Toby Coppel

Scoop: Podcaster and VC Harry Stebbings is raising a major new 20VC fund to target tech startups globally. Building on 2021’s $140 million fund, 20VC is believed to be bringing in around $400 million from LPs across investment vehicles targeting the early and late stage. Stebbings is hiring in new talent to help build out the fund’s investment portfolio. Previous 20VC investments include Remote, Hopin, Sorare and BeReal. You can read more in my latest for Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/eTDufTQF #vc #ai #fund #20VC #tech #startups

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Welcome ecoLocked to the Climentum Capital portfolio! We are proud to have led the €4M funding round together with Matterwave Ventures, and delighted to have existing investors Counteract, Startup Family Office, Sabancı Building Solutions, and VOYAGERS.io joining the round. The investment will support ecoLocked’s mission to revolutionize the construction industry with carbon-negative building materials. Concrete production accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions, making innovations in this field crucial for achieving net-zero goals. ecoLocked is leading the change by converting carbon captured from biomass into functional, carbon-negative building materials. This funding will accelerate ecolocked's efforts to turn buildings into carbon sinks, scaling their innovative biochar-based solutions and enabling 1Gt carbon removal by 2040. Doerte Hirschberg Morten Halborg Stefan Maard

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It's time to meet the first finalists of the #EuropeanVC Awards. Our first #FirmOfTheYear spotlight goes to Notion Capital. We just met with Stephen Chandler, co-founder & Managing Partner. To learn the story of building Notion and raising an oversubscribed Fund V. Here's a short sneak peek: 👉 first close in 2022 with existing LPs 👉 target was €250m (+40% on Fund IV) 📅 56 LPs from over 300 engaged and a total of almost 1,000 total meetings. 👉 rolled out final close in 2023 👉 oversubscribed at €300m (+70%) What made it different from raising before the #TechReset? 👉 the market was far tougher 👉 a stronger position as a firm 👉 a larger portfolio of LPs. Check out the full story on our brand new episode on EUVC 🔽 And a maaaaaassive shoutout to our sponsor of the firm of the year award: Haynes and Boone, LLP 🌟 Link to full episode and incredible notes directly from Stephen's hand in the comments. cc HSBC Innovation Banking, Isomer Capital, SuperReturn, #SuperVenture #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

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"“European startups tend to rely much more on public funding sources or traditional bank loans,” Meyers says. “Atomico’s [report] also reports that VC and limited partnership funders all have a decreased appetite for investing in Europe. This suggests that we have more and more small startups in Europe, but they are fighting over a pool of increasingly sceptical investors,” he says." #sifted #startupfunding #startups #vc #venturecapital #funding #publicfunding #investors #investmentstrategies #investmentmanagement #roi #europe #policy #eu

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Controversial opinion - but in any case, we have to note "THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION SUPERIORITY", as John Cowan writes. Startup Studios, Venture Studios, Asset Studios, but also VCs that want to stay competitive in the future have to take data-driven decisions, based on actual, life data from what humans do in their projects and startups. AI can help, but in the end it's human decisions (still) that make the difference for success or failure. I have been monitoring Max Pog and his grand research, cited in the article, for a while. He already promotes and lives the principles of collaborative startup ecosystem in his online community. We on the other hand are happy to build a platform that facilitates these interactions and the value creation as an operating system for studios and VCs. https://lnkd.in/eQ2uK2U6

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Check out my latest video where we dive into one of the most crucial aspects of fundraising for startups: securing a lead investor. Discover why having a lead investor—your keystone—is essential to closing your funding round and how it can bring other investors on board. If you're in the process of raising funds or preparing for it, this video will give you valuable insights into navigating the complex world of startup investment. https://lnkd.in/eEi_9M_y

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