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Exciting News for European Startups and Scaleups! 28th regime In a bold move towards fostering innovation and economic growth, the newly elected President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced a groundbreaking initiative: "I will propose a new EU-wide legal status to help #innovative companies grow: a so-called 28th regime to allow companies to benefit from a simpler, harmonised set of rules in certain areas." This marks a significant step towards creating a more unified and accessible business environment for startups and scaleups across Europe. 🔍 Understanding the 28th Regime 🔍 The 28th regime aims to provide a uniform legal framework that transcends the existing 27 national regimes within the European Union. Startup Europe initiative from the European Commission has been working on this concept since 2011: https://shorturl.at/KIN2E The Letta Report emphasizes the need for such a regime to bridge the gap between ideals and action. Delve deeper into the insights of this report here https://shorturl.at/rqdEN. Similarly, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) highlights the potential benefits of the 28th regime in its opinion piece. Read more about their stance here: https://shorturl.at/zwGUF 📈 Why the 28th Regime Matters for Startups and Scaleups 📈 For startups and scaleups, navigating the complex regulatory landscape of 27 different legal systems can be daunting. The 28th regime promises to simplify this process by: Reducing Administrative Burdens: A single set of rules will cut down the time and resources spent on compliance, allowing businesses to focus on innovation and growth. Enhancing Market Access: With harmonized regulations, startups can easily expand across borders, tapping into new markets without extensive legal adjustments. Encouraging Investment: A predictable regulatory environment attracts investors, increasing funding opportunities for innovative ventures. Promoting Fair Competition: A level playing field ensures that startups from all member states have equal opportunities to thrive. 📢 Call to Action: Join the Movement! 📢 The success of the 28th regime depends on the collective effort of the entire European innovation ecosystem. We invite the community gathered around Startup Europe, notably the EC/acc Wake Up Europe movement (https://eu-acc.com/), to contribute with concrete implementation ideas. Your insights and experiences are invaluable in shaping a regime that meets the needs of our diverse startup landscape. Join the conversation and make your voice heard here. Together, let's pave the way for a more innovative, competitive, and unified Europe. The 28th regime is not just a policy proposal; it's a vision for the future of European entrepreneurship. Let's make it a reality! #EUinnovation #Startups #Scaleups #Entrepreneurship #28thRegime #SingleMarket #EuropeanCommission #WakeUpEurope #Innovation #BusinessGrowth

Venture Clienting ... Don't cross that line I agree with most of Frederic Pampus says below, except when he identifies in 5 POCs the threshold for opening the doors to early stage startups. Working with early stage is not a matter of being matured and proficient Venture Clienting units. It is overly complicated and requires to be backed by a CVC unit (or integrated into a Corporate Venture Builder). Then it takes time and capital, a lot of them. Totally a different game play. A few companies are trying to do so (Iberdrola led by my friend Diego Díaz Pilas is one of the examples) but it's not a walk in the park. Don't cross that line. #VentureClienting #CorporateVenturing Mind the Bridge #openinnovation #startups Narmina Barukhova Emanuele Aversa Max Brigonzi Luca Maini Maroane Abdallaoui Francesca Cavanna Silvia Pascual Giovanni Rezzonico

Startup Funding Round Guide Textbook vs Reality I came across this helpful sheet on different funding rounds. A classic guide using text book definitions. ✒ Here are some annotations I would have made: 1. This does not apply to every vertical every time 2. Seed KPI's now apply at Pre-Seed 3. Series A KPI's now apply at Seed 4. Pre-Seed is only interesting to VERY few, select funds 5. This is a tight framework for those that want to grow incrementally Do you agree? ♻ Share this with others, particularly first time founders 👍 Thank you @Majd A. for the graphic. 📌 Follow me, Asif Ahmed for tips aimed at early-stage founders

Five emerging Water Tech startups that should be on your radar💧 👇 1. Sweden, Stockholm-based WAYOUT, provides clean and safe drinking water by deploying container-sized water treatment facilities, offsetting the need for bottled water. 2. Switzerland, Zurich-based Openversum, developer of a drinking water filter technology designed to remove micropollutants from water. 3. Argentina, Córdoba-based Kilimo, uses big data and machine learning to verify and offset water usage in agriculture. 4. Canada, Sherbrooke-based Oneka Technologies provides clean water to coastal regions with scarcity and utilizes wave energy for a fully decarbonized desalination process. 5. India-based Boon, uses AI and IoT to provide sustainable and affordable access to clean drinking water To learn more about these innovative startups and how they fit into the broader solutions landscape, check out the full article: https://lnkd.in/epTEPBy7

If we’re being honest, we’ve all already felt this coming — but now the data is definitive. The H1’2024 climate tech funding market has fallen back to 2020 levels. Nothing’s particularly new, though. Since the peak of Q3’21 madness, the climate tech market has been consistently constricting. And to be fair, the market slump isn’t limited just to #climatetech; the broader venture market continues to retrench, be it from sticky inflation, high interest rates, or geo/political chaos. What’s actually novel is that the downtick in funding & deals has finally reached the early stages, and that former darling companies have officially shuttered. Outcomes & key stats: 📉 Seed activity tumbled -30%, echoed by a -25% hit to Series A and B activity, signaling the end of early-stage resilience to the downturn. ⏱ Raising a Series B now takes 2.5x longer than in 2021. 💔 Ten notable climate tech companies filed for bankruptcy in H1’24 including Fisker, Arrival, and Running Tide. The impact to the nascent Carbon sector can’t be overstated, nor is this likely the last shakeup to a former darling startup. 👻 The tourist investors have gone home (-44% count of unique investors), slowing the deployment rate of climate specialist funds. Call it dry powder, slow to fire. Drivers to watch closely: 1️⃣ Graduation rates:  The cohort founded at the start of climate tech’s resurgence in 2018-19 are quickly approaching the Series B cliff. Expect a surge of B-stage urgency to awkwardly coincide with investors taking their sweet time on due diligence (time to raise jumped from 11 to 26 months between rounds!). Meanwhile, growth investment and deals have also dropped precipitously. Late-stage funds are holding on to record levels of dry powder, while holding out for more concrete proof of commercialization and ARR goals. 2️⃣ Fewer, bigger — but better? Despite deal activity rates declining, the deals that did sign & wire were larger and healthier. The average Seed deal size rose 21% verses the year prior. In particular, deep tech startups were able to successfully raise larger rounds. Case in point: Industry sector deals count dropped -41%, while the average Industry deal size jumped 29%. 3️⃣ Sophisticating capital stack:  Despite our “CTVC” name, we’ll be the first to say that the strongest climate tech companies leverage the full climate capital stack -- beyond just venture capital. Many of the most notable deals from the last six months came from companies graduating from equity to project finance and debt in the race to deploy, deploy, deploy. Namely, advanced geo developer Fervo Energy, thermal energy storage provider Antora Energy, and textile-to-textile recycler Syre raised massive rounds for hardware buildouts. Plus, steelmaker H2 Green Steel, lithium extractor Lilac Solutions, and LAES developer Highview Power all raised “FOAK” rounds to support commercial-scale projects. Check out the full Sightline Climate (CTVC) analysis below 👇

The missing page in most startup data rooms ... 🤷🏼♂️ Investor FAQs. I'm sharing an Investor FAQ template on Notion so that founders can easily add this to their data rooms. The template enables founders to give more detail on the following areas: 👀 Introduction 🌍 Market dynamics 🎁 Product 🤑 GTM & Sales motion 📈 Unit economics 🛡️ Defensibility 💭 Vision 💸 Use of funds There's no need to comment, share, or sign up for some online course to get the template; hit the Notion link in the comments below and duplicate the template to get started 😊

One of the most frequent questions among early-stage companies raising money is: "What should we include in the data room?” Check out some key documents you should include, according to Yana Abramova: *Note that it is not a complete due diligence checklist. When you take the time to organize a data room as an early-stage company, you differentiate your start-up and set yourself up for success. Join 80,000 founders and VCs who receive these insights in my weekly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dCpgAYjt

El coste que representará el #acero en la fabricación de un automóvil en 2030 asciende a 462 €, ¿ cuánto es el sobrecoste de utilizar un 50% de #aceroverde ? ✅ El sobrecoste es de 43 €/vehículo (de media) si el 50% del acero utilizado fuera producido con horno #eléctrico a partir de chatarra. El sobrecoste sería de 69 € sin considerar ninguna eficiencia en la utilización de acero en la fabricación de un automóvil para 2030. ✅ Y de 105 €/vehículo si el acero se produce mediante la tecnología de reducción directa con #hidrógeno (#DRI). Ambas cantidades parecen más que asumibles, especialmente si se trata de vehículos de gama media y alta (es imprescindible transmitir a la ciudadanía el mensaje de que eliminar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero va a tener un coste, y empezar haciéndolo por las aplicaciones más asequibles). La capacidad total de producción de acero verde en Europa se prevé (de acuerdo a los proyectos anunciados, de los que hay que ver cuántos se materializan) que alcance los 172 millones de toneladas anuales para 2030. Esta cantidad supera con mucho la demanda total proyectada del sector automotriz, que alcanza sólo las 21 Mt para 2030 teniendo en cuenta las mejoras en la reducción de consumo de acero, cifra que compara con las 35,7 Mt que consumió el sector en 2022. Es fundamental que las nuevas tecnologías asociadas a la #transiciónenergética tengan demanda, y para ello hay que establecer cuotas empezando por aquellas aplicaciones en las que el impacto en coste sea menor. El #automóvil es un ejemplo claro, más aún cuando las emisiones asociadas a la producción de acero representan entre el 16 y el 27% del #CO2 emitido durante el ciclo de vida de un #vehículoeléctrico. La nueva European Commission debería considerar el establecimiento de cuotas de acero verde en la producción de vehículos, y en España deberíamos ser pioneros en la fabricación de acero libre de emisiones si queremos mantener nuestro liderazgo en la industria automovilística que representa el 10% de nuestro PIB y el 18% de nuestras exportaciones. Si os interesa el asunto os aconsejo leer el informe de Transport & Environment (T&E) que os comparto.

If you are a Founder raising a Seed Round Don't overcomplicate the math. I get asked this question all the time and always refer back to this chart. As with all things early-stage, how would a founder know, unless explicitly told?? 〰 Expect to give away 15-20% 〰 % = how🔥you, your business & how fomo your round is 〰 Then figure out how much you're raising ($) e.g. $2m 〰 One divided by the other = Your Valuation When you know this is broadly the framework You can refocus your valuable time on figuring out how to build it Rather than what it 'might' be worth. Good Luck! If you know other founders that could benefit from this, repost it ♻ Thank you, Stéphane Nasser from OpenVC for the chart. ********** follow me Asif Ahmed for more in the future

All in 🃏 Single Intra-Day Coupling (SIDC) fulfills the requirement in the Electricity Market Design Reform (EMDR) to share liquidity from the beginning to the end of intraday trading between and within 🇪🇺 bidding zones. More information on the EMDR is available here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezh8Zugs Further details on SIDC can be found on the dedicated ENTSO-E website here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_9vd7K6 #MCSC #SDAC #SIDC #TSOs #NEMOs #sustainability #energytransition