I completed 2 years in VC last month. I’ve led a few deals, seen some uprounds, and navigated crises. I’ve also lost a bunch of deals. Here’s what I learned, written as notes to myself, some where I did a 180 on what I thought before I started:
Thanks to all our early backers and founders who have trusted us.
Thanks ET for covering our story as we move towards our final close, having closed Rs 500+ cr.
@AntlerIndia@AntlerGlobal
With @nitinsharma1 and the team
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Massive congrats to @airalocom on raising $60M! 🔥
With 5.1M+ customers in 200 countries & almost 1M monthly downloads, @airalocom is growing fast. 💥
Proud of Bahadir, Abraham & the team. More in @TechCrunch.
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Elle doit donc être plus agressive dans le soutien de ses jeunes pousses, qui créent les jobs de demain, et ont le potentiel de renforcer notre souveraineté (entre autre numérique)!
Go 🇫🇷🇫🇷 !
Ravi d'accueillir hier @midy_paul chez @AntlerGlobal afin de discuter de sa mission pour le soutien à l'investissement dans les start-ups et PME innovantes
Rencontre avec @apoirson et les équipes de @AntlerGlobal en France, qui accompagnent chaque année +60 entrepreneurs pour les aider à réaliser leurs projets au tout début de l'aventure !
Une superbe initiative qui va permettre de créer de l'emploi et d'innover en France 💪
La France a d'immenses capacités d'innovation, un talent entrepreneurial et technique inégalé; mais fait face à une concurrence féroce à l'échelle internationale
A big warm welcome to 61 new founders who joined our latest residency in France! 🇫🇷
Some facts about this talented group:
🗺 21 nationalities represented
👩💻 25% women founders
💥 40% previously founded a company
📱 53% came from the business sector & 37% came from tech.
Some examples of their accomplished profiles:
👟 A former corporate leader who recently led the French gym network #Neoness
🏦 A former Comex member who spent time at a leading investment bank, as well as at @kyribacorp, a global fintech company
🧴 A tech and growth product manager who worked at #Typology, a natural skincare brand
Expecting great things from this impressive group! 🌟
Interested in making an impact?
Apply to one of our Antler residencies today.
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@altanboost Well, if you can reduce your own software load by using OpenAI for functions that are now becôing trivial, your Cloud Hosting bill will reduce for sure, and your OpenAI one will rise
10 investissements réalisés avec des objectifs précis 👇
Digitalisation du monde de l’édition, amélioration de l’expérience utilisateur ..
🗞️ @apoirson, General Partner d'@AntlerGlobal en France nous en dit plus :
#investissements#réalisations#startup
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awesome convo with @bonatsos - we cover his 12 yr. career at @generalcatalyst, his legendary investments, and his current obsession....investing in technical GenZ founders
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If you write consistent, high-quality monthly updates to your investors.
I guarantee you that when times are not good and you need that bridge round, you are 50%+ more likely to retain their support if you wrote those updates.
Day one or One Day! 🔥