At Hack & Hustle we believe that genius is global & hate that opportunity isn’t. Despite the potential of the European Single Market, start-ups have difficulties in growing as fast as their American counterparts. The availability of capital is a key catalyst for a thriving start-up ecosystem. In this respect, Europe lags behind. The European …
William McQuillan on The European Funding Environment & VC Firm Building
An exclusive interview with William McQuillan, Founding Partner of Frontline Ventures. The interview first aired as the 6th episode of The European VC podcast. This is the second part of our talk, check round one, if you haven’t yet. A little bit about William McQuillan William McQuillan is a co-founding partner at Frontline Ventures. Before starting Frontline, William was a founding employee at …
Breaking into Venture: SAFE notes. Are they really that safe?
At Hack & Hustle we believe that genius is global & hate that opportunity isn’t. Despite the potential of the European Single Market, start-ups have difficulties in growing as fast as their American counterparts. The availability of capital is a key catalyst for a thriving start-up ecosystem. In this respect, Europe lags behind. The European …
William McQuillan on Finding and Building Globally Ambitious B2B Startups
An exclusive interview with William McQuillan, Founding Partner of Frontline Ventures. The interview first aired as the 5th episode of The European VC podcast. A little bit about William McQuillan William McQuillan is a co-founding partner at Frontline Ventures. Before starting Frontline, William was a founding employee at Ondra, an award-winning startup investment boutique that went from a 4-person team to …
Shomit Ghose on the Future of Data & deal-making across the Atlantic
An exclusive interview with Shomit Ghose, General Partner of Onset Ventures. The interview first aired as the 4th episode of The European VC podcast. A little bit about Shomit Ghose Shomit Ghose is the General Partner of ONSET Ventures, a leading early stage venture firm operating out of Sand Hill Road, in Silicon Valley. With more than 130 startups and …
Michael Hansen on Collaborating with Business Angels & Cluster organizations
An exclusive interview with Michael Hansen, CEO of DanBan – Danish Business Angel Network. The interview first aired as the 3rd episode of The European VC podcast. A little bit about Michael Hansen We were joined by Michael Hansen, CEO of DanBAN, Denmark’s leading Business Angel Association. DanBAN consists of more than 200 active Angels who collectively invest more than …
Stephan Morais on Founding One of Portugal’s First and Leading Tech Funds
An exclusive interview with Stephan Morais, Founding & Managing Partner of Indico Capital. The interview first aired as the 2nd episode of The European VC podcast. A little bit about Stephan Morais Stephan Morais is the founder and Managing Partner of Indico Capital Partners, a leading early-stage deep tech VC firm based in Portugal. Stephan was formerly an Executive Board Member …
Will remote working become the new normal for everyone?
Everyone experiences feelings of isolation or increasing distractions when embracing remote working. Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), which account for the major part (99%) of the European economy, have been particularly impacted by recent events. Dealing with increasingly restrictive liquidity reserves, SME owners are facing particular difficulties in this ongoing pandemic outbreak. The economic and …
Marc Lorhmann on Cross-border Life Sciences Investing
An exclusive interview with Marc Lorhmann, Managing Partner of Vesalius Biocapital III. The interview first aired as the 1st episode of The European VC podcast. A little bit about Marc Lohrmann Marc has over 18 years of experience and joined Vesalius Biocapital in 2012 as a venture partner. Since then, Marc advised on the corporate development of portfolio companies of Fund I and …
In Europe, the startup funding graduation rate is also surprisingly low
In this post we: Present a primer on the startup funding graduation rate in Europe; Find that both European and US VC-backed companies show a steep drop off rate between Seed and Series A; Find that the startup graduation rate in Europe and the US shows exponential decay; Find evidence suggesting that Seed investments have been increasing …