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🌟Meet the Tokinvest team 🌟 Each week, we will introduce a Tokinvest team member to tell us a bit more about themselves. This week, our Business Analyst, Mark Bradley… 🔹 A Day in the Life: "There isn’t really a typical day, which is one of the major attractions of working for a start-up. Priorities change often, meaning we work in a very agile way, and I get to be across a mix of technical and operational projects. I love that there’s so much innovation in the industry, and thus so much to learn, as it makes each day unique."   🔹 Why RWA Tokenisation?: "It’s an incredible opportunity to redefine how people experience finance, making it accessible to anyone with internet access and eliminating existing barriers to products or investments currently only available to the very wealthy."    🔹 Best Advice Received: “There is always a choice.” Approaching challenges with positive purpose is empowering, unlike feeling trapped or powerless. A mindset shift, from "I have to do this because…" to "I choose to do this because…" has helped me remain motivated when managing difficult or stressful situations."   🔹 Life Outside Work: "I’m very active and enjoy running, weightlifting and CrossFit to keep in shape. Holidays are either skiing or spending time at our house in rural Italy."    🔹 Interesting Read: "The McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2024 report, which includes digital trust and cybersecurity as one of the top 15 trends. Tokenisation is a key element of this field, and the report highlights that it has now started to scale and is creating opportunities to ‘reimagine the future of financial services’." Stay tuned for more team features! #Tokinvest #Leadership #Innovation #Tokenisation #StartupLife #MeetTheTeam

Still energised from the chat with some of our HENSOLDT Ventures colleagues on Tuesday and impressed by their ambition and motivation to drive #innovation. Innovation means #change, change means uncertainty and therefore… most common reaction to change will probably be resistance. Those wanting to drive change must know and accept this. #Patience, #activelistening, #perseverance, #endurance, investing time in explaining the #why, understanding the #whynot and overcoming #frustration are the keys. I personally work on forging those keys every day, which is all but easy… but I believe that if you have those keys, you will have the power to change the world… starting with #yourself! #Thankyou and big 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏼 to all HENSOLDT Ventures and HENSOLDT Venture Company colleagues for your invaluable contribution to innovation! #hensoldt #detectandprotect #makingadifference #safertomorrow

“If you make your business about helping others, you’ll always have work.” This quote perfectly captures the philosophy behind how we are building HIVE Capital Holding. Over the years, I’ve had a lot of conversations with investors, and one thing that consistently surprised me was that none of them ever asked, “How can we help you?” Such a simple yet powerful question, one that could have led to great opportunities if the focus wasn’t always just on funding. At HIVE Capital Holding, we’re creating an ecosystem where companies can access the support they need from day one—whether that’s guidance, connections, or resources. If you’re in the food or agri space and looking to grow your company, reach out, we’d love to help. #Growth #Support #HIVE

Tune in tomorrow for what will be a fantastic conversation! #impactinvesting #impact #impactfinance #investing #finance

2023 was not an easy time to raise, with seed round deal count down 27% year-over-year, according to Carta data. Defying the odds, dataroomHQ, a platform that enables investors to evaluate companies, and companies to report and analyze their metrics, announced a $3.5M round, led by Oceans and Bling Capital, with Garuda Ventures, Cortical Ventures, and others joining the round. Founder Jeff Schwartz shared insights into the company’s fundraising journey and how they navigated the current market conditions: https://lnkd.in/guDYq6R2 We cover: ⏩ How a cold LinkedIn message led to an unanticipated term sheet ⏩ Filling out a round when a fundraising opportunity surprises you  ⏩ The decision to spend 1.5 years on R&D alone to build a “minimum remarkable product” and use that product to raise a round  ⏩ Using a product demo as the ultimate pitch Congrats to Jeff and the entire DataroomHQ team on your seed round! 🎉

📢Calling all Lifetime Community members! If you have an idea for a change you want to see, but aren't sure where to start, apply for the Andrew Dreyfus Impact Incubator! In this 4-week online program, you'll develop a strategic plan and the skills required to carry it out and evaluate it. Apply before July 12 via LINK IN COMMENTS! #socialimpact #incubatorprograms #bostoncommunity #applynow #linkinbio

I am having a small conversation tomorrow (4:30pm) with Clemente Dadoo Lomeli of Lingotto and Chiara Guiotto of Talentgarden at the Italian Tech Week on how Venture Capital can spark a new wave of European industrial dynamism. Please join us in the discussion! #deeptech #climatetech #industrialtech

🌟 Proud Investor Moment! 🌟   Exciting news from our portfolio company repath as they just secured an impressive €3.6M in seed funding! 🎉💼   As an early investor, we couldn’t be more proud of their rapid progress in developing an AI-powered platform to help the energy sector tackle the growing physical risks of climate change. 🌍⚡   Led by Greencode Ventures and Lightbird, this round fuels repath’s mission to become the go-to climate adaptation platform for critical infrastructure by 2030. Their work is not just about protecting energy assets — it’s about driving the green transition forward. 🌱🚀   Kudos to the amazing team at repath! Your vision, innovation, and dedication are leading the charge for a more resilient and sustainable future. 💡💪   #ProudInvestor #ClimateTech #GreenTransition #EnergyInnovation #Sustainability #FutureOfEnergy #WENVESTCapital #B2BSaaS

🌏 “The climate transition is the biggest risk and opportunity facing the global capital markets in our generation.” Unwritten helps investors quantify the impact of climate events to their portfolio. Built by ex-Palantir data scientists Amos Wittenberg and Phillip Marks, Ph.D. in our Aviva Venture Studio, Unwritten uses data analytics to model complex interactions between regions, sectors, policies, and technologies, and translate these into financial data. Unwritten has just raised a $3.5M seed round led by Connect Ventures, with investment from Planet A Ventures, Sand River, and Adapt Nation Capital. Read all about their raise in Tech.eu (via Lucy Adams): https://lnkd.in/e8_UZ-Yv David Hickson | Edoardo Gentili | Olly Betts | Claire Morris | Ed Harding | Claire Mongeau | Valenice B. | Dr. Micol Chiesa Churchill | Ant Barker | Paul Welsh | Ben Luckett | Suzanne Lawson | Rory Stirling | Cameron Hepburn #fintech #climatetech #climatefinance #fundraising #venturecapital #climateVC