It’s a shame we didn’t try harder to fix the planet when money was free. Instead we decided that the best thing to spend it on was 10-minute delivery for junk food and JPEG’s of apes that will soon be extinct.
Not sure we’ll get a second chance. Pretty sure we don’t deserve one!
Legora doesn't have a single European VC on its cap table.
That's CRAZY.
It's the fastest ever YC company to become a unicorn, and it's built by Europeans in Europe and yet largely owned by American investors.
I was at a talk where @HarryStebbings said "European VCs are asleep at the wheel"
This is asleep at the wheel.
Benchmark, YC, Redpoint, ICONIQ, GC, Bessemer etc... are on the cap table.
I can't find a single mention of a European VC anywhere.
@joelhellermark is literally the only European investor I can find in relation to the company.
It's not enough for Europe to build great companies. To truly capture the upside they need to be:
> European-founded
> Backed by European VCs
> Who are funded by European LPs
Otherwise we're leaking value to other parts of the world.
This is, by no means, a call for European founders to only take cash from European VCs.
It's a call for European VCs to WAKE UP and get competitive.
If anyone has any data about @WeAreLegora's cap table that says otherwise let me know - I would LOVE to be proved wrong here.
Trials for hydrogen heating were cancelled by the last govt after pushback from residents on safety, cost, feasibility etc
A small trial in Fife is the only one still going
BUT basically the only ones who see a role for hydrogen in heating are the gas industry 👀
@VirginAtlantic trying to cancel a flight with an impending 24h deadline, your website chat isn’t live and have been on hold for 90 minutes on your phone line. What on earth is going on?
COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai.
The Tory party, my God. Just lies. Straight-up fucking lies, conspiracy theory, bullshit, gibberish, fantasy-land nonsense. A party pissing itself away into nothing. Doesn't represent a single fucking value. Doesn't demonstrate a single goddamn thread of responsibility. An abyss.