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Join us for an exciting evening focused on mastering financial challenges in today's economy. Discover key strategies at "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞?" and learn how to attract investors successfully. 🔥 Your Exclusive Invite Awaits: https://lu.ma/yf397dxc 🗓 Mark Your Calendars: Wednesday, Sept 18 ⏰ Time to Shine: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm PDT 📍 Where History Is Made: Expert Dojo, Santa Monica, California What’s Cooking? Mix and mingle with the who's who of the industry, Jerry Heikens and Ashutosh Kumar - Jha, as they unveil the secret sauce to investor allure even as economies ebb and flow. To share their expertise, we have Shashi Tripathi, managing partner, Nurture Growth Fund || Keith Yoder, investment manager, Innovent Capital Group || John Wiet, Director, Octane OC, as panelists. They will be sharing their insights, expertise, and opportunities to help you navigate these challenging times and explore strategies for capturing investor attention. 🌌This is more than an event; it's a springboard for your startup's future. Engage in priceless tête-à-têtes, gather unrivaled insights, and perhaps unlock doors to your next venture. 🎟 Lock In Your Spot: This is your runway to liftoff. Tickets are teleporting fast!

Join us for an exciting evening focused on mastering financial challenges in today's economy. Discover key strategies at "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞?" and learn how to attract investors successfully. 🔥 Your Exclusive Invite Awaits: https://lu.ma/yf397dxc 🗓 Mark Your Calendars: Wednesday, Sept 18 ⏰ Time to Shine: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm PDT 📍 Where History Is Made: Expert Dojo, Santa Monica, California What’s Cooking? Mix and mingle with the who's who of the industry, Jerry Heikens and Ashutosh Kumar - Jha, as they unveil the secret sauce to investor allure even as economies ebb and flow. To share their expertise, we have Shashi Tripathi, managing partner, Nurture Growth Fund || Keith Yoder, investment manager, Innovent Capital Group || John Wiet, Director, Octane OC, as panelists. They will be sharing their insights, expertise, and opportunities to help you navigate these challenging times and explore strategies for capturing investor attention. 🌌This is more than an event; it's a springboard for your startup's future. Engage in priceless tête-à-têtes, gather unrivaled insights, and perhaps unlock doors to your next venture. 🎟 Lock In Your Spot: This is your runway to liftoff. Tickets are teleporting fast!

Join us for an exciting evening focused on mastering financial challenges in today's economy. Discover key strategies at "𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞?" and learn how to attract investors successfully. 🔥 Your Exclusive Invite Awaits: https://lu.ma/yf397dxc 🗓 Mark Your Calendars: Wednesday, Sept 18 ⏰ Time to Shine: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm PDT 📍 Where History Is Made: Expert Dojo, Santa Monica, California What’s Cooking? Mix and mingle with the who's who of the industry, Jerry Heikens and Ashutosh Kumar - Jha, as they unveil the secret sauce to investor allure even as economies ebb and flow. To share their expertise, we have Shashi Tripathi, managing partner, Nurture Growth Fund || Keith Yoder, investment manager, Innovent Capital Group || John Wiet, Director, Octane OC, as panelists. They will be sharing their insights, expertise, and opportunities to help you navigate these challenging times and explore strategies for capturing investor attention. 🌌This is more than an event; it's a springboard for your startup's future. Engage in priceless tête-à-têtes, gather unrivaled insights, and perhaps unlock doors to your next venture. 🎟 Lock In Your Spot: This is your runway to liftoff. Tickets are teleporting fast!

To close out the year, we brought together investors from Counteract, Übermorgen Ventures, and SET Ventures to reflect on the state of climate tech and look ahead to 2025. So, what’s next for climate tech VC? 💰 Heavy infrastructure and first-of-a-kind projects don’t always fit into traditional VC models. We need creative solutions like blended finance and risk-sharing to fill the gap. ⚡ With clean energy becoming mainstream, the next challenge is scaling solutions that deliver impact and economic returns. 📊 Startups that embed impact metrics early on are better positioned to achieve measurable climate goals, making them more attractive to investors and partners. Thank you to Richard Barker, Myke Näf, & Dr. Till Stenzel for sharing their insights. Would you like to be invited to our next impact-focused panel? Or connect with our global community of investors, entrepreneurs, and corporates, then apply here to become a TTI member: https://lnkd.in/gyJaQfCK

How to Spot a Unicorn? 🦄 While our Investor Literacy Programme might not teach you to find the next billion-dollar unicorn, it will equip you with the tools to spot winning investment opportunities—and that’s just as powerful! Ready to take your angel investing game to the next level? I invite you to attend this rich and well thought through online workshop brought to you free of charge by Seeds of Bravery and AxisBIC. This is your chance to gain invaluable insights from brilliant and experienced Angel investors and Angel Syndicate pros who’ve been there, done that! 🎯 Here’s what we’ll cover: 👉 What are Angel Funds, Syndicates, and Angel Networks? And why should you join one? 👉 The Evolution of Angel Investing in Ireland 👉 How to Set Up & Structure a Syndicate 👉 Panel Discussion: Real stories from Angel Fund and Syndicate leaders 👉 Mastering Deal Flow & Investor Pitches 👉 Deep Tech as a sector on the rise for Investment 🗓 Date: Thursday, October 24 🕘 Time: CET 09:00 - 13:00 ✏ Register Today: https://lnkd.in/ecTEDX3K Don't miss this golden opportunity to grow your investor toolkit and start spotting those winning investments! 🎤 Special Guests: We’re thrilled to have Rui Falcao and Olena Kleiner 🇺🇦, who co-founded Angels for Ukraine Powered by COREangels, sharing their incredible experiences. Asier Rufino Expert on Deep Tech, Donagh Kiernan unpacking Syndicates and their structures, John Phelan sharing about growing an Angel network in Ireland and the list goes on! #AngelInvesting #InvestorWorkshop #SeedsOfBravery #AxisBIC #UnicornHunters #BusinessGrowth #InvestmentOpportunities #AngelSyndicates #AngelFunds #Investors #AngelsforUkraine #Angels

Our CEO, Sridhar Vembu, recounts the pivotal moment that solidified our decision to steer clear of external funding. Watch his full discussion with Aakash Chaudhry on Josh Talks about the allure of unicorn businesses, current tech trends, and more.  👉 https://zurl.co/PP4k

Starting your venture isn't what it looks like. Having a great vision, passion, and little money isn’t enough.   Resilience, the ability to survive in difficult times, and philosophy are extremely critical.   To me, philosophy means ethics, ideology, acting on approaching challenges, and shaping decisions, eventually guiding how you treat stakeholders.   In the very early days of CENSIE Capital Partners, I had limited visibility on philosophy, which I built throughout the journey while working with many marquee founders. I believe it took a few years to shape the CENSIE Capital Partners philosophy and continue to evolve. Here's what it looks like today:   🟢 Hum dono ek hi team hai: Founders first at core, backing their vision, and collaborating as an extended team with our “PlugandPlay fundraising muscle, Power.” 🟢 Ekdum Faad Denge: Heavy Lifting on “Unlocking Global Capital Pool” continues to bring multiple unique resources. Accessing long-tail VC across the top 15 global destinations. 🟢 Tension Nai Lene Ka: Engaging for the long run, with a mindset to unlock multiple rounds until the $100 million valuation journey, and continuing to solve tough situations   Let me know how it sounds to you as a founder. #funding #investing #businessphilosophy

For founders, what are the most important considerations when selecting an investor to lead your next round? 👀   🔥 Out of the extremely comprehensive (and impressive) State of European Tech 2024 report by Atomico, it was a challenge to pick one graph to share with my network.   I have chosen the below, as the differences between perspectives of investors and founders are really striking.   📆 According to the report, 31% of VCs deem 'having a relationship early on' as most important for winning a deal, while only 8% of founders find that the most important reason. Does this explain the irritation many founders feel when VCs (including myself) have to say: let's reconnect in the future?   🤔 Conversely, 37% of founders find 'alignment of vision' the most important consideration, where only 14% of investors agree. I would love for a next report to drill down on this. Could this be a difference between building a sustainable company versus a massive fund returning exit?     🤝 But what do they clearly agree on? The importance of good chemistry between them.   💡 And this is what I also have experienced in the market. Founders and investors are both well aware of the lengthy partnership an equity investment entails, and the necessity of having a good relationship that comes with that. Check out the full report in the reactions below! And feel free to reach out to me or one of my colleagues (Lise, René, Jan, Erwin, Gijs) in case you want to know more about what Capital Mills can do for your technology company.

I am really looking forward to the next two days at HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds’ Family Day! Looking forward to meeting familiar and new faces (actually, I am a bit face-blind, so for the first three to thirty seconds unfortunately *all* faces look new to me). Would love to hear from you specifically about - the investment climate of the first months and your guess for the rest of 2024 (founders, investors, advisors) - what 2-year deep tech trends you’re looking into, and what your biggest challenges are in terms of assessing those (investors) - how you prep your (portfolio) company tech-wise for an M&A transaction (founders, investors, advisors) - Always: Best new coffee places in town! ☕️😻 See you in a bit! ✌️