European Women in VC’s Post

🎙️ Diving into the inspiration behind the vision! Watch the exclusive interview with GVCA Director, Matthew Adjei as he shares his passion for building successful and sustainable businesses. Discover what drives his dedication and fuels his commitment to driving innovation and growth in Ghana's venture capital landscape. Don't miss this insightful conversation! #Inspiration #VentureCapital #Success #Innovation #GVCAConference2024

In January 2024, ROU Partners is launched, the first Search Fund in the history of Uruguay. This milestone should not be overlooked. Uruguay is a country with one of the highest per capita gross products in Latin America, solid institutions, and ranking first in various social and democratic quality indicators. However, it lags behind in terms of its stock market development. For these and other reasons, entrepreneurs and founders often face a doubly complex task when, for various reasons, they try to achieve a successful exit for their businesses, whether it be portfolio issues or more frequently simply issues of vital time and succession. I am convinced that we will achieve the successful realization of this first search fund, thereby laying the foundational stone for other investors to dare to replicate this model and thus generate another liquidity tool in the #M&A market in #Uruguay. Thanks, Daniel Fernández-Abarno, CFA, for your vision and tireless tenacity in bringing this new tool to Uruguay. Super excited to be part of this challenge. #CorporateFinance #PrivateCapital Uruguay Innovation Hub

It's not often I have the opportunity to write about Icelandic tech but when I do, I seem to write a lot about female VCs. The second largest VC fund in Iceland was just closed by female-led VC Frumtak Ventures. The largest VC fund of $90m was closed by female-run Crowberry Capital a couple of years ago. What is it that Iceland does that the rest of Europe is not? I spoke to general partner Andri Heiðar Kristinsson at Frumtak to understand why two of Iceland's biggest private VCs are run by women. “I don’t think there is an easy answer to why we have so many female investors in Iceland, but Iceland is one of the most gender-equal countries in the world and we have lots of female role models, like we had the first [democratically elected] female president,” Kristinsson says. More about Frumtak's new fund here: https://lnkd.in/dCfq6s4v #womeninVC #VC #womenintech

In the current challenging landscape of startup fundraising, understanding the evolving expectations and strategies is crucial for both founders and investors. 💯 This was the focus of Endeavor Romania's event that took place today. The meeting was attended by Valeri Petrov, Partner at the Bulgarian VC fund Eleven Ventures, and Peter Latos, Head of Strategy & Transactions at EY Romania, together with an audience of Romanian startup founders. The discussion covered heated topics such as what VCs are looking for nowadays, why CEE lacks more exits, and how founders should plan the fundraising process. ➡ Check out this article to feel like you've been there: https://hubs.la/Q02CtPKL0 #Fundraising #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital

Today is the day! 🥁 We are a few hours away from a great conversation on investing and scaling in Portugal and beyond! Nico Goulet, Founding Partner of Adara Ventures, Itxaso del Palacio, PhD, General Partner of Notion Capital, and Stephan de Moraes, Founding Partner of Indico Capital Partners, will be joining us to share more insights from the Portuguese investment landscape. Have you booked your seat? 👀 If not, register here: https://buff.ly/4fJnDbg This event is a part of the The CO-INVESTIN project, focusing on understanding and improving European investment ecosystems. #COINVESTIN #InvestInEurope #Innovation #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

🚀 Congratulations to Armira Growth on raising €200M for their inaugural Armira Growth Fund I 🚀 At Vestlane, we supported this significant milestone and are grateful for the trust placed in us. As specialists in providing €10–50M of growth capital to European tech entrepreneurs, Armira Growth continues to build the next tech champions in fast-growing companies with proven business models. Its investors and portfolio firms—osapiens, Wemolo, Workwise, and yoummday—embody their vision of sustainable business models and innovation. Why should scale-up founders partner with Armira Growth? ✅ Speed and Reliability: A small entrepreneurial team that moves quickly and delivers on their handshakes from investment through exit. ✅ Focused Support: By backing only a few handpicked companies with €10-50M each, they offer tailored, genuine partnerships. ✅ Strategic Expertise: Their sparring leverages extensive knowledge on what works and what doesn't, across strategic and tactical dimensions. We believe in empowering more initiatives like this through our innovative #fundmanagement solution, ensuring seamless fund operations for #VCs and #PEs alike.   Let's shape the future of fund operations together. 👏 Florian Tappeiner 👏 Sebastian Johnston  👏 Max Berkemeier  👏 Anna Schulte 👏 Max Ammon 👏 Pieter Timmerman 👏 Tessa Bottenschein  👏 Sophie Mößmer 👏 Marco Giazzi 👏 Björn Thieme 📍 Ivo Schmiedt 📍 Charles Collet 📍 Gabriele Falace #NextGenGP #FundOperations

According to PitchBook, female founders increased their share of US venture capital raised in 2023 to 27.8% of deals. While this is not a huge chunk of the pie, it's a great step! I'm connected with and have spoken with a lot of female founders who have incredible ideas, are some of the best leaders, and have a crazy amount of passion for their mission. #womenentrepreneurs #venturecapital #founders #nowyouknow https://lnkd.in/eB7wQi4b

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗣 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 Last year, Jonathan Hollis and Alex Reed and the team from Mountside Ventures gave me the privilege of moderating a panel on "An Institutional Perspective: The LP Landscape in 2023" at their annual conference in London. Three very experienced but different institutional LPs in the European ecosystem: Chloë Webster (HarbourVest Partners a traditional FoF), Dominic Maier (AVP (AXA Venture Partners) a corporate initiated FoF), and Ertan Can (Multiple Capital an emerging manager-specific FoF) shared their views and opinions. Data revealed 2023 was 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗣 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀. You can read more about the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/eFykAhwf This week, I am traveling specifically to Munich to moderate a special panel. It’s with investors in the German ecosystem that I have not only long admired and respected but have alongside their partners built some of the most recognisable and successful venture capital brands in Europe. Alongside them will be LPs who have been incredibly influential and have majorly shaped the German VC ecosystem as it stands today. It is a real honour and I thank you for the opportunity Liz Fleming and the South Summit team to discuss the best practices in managing and fostering value in the LP-GP relationship and the role they play. Thank you to everyone who agreed to participate, and I hope it will be a fruitful discussion. Jörg Goschin, Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director at KfW Capital Rainer Märkle, General Partner at HV Capital  Dr. Hendrik Brandis, General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital Sven Rossmann, Chief Investment Officer at ABACON CAPITAL | BÜLL FAMILY OFFICE If you are a General Partner, what are you interested in learning more about in the LP-GP partnership and the role of LPs in the European ecosystem? cc: Florian, Christian, Bettine, Holger, Gloria, Robin, Christoph, Dr. Gesa, Yaron, Otto, Dr. Isabella, Filip, Christian, Dr. Lauren, Jeannette, Sebastian, Robert, Fritz, Christian, Jonathan, Christophe, Alexander, Holger, Adrian, Alex #limitedpartners #fundraising #investorrelations #venturecapital #germany #europe

Deals for European female-founded companies grew more than twice as fast as deals for all-male-founded companies over the past decade. Find out more in the report below. #report #femalefounders #founders #europeanstartups #startups #venturecapital

After Jennifer Lawrence's reaction to Emma Stone's Golden Globe, I feel psyched to celebrate the newest female partners in VC: Anna Fredrixon - Norrsken Launcher Olivia Mark - Dastore Evelina Anttila - Wellstreet Sanne de Jongh - Oxford Science Enterprises Sandra Malmberg 👋- EQT Ventures Bao-Y Van Cong — Target Global Lina Chong — Target Global Stine Mølgaard Sørensen - Alliance VC Annelie Ajami - Anamcara Madeline Lawrence - Peak Felicia Nordgård - Peak Hillary Ball - Atomico Gloria Baeuerlein - Puzzle Ventures Kudos to Sifted for the article and ALSO for reminding us earlier this year that only 1% of VC money was raised by female-only VC fund teams, while 84% went to male-only teams in Europe. Last year’s European Women In VC report concluded that 91% of the total VC assets, i.e. capital, in Europe are managed by men. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/duApwAvu