Backing capital-efficient (mostly bootstrapped) B2B software businesses. We also host @fullyvestedpod

Joined July 2020
Excited to announce our latest investment! 💥 HMRC takes up to 90 days to reimburse tax credits. @AdsumWorks does it within 24-48 hours. Their system calculates and submits your VAT and Tax Credits, and advances them to you - all automatically. 🤖 adsum-works.com/news/adsum-r…
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Episode #6 is live! @ImNotJK is a principal at @JoinAtomic where she heads up the studios Web3 initiatives. She’s also helped start and launch companies at Atomic across multiple spaces, and co-created Atomics future founders program: open.spotify.com/episode/1qD…
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SHP episode #5 is live! Conor Sheahan is the founder of CKS - an advisory firm focused on fundraising and M&A. Since 2020 alone, CKS has advised on over half a billion dollars in trade sales, and helped raise over $125m for their clients. open.spotify.com/episode/1Uw…
We've launched a free, collaborative knowledge pool for startup founders! New content gets added every day by the D2 team and the rest of the startup community :) Check it out: lnkd.in/eu58pwM2
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What’s the best co-founder combo?
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Are we building companies for investors or for customers? Taken from SHP #2 w.@bryce (full episode in bio)
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Episode #2 is out! This time we're joined by Bryce Roberts: Bryce is a co-founder at @OATV. Their portfolio includes Bitly, Figma, and Foursquare. Bryce ALSO developed @indievc - probably the most high-profile example of a fund doing venture differently. spoti.fi/3aIAMEA
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Researching your Startup idea will make the difference between success and failure. Here's some advice from @PhilipJoubert, the CEO of @OfferZen on how they did it: youtu.be/t_5kEX2nXE4
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Are startups screwed in this market? (Video in comments)
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Episode #1 is out! @PhilipJoubert is the the co-founder and CEO at @OfferZen. Before that, he helped build some of South Africas most successful startups, such as Snapscan, Luno, and Pondering Panda spoti.fi/3yr1YRT
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Thank you to @Sonr_Global for the feature in their Q1 insuretech briefing! We’re excited to help founders of fintechs (and loads of other industries) take their business to the next level! sonr.global/sonws/q1-insurte…
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We’re excited to announce our first $20m fund 🎉🎉 We’re giving founders better VC terms and more alignment. Come have a chat! Thank you to @maijapalmer, @Siftedeu , and @EU_Startups for covering the story! sifted.eu/articles/d2-vc-inv…
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Most VC backed startups don’t become venture scale ($1B+). Most Founder equity value is destroyed by endless raises in pursuit of becoming venture scale. Most startups that could have become solid, smaller companies die along the way. Here’s how we’re trying to fix that 🧵
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We believe the HERO gives founders greater optionality when it comes to growing their companies. It gives you access to the capital you need in order to figure out what your business is going to be vs setting you down a definitive path of growth/death.
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