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European VC Digest: Founders & Investors; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Speed.

Capital Call #8

Jul 23, 2020
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This is Capital Call, a weekly newsletter highlighting what investors in European startups are thinking—in their own words. We are Willy Braun, Nicolas Colin, and Vincent Touati-Tomas, and you can find out more about the newsletter and who’s featured in it here: About Capital Call.

We have two ever-growing Twitter lists that you should follow:

  • Featured in Capital Call

  • Female VCs in Europe

And now on to today’s edition 👇

Oussama Ammar 🇫🇷🇱🇧 shares key startup insights following The Family’s recent Customer Experience Summit: The Customer Experience Mentality for Startups.

Maren Bannon 🇺🇸 maps the technology that contributes to improving diversity in the workplace: New Tech Solutions To Help Companies Curb Sexism And Racism.

Erik Byrenius 🇸🇪, cofounder of the Foodtech specialist Trellis Road, continues to lay out their investment thesis: Where to Start Your Foodtech Startup, Part I.

Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 shares his enthusiasm while writing about Balderton’s recent investment in Smol, a company focused on making better house cleaning products: A smol announcement.

Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 of Entrepreneur First writes a weekly newsletter, Thoughts in Between. The latest issue is about How to create tech optimism; the future of AI; ideological warfare.

Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 (co-host of Capital Call) writes in Sifted about Stefano Bernardi and Yannick Roux’s recent update on European VC fundraising: Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital.

  • Also by Nicolas, check out this review of Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway’s forthcoming book The Startup Community Way: Anyone Can Build an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.

Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 of Cambrial Capital details the LP’s perspective on why and when it makes sense to raise a fund: Should You Raise A Fund? An LP's View On Challenges And Alternatives.

Pierre Entremont 🇫🇷 of Frst explains with simple words the signal they send founders when issuing a term sheet: What it means to receive a Term Sheet from us.

William McQuillan 🇮🇪 of Frontline Ventures reflects on investment behavior in the venture capital industry: The Importance of Speed in Venture Investing.

Guillaume Meulle 🇫🇷 draws a parallel between being a VC and the “World’s Best Athlete”: it is all about being a multi-domain expert: What VCs and the “World’s Greatest Athlete” have in common.

Max Niederhofer 🇩🇪 of Heartcore Capital writes about the (sometimes) complicated relationship between a founding team and their investors: Fear and loathing in venture capital.

Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 of Mangrove Capital Partners wants to help founders do better pitches: 5 Pitch Mistakes: How to Fix Them.

Younès Rharbaoui 🇫🇷, CFO at The Family, continues his series of posts on the fundamentals of managing a company’s finances. This week: Cash is Queen.

Kjartan Rist 🇬🇧 comments on what a venture capitalist can contribute to building a startup: Why startups need activist VC partners more than ever.

Eze Vidra 🇬🇧🇮🇱 of Remagine Ventures shares a long list of ways startup founders can approach and work with the tech giant Google: How can startups engage with Google?

🎧 In a conversation with Monetizing Media's Eric Peckham, Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 of Sweet Capital shares insights into her thesis regarding social media: The Verticalization of Social Media.

📰 Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪, an investor with Northzone and publisher of the Femstreet newsletter, talks about joining the VC industry:  Femstreet's Sarah Noeckel on Hustling Into Venture.

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  • Oussama Ammar 🇫🇷🇱🇧, Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Maren Bannon 🇺🇸 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, January Ventures, Amsterdam 🇳🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Erik Byrenius 🇸🇪 Co-Founder, Trellis Road, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Suranga Chandratillake 🇬🇧 General Partner, Balderton, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Matt Clifford 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur First, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

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

  • Ha Duong 🇩🇪🇻🇳 Principal, Cambrial Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Pierre Entremont 🇫🇷 Co-Founder and Partner, Frst, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Sarah Guemouri 🇫🇷 Senior Associate, Atomico, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter

  • Pippa Lamb 🇬🇧 Partner, Sweet Capital, London 🇬🇧  LinkedIn | Twitter

  • William McQuillan 🇮🇪 Partner, Frontline Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Guillaume Meulle 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, XAnge, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Max Niederhofer 🇩🇪 Partner, Heartcore Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 Seed Investment Manager, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Yannick Oswald 🇱🇺 Principal, Mangrove Capital Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Younès Rharbaoui 🇫🇷 CFO, The Family, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Kjartan Rist 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Concentric, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog

  • Eze Vidra 🇬🇧🇮🇱 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 & Israel 🇮🇱 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog


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