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When is the best time to start a startup? "Today. Yesterday. When you don’t feel ready." That's what Partners at Antler will tell you. Our job at Antler is to make this easier for founders. Antler’s residency programs in 27 cities go beyond traditional investing. We have helped create and invest in more than 1,000 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030. Bede Moore Dr. Jonathan Doerr Jeff Becker Rajiv Srivatsa Christoph Klink Magnus Grimeland Tyler Norwood Alan Poensgen Fridtjof Berge Kaye Xinqi Siheng Han #entrepreneurship #founders #startups

What makes a founding team investable? Dr. Jonathan Doerr breaks down team dynamics, fundraising challenges, and when to launch a startup on The Pitch Perfect Podcast by Lucidity Insights. https://lnkd.in/d9XicBnU

Antler portfolio company UnVale just raised $1 M pre-Seed. Ryan Sommerville, Partner at Antler in the U.S., maps out the key metrics in UnVale’s pitch deck—that convinced VCs to invest:

Brandenburg-based healthtech startup family.cards raised €1.2M in seed round to expand across Germany and Europe, led by Brandenburg Kapital GmbH OHA Osnabrück Healthcare Beteiligungs GmbH Healthcare 7 Ventures, with participation by Antler and Birdhouse Ventures. Family.cards is creating digital accessibility tools for seniors. Its card system lets elderly users book medical appointments, make video calls, or watch streaming services through their TVs. Congratulations to Co-Founders Teo Ortega and Simon Hafner Alan Poensgen Christoph Klink https://bit.ly/4eJaU7H

Congratulations to Rosalind Bazany, Partner and Head of ESG and Impact at Antler, for being recognized by the Private Equity International (PEI) Group as one of the "Women of Influence in Private Markets" for her leadership and contributions to sustainability in venture capital. Ros was among 42 women selected from over 500 nominations across infrastructure, private debt, private equity, real estate, venture capital, and cross asset categories. https://lnkd.in/dyhSBsSm

“You cannot compete with obsession” Tyler Norwood’s opening speech at Antler fall’s cohort was funny, insightful, and motivating. Let’s go build great products 🔥

Announcing our collaboration with PLAYBOOK in the Middle East. Playbook is a membership-based education and investment network that unlocks the leadership and financial potential of women, the largest professional learning network for women in the region—now available to Antler founders. Romain (رومان) Assunção Dr. Jonathan Doerr Shadi Karra Norhan Ghazi Wafa Al Obaidat

What's new at Antler: Antler Korea's spotlight on 해봄 haebom, a Korean beauty and cosmetics guide platform for tourists. Co-Founders Sumin Moon, Gibeom Kim met at Antler first cohort in Korea as separate founding teams and later returned to Antler’s 4th cohort to build Haebom together. https://lnkd.in/dpdVBj5U More in the cosmetics industry, UpToU, portfolio company at Antler Japan, is gearing up to release its new service W/Beauty this fall, to offer better transparency in Japan’s aesthetic medicine market. Co-Founders MAI ARAKI, and Nobutaka Hoshi met at Antler's second cohort in Japan. https://lp.uptou.jp/ And Antler Brasil is welcoming all prospective founders to join the next residency starting in February 2024. Find out more and apply here: https://antler.co/brazil.

HSBC has been actively supporting Antler founders in Singapore with specialist teams and financing solutions tailored to the stage of their startups. Over 65% of founders from the latest Antler cohort have chosen to open accounts with HSBC. In this short film, founders from JustPing share how HSBC’s solutions are helping them scale their business. Jo Miyake, Harish Venkatesan, Will Longhurst, Jessica Wu, Christina Lee, Audric Chee, Rui Xiang Tan, Mark Walker, and the rest of the HSBC Innovation Banking team for their leadership and commitment in this space. Deepak Jayaraman Mongi Buckens Jussi Salovaara, Winnie Khoo, Markus Bruderer, Rosalind Bazany, Fady Abdel-Nour, CFA, Fridtjof Berge, Lanna Roche, Ho Keng Mun Mervin, Jay Teo, Keerat Singh Sethi https://lnkd.in/da4WZeUK

“We invest in people. The founding team is very important for success because we focus on companies at a very early stage of development”, says Christoph Klink, Partner at Antler in Central Europe, in Sueddeutsche Zeitung. “Most likely the product will change, the market will develop further, customers will position themselves differently. That's why it takes founders who can respond, who understand the market and customers and are strong in implementating their ideas. The business model playOs a lesser role at this early stage.” Follow the link below to read the article (in 🇩🇪 )