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Equativ is selected as a part of the prestigious Next 40 program of La French Tech! 🚀 Today, the French government revealed the 40 top-performing companies and 80 high-potential start-ups in the 2024 class of the French Tech program. Created in 2019, this index aims to support the French technology ecosystem by accelerating the development of high-potential companies to help them become global technology leaders. #FrenchTech #Next40

SIFTED UNOFFICIAL AFTER PARTY 😎🍸 Let's face it, we come to Sifted's EU summit to network, network, and network some more. But it can get a bit tiresome! That's why every year we put on our Unofficial After Party on the Wednesday night. Let your hair down, grab a drink on us (or a few), and make some meaningful connections. Not convinced yet? 🤔 Well, this year is the first year we are open to the public thanks to Scrut Automation. Through a partnership with Othership, you will be able to: 🟢 Meet with London's top startup founders and investors 🟢 Win up to £10,000 in prizes 🟢 Get free access to our network of Others, including all the attendees. So no need to bring those pesky business cards. Reserve your spot now to network with other SaaS Founders, VCs and Investors. https://lnkd.in/eUWkpzEG Sifted #sifted #siftedsummit #networking

A fantastic morning at Alpha Works for our #BirminghamTechWeek Event 'Untapping opportunities for Trade and Investment between WM & Latin America'. We had a great time taking a deep dive into Latin America and opportunities both ways for UK & LATAM businesses within each market. A big thank you to our fantastic speakers Cristina Irving Turner (Department for Business and Trade LATAM Specialist) Rodrigo Malachias (Medible) Alejandro Salamanca (Asesoftware) Rodrigo Bautista (Ticketpass) Tim Luft (GEP) Mariano Buso (Championsys | Tech Company) Karolina Staniak (EBS ltd.) for their fantastic contributions and insight. The week started with WM Tech Commissioner Martin Ward laying out a vision for the West Midlands to be a region that competes on the global stage and it is clear to see that capability & opportunity is clearly there. As well as UK businesses we were also joined by businesses and government representatives from across Latin America - all here in person checking out our region and what is on offer. With other DBT & West Midlands Growth Company events taking place, this is the most global BTW to date. Of course a big thank you to our event partners ProChile UK (Jorge Loyola Castro) & LatamScaleUP (Sandra Sinicco) for their support in making this happen and to TechWM for giving us the opportunity to be part of Birmingham Tech Week once again! #BTW2023 #BEC #InternationalMarkets #LATAM #SoftLanding #MarketEntry #BiggerLeapsFewerSteps

These are the 5 VC events I will be attending over the next few months. 🙌 Event season is in full swing, and I've been looking for the most relevant conferences for pre-seed B2B SaaS startup investors. Here's where I'll be: 👉 World Mobile Congress Barcelona / 4YFN (February 26-28): A massive event with an impressive investor track. Great side events & Barcelona is always a great trip! 👉 Zero One Hundred Conferences (PE & VC Platform) in Vienna (Feb 28-29): The hotspot for VC/PE investors, especially those focused on Central and Eastern Europe. 👉 Start Summit in Switzerland (March 20-22): If you're into early-stage investing, this is the place to be. 👉 EWOR Connect in France (April): A more intimate setting with a fantastic community vibe. 👉May is open for now, so I'm all ears for your suggestions! 👉 ViennaUp (June 3-9) is coming up & I'm thinking about attending London Tech Week (June 10-14). 🤔 These events are where ideas meet capital and connections turn into collaborations. If you're attending or have other must-visit events in mind, let's talk! ✨ What would you add to this list? 👇 Will add the event links in the comments. 👇 #VentureCapital #StartupEvents #NetworkingOpportunities

The latest AdvisorTech Expo was different than the others, because of this big lesson: It’s not just WHAT you know … It’s what you know HOW TO DO with it. Implementation was a major focus for the Expo this year. How to put the latest tech innovations to good use. How to use them in real-life situations in your practice. How other advisors use tech for growth, efficiency & client service. Practical lessons and hard-won experience is what we used to back this up. While that’s always been a focus for the Expo — this was the FOURTH annual event, if you can believe it — this year we really cranked it up a notch. We did this based on YOUR feedback. (So if you received a feedback form recently, take it seriously!) In addition to live Q&As, access to innovators, breakout rooms and more — here’s how we did it: → ADVISOR’S PANEL >> How to leverage Social Media Marketing << Lisa Guo, CFA, Sam Lichtman, Zael Miransky, CFP, President, CEO, Aravind Sithamparapillai and Mark McGrath, CFP®, CIM®, CLU® were brilliant in this one. Really good, experience-grounded advice for how they got started (and kept going) to become successful #financialplanning voices social media. → EXPERT SESSION >> Implementing Estate Planning into your Practice << Estate planning is a niche expertise that’s only getting more and more important. Advisors and planners who can provide this specialization quickly start to stand out. We were lucky to have a session and Q&A with Jordan Atin. Estate planning nerds like us 🤓 were gobsmacked at being able to get Jordan for this one — he teaches this topic at Osgoode Hall and is one of the top-rated lawyers in the country when it comes to estate planning. → ADVISOR SESSION >> Implementing Technology to Manage your Team << FPAC’s own Christian Battistelli CFP® led this one, and it was a masterclass. He gave a demo of four low-cost tech platforms from outside the #FinTech world. Why? Because they have driven incredible efficiency at his firm. Literally HUNDREDS of hours (and dollars) saved. Seriously Want to know the tips, tricks and secrets shared at these and other practical sessions on tech implementation? Starting to regret that you missed out? Well, if you registered by last week’s event deadline, we’ve got good news for you … All these videos are still available for you to watch. And you can even earn CE credits too. Follow your Expo login instructions to find out how. P.S. Thanks again everyone for a great Expo!

In the last 6 months, Tin Men Capital held 7 events with 100s of founder attendees signing up. (And we’re going to do much more) This is on top of the external events that we try our best to support in the ecosystem. Big credit in part to our Head of Partnerships John T.. . Some internal guidelines- 🔷We don't do it alone: We work with like-minded ecosystem partners like Aspire , Carta , LearningLoop.com for greater impact and reach. 🔷We keep it free for founders: Venue, drinks etc. covered at no cost to founders. Although my team is exploring charges for future no shows which could have been given to others on the wait-list. 🔷Avail our time: Our team is incredibly busy but we make time for the founders who show up from their own busy schedule to build a community together. In these sessions, we connect founders to each other, trade notes, and keep pulse of the regional space in Southeast Asia. ----- Contrary to belief, events are not a revenue generator for us. Zero. And, it boggles the minds of attendees and our peers. So why do we do it? A single selfish reason: ✳️We need the regional ecosystem to thrive and grow. Only then can we see startups and VCs develop and create value. When founders improve. VCs improve as well. VCs are standing on the shoulders of successful founders. Without founders, startup investors have no purpose. We’re symbiotically linked. I encourage more VCs to find avenues to help founders. (Or just co-organise together with us 🤓) These may not become deals immediately, but long-term everyone wins. --- P.S. We have another FoundersXFounders event coming up. As usual, slots are limited, join us? Link will be left in the comments

love this sharing and some best practices that we can learn for community building: 1. Give More Than You Take To add value to your ecosystem and community, you have to really understand what they need and how you can leverage the resources you have to Give it to them. It can be in the form as something simple as introducing a connection over email to creating a newsletter to running an event series that's designed to facilitate connection building or other needs. 2. Have A Clear Purpose Know WHY you are doing what you are doing. How does your event/product/service add value to your community? Their attention and time is precious. Don't just be another noise in the crowd. Build things that can add value to the ecosystem/community. 3. Build Authentic Relationships When we focus on collaboration as well as designing experiences that is focused on building authentic relationships, it becomes more than a space to exchange name cards. Its acting as a catalyst to foster relationships that will last beyond the event itself and sometimes you may never see the full extent of the ripple effect that can come out of the moment but we have to trust that they will happen over time. If you are a founder or a community partner, do check out this amazing initiative by Jeremy Tan #communitybuilding #experiencedesign

Five things to consider when becoming the Thames Valley Tech Company of the Year 🏆👀 The most prestigious accolade to be won at the Thames Valley Tech & Innovation Awards 2024 is the title of Thames Valley Tech Company of the Year. With such a diverse range of categories up for grabs and organisations from every area of the tech industry vying to get their hands on a trophy, winning this hotly contested award is one of the sector’s rarest achievements. Sponsored by BDO UK LLP, this award is a shining symbol of excellence, reliability and dedication to the region. Nominations will be accepted from tech companies of any size or turnover, the only requirement is that they are based within the Thames Valley. But with so many incredible companies entering the awards, how can you maximise your chance of being crowned a winner at this year’s black-tie gala event? Here are five things to consider when becoming the Thames Valley Tech Company of the Year... Continue reading... https://lnkd.in/ecmMdabx #TVTIA24 #technology #innovation #growth #success #awards #events #thamesvalley #businessnews #businessintelligence

Calling all (Mobility) Scale-ups! It’s the 5th annual edition of our confidence survey and we’d love to get your input in just a few minutes! We aim to gain and share insights into the challenges and opportunities of your sector, and also compare it at a pan-European level. If you’d like to discuss directly just ping me!

Last year's edition experienced record participation, which made the insights all the more valuable. With AI on the rise around the globe and renewed optimism in technology land, curious to see how this impacts confidence of start/scale-ups. Counting on your participation and your peers across Europe!