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"War is a huge Tech Event, said Ronen Nir at the IATI - Israel Advanced Technology Industries investors meet-up tonight. "It will be followed by enormous wave of innovation, we've just received the strongest tailwind ever". Eyal Niv added that in HiTech the Generative AI is a bigger challenge than the war nowadays. Israeli #HiTech was overwhelmed for two weeks and it starts raising its head now, the experts think. Sales, marketing, services - continue business as usual; it is R&D that got the hardest hit. 10% of the Israeli R&D workforce got drafted in the Army. But war is not a surprise in this latitude: Israeli tech community is extremely resilient. The ones that stayed in the offices just work overtime hours, and do it proudly, replacing the missing colleagues. So what about the global investment trends in Israel? Slowdown is clear. Significant amounts of international capital have been withdrawn even before the war. But you invest in Israel because of tremendous returns, and this is not going to change. The fundraising will restart in the second half of 2024. Thank you, Karin Mayer Rubinstein and Eli Groner for arranging such a sharp-focused event, so many clear takeaways! #LatviaStandsWithIsrael #Israel #StartupNation #War #Resilience #Investment #VC #capitalraising #HiTech #slowdown #fundraising

Seedcamp requires no introduction. It's Europe's seed fund. The recent launch of Fund VI in May plants the seed 🌱 for even greater plans. This is precisely why we're excited to share this insights article by William Bennett, Associate at Seedcamp. This piece is a great example of the value of being an angel LP in funds like Seedcamp. It offers unparalleled insights into emerging and potentially groundbreaking technologies. #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

It was great to see many PE industry colleagues yesterday at the FVCA - Pääomasijoittajat Fall Seminar 2023! Ilkka Kivimäki from Maki.vc and I were invited to share our thoughts and experiences on international fundraising on stage. 🚀 CapMan has been active in international fundraising for over 20 years, but the internationalisation of our LP base has really accelerated over the recent years. In 2016, our AUM was EUR 2.7bn and only 10% of that was from non-Nordic investors. Since then, we have doubled our AUM to over EUR 5bn and at the same time share of international investors has grown from 10% to 55%. 🌐 I was asked, what are the main differences between fundraising domestically vs internationally? There are a lot of similarities, of course, but some differences as well. To name a few: ⏳ Time. Building PE investor relationships, trust and even brand awareness in new markets takes time, often years. It’s thus important for GPs to start early on. Build a vision where you would like to be with your investor base 2-3 fund vintages ahead, and be patient. 🔐 Product fit. Try to identify investors whose PE program has a good fit with your strategy and offering. While local investors might generally have a bit more flexible mandate to support their local managers, with cross boarder investments institutions often have well defined strategy and mature PE portfolios, and have thus very specific requirements for new GPs who they have often been following for many years. 🌍 Why Nordics? Most of the European institutional investors are very knowledgeable about the Nordic region and local markets, but especially when meeting with non-European investors, one needs to convince them first about the Nordic market opportunity and the benefits of teaming up with a local specialist compared to investing in pan-European or global funds.

🚀 Exciting Times at the Nordic Venture Capital Summit 2024! 🚀 We're thrilled to announce the second edition of the Nordic LP GP Summit, which brings together the brightest minds in venture capital and investment! 🌟 Thanks all for an unforgettable experience of networking, collaboration, and innovation. Let's drive the industry forward together and make impactful connections that will shape the future of investments in the Nordic region! 🌐✨ Good to get some great insights into the dynamics of the venture market. 🤝📈 Thanks Joseph Michael, John Elvesjö, Patrik Hedelin, Magnus Bergman, Johan Gjesdahl, Emma Inger, Fiona Darmon 🎗️, Isabella De Feudis, Svana Gunnarsdottir, Linus Dahg, Kerstin Cooley, Magnus Skåninger, Maria Smith, Jon Trygve Berg, Lars Jensen, Peter Egehoved, Jari Mieskonen, Frida Einarson, Graham Cope and all too many to mention. Appreciate the networking and deep insights into the venture landscape of the Nordics. #NordicVCSummit #VentureCapital #Investment #Networking #Innovation

Kudos to Norrsken for sharing this number: only 7,36% of teams who have applied to their accelerator are funded by women. I personally believe that women need more than a flashy website and nice pictures to be convinced to go through the application process. There are so many hurdles women are used to experience in day to day interactions that organizations who want to attract a more diverse audience need to invest much more to making sure their program is seen as a safe space, does not only treat everyone equal, but actually is inclusive by recognizing the individual needs of under-indexed groups. It needs to highlight that they understand that diversity is more than a number to reach, but what it brings to the table, and that having less men lead the next generation of businesses is a necessity for true change. How can this be done? By building relationships between people, because business and marketing communication has become so untrustworthy, that the only way to counter this is to turn your people into advocates, create low-threshold events where they can meet, online and physically. That this may not fit the fast paced VC world is part of the truth why the number is so low ... not every business model is attractive for all so sometimes we have to ask: what impact has the core business proposition on the diversity goals?

Off to Engaged Investments Conference today. Hanging with investors, start ups and scale ups. Thanks to Credo Ventures for the invite. Can’t wait to meet the rising stars of CEE entrepreneurs and listen in to the sessions like the one below. #Cloudfresh

Join Target partner Yaron Valler as he delves into the Evolution of 🇪🇺 Venture in EUVC 's roundtable on January 29th at 11am BST 🗓 Yaron will be joined in the discussion by Chris Wade (Isomer Capital) and Kerry Baldwin (IQ Capital), moderated by Andreas Munk Holm (EUVC ) and Gabriel Shin (Carta) 🚀 The roundtable will delve into: 💡 Insights into current trends and future directions of European VC.  💡 Strategies for success in the evolving venture capital market.  💡 Perspectives on the role of technology in reshaping venture investments.  💡 How European venture capital differs from other global markets. and much more! To register, click the link in the comments below 👇

Women-led VC Funds Pitch Event📢 It is widely known that women are difficult to find in the male-dominated VC/PE sector. Women founders are receiving breadcrumbs of VC funding, with women GPs even less than that. So join us at AlphaQ Venture Capital's Global Allocator Alliance Pitch Event on 27 June where women GPs will present their VC Funds. In case you wish to participate in any of the future events DM me. ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #VCfund and increase the international pool of your LPs?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments (Series A/Series B)?   ▶ G QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks: https://lnkd.in/gjC_EuTE #VentureCapital #VentureFunding #VentureDebt #Fundraising #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investing #Network #Investors #LPs #GPs #EmergingManagers #FamilyOffice #Markets #Economy #Business #Founders #Startups #StartupFunding #ai #artificialintelligence #unicorn #secondaries #secondarydeals

🇵🇱 In the 4th edition of LIR Poland, Mateusz Buchta, Legal Advisor at Tidio, former General Counsel at Inovo.vc, provides insights into the challenges and opportunities in the Venture Capital landscape. 🗣️ "What matters most in the Venture Capital context is the very dynamic environment – time really does matter. Venture Capital market is extremely competitive. If there is a really good start-up, there is a lot of funds fighting over it", says Buchta. ➡️ You can read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/dBDgTNjG