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🚀👨👩👧👦 Family Offices are rewriting the rules of startup success! Dive into the transformative role they play in venture funding and discover how startups can leverage their unique capabilities for long-term growth. 🔍 Explore insights on: The Rise of Family Offices in Venture Funding: From limited partners to high-value deals, learn how Family Offices are reshaping the venture capital landscape. Challenges and Rewards of Raising Capital: Uncover the challenges startups face in attracting Family Office investments and the benefits of patient capital. Synergistic Opportunities with Venture Capital: Discover how partnerships between Family Offices and VC firms can drive innovation and economic growth. Read the full article for practical steps to attract Family Office investments and navigate the dynamic world of venture funding: https://lnkd.in/ghJA4A6g #StartupSuccess #VentureFunding #FamilyOffices #InvestmentStrategy #Innovation #LongTermGrowth

We've had quite a few shake-ups lately. First, Roosh has transformed into an investment group specializing in developing and scaling technology businesses globally. Second, we've split our focus: Roosh Ventures will handle venture capital, investing in businesses focused on capitalization, while Roosh X will handle Investing in businesses focused on profitability. Roosh X is especially keen on collaborations, like our recent partnership with TinyStudio. TinyStudio, a Canadian venture studio and part of the Tiny holding company, is known for building and developing profitable companies worldwide. Together, we're aiming to shake up the dominance of European private equity by offering flexible capital and collaborative support for business growth. What we bring to the table for businesses includes capital growth, talent acquisition, access to R&D infrastructure for research, testing, and product development, diversification of revenue streams, and strategic guidance for founders and core teams. Crucially, our approach empowers entrepreneurs to steer their company's path while ensuring its sustainable growth. Not all founders are aiming for early exits; many are seeking alternatives to traditional fundraising models and want to ease the pressure to achieve unicorn status. Announcements like these, and partnerships like the one with TinyStudio, inspire entrepreneurs to aim higher, work harder, and achieve even greater success. 🔗https://lnkd.in/dh32vjEb 🌐https://lnkd.in/d8Jqi4DM

Venture investors are no stranger to shutdowns: Some two-thirds of all startups never show a positive return to investors, according to the Harvard Business Review. If an investor is listed as a director of the company, they want to ensure that the company winds down before it runs out of cash, to avoid potential liabilities. Without getting an official certificate of dissolution, a venture firm cannot technically write off its investment.

Dive into David Duchemin's Insights at 1StartupWorld! Explore "Fundraising and Scaling: How Family Offices Drive Startup Success" for a game-changing perspective on venture capital. Don't miss out—click the link to watch now! #StartupSuccess #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #1StartupWorld

At the forefront of innovation and strategic investment, David Duchemin's session at 1StartupWorld, titled "Fundraising and Scaling: How Family Offices Can Propel Startups Towards Rapid Growth and Sustainable Success," unraveled the complex interplay between family offices and startups. Duchemin, the visionary behind 2A Family Capital, offered an unparalleled glimpse into how startups can leverage the unique assets of family offices to secure not just funding but a partnership geared towards enduring success. This dialogue is pivotal for entrepreneurs and investors alike, navigating the intricate venture capital landscape and seeking to refine their fundraising strategies. Duchemin traced the evolution of family offices from their origins with John D. Rockefeller in 1882 to their current role as pivotal investors in the startup ecosystem. He highlighted the shift towards direct investments, venture capital funds, and philanthropic endeavors, showcasing family offices' growing commitment to fostering innovation. A key focus of Duchemin's discourse was the concept of "patient capital" — a strategic, long-term investment approach that distinguishes family offices from traditional venture capital avenues. Advocating for a paradigm shift, Duchemin urged startup founders to adopt a family office mindset, focusing on multi-generational wealth and strategic growth. This vision aligns with the principles of family offices, emphasizing sustainability, strategic partnerships, and resilience. Moreover, Duchemin underscored the critical role of meaningful networking in aligning startups with like-minded investors, paving the way for a synergistic journey towards growth and impact. In essence, Duchemin's insights offer a revolutionary blueprint for reimagining the dynamics of venture capital and investment, highlighting the instrumental role of family offices in sculpting the future of entrepreneurship with a blend of strategic foresight and operational excellence. #startups #bussines #enterpreneurship

Join us for an exclusive look into "Fundraising and Scaling: How Family Offices Can Propel Startups Towards Rapid Growth and Sustainable Success." Discover the power of family offices in shaping venture capital dynamics. Click the link to watch! #Startups #Business #Entrepreneurship #1StartupWorld

Extremely excited to introduce the latest lineup of top investors for International Office Hours 3.0! These legendary figures dominate their respective fields, with funds backed by influential founders and investors who are as passionate about mentoring entrepreneurs as they are about investing. Among them is a hero with unparalleled expertise in tackling cold-start problems. 💥 Here are the trailblazers joining us: Eleonora Mantovani from PROfounders Capital: Eleonora represents an early-stage venture capital fund created by founders, for founders. Established in 2009, PROfounders Capital is dedicated to investing in and supporting the next wave of entrepreneurs. Their philosophy goes beyond financial investment, aiming to be steadfast partners through both challenges and triumphs. They focus on European companies with disruptive models that leverage technology to revolutionize customer experiences, typically investing £/€ 1-3m during the early venture phase to help these companies scale. Shosh Shetty from Thim Ventures: Shosh invests in founders with an ARR exceeding £500k who are eager to scale groundbreaking technologies. Over the past decade, he has facilitated the raising of over £1bn, navigating some of Europe’s most demanding capital raises. Shosh engages with over 1,000 startups annually, witnessing firsthand the struggles of 99% of these founders to build strong conviction with investors and clients. This inspired him to focus on early-stage investment, offering curated coaching and leading an Angel Investor Group to provide essential support and funding. Alexander Chikunov from Verb Ventures: Alex is the Founding Partner at Verb Ventures, a London-based VC firm committed to building a diverse international portfolio of high-potential early-stage companies. Verb Ventures partners with Late Seed/Series A stage companies, emphasizing B2B and B2B2C marketplaces and platform solutions. Alex's unwavering belief in marketplace businesses led to the founding of Verb Ventures, which focuses on fostering innovative and scalable ventures in these sectors. 🌟 Calling All Startups! Apply Now! Applications Close Soon 🌟 Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to connect with top investors who bring unparalleled expertise and support. Secure your spot at International Office Hours 3.0 and get the backing you need to scale and succeed. Visit our website to apply today: https://lnkd.in/eZHPFjC2 Lyubov Guk, David Gilgur, Winnie Zhu In association with: Blue Lake VC, Tech Nation, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fragomen, Mishcon de Reya LLP, Kreston Reeves #startups #venturecapital #entrepreneurship #impact #officehours #networking

The North West of England has all the key components to build venture scale businesses – those that drive technological innovation, create employment, expand globally and deliver outsized investment returns that can be recycled back into innovation. But companies are failing, with just over 38% of companies set up in Manchester in 2015 still being active five years later. A cohesive approach is required to support venture scale startups and scaleups – one which facilitates access to information, networks and capital to allow these businesses to begin, develop and grow. That’s why KPMG | Acceleris are excited to launch the Wired for Growth taskforce. The mission is to identify the steps we can take as a collective to drive venture scale growth in the region. New report: Wiring the North West for venture scale growth - download here: https://lnkd.in/eK3-zh3C We posed questions to local leaders, founders and key influencers from the tech ecosystem in the North West. We’ve taken their voices and distilled their views to create our first report. It includes our thinking so far on how to accelerate the growth and funding of ambitious startups in the North West. Read the report to discover: - A playbook to guide founders through the stages of business growth and venture funding - Our recommendations for how the region’s ecosystem can better support founders - Our five-point plan for building a more thriving ecosystem for North West founders.

It's a tradition and best practice at MaC Venture Capital to take a critical look at the prior year as we embark on the next. Below is a graphical representation of what we achieved in 2023 and serves as a building block for 2024. 2023 was generally a complex and challenging year for the #venturecapital and #startup industries so I'm proud to share that despite the macro challenges MaC Venture Capital was both successful and productive -- albeit not without having to hurdle our fair share of obstacles. I'd like to call out some of the things that I'm most proud of: -We evaluated 3,450 opportunities, which suggests that our brand as a value add investment partner continues to grow and resonate with founders. -During a year when the VC industry reported a substantial drop in investment activity, we made 15 new investments. It was important that we maintained a rigorous and disciplined approach to investing while remaining active. We believe that the 2023 vintage of startups that were successful in raising capital will ultimately be an exceptional group of companies. -2023 was an exceptionally difficult year for startups to raise capital, in fact many companies had to shutdown operation, so the fact that our portfolio companies were able to raise $271M in follow on funding speaks volumes about the quality of our investments. -68% of our portfolio founders have a person of color and/or woman represented on its founding team. We are especially proud of this metric and continue to prove that VC firms can invest without racial/ gender bias and find successful outcomes. Huge shout out to the MaC VC team (Adrian Fenty, Michael Palank, Jennifer Randle, Danny Brown, Zhenni Liu, Spencer Pratt, Dela Adedze, Tanaka Tava, Ken Aseme, Charles D. King) for the strong effort and productivity. Let's further accelerate and grow in 2024.

Whether you're revolutionizing healthcare or reimagining the future of finance , Miami's VC firms are poised to be your partner in progress. 🤝 We recently published a curated list of the key players in Miami's VC scene on our website. Here's a 👁️🗨️ sneak peek at some of them : Miami Angels: Florida's leading angel investor network, providing comprehensive support for tech startups. They offer strategic guidance, access to seasoned investors, and crucial capital across diverse industries. Roo Capital: Specializes in early-stage companies across SaaS, marketplaces, future-of-work solutions, and healthcare. Roo Capital empowers your business to scale through comprehensive financial backing and strategic growth expertise. The LAB Miami: More than just a VC firm, LAB Miami Ventures acts as a startup studio. They provide seed and Series A stage PropTech, ConTech, and Real Estate startups with the capital, operational support, and strategic guidance necessary to thrive. If you're building a disruptive company, Miami offers the ideal environment to launch and scale your groundbreaking idea 🏔. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions and don't forget to visit our website for the full article 🗞: https://lnkd.in/dfsGXWC8