Andrea Čordaš
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I bring together experience in entrepreneurship and venture capital, from building new…
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Sherin Maruhn
This is a game changer for venture capital in Europe 🚀 Foundation capital can now be invested into VC! 🔥 Bavaria just did what many just talked about! On July 23rd, the Bavarian Parliament passed a breakthrough resolution: Public and private foundations can now allocate up to 5% of their assets into venture capital: via funds and fund-of-funds. Some time ago, I posted: “If we freed up just 10% of German foundation capital for VC, we’d have limited partners capable of writing €100M tickets. The capital exists, it’s just in the wrong places.” Now, we’re finally taking a step in that direction. This is a power move. This Bavarian resolution changes the game. It enables a long-term, risk-aware, diversified investment approach and encourages capital to flow into EU-based VC funds. Why this matters: 1. Walk the talk: government leading by example, not empty words. 2. Think European, act local: the resolution explicitly promotes EU-based VC funds. This is the kind of cross-border thinking we need if Europe wants to compete globally. 3. Long-term strategy: a serious, educated approach to venture as an asset class. No naive bets, but structured, risk-aware investing through the fund ecosystem. This is the kind of shift we’ve been waiting for and a signal to every region in Europe: you want a stronger start-up ecosystem? Enable capital to flow back to the ones building it. Feeling genuinely optimistic: for Bavaria, for Germany, and for Europe. Find the link to the resolution in the comments. #vc #venturecapital #startups #capital #foundations #europe
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Vlad Gozman
Spoke with Brevo's Chairman of the Advisory Board. Steffen Schebesta led Brevo's M&A for 3+ years. Here's their acquisition playbook: Steffen founded Newsletter2Go back in 2011. And he kept building it for over 7 years until it became: One of the top email marketing platforms in the German-speaking market. In late 2018, Sendinblue (now Brevo) acquired them. (but it was almost like a merger) At that time, they were both figuring out how to merge the companies. And that's how Steffen became in charge of Brevo's M&A strategy: Phase 1: Geographic Consolidation (2018-2019) → Started by acquiring Newsletter2Go to crack the German market → But Europe isn't one market - each country needs localization → So they bought local players over organic expansion Phase 2: Product Extensions (2020+) After raising €140M, they shifted the strategy: → E-commerce focus: Chatra (chat), Push Owl (notifications), Metrio (analytics) → CRM expansion: Yodel (telephony), Meet Fox (scheduling), Captain Wallet (mobile) → Infrastructure: Mail Clark (email parsing) TLDR: Early on, they focused on geographic expansion through local acquisitions. When scaling, they shifted to product capability expansion. Now, they're into platform consolidation plays. And their next M&A activity? Likely after their next fundraising round. If you were leading Brevo's next acquisition strategy, what would you focus on? #acquisitions #saas #strategy
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Michael Jackson
Yikes. 1 in 4 startups could leave Germany due to lack of capital. More than that probably should. I spoke at an event at the Technical University of Munich (great school btw) a couple of months back and was surprised at how many founders I met were looking to leave Germany. Much higher than I expected. https://lnkd.in/eHv2nPwT
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Catrin Hinkel
AI, developed responsibly, can improve lives. I shared this belief in Fokus’ “Future of Technology” feature—and it reflects what’s unfolding across Switzerland today. In over three decades, I’ve never experienced a technology adopted as quickly as AI. And Swiss companies are among the leaders in practical implementation: According to our 2025 Work Trend Index, 52% of Swiss companies already automate entire business processes, above the global average. The impact is tangible. Think about the Spring ACT – Action. Compassion. Technology.'s Sophia chatbot, developed in Bern, that supports victims of domestic violence worldwide. Or think about Virtuosis AI in Lausanne: Their solution can detect burnout with 90% accuracy through voice analysis. Zurich Insurance, in turn, leverages AI for more accurate risk assessments, while EKZ applies it to optimize energy distribution. And now we’re entering the next chapter: Agentic AI—systems that understand context, plan, and execute, always with humans maintaining control. IDC forecasts 1.3 billion agents globally by 2028, and Swiss organizations are actively shaping this transformation. We already see Frontier firms emerging in Switzerland—companies that look markedly different from those we know today. Structured around on-demand intelligence and powered by hybrid teams of humans and AI agents, these organizations scale rapidly, operate with agility, and generate value faster. Our commitment matches this momentum: four Swiss data centers, partnerships with ETH Zürich and EPFL among many others, and a goal to skill one million people in AI by 2027. AI is most powerful when it works hand in hand with people—amplifying insight, creativity, and impact. 👉 Read the full interview (in German only) here: https://lnkd.in/ex-Yauxp
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Tomasz Tunguz
Walk into a bookstore’s self-help section , rows of productivity systems : Getting Things Done, Bullet Journal, Zettelkasten. Each promises transformation—if you commit weeks. The market thrives , hundreds of new titles annually. But something new is emerging. We’re discovering we can redesign workflows instantly with AI prompts instead of studying methodologies for weeks. Three recent experiments hint at what’s coming. First, Paper2Agent transforms research papers into working code agents in 30 minutes to 3 hours. Ask it to implement AlphaGenome’s genomic analysis from a published paper & it processes the code, builds the environment, runs the tutorials. Previously: read the paper (2 days), understand the methodology (1 day), code the implementation (3 days). Now: point AI at the repository, get a working agent by lunch. Second, when I discovered Google’s Agent Development Kit research on tool design patterns, I asked AI to redesign my automation tools following those principles. The result : a 41% reduction in AI operation costs, implemented while I was answering emails in another browser tab. Third, over the weekend I read Jesse Vincent’s architect/implementer workflow via Simon Willison’s write-up. The approach splits AI coding into two sessions: one architect to design, one implementer to execute. No weeks of trial & error to understand the nuances. Read, implement, test, done. The pattern emerging : instant implementation. We can now test productivity systems like trying coffee drinks. Monday : architect/implementer (cappuccino—structured , classic). Tuesday : traditional single-session (flat white—simpler , maybe better?). Wednesday : hybrid workflow (chai latte—wait , is this even coffee?). By Thursday , the data shows which saves 3 hours per week. The self-help aisle promised transformation through commitment. AI promises transformation through experimentation.
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