Backing the Unique, the Mavericks, the Outliers

b2venture (formerly btov Partners) is a European venture firm, leveraging the power of generations to shape tomorrow. We invest at the earliest stages in the best ideas and the brightest minds so they can take flight.

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🌸 🌻 🌷 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 

For many, that means looking for a change of scenery, a new challenge, or new role.

The summer is the worst time to apply for new jobs, so if you’re thinking about making a move, the time is now.

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆?

The collective b2venture portfolio has +80 companies on its job board with more than 900 jobs openings!

Have a look here  👉  https://lnkd.in/eGGrQKrc

From accounting, finance and data science to marketing and communications and software engineering, there are tons of opportunities across our portfolio.

Very excited to see our portfolio company DeepL on Forbes AI 50 list for 2024 recognizing the most innovative and promising AI companies in the world. 

With over 120 million monthly users and more than 100,000 business customers around the globe, DeepL is the AI leader breaking down language barriers around the globe, from North America to Europe and East Asia. 🌍🌍🌎

The productivity gains from AI won't just be profound in the near future, but are already happening today, and DeepL is the best example of how AI is transforming productivity for both consumers and enterprises.

We are proud to have been part of their journey from the beginning!

Read about other companies on the list at Forbes below ⬇️

https://lnkd.in/eF5_ZwTJ

b2venture’s Anna Bosch will be attending the FIBE fintech conference in Berlin next week on the 24th of April and serving as a jury member for the Startup Champs Germany competition which is focusing on fintechs this year. 

Explore the latest trends, technologies, and innovations that are shaping the future of finance and get your tickets for the FIBE conference here 🎟️ 🎟️→  

https://lnkd.in/e99YhcFW

And please reach out to Anna if you’re heading to FIBE in Berlin too!

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? 

Then get to know Nicole Herzog, entrepreneur and one of the most experienced angels with whom we collaborate. She's passionate about the work she does as a board member and has collected some of her insights for new angel investors about her work supporting startups on company boards:

𝟏. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝟐. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬).

‍𝟑. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.

‍𝟒. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

‍𝟓. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥.

‍𝟔. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

‍𝟕. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

‍𝟖. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 - 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲.

‍𝟗. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

‍𝟏𝟎. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Read more about Nicole's journey from entrepreneurship to angel investing on our website ⬇ 

https://lnkd.in/dTrcGBW8

At b2venture we are committed to backing early-stage startups, and our Startup Resources site is a great expression of that. We cover the basics of everything founders need to know from fundraising and finding the right partner for their startup to strategy, HR, go-to-market and marketing.

𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒?

𝟏. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 - There are many different frameworks for business strategy, but most are designed for large, complex organizations and therefore tend to be too complicated for startups. We’ve come up with a simple strategy framework designed specifically for startups.

𝟐. 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤 - While it might be tempting to reinvent the wheel with alternative formats, it rarely sets you apart positively. Investors have a certain expectation for what they want to learn from a deck, and the more you fulfill these needs, the smoother the process is going to be. 

𝟑. 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 - A well thought out budget has a multitude of benefits: first and foremost, it can serve as your company's commercial roadmap. It is also one of the most crucial and simplest instruments of strategic alignment for all decision-makers and stakeholders of your company.  

4. 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐊𝐏𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 - We recommend that start-ups start tracking non-financial KPIs from the very beginning. We offer some examples of KPIs we find particularly helpful. For s startup’s internal use, it makes the most sense to focus on 3-5 KPIs in the beginning. 

Anna Bosch, Principal at b2venture: “Strategy, Fundraising, and Finance have long been the most popular topics on our Startup Resources site, but we have been seeing an increasing interest in ESG and how startups can establish KPIs early on. Many early-stage founders think their companies aren’t mature enough to think about how to integrate ESG into their operations, but our philosophy is ‘the earlier the better’ ”

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 -->

https://lnkd.in/eJn_XwNz

Meet our Investor Member Andreas Goeldi, Partner at b2venture, an early-stage venture capital firm, supported by an unparalleled community of angel investors.

Andreas shared with us about: 
✔️Where his passion for entrepreneurship stem from, and his journey from founder to investor. 
✔️Ways founders can act or communicat to attract an investor’s interest. 
✔️b2ventures collaboration with an angel network, how does this work and what benefits does it bring for startups?  
✔️Investment size, focus, due diligence process and timeline for investment decisions for b2ventures. 
And much more!

Read the interview here 👉
https://hubs.li/Q02sdRLy0

Thank you Andreas for sharing with our community! 

#Interview #Investor #StartupLearnings

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