Patrick Murphy Contributor Patrick Murphy is a founding partner at Tapestry VC, an early-stage venture capital firm operating between San Francisco and London that focuses on backing technical and repeat founders in Europe and the U.S. Breaking into the U.S. market is a huge milestone for any ambitious upstart whether they’re an artist or an entrepreneur. … Read more
Astra tests a rocket at its headquarters on the San Francisco Bay in Alameda, California. Astra The founders of struggling space company Astra have offered to take the company private at a value of about $30 million, according to a securities filing on Thursday. Chris Kemp, chairman and CEO, and Adam London, chief technology officer, … Read more
It’s always interesting when a new VC firm with a fresh team of partners emerge. And with Yellow, it’s interesting in multiple ways. Founded by Oscar Pierre and Sacha Michaud, the founders of Glovo, as well as Adam Lasri, a former investor for VC giant Atomico, Yellow is a new €30 million pre-seed fund that … Read more
“Chief Meme Officer” was once Turner Novak’s tongue-in-cheek job title, and his 161,300 X followers probably know why. Yet, he has it clear: “If you think about raising a venture fund and you need to raise $50 million, somebody’s not going to say: ‘Wow, that’s a great meme, here’s $10 million.” Why all the memes, … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For VCs, market size is crucial, because it becomes a proxy for how big a company could possibly get, which in turn is a measure of how big the return on investment could be. That only works in well-defined industries: … Read more
Open source code has exploded in popularity and become an essential building block for modern software (as it can dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of software builds). The accessibility and convenience of proven code means that software developers don’t have to waste time and limited resources reinventing the wheel. However, according to a study … Read more
Here’s an interesting move. Founders Future, a well-known VC firm in the French tech ecosystem, acquired an equity crowdfunding marketplace called Sowefund. While terms of the deal remain undisclosed, Sowefund has been profitable since 2022 with around 20 employees. Following this move, Founders Future now has two separate yet complementary businesses. With its VC funds, … Read more
Events can be critical to helping founders build their company, but not all events are created equal. Founders shouldn’t feel like they have to waste their time trying to unearth the diamonds in the rough. But there are ways to judge if an event will be worth it ahead of time. Last week, we published … Read more
Marta Zaccagnini Contributor Marta Zaccagnini is senior manager at Village Capital, the largest organization in the world supporting impact-driven startups working on products for low- and middle-income communities in Europe, and migrant and refugee communities globally. Women and underrepresented founders are not going to wait around for the VC industry to transform itself, so what … Read more
Building a startup takes a lot of time and work. You need to not only build a great product, you need to hire, raise money, spend that money, and do it all in a way that will minimize mistakes and maximize profits. There’s oceans of advice, too, on how to run a business. Events are … Read more