The third installment in the ‘Ask the VC’ series goes to Charles-Antoine Morand, Partner at Newfund. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Newfund and how would you describe yourself? I joined Newfund in 2009 as the third man in the team. The fund had been founded a year earlier by F. Véron and P. Malka. I have a financial background and have been working … [Read more...]
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The Benefits of an Owner Buy-Out For Digital Entrepreneurs
This is a guest post by Pierre Martini, Managing Partner at ISAI who is in charge of the of the Growth/LBO fund. Pierre started his career in the private equity industry at the Financière de Brienne. He then worked for the Corporate Advisory team at Deloitte before joigning 3i Group Plc in Paris where he managed several investments including EVE (acquired by Synopsys), Dibcom … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Boris Golden From Partech Ventures
We are reviving the 'Ask the VC' series with the first installment going to Principal Boris Golden from Partech Ventures. Thanks for your time Boris! 1. As a brief introduction, how did you make your way into Partech Ventures and how would you describe yourself? That’s a long & random path that brought me to the VC world and to Partech! Here goes the reasonably short … [Read more...]
10 Great Barcelona Restaurants To Close The Deal
If I sum it all up, I’ve been living in Barcelona for just under 10 years and I still find it hard to locate a great bar or restaurant to have business meeting. They’re either too noisy, too uncomfortable, too small, too smelly or just too ugly. When you place your laptop on the table and it falls off in slow motion as the table was built for Hobbits. When you put your … [Read more...]
7 Steps To Becoming An Awesome Startup Mentor
The Story Of One Startup Mentor Building a successful company is wicked hard. When creating a new business, you generally lack experience in one realm or another and you're limited with how far you can go learning by your own methods. While you can navigate uncharted terrain alone, it’s not the quickest and most efficient way to go about building an elusive unicorn. Any … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Reduce Your Employee Churn
How much of your precious time and money do you spend looking for new employees? Does your employee churn resemble something like that of Mass Mutual Life Insurance, viz. awful? Turning your employees over as rapidly as Amazon isn’t favorable to your bottom line, with experts estimating that it can cost up to as much as twice an employee’s salary to contract and train up a … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup moCycl Is Ready To Roll
Those of us who were lucky enough have grown up watching Back To The Future , will never be truly happy until we have a flying hover board, and not one of pure mockery. We are slowly getting there with works in progress such as the Hendo Hover however the limitations are clear. As that miraculous day is still a fair way off, Barcelona startup, moCycl, has come up with with … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Natural Machines Wants To Print Your Dinner
Remember that mind-blowing microwave styled device from Star Trek that turned small capsules into food? Well remember no more as Barcelona startup Natural Machines has just launched Foodini, a device that does pretty much that. The simple fact of the matter is that they are not from the future, but from Spain, and have applied the same technology used in 3D printing to make … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Imersivo
This post was written in collaboration with German Leon, co-founder of Imersivo, Exipple and former European Director of Oblong Industries. From the creators of Minority Report comes Imersivo, a Barcelona startup that has its sights set on revolutionizing retail experiences as we know them. The innovative project was founded just last year in conjunction with one of the … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Boolino
Barcelona startup Boolino, coined as the “Google for children's books”, has its sight set on being the world’s largest online platform for children’s books, for both the physical and digital landscapes. Acting as a bridge between the content and the buyers, Boolino brings both content creators and parents closer together by providing a marketing platform for publishers and a … [Read more...]