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Capital Call #49
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Cyril Bertrand 🇫🇷 of Xange is more bullish than ever on the crypto market after another unicorn was added to the firm’s portfolio: Congrats, Ledger! And why we believe in crypto more than ever.
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 of Eurazeo seizes the opportunity of Believe Digital going public to discuss the future of the music industry: 🎧 Believe IPO - Music Distribution for the Digital Age.
Elnaz Giboulot 🇫🇷 and Marc Rougier 🇫🇷 of Elaia Partners are shedding a light on one of the hardest hires in early stage companies, your first marketing guru: The What, When and How of building a marketing team in an early stage tech startup.
Laura González-Estéfani 🇪🇸 of TheVentureCity shares all the tips she’s learned along the way when it comes to expanding in America: The four things European founders scaling to the US must know.
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital celebrates another milestone for the franchise, recalling some anecdotes from raising with founders and getting LP commitments: Celebrating 9 Unicorns.
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 of Trellis Road is convinced that our food system is broken, and that unsustainable lifestyles need to stop now: The power of a strong Why—a year of investing in high-impact foodtech.
Anthony Rose 🇬🇧 of SeedLegals goes through the list of how a startup can f*** up their cap table. Better safe than sorry! Founders, these mistakes will kill your startup.
Simon Schmincke 🇩🇪 from Creandum is talking about the 4-year relationship the firm has with their newest Partner, Peter Specht 🇩🇪: Creandum promotes Peter Specht to Partner.
Rana Yared 🇺🇸 of Balderton writes about raising a growth fund and what kind of opportunities she’ll be pursuing in deploying it: Why We Raised Balderton Growth I.
Apostolos Apostolakis 🇬🇷 of VentureFriends and Panos Papadopoulos 🇬🇷 of Marathon Venture Capital comment on the state of the Greek startup scene in Sifted: Greece Rising.
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 of Northzone, Annalise Dragic of Sapphire Ventures, and Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 of Stride VC comment on the future of work trends in Sifted, with many insights on what hybrid looks like for the future: The future of work startups that'll make it big, according to top VCs.
Joe Schorge 🇺🇸 and Chris Wade 🇬🇧 of Isomer Capital explain why they’re expanding beyond their business of being a fund of funds—in Sifted: Isomer raises a €100m fund to invest directly in European startups.
Harry Stebbings 🇬🇧 of 20VC has raised a $140m fund, one of the biggest solo VC partner funds on either side of the Atlantic, and he shared his journey with Sifted: Podcaster-turned-VC Harry Stebbings raises two funds totalling $140m.
Apostolos Apostolakis 🇬🇷 Co-Founder & Partner, VentureFriends, Athens 🇬🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Cyril Bertrand 🇫🇷 Managing Partner, Xange, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Alexandre Dewez 🇫🇷 Principal, Eurazeo, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Annalise Dragic 🇬🇧 Principal, Sapphire Ventures, London 🇬🇧 Linkedin| Twitter
Elnaz Giboulot 🇫🇷 Content & Community, Elaia, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn
Laura González-Estéfani 🇪🇸 Founder, TheVentureCity, Miami 🇺🇸 LinkedIn | Twitter
Pietro Invernizzi 🇮🇹 First-Cheque Investor, Stride VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Hussein Kanji 🇺🇸 Founder, Hoxton Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Patrick Newton 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Sarah Nöckel 🇩🇪 Investment Manager, Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Anna Ottosson 🇸🇪 Co-Founder, Trellis Road, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Panos Papadopoulos 🇬🇷 Partner, Marathon Venture Capital, Athens 🇬🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter
Anthony Rose 🇬🇧 Founder, SeedLegals, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Marc Rougier 🇫🇷 Partner, Elaia Partners, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Peter Specht 🇩🇪 Partner, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Harry Stebbings 🇬🇧 Founder, 20VC, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Rana Yared 🇺🇸 General Partner, Balderton Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Simon Schmincke 🇩🇪 General Partner, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Joe Schorge 🇺🇸 Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Isomer Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Chris Wade 🇬🇧 Co-Founder & Partner, Isomer Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter