[email protected] - VC at Frontline, Kauffman Fellow, Class 27

London, UK
Joined May 2017
If you’re a European founder wanting to crack the States, this is full of so much goodness
🌎Expanding to the US is no walk (or hike) in the park🌎 Launched today, The US Playbook outlines the key challenges B2B founders will face on their journey, and offers frameworks to overcome them — from when and where to land, to who and how to hire 👇 frontline.vc/report/the-us-p…
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And 4. Go a level deeper and see which exact role, seniority, was hired when and who the next 9 hires were post expansion
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3. Who should you hire (look at what some very successful b2b companies have done here)
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2. Where should you go…. NYC 🗽
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Fun snippets of what’s contained within - 1. milestones, checking your US readiness level
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One of the most interesting opportunities for AI - is it going to up-end the services businesses as we know them? Great writing from @ruth_sheridan_ as a follow up to her previous foundation model primer. ⭐️🤩🧑🏽‍💼👩🏿‍💼👨🏽‍💼
⁦@ruth_sheridan_⁩ has been looking at the opportunity to turn services into AI products. Can we 10x the dealers of information and sellers of time and how do startups win here? open.substack.com/pub/arcxhi…
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Frontline is expanding! 🚀 We’re hiring two new Associates on our Seed team, based in London and Dublin🇬🇧🇮🇪 Are you curious and driven with strong communication skills? Find out more and apply here 👇 frontlinevc.bamboohr.com/car…
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US expansion is a well covered topic for European VC backed companies but for health tech cos, there are some even deeper considerations that must be looked at. If you’ve done it - we would love to know what you would add here.
Among Europe's top 25 B2B healthtechs, 52% have expanded to the US. International expansion is hard for any company, but the leap is *especially* nuanced for health firms. So here are 6 ways they can hit the ground running in the States👇 frontline.vc/blog/us-expansi…
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Love working with this team. Benefits for global teams never need to be so painful again
We’re excited to share that we've raised a €5M Seed round! 🚀 The round was led by our new partners,@eqtventures , with participation from our early investors, @northzoneVC and @Frontlinevc 🔗 Check out more in our blog here: kota.io/blog/kota-raise-5m-s…
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Zoë Chambers retweeted
We’re excited to share that we've raised a €5M Seed round! 🚀 The round was led by our new partners,@eqtventures , with participation from our early investors, @northzoneVC and @Frontlinevc 🔗 Check out more in our blog here: kota.io/blog/kota-raise-5m-s…
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Last week, at @Frontlinevc, we released our 2023 European Expansion Report 🌍 In case you missed it, here are the 5 key data points you likely didn’t know about European expansion, from an analysis of 200+ US B2B software startups 👇 arcxhived.substack.com/p/eur…
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It’s been a privilege to work alongside @Workvivo as it’s become a global category leader in employee communication 🏋️ Massive congratulations to @GouldingJohn @joelennon and all of the wider team as @Zoom announces its acquisition 🥳🚀 news.zoom.us/workvivo-acquis…
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The fabulous @ruth_sheridan_ going down some excellent rabbit holes - this piece (on Foundation Models) is a follow up to her brilliant piece on ML Observability ☀️
Just launched 'Archived' - a newsletter chronicling my attempts to decode innovation in tech, markets, and biz models. Join me on this journey of imposter syndrome and hopefully occasional enlightenment!
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Did your secret Santa present expose all the crap TV you watch as well? Love. ❤️
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2022 at Frontline! 🤯🤪💰🚀💀☘️❤️
2022 has been incredibly busy over at Frontline HQ and, despite a doom and gloom backdrop, it’s been a positive one for us as our founders executed like crazy and proved their resilience 💪 🧵Here's what we've been up to over the last 12 months... medium.com/at-the-front-line…
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If only all my panels could feature @DavidSignal - as great as speaking as he is at company building #Saastock. My favourite takeaways on his product journey ➡️
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6️⃣ at certain org maturity, you can think about acquisitions to fuel inorganic growth. Great time now and pricing arbitrage possible. Put as much value in earn our (adding revenue to your core biz) as possible.
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7️⃣ signal.ai is a global decision augmentation co used by Deloitte, Meta, Google and BofA plus 750+ others. Risk, comms, compliance and the board want to know real-time what risks might be facing their enterprise. signal-ai.com/. Proud backers. 🚀