Europe's key players
Mangrove is again in the top 10 early stage firms in EMEA, in the top 20 across all stages in EMEA, and in the top 40 early stage firms globally…| Yannick Oswald
Mangrove is again in the top 10 early stage firms in EMEA, in the top 20 across all stages in EMEA, and in the top 40 early stage firms globally…| Yannick Oswald
Coming out of 2024, there are many things to be excited about.| Yannick Oswald
Whenever I back a new business, I use a framework to focus on the few critical things I must believe will be true.| Yannick Oswald
Cohorts reveal the ground truth behind any business, regardless of its model.| Yannick Oswald
The job of the CEO comes with clear responsibilities, let’s call them ‘the Big 8’...| Yannick Oswald
With markets stabilizing, companies can focus on growth again. It feels like the beginning of a longer trend.| Yannick Oswald
A bit like the internet, electrification is happening fast and creating a huge wave of decentralisation. And Europe is leading it.| Yannick Oswald
Dealroom's 2023 VC ranking is out. Our firm is in the top 50 globally, top 10 in Europe, and number 1 in Benelux.| Yannick Oswald
Talking to founders these days, I find myself pondering the answer to one question: ‘What is your moat?’| Yannick Oswald
The Vision Pro launch is much bigger than most anticipate. The keyboard is finally dead… and your voice, eyes, and hands are replacing it.| Yannick Oswald
Get a great venture firm on board asap. They will help you raise more capital and give you access to critical reserves, especially now.| Yannick Oswald
Sifflet is an end2end data observability platform. The company is going after one of the fastest-growing segments in the tech world...| Yannick Oswald
Joining a board & taking on a new member should be smth everyone is proud of... Some thoughts on how founders should work & leverage boards.| Yannick Oswald
Having consistency as a business builds trust. Investors are searching for it in 2023, from the very early stages. #BusinessOS| Yannick Oswald
AI is hot. It feels like a flashback to 2015. But this time it's different. While still early, AI is finally moving into its industrial age.| European VC Musings
All you need to know about market trends and early stage startup funding by Yannick Oswald| European VC Musings
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
