Dawn Capital

At SaaStock this week Shamillah took part in two fireside chats, sharing insights for startups and founders: 🪵🔥 Day 2: Shamillah and Laura Waldenstrom of Earlybird Venture Capital, revealed what raises red flags with VCs, exploring the common warning signs that turn investors away—and how founders can avoid them. 🪵🔥 Day 3: For growth-stage startups preparing for their next round of fundraising, Shamillah and Carlotta Riganti of Balderton Capital offered advice to growth-stage startups on getting ready for their next round of fundraising and how to make it a success.

Super impressed with the quality of builders and investors at the Women in AI event last night. This is the place to meet best-in-class AI leaders in London from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and the most exciting startups in the space. Even better, they opened up the event for students to attend. Love that access to mentorship early on. Thanks to Dawn Capital for the invite!

Exciting news! #Onum has been named one of the Hottest Startups of the year in Madrid by WIRED! Once again, we have been recognized as leaders in #dataobservability in the #startup world. Huge thanks to our amazing team for all their hard work! This recognition fuels our passion to continue to innovate alongside other great Madrid-based companies such as Invopop (YC W23), Luzia, Shakers, Tucuvi, Uelz, Embat, and ifeel - Humanising Growth. We are on fire! 🇪🇸🔥 https://lnkd.in/giwzuq9s

Exciting news! 1. We've officially launched in the United States! 2. Check out Times Square (we have a fresh new billboard!) 🇺🇸

Should you be building or buying your GenAI products? Well... it depends on the use case... But ask yourself these things when making that decision: 1. Is my use case unique to how my business works? (e.g., email drafting is generic, document processing is likely to be more unique) Is there something already out there that would solve my problem? 2. How mission-critical is my application? Do I want to use off-the-shelf tools, or should I try to build something that sets me apart? What happens if the vendor disappears... how big an impact will this have on your business? 3. Do I want to build the underlying infrastructure as well as the application? Can I work with infrastructure providers that let me focus just on the parts of the app that are unique to my business? 4. Where do I need this deployed? Do I need to keep it within my private environment? 🤔 What else should enterprise buyers think about when deciding to build or buy GenAI products? Drop your thoughts in the comments! Thank you for the invite to the great event Dawn Capital, Zoe (Ziwen) Qin, Norman Fiore. And wonderful to be part of the conversation with Allie Gillon-Livesey and Tara L. Waters. P.S. I'm thrilled to note that this marked my first experience on an all-female panel where the focus wasn't on being a woman in tech. Progress in action! 🚀

Catch Jimena at the WVC:E conference today and the DPW conference tomorrow: 📍🇫🇷 WVCE: ‘The Art of the Deal: how to win in a competitive market’ at 2:45pm CET today. 📍🇳🇱 DPW: ‘The Power of the People: Why user experience is transforming modern procurement’ on the 10x Stage at 3:45pm CET tomorrow. We hope to see you there! 👋

BIG news! Richard Stiennon of IT-Harvest just dropped his list of the 150 fastest-growing #cybersecurity companies in the world. And… guess what? We made the list! 🌟 This accolade highlights our position as a leader in observing and adding value to your data in transit in real time, enabling you to make rapid decisions regarding abnormalities, potential security risks, and system troubles. As a bonus, we are the only company on the list based in Spain. 🇪🇸 📣 Spread the word and join us in our celebration of this amazing achievement! https://lnkd.in/eSxUWeMD

The Community Stage is currently buzzing with founder and investor insights, as Vlad Andriescu is getting to the root of how the world of atoms is changed by software with Dr. Silviu Homoceanu and Skye Fletcher ⚛️👨🏻💻 Q: What would you say to the investors who encourage companies to explore certain areas? A: Every start-up should be aware of the breakthroughs that are out there and figure out a way to use them. What do you say, founders? Are you already on the next breakthrough? 🚀 #howtoweb2024 #startups #investment #ai

Next week I am sitting down with Florian Douetteau, co-founder and CEO of Dataiku to chat about all things US expansion, focusing on building the right team. What does it take for a European founder to build a big business on the other side of the Atlantic and to make it truly global? Dear LinkedIn, what should I ask him? What would you like to know? More to follow soon... 🇺🇸 🤫 cc Jack Tunmore @ Dawn Capital

🚀 Heading to SaaStock this year? Be sure to catch Shamillah at the following sessions: 📅 Tuesday, 15th October 🎤 Red Flags VCs Won't Tell You About and How to Avoid Them 📍 Growth Stage   ⏰ 14:30 - 15:00   💡 Alongside Laura Waldenstrom of Earlybird Venture Capital, Shamillah will share top tips, get into what VCs *don’t* want to see, and offer strategies on how founders can steer clear of these ‘red flags’! - 📅 Wednesday, 16th October 🎤 Ask the VC: How Can A Growth-Stage Startup Maximise Their Next Round?  📍 Growth Stage   ⏰ 12:00 - 12:30   💡 A fireside chat with Carlotta Riganti of Balderton Capital to discuss strategies for startups as they look to ace their next round of fundraising. We hope to see you there!