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🇪🇺 European companies in Y Combinator’s S24 batch [Part 1] (#goEurope) 👇 autarc (YC S24) (Berlin, Germany) 🇩🇪 founded by Etienne-Noel Krause, Thies Hansen and Marius Seufzer autarc is building the OS for Europe’s One-Stop Energy Installers, integrating CRM, planning, and design tools into a unified platform. Their solution helps SMB energy installers reduce pre-installation phases drastically, enabling efficient scaling of heat pump and photovoltaic systems. omnidock (YC S24) (Berlin, Germany) 🇩🇪 founded by Shayan Zakerzadeh, Christian Kohrs and Sebastian Rödling Omnidock provides an OS for global e-commerce expansion, allowing brands to plug in and expand across multiple marketplaces effortlessly. Acting as the merchant of record, Omnidock handles transactions, optimizes logistics, and simplifies multi-marketplace selling, increasing merchant revenue by at least 20%. Argil (YC S24) (Paris, France) 🇫🇷 founded by Laodis Menard and Brivael Le Pogam Argil is the video generation engine for the creator economy. Leveraging state-of-the-art deepfake models, their platform enables content creators to clone themselves, input a script, and generate engaging videos in minutes. It makes video production accessible for branding, education, and social media growth. The Forecasting Company (Paris, France) 🇫🇷 founded by Geoffrey Négiar and Joachim Fainberg The Forecasting Company is building foundation models for time series, providing enterprise-grade forecasting systems. Their plug-and-play solutions help enterprises improve operational decision-making, using a massive dataset of time-stamped information to create accurate and flexible predictions. Saturn AI (London, UK) 🇬🇧 founded by Amal Jolly, Michael Ettlinger, and Rohit Vaish, CFA Saturn is an AI-powered operating system for wealth management, automating compliance and back-office workflows. By streamlining processes and personalizing investment research, Saturn empowers wealth managers to focus on client engagement while reducing operational costs and inefficiencies. Patchwork Technologies (YC S24) (London, UK) 🇬🇧 founded by Benjamin H., Samuel Kramer, and Alex Maass Patchwork Technologies is developing the next-generation logging and observability platform. Automating logging from code to storage, Patchwork creates context-rich, actionable logs across entire codebases without manual intervention, simplifying the lives of developers and improving reliability in production environments. Tabular (Berlin, Germany) 🇩🇪 founded by Tim Hermes, Markus Jungnickel, Kilian Justus, and Leonard von Kleist Tabular is an AI copilot for accounting firms, automating core workflows such as booking expense accounts and VAT filings. Their solution enables accounting firms to generate finished ledger entries with a single click, addressing labor shortages in SMB accounting by transforming time-intensive tasks into streamlined processes. #euvc #venturecapital #vc

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Go to to https://lnkd.in/ddsb-2FJ to wtach the original version via https://lnkd.in/dQkwYYMi Via: Умные люди с Асель Кожаковой Как правило, умные люди себя таковыми не считают. Thanks to Assel Kozhakova, DipM FCIM "Gerd Leonhard is a world-famous futurologist, author of the book "Technology versus Humanity", discussing the future of man in new realities using artificial intelligence. Who will win - technology or man and how to make technology serve people. We talked about the side effects of AI, its psychological impact on the human brain; tried to figure out "superman" - is it good or bad; what the younger generation should study so as not to be left behind and much more ... The podcast will be interesting to everyone interested in AI and new realities of life" 

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Climate tech investing in Europe is on the rise and I have to say that it's more fund than I ever expected. If you are curious about the stage of climate innovations and the most promising approaches to lowering global greenhouse gas emissions, we will be discussing a few learnings at the DDC Investor Summit in the beautiful city of Prague.

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🥁 A call for European policymakers to unify the startup ecosystem !!! 🥁 Motivated to support this petition for a unified pan-European startup entity. Let’s unite Europe's startup ecosystems! https://www.eu-inc.org 🇪🇺 Join and sign for: 🔔 Standardize investment processes to enable genuine pan-European investments. 🔔 Establish a unified employee stock options program to share startup success more widely. 🔔 Simplify cross-border operations, such as employment and capital flows. 🔔 Fully digitize the incorporation process

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✌ Let's make Europe a truly united powerhouse for startups & innovation! Sign & share the petition📝 👀 Spoiler: ... sign the petition for an European INC - a pan-European startup entity via the first link in the comments 🔗 Entrepreneurs in Europe face outdated processes (such as incorporation procedures, notaries, and employee stock options) and significant fragmentation, particularly in cross-border operations like employment and capital flows. A standardized "EU Inc" entity would address many of these issues and greatly facilitate the creation and growth of startups in Europe. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰? We are 6 weeks before the new European Commission sets its agenda for the coming years. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬? - Access funding more easily - Navigate regulations with less hassle - Expand across borders with greater speed - Attract global top talent How? 1️⃣ Standardize investment processes to enable genuine pan-European investments 2️⃣ Establish a unified employee stock options program to share startup success more widely 3️⃣ Simplify cross-border operations, including employment and capital flows 4️⃣ Fully digitize the incorporation process, reducing it to just a few hours – entirely online and in English 👉 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 & 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 Sign and share the petition that has been started at The EU Inc Petition and that has already been signed by top tech talent in Europe from Stripe, Wise, Supercell, Alan, ... and many, many more. It's time to raise our voices and do something exceptional in Europe. Let’s unite Europe's startup ecosystems! #euinc

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The How To Web 2024 madness week kicked off today with a new type of event dedicated to #TechTransfer.. There have been some interesting insights: 1. on how to start and boost this critical process for a healthy innovation environment from Łukasz Marć, PhD and Pawel Bochniarz 2. on the risk appetite driving the US innovation from Frances Simowitz 3. from EIT we have learned that founders are afraid of grants - are they really?😁 and a bit on the regulatory challenges research institutes in Romania face and how unprepared they are for this critical process.... #startupventures #rocax #techtransfer

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🌍 As we navigate through complex geopolitical landscapes, the importance of energy independence has never been clearer. At VSB Group, we are committed to accelerating Europe's transition to renewable energy, recognizing its crucial role in enhancing our geopolitical stability. Current geopolitical tensions, especially highlighted by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, underscore the vulnerability of relying on fossil fuels. I am convinced that Europe's bold aim to end its dependency on Russian gas by 2025 is not just a necessity but a strategic imperative. Renewable energy is at the heart of this transformation, with sources like wind, solar, and bioenergy leading the charge together with great existing hydro-power capabilities. In 2022, renewables accounted for 41.2% of the EU’s gross electricity consumption, a significant increase from 37.8% in 2021. And in the first half of this year in Germany the share was up to 58%. This shift secures our energy supply and shields us from the volatility of global energy markets. Moreover, increased renewable capacity is estimated to have saved EU electricity consumers around EUR 100 billion during 2021-2023, mitigating the economic shocks of energy crises. I am proud to be at the forefront of this movement together with my outstanding VSB team, driving initiatives that promote energy sovereignty and contribute to a more stable and secure Europe. Our commitment goes beyond economic metrics – it’s about creating a sustainable future where energy is a tool for peace and stability. Let’s continue this conversation. How do you see the role of renewables in achieving energy independence and geopolitical stability in your region? And more importantly, what else can we do to move even faster? #EnergyIndependence #RenewableEnergy #GeopoliticalStability #VSB #SustainableFuture #cleanandgreen

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OpenAI Realtime API (voice & text) just changed the economics of #EU R&D/Innovation funding. Combined with other recently released tools such as ChatGPT Canvas & NotebookLM, teams will expect to leap ahead, reducing friction (time, cost, process, traditional assumptions) and getting promising research through the funnel into commercial and public utility a lot faster. Orchestration agents, simulation, material/molecular/manufacturing science and spatial AI will further democratise creativity in short order. Use cases will create flywheels and feedback loops. Now is a good time to be running an SME with a heavy R&D load, Universities looking to amp-up their spin-outs, or startups looking to reduce their dependency on funding. Costs of preparing, evaluating, allocating and running EU/National funded projects will plummet as realtime voice assistants and agents take over the heavy lifting. Watch out for the emergence of R&D platforms with "ready-baked" research/technology assets and partnerships that can be plugged together, orchestrated by agents, cutting out intermediate steps. Pricing and margin pressures will grow on funding proposal service providers, so expect to see them pivoting into value-added services such as direct R&D brokerages as their traditional business models feel the bite. New services will expand, including the market for IP Lawyer/agents, as well as security provision. Demand for #Fractional leaders able to slipstream across R&D partnerships is a career trajectory to watch. Expect to see a change in #horizoneurope language over the next couple of years from "size of budgets" to "yield" as simulation and orchestration agents begin to kick-in at scale. Expect also that these reductions in friction will help accelerate R&D&I activities with Africa, especially as our continental neighbours begin to harness these very same technologies at an even greater scale. Understanding and adapting to GenAI and research-to-business vectors over the next 18 months is a useful mindset/skillset/toolset to work on. DM me if you're interested to explore how this is evolving across the EU. Gaoithe Advisory EMpact CxO LAB Next CoLabs

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“Data centers are no longer a real-estate business. They are actually a power-first business. The status quo is no longer acceptable in solving this.” - Waldemar Szlezak, Head of KKR digital-infrastructure investments This is a topic I've been writing and podcasting about lately. The Tech giants are realizing that the real bottleneck in the race to artificial general intelligence is going to be getting the necessary power. Now deep pockets from private equity are coming forward, like this $50B announcement today from KKR and Energy Capital Partners. This announcement looks to be mainly focused on new natural gas power generation to support data center needs. This is on top of a flurry of announcements over the past few weeks on nuclear power restarts and small modular reactor plans. I continue to believe that everyone is under-forecasting the actual power required for AGI, because forecasters dramatically under-forecast things that are growing exponentially. As evidence of this, I posted a few days ago that McKinsey just increased their data center power demand forecast by 62% versus the forecast they made in December 2023. Look for more upward forecasts from McKinsey and others as the true power demand for AGI becomes apparent. #AI #AGI #energytransition #naturalgas #renewables #nuclear https://lnkd.in/e89neKkx

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A mentor equips startups with the tools, insights, and confidence to pitch effectively, turning intimidating scenarios into opportunities to win investor trust and support.

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Just launched — Europe’s first free VC Accelerator to empower emerging managers https://buff.ly/3Uj6Z9j Europe's first free venture capital accelerator has just been launched, aiming to empower and support emerging managers in the investment field. This initiative seeks to provide budding venture capitalists with the resources, mentorship, and networks necessary to thrive in a competitive environment. By offering a no-cost program, it democratizes access to critical industry knowledge and opportunities, fostering innovation and growth within the European startup ecosystem. For more information, visit the link: https://buff.ly/3Uj6Z9j. #VentureCapital #StartupGrowth

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Beyond The Hype: Should You Invest In Deeptech Today? 2024 is overflowing with talk about AI, quantum computing, and fusion breakthroughs. But is it just another tech bubble? And where is Europe on the global map? I decided to write an article about it for investors looking at the asst class and European founders building within it. The key points: - Grounded in Reality: Unlike the dot-com and crypto frenzies, deeptech is rooted in foundational innovations—think semiconductors in the 60s. We'll look into some data and examples. - Investment Stats: Nearly $15 billion has poured into European deeptech this year, despite a 70% funding dip in sectors like fintech. 📊 I also uncovered some interesting data on exit timing, value, and return for investors specialising in deeptech. - True Deeptech: Not all .ai companies are deeptech. Quite the contrary. The real deeptech players are solving core problems, not just riding the AI wave. In fact, the challenges they take on almost force deeptech solutions to emerge from these companies. And more! I'm adding the link to the article below, in the comments, and a major thanks to Yash Gaikwad for gathering most of the data and helping with the structuring. 👇 _______________________________________________________ #deeptech #familyoffices #limitedpartners #venturecapital #angelinvesting I'm a soloVC building my firm & community in public. 📢 On a mission to build a new kind of tech-driven VC firm at the intersection of Venture, Science and Community 👩‍🔬 👨‍💻 👫 💹 ❤️ & Follow+ to keep up with the journey 🛣️

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European VC Fundraising Uptick Germany's KfW Capital, has reported a significant uptick in VC fundraising, indicating a positive trend for startup investments. Jörg Goschin, managing director at KfW Capital, noted that fundraising was sluggish in 2022 and 2023, but things are "steadily improving." He highlighted that KfW Capital examined around 220 funds last year, expecting an even higher number this year. Goschin stated, “I think we can say that the light at the end of the tunnel which we saw last year is getting brighter.” KfW Capital is a prominent limited partner (LP) in various European VC funds, including Germany’s Project A, Earlybird Venture Capital, and France’s Partech. Since its establishment in 2018, KfW Capital has invested in 120 VC funds, with nine funded this year. Goschin also mentioned an increase in capital calls from VCs, which he described as a “reassuring” sign that investments in startups are also on the up. In analyzing the types of funds being considered, KfW Capital found that 50% of the 220 funds were from the ICT sector (SaaS startups, AI, marketplaces, and e-commerce). About a quarter of the funds focused on life sciences, while the remainder were generalist funds without a specific sector focus. Notably, KfW Capital is also witnessing an increase in deeptech funds seeking investment, which Goschin identified as necessary, given the longer development times associated with these types of investments. Gender diversity is a key focus for KfW Capital in its due diligence process, with 46.3% of the funds having at least one female GP in 2023. The firm’s €200 million emerging manager facility, aims to invest in funds with €50 million in AUM that prioritize representation of women and non-binary individuals in leadership roles. Its first investment through this facility was in Nucleus Capital, a deeptech and climate tech VC fund led by GPs Dr. Isabella Fandrych and Maximilian A. Schwarz. In terms of increasing private capital in VC, Goschin highlighted the launch of Germany's €1B Fund of funds last year, which aims to boost investments in German and European VC funds. He noted the importance of mobilizing private capital, especially as state budgets become tighter. “The mobilization of capital from private investors is very important, especially from a point of view as a sovereign investor,” he remarked. ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #VCfund and increase the international pool of your LPs?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments (Series A/Series B)?   ▶ Please use G+QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks, or send an inquiry to [email protected] #VentureCapital #VentureFunding #VentureDebt #Fundraising #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investing #Network #Investors #LPs #GPs #EmergingManagers #Economy #Business #Founders #Startups #StartupFunding #ai #artificialintelligence #unicorn #secondaries #secondarydeals

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Good news about European venture performance is always welcome! 🇪🇺 🥳 But...and actually there are many "buts" on this one...these numbers are pretty meaningless. Where to start? - Apparently the European data is based on just 223 European VC funds spanning vintages from 1986 to 2023*. That's a low single digit percentage of the total number of European VC funds raised over that time. That's incredibly statistically insignificant. - It's IRR and not DPI. IRR can be more easily manipulated. It's done a lot. DPI matters way, waaay more than IRR. - The numbers are of unrealized performance. 😳 Which we all know you can't eat, and can also be rigged. Seriously, who gives a shit about unrealized gains? - Despite all that the numbers end up so close anyways that they're within any reasonable margin of error. So pretty neck and neck in an illiquid asset class. 🤷🏼‍♂️ - Also, let's be honest, averages don't matter in venture. It's a top decile driven asset class. It's all about outliers. That's way more important than geography. European VC is notoriously opaque. Academics often avoid including it in research on VC because of this. Much of European government LP data isn’t public, and government LPs make up a large chunk of LP commitments in Europe. Also, there have been examples of European government LPs selling underperforming fund stakes to other government buyers to prop up their numbers. Any report should be taken with a grain of salt. It’s adorable though that some quickly point to it having to be accurate simply because CA is involved, as if CA is infallible. CA has an agenda in doing this for a client (Invest Europe) which itself has an agenda to push. European venture has made great progress. It's a strong asset class that deserves more LP attention (much of the upside in European tech goes to North American LPs). Let the real numbers speak for themselves though. This ain't that. TLDR: These numbers are unrealized IRR based on a statistically insignificant dataset of funds. It's a nothingburger. https://lnkd.in/eytxpqpk * https://lnkd.in/eE3HTV5W

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Mmm, this is sexy! 😍😍😍 Let’s go Europe. Wake up! “It’s so bad that, by now, Europe is considered a meme in the international startup ecosystem. Not a place that innovates, but that – at best – ‘only regulates’. A place ambitious people ‘have to leave’.” Sadly, this is true, and it’s a goddamn shame. Europe needs a sense of urgency, because the rest of the world isn’t waiting around for it. https://eu-acc.com/ #tech #technology #innovation #deeptech #startups #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #vc #venturecapital #money #business

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What would be the future of documents in the new AI world? I think we will see significant changes outside the contracts and legally binding documents. The most important change will be that content is more generated v/s written. 1. Creation and Writing ⏩ Generation and Editing. 2. Static documents ⏩ Live/Fluidic/Assembly of content. 3. Searching of docs ⏩ Querying for info. 4. Same doc for all ⏩ Personalized info for each. 5. Text-heavy docs ⏩ Multi-modal and info-rich. 6. Coarse Access control ⏩ Fine-grained node level access control. 7. Version control of doc ⏩ Version control of node. 8. Remembering docs ⏩ Remembering prompts/queries. This transition will take time, but I am seeing the beginning. What else one should expect to see?

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https://lnkd.in/dnd7AksY "Distorted waves are just one measure of broader power quality. When homes experience good, or stable, power quality, it means that the flow of electricity for lights and appliances is being delivered at an even and predictable pace. The worse power quality gets, the more the risk increases. Sudden surges or sags in electrical supplies can lead to sparks and even home fires. Left unaddressed, one problem can morph into another. That means the bad harmonics of today can be a sign of potential disaster down the road. “Harmonics are a pretty good canary in the coal mine for early signs of stress and problems,” said Bob Marshall, chief executive officer of Whisker Labs Inc. Whisker Labs tracks power quality in real-time using roughly 1 million residential sensors, which are spread so widely across the country that nearly 90% of US homes are within half a mile of one. A Bloomberg analysis of exclusive sensor data coupled with data from DC Byte, a market intelligence firm, showed a strong link between proximity to data centers and worsening harmonics. More than half of the tracked households showing the worst distortions of power quality are located within 20 miles of significant data center activity, according to the analysis, which covered readings from February through October. US census figures show that about 3.7 million Americans live in the most-impacted areas."

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Slush and the release of Atomico's State of European Tech are always big highlights late in the year. What European technology entrepreneurs and investors have achieved over the last decade is nothing short of remarkable. Europe overall is not growing at all. Many industries are in irreversible decline. But technology investment has grown 10x, companies have grown 10x, employment has grown 7x. Europe is barely getting started. Let's make growth our focus and 10x capital, employment, GDP contribution and wealth creation again. #technology #investing #EUtech #growthcapital https://lnkd.in/dXSYAtsq

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Back then one of the main problems I had in fundraising for my startup was not knowing valuation benchmarks. That's why ~year ago we prepared key data for every founder in Central Eastern Europe. We're preparing the 2024 edition right now, so if you see any trends in the market, we're happy to include them! :) 👉 What size of the round can you expect? At what valuation? 👉 What do you have to deliver for every round? 👉 What is the expected capable structure? And many many others. Link to the 2023 benchmarks: https://lnkd.in/de3qvJBT #benchmarks #startups #fundraising

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