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Introducing: The Lowdown ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

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Introducing: The Lowdown ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

The Newsletter that wraps up the week in European Venture ๐Ÿ‘€.

Andreas Munk HolmโœŒ๏ธ
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David Cruz e Silva ๐ŸŽ™
Aug 23, 2022
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Introducing: The Lowdown ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ

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We've been playing around with our dear friend Dan Bowyer from Superseed lately and cooked up a hot new thing; The Startup Lowdown - the show that wraps up the week in European Venture ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ and the accompanying newsletter โ€œThe Reviewโ€.

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Watch the replay here ๐Ÿ“บ .

Catch next week live here and make sure to connect with Andreas & David for news on the European VC scene ๐Ÿ‘€.

And donโ€™t forget to join us in the EUVC community if youโ€™re up for investing in the hottest European VC funds ๐Ÿ’ธ .

But let's get into the meat of the show ๐Ÿฅฉ prepare for a blunt and at times provocative rundown of the week's major headlines.


"The Crying CEO"ย 

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We've all had to fire people. It's never fun. It hurts. We get that. But if you've got the balls โšพ to go and film yourself afterwards, there's probably good cause to think your empathy isn't all that heartfelt. A handful of rotten tomatoes ๐Ÿ… and a kick in those big balls for that performance ๐ŸŽŠ.ย 

Read the original article in The Guardian & watch the replay here.ย 

More stories on VC funding drying up

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That's bollocks. There's plenty of dry-powder in the market. However, that doesn't mean venture funding is readily available to all. Many VCs are (rightfully) slowing deployment rates as they reassess the situation and dedicate extra time to helping portfolio companies think and work through a difficult time.ย 

However. Angels do act very differently right now -- and they're an important part of the European early stage scene. As such, while early stage VCs in Europe still have cash available, there's an important funding source that's in no rush to invest right now.ย 

Read the original article in Fortune & watch the replay here.

Adam Neumann raises 350M$ from a16z

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Always good to know that unicorns are still born pre-product. Let's celebrate that. But other than that, there's a lot of unanswered questions left:ย ย 

- What happened to Flow Carbon the weird ass blockchain startup that Adam raised 70M for in the spring!?

- a16z loves Adam for going back to his roots of real estate. But isn't that like a bank robber going back to a bank!?

and finally:

- who the hell funds Adam Neumann!?

Watch the replay here.

VC of the Week: Contrarian Ventures

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We first met Rokas and Tomas, the two GPs behind Contrarian ventures a year or so ago. They were running a small, 12 mโ‚ฌ fund and hustling to build the leading climate tech community in Europe if not the world. And they were on good track. Some time after, we did an episode with them on the European VC and now, we're super happy to see them announcing their 100mโ‚ฌ fund.ย 

Absolutely amazing ๐Ÿ‘ย 

Read the story on Techfundingnewsย & watch the replay here

Chelsea Clinton raises new fund

Loved this one. Big things to come from all the new high-powered people coming into VC. Network is everything - and these guys and girls bring network. In this connection, remember to check out Jason Esseboom who's building Joyned Capital where he's helping athletes transition into angel investing. Love this guy. Great things to come I'm sure ๐Ÿคž.ย ย 

Read the story here.

There is more...

The Lowdown, week 2 (19822)

Had a great ambition to give you the written rundown on all the news we covered, but damn. That was a lot. So here's a quick drop of the news we covered in the show, but I failed to comment on here. Bear with me ๐Ÿปย 

  • Pollen went bust - London based events co with global VCs at series C

  • Founderpath raises 145mโ‚ฌ to provide non dilutive financing to bootstrapped SaaS founders

  • London based VC 2xn unveil 120 mn fund to back quantum computing startups in Europe

  • Vladimir from academyocean.com was highlighted by Dan as an amazing founder building an amazing company. And a huge shoutout was given to Lyobov from International Founders/Blue Lake VC.ย 

Watch the full replay here ๐Ÿ“บ.


Youโ€™re invited to invest with us ๐Ÿค—ย 

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We can't leave you without inviting you to join us in the #euvc community where we're constantly bringing on new great VC funds for you to back with your money, skills and network.ย 

Wait what?

Yup. 1kโ‚ฌ minimums, awesome people, the greatest route to connect with venture investors all over Europe. All in one place ๐Ÿ’ž

Does it get any better? Well, we hope ๐Ÿคž as we keep working hard on making it just that! But we do hope you'll join us in making it so! ๐Ÿค—ย 

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