Northzone

🔧 Our latest perspective “From Pixels to Prototypes” on revolutionising hardware with software is out! Why hasn’t hardware development experienced the same software revolution? At Northzone, we believe the future of hardware engineering will mirror today's software engineering: iterative, collaborative, and customisable. We believe the key traits of next-gen hardware tools will be: 🔗 Integrated: Unify systems, including IoT, to streamline workflows. 🔍 Searchable: Create a "Stack Overflow of X" for faster knowledge transfer. 🚀 Adoptable: Implement a crawl, walk, run strategy for swift adoption. 🤝 Collaborative: Enable seamless multi-stakeholder collaboration with digital threading. The potential for manufacturers to leapfrog to an AI-enabled future is huge. If you’re building in the “software for hardware” space, reach out to Nick Boesel and Molly Alter. Full post below 👇

🚀 The healthcare startup scene is in an exciting era, driven by data advancements, genetic integration, and the potential of AI and preventative care to revolutionise healthcare systems. Kai Nicol-Schwarz from Sifted asked investors at Octopus Ventures, Speedinvest, Frontline Ventures, InHealth Ventures, Northzone, and Nina Capital what startup ideas they’d like to see in 2024. 💡 Our partner, Michiel Kotting, highlights his vision for a patient-centric decision support system. This system would integrate quantified self, behavioural change, preventative medicine, and healthcare navigation, based on the belief that people want to actively manage their own health. Check out the full article below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/etsMAbBF

🗞️ We’re excited to share our latest investments in CuspAI, Tandem Health, Sona, and more - check out our monthly roundup! 👇 🗓️ Stay up to date by signing up for our monthly newsletter (link in the comments) CuspAI 🚀 Proud to unveil our investment in CuspAI, the AI-powered platform revolutionising materials science to tackle global sustainability and clean energy challenges, raising a $30m Seed round. Defacto 🇫🇷 Co-founders Morgan O'hana and Marc-Henri Gires share insights on our blog on their “startup lean” journey. The B2B lending platform has funded over half a billion to 10,000 SMEs since it launched and just celebrated a new milestone: a banking licence. Finom 🇳🇱 Katana Cloud Inventory 🇪🇪 Wagestream 🇬🇧 were featured in Sifted’s Rising 100: The software-savvy startups scaling fast in 2024 - highlighting the top 100 European and Israeli startups pushing boundaries in B2B SaaS. Kota 🇮🇪 Ravio 🇬🇧 have released "The State of Benefits in European Tech in 2024" report, with insights to help European tech leaders deliver competitive benefits offerings. Personio 🇩🇪 Founder Hanno Renner emphasised the importance of European collaboration in fostering innovation in CNBC’s latest article. Personio is also featured in Sifted’s article on building an $8.5bn business and plans for growth. Ravio 🇬🇧 has launched its first Pay Equity Report, designed to help drive real pay equity change in organisations. Sona (getsona.com) 🇬🇧 We invested in Sona, the company building a modern, configurable platform for frontline companies to optimise labour deployment and workforce management. We participated in this latest $27.5m Series A round alongside Felicis, Gradient Ventures, Speedinvest, and notable angels. Spring Health 🇺🇲 Founder April Koh has been named one of Inc. Magazine's Female Founders of 2024. Solvimon 🇳🇱 TrueLayer 🇬🇧 Truelayer has chosen Solvimon as its end-to-end monetization platform, leveraging its modules to streamline its quote-to-cash process. Tandem Health 🇸🇪 We invested in Tandem Health’s $9.5 million Seed round, led by us alongside Amino Collective and angel operators from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Capio's founder. The company offers an AI-powered clinician copilot to support healthcare practitioners, reducing their administrative burden and enabling them to focus on high-quality patient care. Tuza 🇬🇧 The first comparison site for business card payments has secured £4 million in seed funding to accelerate their growth in the UK, led by Connect Ventures, with participation from us, TriplePoint Capital, and Entrepreneur First. Zeal 🇬🇧 The Zeal wallet is now available as a browser extension and mobile app, facilitating both onchain and everyday payments using a crypto Visa debit card from Gnosis. Zopa Bank 🇬🇧 The UK digital bank is set to launch current accounts by the end of the year, with SME lending and investment products coming in 2024. https://lnkd.in/d7-ta7yu

👏 Exciting to see our portfolio companies Solvimon and TrueLayer’s partnership announcement! This partnership marks a significant milestone for Solvimon, showcasing its capability to handle complex financial ecosystems and deliver robust, scalable solutions. More below 👇

As part of our regular series of Operator Sessions we recently held a session with GTM advisor James Allgrove and a number of our portfolio companies. The topics covered included the below, short write ups with key takeaways by Laura Clifford and James: 🤝 Enterprise Sales Motion 🎯 Pitch vs Process 🌍 International Expansion. Check out the full Enterprise Sales Motion writeup below and links to the 'Pitch vs Process' and 'International Expansion' posts in the comment section 👇

🚀 We’re thrilled to see some of our portfolio companies below featured in Sifted’s Rising 100: The software-savvy startups scaling fast in 2024. This list highlights the top 100 European and Israeli startups pushing boundaries in B2B SaaS. 🏦 Finom, the leading pan-European SME neobank. 🪛 Katana Cloud Inventory, the manufacturing and inventory software for scaling businesses. 🧑🤝🧑 Wagestream, the financial lifeline for employees. 👀 Check out the B2B SaaS startup ranking list through the link below or download the full report to uncover the trends shaping and shaking the top 100 startups through the link in the comments 👇

🌍 Global tech entrepreneurs and investors are eyeing the U.K. as a potential AI powerhouse, rivalling the U.S. and China. Ryan Browne’s latest CNBC article delves into how London's vibrant tech ecosystem and strategic investments make it a promising AI hub and shares his insights from London Tech Week. 🗒️ The article picked up on our partner Sanjot Malhi's recent ‘Beyond the Valley’ podcast comments on the impact of Brexit and visa policies highlight key challenges ahead.  Meanwhile, Personio’s founder Hanno Renner emphasises the importance of European collaboration in fostering innovation. Read the full article below 👇

5️⃣ The 5 Lessons From Super Venture And Its Impact On The VC & Fintech Ecosystem have been wrapped up by Alexandre Lazarow in his recent article in Forbes, including a quote from our partner Jessica Schultz during her panel at SuperReturn: 🎙️ "Commenting on the European ecosystem, Jessica Schultz of Northzone emphasised how the European ecosystem has evolved. Previously concentrated in cities like Stockholm and London, the landscape now includes a much wider array of hubs." Read the full article below👇

🚀🇬🇧 Shedding a light on the London startup scene as we start the week! 💬 Our principal Deepka Rana selected three promising startups to watch in Sifted latest roundup: Runna, KareHero, and Lawhive. 🔍These companies are part of a thriving ecosystem that saw London-based tech firms secure $12.6bn in VC funding in 2023, a whopping two-thirds of the UK's total 👇

🇳🇱 TNW is just around the corner! Our principal, Deepka Rana, will be participating in the Pitch Battle alongside Jeremy Brown from Anthemis Group, Vanessa Grellet from Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and Freerk Bisschop from BigCircle Ventures. ⭐ Handpicked startups from the TNW for Startups program—ExoMatter, ESG-X, Roseman Labs, Bookahospi, CartaMe, visionplatform.ai, BRINTA, and HUGUP—will take the stage. More information below 👇