Skype, Wix, and now... K Health - our 4th unicorn. Two years after launching their product, K raised $132 million at a valuation above $1.5.| European VC Musings
Why do some deals just suit better some investors than others at the very early stage? The answer is conviction.| European VC Musings
As every year over the Christmas break, I took a step back to reflect on the areas where I added the most value as a VC to my founders with the aim of doubling down on these in the coming year.My 2019 resolutions are simple: 'Spend even more time with my companies - even more attention, even more cheerleading.''Listen even more carefully to founders, discover their unique insights.'Four founding teams gave me the opportunity and trust to partner up with them in 2018. All four of them pitched me| European VC Musings
A friend of mine, who works at one of Europe's top venture LPs, joked this week: 'Aren't you a bit overeducated for throwing darts in early-stage tech?' He knows, of course, that this is far from the truth and how hard it is to drive great fund performance over and over again. These days it might sometimes look easy with public tech stocks surging, and some private tech companies raising monster funding rounds.The Power-law distribution. The Loss and Win Ratio.Early-stage venture investing is t| European VC Musings
Tech innovations drive our industry. But investing we do in business models leveraging technology, not the other way around...| European VC Musings
We held our 2023 LP meeting in Barcelona a few weeks ago. LP meetings are always a highlight of the year, but this was a special one.| European VC Musings
This summer marks the beginning of a turning point in the exuberance of the last years. Quite a few things point to more cheery days ahead.| European VC Musings