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Capital Call #45
This is your weekly newsletter highlighting what investors in European startups are thinking—in their own words. We are Willy Braun, Nicolas Colin and Vincent Touati-Tomas. Hit reply if you want to send us feedback!
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By the way, we’re not the only ones maintaining an up-to-date Twitter list of female European VCs anymore—Sifted has an impressive list of female VC partners with 100+ great investors on it so far! Check it out here (and the corresponding article here).
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 of The Family (and co-host of Capital Call) shares 5 tips that have been helping him in his daily work: How to be more productive.
Thibault Elziere 🇧🇪 of eFounders is looking back at 10 years incubating companies, with many successes along the way: eFounders turns 10 🎂.
Staffan Helgesson 🇸🇪 of Creandum announces the arrival of Sabina Wizander 🇸🇪 in Stockholm and Gemma Bloemen 🇬🇧 in London: Creandum expands its investment team.
Also check out this Sifted interview, in which Sabina chats with Isabel Woodford about her move from operator at Kry to a VC Partner role: Meet Europe's newest female VC partner.
Jeremy Luzinda 🇬🇧 of Haatch is sharing the firm’s framework for how to pitch investors, including pitch decks from Coinbase and Revolut: How to pitch start-up investors.
Chirag Modi 🇬🇧 of Lakestar shares another deep dive into a prominent European tech company: SoftBank's $2bn+ Investment in The Hut Group ("THG").
Andre Retterath 🇩🇪 of Earlybird dissects the firm’s investment in Thinking and their NLP market deep dive: The “Swiss Army Knife” of Document Processing.
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures comes back to a classic of VC writing for founders: Raising Money Smartly.
Check Warner 🇬🇧 of Ada Ventures shares her personal journey about wanting to be a parent when working as a female VC partner: Parenthood & Venture Capital.
Also check out this article by Amy Lewin in Sifted, where Check is quoted alongside Mads Jensen 🇩🇰 of Superseed, Meg Karidis 🇬🇷 of Crowdcube, Carolina Küng 🇬🇧 of Frontline Ventures, and Reshma Sohoni 🇮🇳🇺🇸 of Seedcamp: What happens when a VC goes on parental leave?
Mehdi Benjelloun 🇲🇦 of Heartcore Capital interviews Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 of Stride VC about his journey into venture capital: The kings of pre-seed.
Luca Bocchio 🇮🇹🇬🇧 and Andrei Brasoveanu 🇬🇧 of Accel share with Sifted the firm’s scout list, with many operators from their previously funded portfolio companies: Accel launches a scout programme in Europe.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 of Northzone shares some insights with McKinsey on venture capital returns and models: Startup funding in the next normal.
Russ Shaw 🇬🇧, an angel investor and founder of London Tech Week, comments in City AM about London keeping its leader status in Europe: UK tech industry grows tenfold in last decade as London leads Europe.
Mehdi Benjelloun 🇲🇦 Analyst, HeartCore Capital, Paris 🇫🇷 Linkedin|Twitter
Anas Biad 🇫🇷 Partner, Sequoia Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Gemma Bloemen 🇬🇧 Principal, Creandum, London🇬🇧 LinkedIn |Twitter
Lucca Bocchio 🇮🇹🇬🇧 Partner, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Andrei Brasoveanu 🇬🇧 Partner, Accel, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Fred Destin 🇧🇪 Founder, Stride.VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Thibaud Elziere 🇧🇪 Founder, eFounders, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sam Ettelaie 🇬🇧 VC Senior Investment Manager, British Business Bank, Sheffield 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Staffan Helgesson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 First-Cheque Investor, Stride VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Mads Jensen 🇩🇰 Managing Partner, Superseed, London🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Meg Karidis 🇬🇷 Senior Commercial Manager, Crowdcube, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Carolina Küng 🇬🇧 Head of Platform, Frontline Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Jeremy Luzinda 🇬🇧 Investor, Haatch, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Chirag Modi 🇬🇧 Investment Associate, Lakestar, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Pär-Jörgen Pärson 🇸🇪 General Partner, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Andre Retterath 🇩🇪 Principal, Earlybird Venture Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Russ Shaw 🇬🇧 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Reshma Sohoni 🇮🇳🇺🇸 Founding Partner, Seedcamp, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog