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#SFClimateWeek in full swing today. It is a unique opportunity to meet investors and founders willing to shape a more sustainable industry. Great discussions today explaining how SE Ventures is supporting founders from incorporation till growth stages. Our unique founders-led incubation model is very attractive. In return I received great insights during the Union Labs Ventures Congruent Ventures G2 Venture Partners Saul Griffith Rewiring America events and networking diners. Among the great opportunities surfaced: - driving more sustainable Datacenter with PUE<1 - decarbonising scope 3 and associated supply chain - new home electrification solutions Looking forward tomorrow !

Beyond the celebrity spotlight: At #SFTechWeek, Mantis Venture Capital Milan K. shared how The Chainsmokers leverage their unique access to decision-makers, proving that star power in VC isn't just about consumer reach – it's about opening doors in unexpected B2B spaces. Events like these during #SFTechWeek continue to highlight how the tech & venture landscape is evolving far beyond traditional networks. Real value comes from authentic relationships, whether built in board rooms or backstage. 🤝 What unconventional paths led to your biggest opportunities? 💫

Today, we are meeting with founders at the Florida Venture Forum Early-Stage Venture Conference. Comment below if you're in the City of Orlando. 🌴 #ES24GROW #THINKBIGstartsmall

AVL Growth Partners is a longstanding sponsor of the Colorado Venture Summit. I attended the Summit as a first-timer last year, and it was terrific. Real conversations and authentic connections with members of the venture capital and startup community. I am stoked to participate again! Click the link below to learn more and register for the Summit. See you in June! #AVLGrowth #ColoradoVentureSummit #TechLeaders #NetworkingExcellence #CEO #Founder #VC #VentureCapital #COVentureSummit24

Getting investors to travel is hard. When it comes to Demo Day, regional UK and European accelerators based outside the principal pools of venture capital (London, Berlin, Paris....) are at a disadvantage. So, accelerators: here's a radical solution: Take your cohort showcase to where the money is! Bring your cohort to London, and we do the rest with a fully managed Demo Day program. Pitchflix is the company that brings you rev, the VC reverse pitch series for pre-seed to series A founders; warp, the accelerator reverse pitch series for the earliest-stage founders; and now DDHQ so that at the end of the accelerator program, the cohort has an opportunity to engage with genuine investors.

Getting investors to travel is hard. When it comes to Demo Day, regional UK and European accelerators based outside the principal pools of venture capital (London, Berlin, Paris....) are at a disadvantage. So, accelerators: here's a radical solution: Take your cohort showcase to where the money is! Bring your cohort to London, and we do the rest with a fully managed Demo Day program. Pitchflix is the company that brings you rev, the VC reverse pitch series for pre-seed to series A founders; warp, the accelerator reverse pitch series for the earliest-stage founders; and now DDHQ so that at the end of the accelerator program, the cohort has an opportunity to engage with genuine investors.

The right corporate partnerships can be critical in helping climate startups validate, deploy and scale their technology. At our upcoming #ClimateWeekNYC panel, successful climate founders and leading corporate partners will share their insights & best practices for how to build these relationships and make them work. Join Wireframe Ventures and Broadscale Group on September 24th: https://lu.ma/ptqmydwe

Learn the secrets behind the growth of Ohio VC Fest on this week’s episode of Marketing Moves Rachna Lather, Commercial Strategy Director at JumpStart Inc., sat down with us to discuss this year’s VC Fest and the full-funnel marketing tactics that contributed to another record-breaking year of attendance. 👏✨ Didn’t have a chance to attend this year and want to learn more about Ohio's premier venture capital and tech event? Listen now to discover how VC Fest brings together founders and investors in an experience unlike any other. Link in the comments! #eventmarketing #VCFest #MarketingMoves

At Mercy Corps Ventures, 2023 marked a year of great momentum, where significant tailwinds emerged to propel our capacity to combat and adapt to climate change. Stay tuned for the launch of our 2023 Impact Report, where we'll unveil the newest companies in our portfolio, showcase exciting developments in our Venture Platform, Venture Lab, Impact Measurement and Management, and Insights functions, and highlight our failures and lessons learned. Don't miss out on the insights – our Impact Report 2023 is coming soon! #ImpactReport2023 #ClimateResilience #ClimateFinance #ClimateInnovation #ImpactInvesting

Last week was a busy one at Antler, as we had a full house in Berlin with founders from Munich and Amsterdam coming to visit! One of the major highlights of the week was a VC panel, hosted by our one and only Frederik Brandis, featuring leaders from the German VC community like Alexander Kölpin from seed + speed Ventures and Louis Heinz from HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds. 🎙️ We covered some great topics—from how VCs evaluate opportunities and upcoming technologies to what’s the next big thing in VC land. The standout discussion for me centered on the risks of solely optimising for valuation and how founders can find a balance between runway and expectations. 💰 It’s easy to become obsessed with valuation and raising lots of money. And yes, while big raises can signal strong momentum and fuel rapid growth 🚀, they also come with monumental expectations. So the question becomes, how can founders avoid overpromising to investors, while still raising enough to build the next big thing? To our Amsterdam and Munich founders, we already miss you! Looking forward to our next events!