Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post Introducing Generative Europe — Starting in Paris appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The post Generative Europe Comes To London appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AI investments pushing venture funding back up After three years of consecutive decline, funding of private AI and cloud companies across the US and Europe is climbing again at $79B, up 27% vs. 2023 and 65% vs. 2020. The take private activity also remains healthy with 2024 on track to reach $40B, which is in line with 2023.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

You will not find a massive volume of users, but maybe you will find better partners. B2B Websites in Europe. Last but not least, there is Europe, the world’s largest trading bloc. One company may be looking for a distributor, another for a contract manufacturer, yet another for a partner in a joint venture.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 11, 2024

The post Partnering with Helsing, Europe’s leader in AI enabled defense appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The American VC funds are now coming to Europe , seeing European startups as a new asset class worth investing in. The dry powder in Europe seems to go way beyond the ski slopes. Another question is around exits in Europe , and availability of late stage capital. The challenges is Israel are different than in Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. Years after I had been living in Europe I told my father this regret.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Europe faced a similar fate and funding for the third quarter in Europe totalled $16 billion, down 44% year over year from $28 billion. Two weeks ago in San Francisco, a conversation with tech lawyers from the US and Europe was a confirmation of what I read in the news. It’s an investors market.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Europe Consumer. (1). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. at 11:03 AM. Newer Post.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

In the UK, by far the largest tech hub in Europe, startups raised $26 billion. Europe: $100 billion ??India: This includes: Softbank Vision Fund – the with the appointment of former head of Mossad, Yossi Cohen , as partner Blackstone – with $619 billion under management globally. US: $330 billion ??China:

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What’s quickly becoming the go-to technology conference in Europe, one of Spain’s most prominent platforms VDS has announced that its 2024 event will be held in Valencia under the theme “Embracing evolution: Invest in the leaders of tomorrow”.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

The compatibility of Neko Health’s goals with those of its partners provided the basis for the company’s future achievements. As Neko Health continues to spread its operations throughout Europe, it inspires optimism for a future in which healthcare will be preventative, easily accessible, and individually tailored.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

I believe I am qualified to talk about this as I spent ~6 years at Google in strategic partnerships (commerce), as head of Campus London (Google’s first physical startup hub), Head of Google for Entrepreneurs Europe (now called Google for Startups) and eventually general partner for Google Ventures.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 13, 2023

With this new round of funding, Simbe will be able to reach out to more retail partners around the world and spread its message of how AI and robotics can improve the shopping experience for consumers. Several companies specializing in automated inventory management have received sizable funding in recent months. Finished more than 1.7

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

First and foremost, PGC it’s a meeting palooza – I received over 40 requests for meetings, mainly from game studios all over Europe. For Remagine Ventures II (launching in 2023), we’re expanding our investment coverage geographically and will start investing in UK / Europe as well.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

However, despite the hype surrounding the concept, Europe still faces significant challenges if it wants to establish a strong presence in the Metaverse. This article will explore the current state of the Metaverse in Europe and examine the obstacles it needs to overcome to achieve its potential.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Silicon Allee (a TNW content partner ) caught up with him to pick his brain on what 2013 might hold for us. We’re a European VC company and we study the market across Europe. The famously-monikered investor, who now lives in Denmark, was previously the COO at Skype, and has a wealth of experience in founding and building companies.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

Tripp Braden gave a great piece of advice to those venturing into a start-up business, saying “no matter how innovative an organisation is at the early stages, they require a significant partner to enhance their brand within key larger accounts”. Be the First to Market.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

So for the sixth time, together with our partner Adyen, TNW is on the hunt for the fastest-growing startups in Europe and Israel to showcase at TNW Conference 2019. Every day, startups prove individuals can harness the power of technology to actually create change and have a positive impact on society.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

For instance, GDPR compliance has necessitated ongoing revisions to data protection strategies for many businesses operating in Europe. Engaging Compliance as a Business Partner To truly benefit from compliance, companies must see it not as a cost center but as a vital part of their strategic planning.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2017

By doing research on your current people, systems and partners, you can create an overview of where you are as a company. You cannot look at Europe as one playground. The difference in Europe on the same product is between 8% and 27%. But in Europe, Amazon is only active in 5 of the 51 countries (!!). Market research.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Back in Europe, it is very common for companies to provide its employees with a daily supply of healthy snack, a coffee corner with good coffee or even a barista, company events, Friday drinks etc and it’s usually a high-selling point amongst potential employees. For example, it’s very common in Europe to get everything done via email.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Andrew Chen is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz consumer team, and I particularly enjoyed his series of tweets and LinkedIn posts on ‘what good looks like in consumer tech’ For example, this post on 10 magic metrics indicating a consumer tech startup probably has product/market fit.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. Entrepreneur Europe Analysis and Opinion' If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re an American, and that means you don’t know how good you have it.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Shelly Porges, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Beyond the Billion , observed, “While we all want to have invested in those exciting home-runs/unicorns, most investors are seeking the data points to construct reliable portfolios.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. You may have an opinion on your market-entry strategy for Europe. That role as sparring partner can be useful if for nothing else than to test your resolve.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. billion deal to Disney.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2024

APPOINTMENTS Congrats Sarai Bronfeld on your promotion to partner at NFX !

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

For example, iOS devices are more popular in Western Europe or North America, while Android is more popular in other parts of the world. For example, you can choose brand partners that use GPS, Wi-Fi, or beacons to localize ads. Of course, any mobile app should be thoroughly tested before it goes live.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. I’m looking for suggestions on how to scale this using people in europe without adding too many “middle men” 1. web development projects. There is nothing close to that.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

To tap this burgeoning market, companies should consider working with local partners who possess a more intimate knowledge of each market. The old paradigm of manufacturing in China and selling in Europe and US is no longer entirely true. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The top 100 SaaS companies in Europe and Israel The European Software-as-a-Service world changed forever when Daniel Dines, the founder of UiPath, made the cover of Forbes as ‘Boss of the Bots’ last month. The rise of Europe Against this healthy backdrop, let’s drill down into Europe. Full presentation available here.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Some countries in Europe may have lost their AAA ratings, but they have not lost their appetite to innovate and create new online services. It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., at 12:17 PM.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But it wasn’t the tank as a technology, by itself, that allowed Nazi Germany to take over Western Europe in a matter of weeks. Partner nations could see their own militaries and homelands subjected to the same threats and challenges that the United States would face. For example, the tank was invented in the mid-1910s.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Today, we’re introducing a new initiative called Startup Awards , in an effort to celebrate entrepreneurship anywhere – though we’re starting in Europe. We’re teaming up with local partners who know the scene well – in fact we’re still looking for great partners in Ireland, Russia and Turkey.

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