👏 Congrats to our amazing customer Acton Capital for raising #ACTON6 👏 thanks for your trust Dominik Alvermann

VC posts on Capital Efficiency are both generally really, really good And really, really ironic The content is great It's just, where were they in 2021?

The presidents of Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment? The

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European VC: We are looking for a billion-dollar idea, with no competition, 100k MRR, and 1M valuation.

"and we need a TAM of €100B at least"

Whenever a helicopter flies by, it's like an unspoken rule for guys to pause and stare out the window. It's not just watching, it's an instant trip down every action movie lane. #MunichSecurityConference

Germans won't like it... From Hannah Ritchie Our World in Data What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy? ourworldindata.org/safest-sources…

The most stubborn first time founder mistake is to let investors dictate the make up of a round. No one needs X%. They WANT X%. This is YOUR company.

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It’s Superventure week, so Berlin is full of GPs and LPs. I am not fundraising right now, but invest in funds and talk to every emerging manager I meet. I can say this: LPs in 2024 act a lot like VCs did in the early 2010s. Here’s how:

Incredible speech: Arnold Schwarzenegger slams Germany for closing nuclear plants while claiming a fossil fuel emergency to its citizens! Schwarzenegger, the most famous living Austrian, speaking Thursday in Vienna, also praises California for saving Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.

Love it or not, you've got to admit the rebrand to 'Get Ahead Culture' is spot-on

Also true for B2B SaaS. Let the product speak for itself and create that Aha Moment

The age of the Software-Led Growth Buyout is Here. Bringing software to industry remains the biggest opportunity for software to orchestrate/accelerate GDP but only if we can work beyond vSaaS biz models and capital structures. Our deck and thesis: docsend.com/view/cc6cxd7va…

I had a chat last night with a billion-dollar SaaS founder/CEO. He's raised $200M at a $2B valuation in 2021. Living the high life in SF with a crazy house and a Porsche 911. On the surface, it seems like he has it all and living the dream. But he called me out of the blue at

When I see an MBA student who wants to work at a startup in a “strategy” role, I interpret that to mean “I want to be in the room where important decisions are made, but not do any real work myself”

We know that there is a power law for early-stage VC funds, but what does this look like for growth funds? We've just updated our power law analysis to Q2 2024 and have included growth funds for the first time. Here's what we found. /1

Most people have no idea what it actually takes to be a founder. They talk about vision, grit, or passion. Those words are props. What you really sign up for is a life where every decision feels like it costs something real. You will spend years being misunderstood. By your