Alexander Korchevsky

Check out Garibaldi's Mid-Year report on Technology M&A and investment trends. We are starting to see a slight **knocks on wood** recovery in both investments and exits!

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Imagine speaking without saying a word! Sci-fi? Not Anymore 🧠🗣️ Rubén Domínguez Ibar and I had the chance of interviewing Vasco Pedro, the CEO & Co-Founder of Unbabel, who demoed their mind-blowing product, Halo Halo is a revolutionary technology that combines hardware, software Gen AI and a non invasive neural interface to translate brain signals into words hence - "speaking without saying a word" 🤯 Early usage is transforming the lives of ALS patients who haven't been able to speak in years. Seeing it in action is absolutely jaw-dropping 📽️ You've got to see the demo in the interview below 👇 AI For Good 🤖💖 - It's here ✅

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AI is transforming transportation. Meight is the latest example of an AI-powered startup targeting the trucking sector. They are automating workflow for small European carriers. And they just raised $4M led by Cusp Capital. Europe is slow to adopt new transportation tech, but could this be a stepping stone for something bigger? https://lnkd.in/eiQsheT3

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As investment flows continue to drive growth in tech and innovation, startups in Ireland 🇮🇪 and the UK are seizing the opportunity to scale, innovate, and disrupt. From AI-driven diagnostic solutions to platforms reimagining corporate interactions and offshore energy innovations, the startup ecosystem is humming with fresh funding and new milestones. Here are some standout deals this month that signal the ongoing strength and potential of startup and scale-up ventures. Needi Investment: £1.4 million Investors: Clarendon Fund Managers, Techstart Ventures LLP Ventures, several angels What they do: needi is a Manchester-based startup redefining corporate gifting by connecting businesses to unique, sustainable products from local suppliers. Founders: Louise Doyle and Steph Scholes Ooodles Investment: €2.5m Investors: āltitude, UK family office Traditum Private Investment Office What they do: Ooodles offers tech leasing solutions to SMEs, allowing them to access the latest tech equipment without significant upfront costs. This latest round is to help expand flexible tech leasing for Irish SMEs Founders: Leonardo Poggiali and Kannan Reghu Gazelle Wind Power Limited Investment: €11.4 million Investors: Indico Capital Partners, DST Global, August One, Wah Kwong, and E2IN2, among others. What they do: Irish based Gazelle Wind Power is developing next-generation floating offshore wind platform technology. Founder: Jon Salazar iFAST Diagnostics Investment: £5 million Investors: KHP Ventures, QantX, UKI2S (managed by Future Planet Capital), Kadmos Capital Ltd, EInk, Raw Ventures, OKG Capital, and angels What they do: iFast Diagnostics has developed technology to determine the most effective antibiotics for different bacteria. Founders: Toby King, Hywel Morgan and @Daniel Spencer RESEARCH GRID Investment: £5 million Investors: Fuel Ventures 🚀, Arve Capital, Ada Ventures, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Venture Lab, Arāya Ventures, Ascension, Plug and Play Ventures, and Atomico What they do: Research Grid is an AI/health tech company focused on improving research processes. Founder: Dr Amber Michelle Hill Paloma Health Investment: €2.3 million Investors: TriplePoint Capital and James Allgrove Company: Paloma Health aims to reduce the long waiting times for children's autism assessments by utilising technology and artificial intelligence to cut the diagnosis time from over two years to just four weeks. Founder: Guillaume ("G") Cohen-Skalli

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Our mission is clear: to make top-tier services affordable and accessible to the mid-market. Freelancers were often the only viable option in the past, while consultancies came with high costs and other downsides. Our experience shows that a small integrated team of senior operators delivers the best results. A rapidly growing number of repeat customers agrees. Reach out to learn how we can help you accelerate growth affordably yet through a best-in-class delivery model. #operatingpartner #commercialexcellence #privateequity #freelancer #managementconsultant Mitul Ruparelia Pedro Correia Krishna Chaitanya Simon Blackburn

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Are you at the #WebSummit today? Let’s meet! We create SPVs and support investment deals in different jurisdictions. If you want to learn how to launch an angel club, VC fund or streamline your fundraising and regulatory compliance, let’s meet to chat in #Lisbon today or tomorrow👋

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VC world can be cruel and unforgiving. With LPs more and more pushing for distribution and liquidity, fund managers in the mid-tenure of their fund with zero DPI and TVPI around 1.0 would have much more difficulty to raise new fund. The ability to fundraise is one of the crucial indications and validation of the job for VCs. Key highlights from the article below: Thirteen percent of venture General Partners (GPs) no longer plan to raise another fund due to LP pullback. This rate has doubled since H1 2023 when only 6% of GPs had no plans for another fund. Nearly 44% of venture firms surveyed in mid-2023 had previously postponed their fundraising plans due to concerns about overexposure to the asset class. Many emerging managers entered venture capital in 2019 or 2020 when the LP market supported more funds. However, slow exits in the first half of 2024 have led to challenges in raising second funds without significant cash distributions to LPs. Some venture GPs are now actively participating in the secondaries market to demonstrate returns. Despite the challenges, GPs who secured fresh capital remain optimistic. They expect the 2023 and 2024 vintages to be the strongest return years since 2019. 🚀📈 #VC #VentureCapital #Fundraising #LPs #EmergingManagers #TechInvestment #MarketTrends #CountdownCapital #IndustryInsights #JetVentures #JetInvestment‍‍‍‍‍‍

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Europe's tech market has some catching up to do. #eu #techmarket #technology #techcompanies #marketvalue #financing #growthcapital #scaleups #commercialisation

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Welcome ecoLocked to the Climentum Capital portfolio! We are proud to have led the €4M funding round together with Matterwave Ventures, and delighted to have existing investors Counteract, Startup Family Office, Sabancı Building Solutions, and VOYAGERS.io joining the round. The investment will support ecoLocked’s mission to revolutionize the construction industry with carbon-negative building materials. Concrete production accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions, making innovations in this field crucial for achieving net-zero goals. ecoLocked is leading the change by converting carbon captured from biomass into functional, carbon-negative building materials. This funding will accelerate ecolocked's efforts to turn buildings into carbon sinks, scaling their innovative biochar-based solutions and enabling 1Gt carbon removal by 2040. Doerte Hirschberg Morten Halborg Stefan Maard

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Positioning in line during the demo phase of a sales cycle is telling you something very important.

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Having a hard time finding checkwriters to fund your startup? Look no further—these firms are ready to write checks! 🔴 San Francisco based Initiate Ventures launched their debut $45M fund to focus on early-stage startups at the intersection of tech and life sciences. 🔴 Portugal based Bynd Ventures launched its third €40 million fund to invest in early stage technology startups in Portugal or Spain. 🔴 Warsaw based Cogito Capital Partners closed its €90M Cogito Fund II to focus on enterprise software, fintech and healthtech sectors. 🔴 Zurich based Founderful closed its $140M Fund II to support tech startups in Switzerland. 🔴 Luxembourg based Bek Ventures closed its third $250M fund to back early stage tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe. 🔴 Chicago based Chicago Ventures closed $80M between its CV Fund IV and CV Opportunity Fund. The CV Fund IV will focus on supply chain, logistics and warehousing, fintech, and digital health while the CV Opportunity Fund will invest in existing portfolio companies. 🔴 New York City based Portal Ventures closed its second $75M fund to invest in early stage crypto companies. 🔴 San Francisco based Forerunner Ventures announced a new $500M early stage fund. 🔴 Singapore based Wavemaker Partners closed its $30M Wavemaker Growth Opportunities Fund to support startups in the Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability sectors across Southeast Asia. 🔴 Miami Beach based Bling Capital raised $270M for its Bling Capital Fund IV.

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🕵‍♀️ We meet a lot of the founders we invest in at our events. When is the next one, you ask? 13 November, in sunny Lisbon. As someone spending a lot of time between London and Hamburg, I'd say don't go for the money and don't go for the network. Go for the weather. 😉 Jokes aside, even if you don't want to or can't travel, you should still apply, as we review every application - and who knows what will happen... 💫 #diversefounders #impactinvesting #climatetech #inclusiontech

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Streamline your fundraising roadshow with edeck by Versible eu🚀 🔗https://lnkd.in/ekQxJZem With Versible's edeck you can create a data-driven, tailored and personalised one pager deck and share it with any one. You can even test it now: https://lnkd.in/eTUsGed8 ✅ Create unlimited links and set permissions for entry ✅ Set Password, 2FA, Invitation only & Expiration date ✅ Your viewers don't need to signup on Versible ✅ Track the movement of every viewer ✅ Track the minutes spent of your deck ✅ Send and receive live messages ✅ Receive Feedback ✅ Add your calendly link ✅ Receive Data room requests ✅ Access the top european VC database ✅ Create unlimited Data rooms ✅ Access fundraising CRM ✅ & so much more

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A rapidly maturing startup ecosystem, heightened due diligence practices, and a steady pipeline of startups gearing up for public markets, India is clearly the promised land for investors and entrepreneurs alike. In a recent interview with Vibhuti Sharma from DealStreetAsia, I delved into how India remains a key focus for RTP Global. We discussed how with our new $1B fund, we are doubling down on the region's potential, backed by our dedicated team in India supporting early-stage entrepreneurs. India is an essential part of RTP Global's long-term vision, and we remain committed to nurturing innovative startups that can scale globally

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peaq 🤝 Mastercard Excited about our portco peaq being selected for Mastercard’s award-winning Start Path program to explore synergies and opportunities between the #DePIN sector and the world of #TradFI and #FinTech 🏦 #TradFi infrastructure can massively accelerate #DePIN adoption. By tapping Mastercard's extensive network and user base, peaq aims to leverage existing, traditional infrastructure to scale #DePINs to billions of users and machines, while staying true to #Web3 values. From agriculture marketplaces (Farmsent) to machine tokenization (Teneo) to mapping noise pollution (Silencio) and dozens more – peaq is taking its place as the blockchain of choice for #DePIN builders. With Mastercard, peaq will explore how #DePINs in its peaqosystem can leverage this integration to drive mass adoption much faster and with far less friction ⚡ https://lnkd.in/dc_DrWhM

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VC in Europe: State of European Tech 24 by Atomico report is out. For sure an interesting read. The ecosystem is still growing quick. In an era where DPI is the new IRR, all eyes are on exits. Report is here: https://lnkd.in/eGdU4Thm #venturecapital #VC #Atomico #privatemarkets

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Great interview with one of the best VCs out there. Lot's of good stuff in this article. One point worth highlighting on the eternal debate whether there is enough growth capital in Europe: great companies will always manage to raise money, no matter where they are based.

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Climate tech investing in Europe is on the rise and I have to say that it's more fund than I ever expected. If you are curious about the stage of climate innovations and the most promising approaches to lowering global greenhouse gas emissions, we will be discussing a few learnings at the DDC Investor Summit in the beautiful city of Prague.

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TAGUS ROUNDTABLE ANNOUNCES 2024 CONCEPTS The Tagus Roundtable is an invitation-only annual gathering in Lisbon (May 9-10, 2024) that connects developers of promising sustainable finance concepts with relevant fund managers, concessionality providers, and thought leaders from around the world. This year our selection committee reviewed over 39 proposals and is proud to invite the following two project sponsors to Lisbon: The Green Bank Design Platform: “The Bezos Earth Fund’s sustainable finance and diplomacy team — together with partners — is at the early stages of exploring the concept of a Green Bank Design Platform as a component of a broader program of activities and interventions designed to make the international climate finance architecture more effective, responsive and accountable to local needs.” Unilever’s Supplier Climate Programme:  “Already working to engage 300 of its most emissions-intensive suppliers around the world and support them to a position of climate leadership through its Supplier Climate Programme, Unilever is looking to further accelerate suppliers’ decarbonisation through its Climate & Nature Fund, designed to transform the way Unilever products are made and reach end of life. Unilever is currently considering several potential solutions to address the inherent financial and technical challenges of its suppliers in designing and implementing decarbonisation roadmaps. Unilever seeks to find the solutions and structures where its capital can be the most catalytic and can help suppliers achieve most positive impact.” At its core, the Tagus Roundtable is intended to foster supportive networks around selected concepts to accelerate their development and launch. Our secret sauce will be open, frank, collaborative dialogue and time spent together breaking bread and sharing experiences. Drop-ins – If you happen to be in Lisbon during the Tagus Roundtable and would like to meet up with some of our members or tag along with our social activities, please let me know. Many thanks to our sponsors, members and friends: ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, DAI, Africa Finance Corporation, Bezos Earth Fund, Climate Asset Management, Posaidon Capital, Pollination, Systemic, Unilever

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