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Want to focus on targeting investors that are currently active? Here are some who participated in recently announced rounds: ✨ Differential Ventures - “Investing in the people and solutions creating the data-driven economy.” ✨ FLORA Ventures - “Partnering with purpose-driven entrepreneurs redefining the Agrifood industry” ✨ Future Food Fund - “Early stage capital for food & agriculture tech companies” ✨ Love Ventures - “We are committed to helping category-creating companies unlock their potential and deliver their version of a better world.” ✨ Mudcake - “We invest in the strongest founders reshaping the way we produce, distribute, and consume food.” ✨ Paper Ventures - “a first-in, innovative investment firm, focusing on the ever-changing landscape of emerging technologies.” 10 more available on today's list: https://lnkd.in/gCXKFVSZ #investors #investment #founders #startups #seedround #venturecapital #fundraising #pitching

Join Lowenstein’s Laura Cicirelli as she offers insights into the angel investing ecosystem and things to consider if you plan on becoming an angel investor or seeking investment in 2024 during ACG New Jersey's Monthly Breakfast Meeting on February 20 in Edison, New Jersey. For more information and to register, please visit: https://bit.ly/4aRhNly Read Laura’s bio: https://lnkd.in/egUzd-Xp #startups #growthcompanies #emergingcompanies #venturecapital #techlaw

Where are we in the current down cycle for startups seeking to raise capital? Results from AgFunderNews' new VC survey show agrifoodtech investors are split, with 30% believing the worst is yet to come, 44% believing we’re at the lowest point now, and 11% believing we're “over the worst of it;” the remainder are unsure. Get more details from Louisa Burwood-Taylor's article here: https://lnkd.in/gVfc_ZRq #foodtech #agtech #agrifoodtech #investing

🚀 Are you ready for VC Central? If not, we're sure our program will convince you to get moving and fast! What do we have in store? Discussions, fireside chats, breakout sessions, and plenty of networking. Here's a peek of what to expect: 🔹Insights on the state of the market with Patric Gresko (EIF) 🔹Tips on achieving longevity in VC with Patrick Polak (Newion) 🔹 Discussion on growth investment in CEE with Sylwester Janik (Cogito Capital Partners), Rafal Kluziak (DLA Piper), Nelly Markova (Molten Ventures), Christian Noske (NGP Capital), and Michael Rager (DTCP) 🔹Debate - generalist vs specialist VC with Rainer Berak (Project A Ventures), Nicklas Bergman (EISMEA), Marcin Hejka (OTB Ventures), Nicholas Stocks (White Star Capital) ➡️ Check out the full agenda: https://lnkd.in/eN5cEryi If you're not registered yet, here's all the info you need: 📅 Date: April 25th, 2024 📍 Location: Warsaw, Poland 🎟️ Tickets: https://lnkd.in/dn8sCP5N ➡️ More information: https://lnkd.in/euDTRxAT VC Central partners: ⭐ Startup House 🌟Credo Ventures, DLA Piper Poland, European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), European Investment Fund (EIF), EIT InnoEnergy, OTB Ventures, PFR Ventures #VCC #VCCentral #VentureCapital #VC #TechInnovation #CEEStartups #CEE #TechInvest #startups #investment #businessangels #innovation

Join our exclusive Panel Discussion https://lnkd.in/gKKFCHYh on "How Can Startups Effectively Integrate Sustainability to Attract Investors?" Join Jeffrey Beyer as he unpacks the rise of sustainable investing, shares key market data, and explains why investors are increasingly attracted to green startups. Don't miss out on this insightful session! The event streams LIVE on LinkedIn on March 27th, 5:30 PM GMT. #EquityMatch #SustainableBusiness #ImpactInvesting #StartupFunding #PanelDiscussion #Webinar 

❌ 90% of startups face failure, with financing challenges standing out as a primary reason. Often, founders underestimate their financial requirements, forget about costs, fail to find investors in time or place their company in the wrong hands. The latest focus week provided our #startups with a hands-on #financing overview to navigate this complex landscape. We kicked off with a business canvas model workshop that challenged or confirmed the current business model. 🟢SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator CEO Eric Weber covered process-driven financial planning and key aspects of the #fundraising journey. 🟢Dr. Nik Raupp Raupp, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds, unveiled the behind-the-scenes of fundraising: #investor perspectives, common mistakes, and shortcuts for #founders. 🟢The #grants presentation by EurA AG, led by Sarah Müncheberg, Dr. Maria Jaeger, and Davin Underwood, offered a comprehensive insight of #grant opportunities in Europe. 🟢 Startups reviewed the Business Model Canvas together with Gaia Amatteis. The Business Model Canvas is an essential tool to challenge the existing business strategy and its development. 🟢 Hendrik Schulze's smart KPIs & customer journey workshop equipped the startups with practical tools to identify and track relevant KPIs for their unique paths. 🟢Sönke Scheltz and Manuel Söldenwagner delved into intellectual property contracts, dealing with the different types of contracts concerning intellectual property (IP) and aiming to classify and present their contents and pitfalls. A big thank you to our mentors and alumni BIOWEG who shared their founder story! 

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ is going to be the year we will see more and more Impact Funds emerging and start build more visibility and traction of their portfolio. I believe that we have been through an evolution from thinking of impact as a small niche for non-commercial companies to how business should be done. Doing good, means good business to 🤞 Yonca Braeckman and her team at Impact Shakers created an overview on some of the most interesting impact VCs of 2023 and I believe we will see this list evolving and growing. Crowberry Capital - €90m - early stage - Hekla Arnardottir , Helga Valfells , Jenny Ruth Hrafnsdottir Counteract - £35m - Early stage - Andrew Shebbeare , Andy Bonsall , Matt Isaacs StartGreen Capital - €200m - Laura Rooseboom Coenraad de Vries , Anouk Blum-den Heijer Rivage Investment - €250m - Growth - No Label Ventures - $15m - Early stage - Ramzi Rafih Bootstrap Europe - €130m - Growth - Stephanie Heller (Galantine) Fatou Diagne Eliott Saba Zero Carbon Capital - €30m -Early stage - Pippa Gawley What other impact funds you would add to the list? #venturecapital #impactinvesting #startups #investments #privateequity #earlystage #funding #impact #tech #business

The Venture Capital WINTER IS OVER, though fundraising challenges remain, according to the latest Sentiment Survey of Kauffman Fellows, a global network that gathers the best venture capitalists in the world, published in April 2024 (https://lnkd.in/dDBZZarb). Main findings of the survey: 💡 Better macroeconomic environment 💡 Challenging fundraising prospects, yet confidence is high 💡 For entrepreneurs at least, winter is over 💡 For LPs, still unclear if they will get liquidity this year The charts, extracted from the published results, give a snapshot of VC expectations for 2024. The unique WinSolutions | Winning Impact value boosting ecosystem for sustainable ventures enhances the performance of Southeast Asian #startups and #smallbusiness with viable disruptive innovations in #biodiversity, #healthyfood, #nutrition, #healthcare and #renewableenergy spaces to a world-class level.

Driving innovation and prosperity across Ontario. 🚀 Discover how Angel Investors Ontario has been connecting startups with investor mentors for over 15 years. Ready to invest in the future? Learn more! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gdkXd76 #AngelInvestorsOntario #InvestInInnovation #OntarioStartups #Explore #Ontario

I’ve just arrived in beautiful #WashingtonDC where 500 Global is convening world leaders, top #founders, #VCs and institutional #investors at the #UpNext Summit to challenge one another on how #entrepreneurship can not only become an even more important economic engine, but also how we can refocus the narrative around tech as an enabler of public good. The venture capital industry plays an important role in these outcomes and it’s undergone a massive transformation over the last decade. VCs must lean in on tech #policy and work hand-in-hand with leaders around the world to ensure that founders get the support they need to build the #startups that will drive the economy forward. 🌍🚀 Here’s a quick look on the origin of #UpNext. Check out the agenda here: https://lnkd.in/ewdycDHS Christine Tsai Khailee Ng Vishal Harnal Santiago Zavala Saskia Howard Bedy Yang Samantha Kiel Enis Hulli Mei Chel Tan