European VC Digest: Outgrowing Software. Developers as Rockstars. London IPO. Microfunds. Seed Funds.
Capital Call #37
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Shamillah Bankiya 🇺🇬 and Virginia Pozzato 🇬🇧 of Dawn Capital write about a constituency no SaaS founder should neglect: Developers are the new rockstars of SaaS. You either sell through or to them.
Stephanie Chan 🇦🇺of Samaipata shares a few ideas about unlocking the power of consumer networks: Cheat sheet #2: Key Metrics to track for Consumer Apps and Networks.
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧 of Mosaic Ventures and Entrepreneur First discusses what happens when software starts to eat more tangible industries: Outgrowing software.
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 of Point Nine Capital thinks his firm has picked a contributor to having better meetings in a remote setting: Whereby — where better meetings happen.
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 of Creandum explores how influencers are slowly changing the retail world in the West: Shopify for Creators?
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 of The Family makes the point that there’s a spectrum between founder and employee, and that you need to incentivize everyone accordingly: Employees vs. founders
Tom Lovelace 🇬🇧, who just joined Forward Partners, wants to bridge the gap between investors and operators: Mind the gap - how VCs and operators think.
Clara Ricard 🇫🇷 of Balderton is diving into why Covid could be the insurtech magic wand: Why insurtech enablers are fairy godmothers.
Gabrielle Thomas 🇫🇷 from Balderton looks at weekly fundraising activities amongst European countries: BlackFin Tech Weekly — March 20th.
Jeppe Zink 🇩🇰 of Northzone celebrates a remarkable exit, share the firm 2011 investment memo and tells the backstory: Trustpilot and Northzone: a 150x success story 10 years in the making.
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 (co-host of Capital Call) tells the story of his firm The Family to Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 of Odin: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
Pauliina Martikainen 🇫🇮 of Maki.vc had a conversation about her experience as a venture capitalist with the hosts of the Associated podcast: click here to access and listen.
Edouard Treccani 🇨🇭 of Wingman explains why students might be the best scouts for a VC firm like his: Swiss VC Wingman to launch new student-run fund.
Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza 🇪🇸 of Aldea Ventures shares his recipe for bringing more specialists into the VC industry: “Fund of Microfunds” Aldea Ventures completes €60m first close.
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 of Remagine Ventures was recently a guest of the Bootstrap podcast to share more about his job as an investor: E10: Our first VC guest!
Shamillah Bankiya 🇺🇬 Vice-President, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Fredrik Cassel 🇸🇪 General Partner, Creandum, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter
Stephanie Chan 🇦🇺 Associate, Samaipata, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Nicolas Colin 🇫🇷 Co-Founder & Director, The Family, Munich 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Gil Dibner 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Founder & General Partner, Angular Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Benedict Evans 🇬🇧 Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First & Mosaic Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Christoph Janz 🇩🇪 Partner, Point Nine Capital, Berlin 🇩🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Beata Klein 🇸🇪 Associate, Creandum, Stockholm 🇸🇪 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza 🇪🇸 Co-Founder & Managing Director, Aldea Ventures, Barcelona 🇪🇸 LinkedIn | Twitter
Balthazar de Lavergne 🇫🇷 Director, The Family, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Tom Lovelace 🇬🇧 Investment Associate, Forward Partners, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn
Pauliina Martikainen 🇫🇮 Investment Director, Maki.vc, Helsinki 🇫🇮 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Bérénice Magistretti 🇨🇭 Angel Investor, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Patrick Newton 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Clément Parramon 🇫🇷 Venture Capital Analyst, Lyon 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter| Blog
Virginia Pozzato 🇬🇧 Associate, Dawn Capital, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter
Clara Ricard 🇫🇷 Analyst, Balderton, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Leo Ringer 🇬🇧 Founding Partner, Form Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Patrick Ryan 🇮🇪 Co-Founder, Odin, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Gabrielle Thomas 🇫🇷 VC Investment Director, Blackfin, Paris 🇫🇷 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Edouard Treccani 🇨🇭 Venture Partner, Wingman Ventures, Lausanne 🇨🇭 LinkedIn
Eze Vidra 🇦🇷🇮🇱🇬🇧 Managing Partner, Remagine Ventures, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog
Jeppe Zink 🇩🇰 General Partner Northzone, London 🇬🇧 LinkedIn | Twitter