Elziere 🇧🇪 of eFounders went through what made his startup studio successful in the past, including the big winners in their portfolio: Scaling the Startup Studio Model.

Feliks Eyser 🇩🇪 reflects on the experience curve in tech entrepreneurship: What Successful Second-Time Founders Do Differently.

Chandar Lal🇬🇧 and Toby Coppel 🇬🇧 of Mosaic Ventures write about artificial intelligence creating value and solving problems usually handled by lawyers: Machine intelligence and legal contracts: why now?

Elisheva Marcus 🇩🇪 of Earlybird shares an open note to founders on how VC can support them in How VC delivers the right impact for startup growth, even in tough times.

Gabriel Matuschka 🇧🇪 of Fly Ventures explains how seed-stage founders can pull off the impossible: closing deals on enterprise markets: Winning Enterprise Clients as a Seed Stage Company

Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭of PointNine is bullish about marketplaces and many opportunities to come in the space: Mum, why the f*** did I launch a B2B marketplace?

Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 of Mangrove writes about the pandemic accelerating progress in contactless technology: The second wave and the contactless economy.

Peter Specht 🇸🇪 of Creandum shares insights on a key inflection point for startups: Getting from Seed to Series A.

Michael Tefula 🇬🇧, Check Warner 🇬🇧 and Shriya Anand of DiversityVC celebrate Black History Month, highlighting the achievements of those of African and Caribbean descent in the UK.

Niklas Zennström 🇸🇪 of Atomico shares why Sweden has become one of Europe's leading tech powerhouses with The Telegraph: Why Sweden is on the verge of another tech revolution.

Nicolas Colin 🇪🇺 @Nicolas_Colin

0/ I've been busy these past few days so I didn't promote recent @EuropeanStraits editions as much as usual. Here's a thread compiling all the editions from the past two weeks. Cc @_TheFamily.

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Henrik Grim @henrik_grim

I recently gathered CPOs at @northzoneVC, discussing the opportunities & challenges in product-led growth. Below is a synthesis of the most common discussions & learnings from my time spent with product leaders of @KING, @iZettle, @Spotify and the likes. A thread👇

Christoph Janz @chrija

1/ The greatest rewards for a venture investor come from the "non-consensus and (eventually) right" quadrant. I'm not even talking about financial rewards. I'm talking about the satisfaction of backing a founder early on, sometimes against all odds, ...

• Maren Thomas Bannon 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, January Ventures, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Elina Berrebi 🇫🇷 Founding Partner, Gaia Capital Partners Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Toby Coppel 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & Partner, Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter

• Lucile Cornet 🇫🇷 Principal, Eight Roads Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter

• Thibaud Elziere 🇧🇪Founder, eFounders, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Feliks Eyser 🇩🇪Angel Investor, Stuttgart 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Henrik Grim 🇸🇪 Investment Manager, Northzone, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Chandar Lal 🇬🇧 Research Associate, Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn

• Elisheva Marcus 🇩🇪Marketing Manager, Earlybird, Berlin LinkedIn | Twitter

• Nicola McClafferty 🇮🇪 Investor, Draper Esprit, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter

• Julia Morrongiello 🇨🇭 Associate, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Peter Specht 🇩🇪 Principal, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪LinkedIn| Twitter

• Michael Tefula 🇬🇧 Principal, Downing Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Check Warner 🇬🇧 Partner, Ada Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

• Niklas Zennström 🇸🇪Founder and CEO, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter