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As any VC, one of our favorite things is to invest more than once in the same founders. They know the drill, and they’ve done it before. That's precisely what our fund, #PSVTech01, recently had the chance to do. Today is launch day for spektr, which means we can finally shout from the rooftops that we've backed power founders Ciprian Florescu and Mikkel Skarnager once again. This time not as a duo, but a quartet, as they've gotten Jan-Erik Wagner and Jeremy Joly on board the new founder team 👌 In 2021, we invested in Mikkel and Cip's first company, #HelloFlow, but before we could even say HelloFl… the company was acquired 💸 While it was a great exit story, our collaboration with the two was way too short. Luckily, they soon enough discovered that they had a craving to go back to the sweet-and-sour startup candy shop 🍭 We’re thrilled to announce the second episode of our partnership with the two visionaries. Alongside friends at Northzone and Seedcamp, we've backed Spektr's €5m seed round. Read the full story👇 spektr https://lnkd.in/dJcHKu4z Business Insider https://lnkd.in/dDFNraGX Børsen https://lnkd.in/dERZ8zHk EU-Startups https://lnkd.in/dDFxE4Dc Finextra https://lnkd.in/dckVUQUA

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Team8 Partner Hadar Siterman Norris recently participated in the CTech by Calcalist Roadshow, alongside Guy Yamen, Founder and Managing Partner at TPY Capital, Tal Yatsiv, Operating Partner at PICO Venture Partners , and host James Spiro. Hadar spoke on the turbulence of the past year and its impact on the landscape for early-stage startups. She focused on how Israeli resilience came through for founders and fostered an enhanced level of close collaboration and prioritization in support of portfolio companies. Listen to a snippet of the interview below, and you can find the full panel discussion in the comments section: #investing #resilience #earlystage

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Last call for Friday's virtual event. We currently have over one hundred attendees registered and four fast growing early-stage companies being showcased. If you're an Angel Investor you don't want to miss this event. If you qualify you can invest as little as $2K into some of these companies through AAN's syndicate. Join us to learn more! #pitchevent #angelinvesting #venturecapital

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I am excited to see the buzz building for the inaugural 3rd Coast Venture Summit #ideavillage is launching with the help of a deep bench of corporate and ecosystem partners in early March. A successful venture ecosystem happens at the confluence of a robust talent pipeline, access to interesting problems, scalable customer base, and visionary capital to strategically grow the next wave of innovative companies. The “3rd Coast” - or what I often refer to as Houston through Pensacola, south of the "pull" of Atlanta - is home to a burgeoning startup community where talent, world-class resources, and numerous other factors are already coming together to build industry-leading ventures. However, the missing piece in our ecosystem has long been sufficient visionary capital to bring these talented startups to the next level, along with a regional identity that is greater than the sum of its parts. That is why we’re hosting the inaugural 3rd Coast Venture Summit this March – to invite national VCs into the room with top founders from across the Gulf South, in a targeted exercise to connect great minds, strategic resources, and - ultimately - increase venture deal flow in a unique part of the country that benefits all parties. Innovative companies that are going to win in "3rd Wave Industries" (Hat tip Steve Case) like climate-tech culture-tech and health need a different type of ecosystem to thrive. They need proximity to the problems they are trying to solve, people they are trying to help, and connectivity to larger companies that often hold the keys to the channels. These are things we have in abundance on the "3rd Coast." I would love to see you here in New Orleans, March 13th-15th, 2024. Tickets are available now, and on early-bird discount through January 15th; message me for special discount code. https://lnkd.in/gfyhgNVt #venture #venturecapital #foundersfirst #entrepreneur #innovation #technology #VCinvesting #3rdCoast #VentureSummit #NOEW2024

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Angel Syndicate, 1248 Angels, led by our passionate Co-Founders and Syndicate Leads, Jewel Walker and De'Havia Stewart. We are dedicated to empowering the next generation of innovative startups. Our diverse network of experienced investors, including seasoned entrepreneurs and industry experts, is here to provide startups with the capital and mentorship they need to succeed. 📈 Our Investment Focus: • Emerging Technology: Backing startups with cutting-edge solutions. • Founder Market Fit: Supporting visionary founders with deep market understanding. • Strong Traction: Seeking startups with proven market demand. • Big Ideas: Prioritizing ventures with transformative potential. 🌟 Highlighted Deals: 1. Backpack Healthcare: Increasing access to mental health therapy for children on Medicaid. 2. Upwardli: Providing B2B infrastructure for fintechs to enable credit building for consumers. Join us and be part of this exciting journey! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ecmP93sT

Has an investor asked you "How much traction have you got?" Or perhaps they said "Come back to me when you have more traction". 😥Knowing what traction is, and how to demonstrate it, makes it quicker to raise funding for a startup as this blog explains https://lnkd.in/dyEFp83