Consumer VC @OctopusVentures 🐙 looking for fearless pioneers innovating the way we live, work, travel, play and recuperate! German in London. Views are my own!
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Hello interwebs! Earlier this month, I joined @octopusventures 🐙 as an early-stage #VC to invest in pioneering consumer companies. I am particularly interested in category-defining innovations around the way we live, work, travel, play and recuperate! (1/3)
Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way with advice and insights. 🙏 I've made so many new friends and thoroughly enjoyed the process. More detailed emails to hit your inboxes! 📥 (2/3)
Of course, thank you to my colleagues @OctopusVentures (esp.: @alliott, @RebeccaHunt1234 and @itskaranmehta)✨ for a seat at the table and a fantastic time so far! I look forward to what and who lies ahead! 🚀 (3/3)
Just signed up for this! Fantastic lineup feat. @lindarottenberg @MrAndyDavis @checkwarner @YvonneBajela @amyrlewin @michaeltefula @twehmeier and many, many more! 🚀
Such a stellar lineup tomorrow for @nestforfounders @LDNTechWeek event. If you're a founder, investor, educator interesting in progressing funding for black and brown founders, register via the link!
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“Coming to you live in sweatpants and slippers!”
I wrote a thing about what it’s like to shoot a live daily TV show in a pandemic, with four kids, and remote school....
bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
Congratulations to @vnovakovski, Scott, @nikichoochoo + whole @lunchclubai team on their Series A led by their very own firesides @nik_quinn + @mazzeo! 👏💰🎉 Congrats to existing investors @andrewchen, @cape, @sarahkunst ...!
@jordannovet's article below is spot on!
Excited to announce our @lunchclubai Series A today, great story featuring our users by @jordannovet at CNBC: cnbc.com/2020/09/01/lunchclu…
Most importantly, try it for yourself! lunchclub.com/?invite_code=m…
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After initially being rejected from Shark Tank, @BarbaraCorcoran shares "the letter I wrote to the big boss that turned my fortune around." (via @Grow_mag) cnb.cx/2GaiaOe
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If we want to - really - shift and diversify who gets to start and grow companies, we need to shift and diversify who funds them. Me for @Siftedeu on Europe, angels, and what we need to do.
sifted.eu/articles/angel-inv…
Bummer.. 😏
Robinhood Markets its putting its global expansion plans on hold for now, and postponing its U.K. launch plans indefinitely trib.al/myrjuF6
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I'm looking forward to representing @BLCKVC at this event.
🗓Underestimated female founders: #FemaleFoundersOffline X @BLCKVC is holding office hours on 7/29. Learn more + RSVP.
VCs
@MoniqueWoodard
@mercebent
@Xian_McKenzie
@ChamsFace4music
@YvonneBajela
femalefoundersvcsoffline2.sp…
Forerunner Ventures raised $500 million for its fifth fund in a process that began during the heat of the pandemic in May bit.ly/2ZNadpG
This @guardian @LarryMadowo article on what African founders are funded is a revelation. 🧐Sounds like a massive business opportunity for accelerators and talent investors such as @ycombinator @techstars @500Startups @joinef @antlerGlobal and of course VC more widely?
Only 6% of Kenyan startups that raised more than $1m in 2019 were led by locals.
Foreigners led 80% of the African startups that raised the highest investment in 2019.
I've wanted to write about this for a long time
theguardian.com/business/202…
Great news for anyone starting their company!💰💸
cc:@houseofli @femstreet @joinelpha @AdasList @amyrlewin @FutureGirlCorp @ThisIsYSYS @joinstationf
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💰 Great initiative! 5% of investors are active outside the US and 3 investments have already made through the tool!
📬Startup-Investor Matching Tool Beta update:
76 investors
377 startups
Founders submit your co for investment consideration:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Investors sign-up for our wait-list:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Learn more about the tool 👇🏽
notion.so/lolitataub/Startup…
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If you are into this space, the resources to check out:
Remote work #ecosystem mapping by @ezelby medium.com/@ezelby/remote-wo…
Community tools mapped by @briannekimmel
commsor.com/post/mapping-the…
Future of Work #ecosystem mapped by @pinverrr
medium.com/@Pinver/mapping-t…
"In total that is £260,000 just to get started. A staggering amount of money.".. 💰💰In a day in age where everyone advises to "just do some angel investing" and "start your own fund" to get a start in VC... I love the candour and radical transparency . Thank you, @checkwarner!
Following the announcement of Ada Ventures $34m fund yesterday, I've shared some thoughts on fundraising, privilege and the unearned advantages I've had to get here, in the hope that it will change for future fund managers.
On fundraising and privilege: link.medium.com/9bi4rtsdm2