Paul Lê

🤯 How does it feel to make over 100 angel investments? Join the conversation with Alexandre Berriche, Co-founder & CEO of Fleet and probably the most active Sequoia Capital Scout in Europe! We spill the beans on lessons learned from over hundred angel deals including: - How to build relationships with founders - What does it take to add value as an angel investor - And why should you start angel investing in the first place Tune in for some great time and inspiration on EU-Startups Podcast. Link to full episode in the comments. #startup #founders #venturecapital

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🚀 Fleet: From Laptop Leasing to Global IT Companion for SMEs 🚀 I’m thrilled to share this great article by Romain Dillet from TechCrunch, which dives deep into Fleet’s evolution and growth journey! 🖥️ Fleet started as a simple laptop leasing service, helping companies rent hardware instead of making large upfront investments. But we quickly realized that SMEs need more than just devices. As businesses face increasing challenges in IT management, cybersecurity, and global logistics, we’ve expanded our offerings to provide a full suite of IT services. Today, we offer much more than laptops. Fleet now provides software solutions, cybersecurity tools, and even insurance services, allowing businesses to manage their IT infrastructure from a single platform. Our partnerships with financial institutions and tech providers have enabled us to create a seamless experience for our clients, allowing them to focus on their growth while we handle the tech. What’s unique about Fleet is our ability to scale globally without raising external capital. We’ve remained bootstrapped and profitable, proving that a solid strategy and operational efficiency can fuel sustainable growth. We now support 100 000 users from 1 500 companies across 120 countries, with July 2024 being our best month ever in terms of revenue. But our growth isn’t just about numbers — it’s about helping SMEs implement IT best practices and strengthen their cybersecurity. Whether it’s equipping teams with the latest devices, managing software solutions like MDM, or offering insurance coverage, Fleet is positioning itself as the one-stop shop for everything IT for SMEs. Our vision is to continue expanding, helping businesses of all sizes streamline their IT operations and focus on what really matters: innovation and growth. 👉 Dive deeper into Fleet’s story by reading the full article here: https://lnkd.in/e4RvjVVh

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In America, obvious ideas are already taken : Online education, online bookings, marketplaces and so on. That’s why you’ve to think of something innovative to build a successful startup here. The idea has to be something new, creative, and disruptive. Ideally serving rich countries or with a potential to go global (if targeting developing economies). However, in many other countries, you can still make a big business out of ideas that are obvious in America. Eg - in India, DTC is all the rage. Most Sharks on Sharktank India are running dtc brands. In Canada, people are making money by opening immigration consulting firms, real estate brokerages, logistics etc. Ideas are localized and the US is way ahead of all the trends.

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"Agentic AI" is the buzzword in VC. But can AI agents actually plan and act ? 💡 The idea is that AI systems can plan and execute workflows autonomously with goals inputs. Example: "book me a 7 day trip in France that costs no more than X to discover hidden cultural gems". Does it work with the current AI systems? 🙅‍♂️ According to DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, current AI systems are not good at planning, they can't problem solve, they can't do actions in the world for you. They are "very much passive Q&A systems". However according to Demis, this might be the next era in AI. 👀 By combining the work done with AlphaGo in games (agent players that are very good at planning) with multi-modal "real world" learning (Gemini) and applying this to language and everyday workloads, he believes that we might get there. João Duarte Darko Butina Xavier Mesnier Pepijn Rot

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Time to step up Germany 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 Corporations have pledged to invest €15bn in France at the “Choose France” summit — an annual event held since 2018 to facilitate foreign investments in the country. A large chunk of the money will be dedicated to AI. Microsoft stole the show after announcing its largest investment in France to date, a €4bn cash envelope to build more data centres — and expand existing ones — across the country by the end of 2025. The focus is on increasing the capacity of GPUs, which are needed to run large AI models. Amazon also announced that it’ll invest €1.2bn to further develop its French cloud and AI infrastructure. Quantum computing was also on the agenda. IBM pledged to invest €45m to expand the company’s research efforts in France. Up to 50 quantum researchers and engineers will be recruited in the country in the next year.

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📣 Major Update for French Founders and VC Firms! 🚀 Versible eu We have built a full database of all the private funds investing in #Seed, #SeriesA, and #SeriesB across nearly every sector in the #French ecosystem. As part of our mission, we are developing the next generation of venture capital management software. Our goal is to streamline the fundraising process and enhance investor relations for founders and investors throughout Europe. Each of our initiatives aims to shine a spotlight on the hardworking individuals who are shaping the future of the world. Stay tuned for Monday 27th. #Venturecapital #Seed #Lafrenchtech #LegalTech #Agriculture #Mobility #Deeptech #FoodTech #InsurTech #BioTech #HealthTech #Realestate #Web3

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📣 I'd like to invite you to our fourth AMZ Advisers webinar of 2024 ⌛ THU, May 9th, 7pm CET / 1 pm EST 👽 Leveraging #Amazon and #Shopify for #Ecommerce Success in Your Amazon Account ↘↘↘↘↘↘↘↘↘↘↘ Grab Your Spot Here (We get 300 signups on our webinars) https://lnkd.in/gFBKCDvS ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ ↗ Topics: ➡ Navigating Multi-Channel E-commerce: A Roadmap for Using Amazon and Shopify Together! ➡ Transform Your #Ads: Proven #TikTok Creative Strategies Largest #DTC Brands Use to scale to $1m/month! ➡ Negative Keywords, Dayparting and Structuring Campaigns for Success! ➡ Leveraging DashFi's card product for maximum revenue and cashback opportunities! ➡ When is it a better option compared to using external services to connect #MCF and Shopify! ➡ Q&A #amazon #ecommerce #amazonfba #amazonsellers #shopify

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From missing payroll 27 times to making over 500 investments! Meet Fabrice Grinda, named No. 1 Angel Investor by Forbes, who has made over $300 million in exits from over 700 investments! Fabrice began his entrepreneurial journey in 1998 by co-founding Aucland in France. In 1999, he raised $18M from Bernard Arnault, a venture fund luxury-goods magnate in exchange for 51% of the company. Later in 2000, Fabrice sold the rest to his fund. Fabrice founded Zingy in 2001, a mobile media startup. Despite facing early struggles and missing payroll 27 times, he finally succeeded when the company’s revenue scaled to $200M in 2004. Later, he sold Zingy for $80M to a Japanese media conglomerate ForSide. In 2006, Fabrice co-founded OLX with Alec Oxenford, which became one of the largest classified sites in the world with over 200 million monthly unique visitors. In 2010, the South African group Naspers Limited acquired it. Soon, Fabrice found a yearning for angel investing and building startups. He partnered with Jose Marin to jointly evaluate angel investment opportunities, and launched FJ Labs, a VC firm, to further pool the startup investment activities. Earlier, when they made around 178 investments, they received a 5.5x average return on 31 profitable exits. Among his angel investments are: Airbnb Alibaba Group Dropbox Palantir Technologies viagogo Wikimarket Uber Parking Panda To date, Fabrice, through FJ Labs, has made over 1000 startup investments and over 300 exits with an impressive realized 39-40% IRR. Fabrice’s portfolio allocation is 20% cash, 70% early-stage tech startups, and 10% real estate. As a serial angel investor, Fabrice and his team analyze over 100 companies weekly and make new investments every 15 days. His investment ticket size remains around $10k to $300k. He decides whether to invest or not based on four criteria: -The team -The pitch (market size & business model) -The product -The commercials Would you allocate 70% of your assets to startups? TDV Partners #angelinvesting #finance #investing #wealthcreation #ujwalsutaria #tdvpartners

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