Podcasts about target global

In today's episode of The European VC, Andreas talks with Shmuel Chafets, co-founder and Partner at Target Global, one of Europe's leading venture firms with investments spanning software, fintech, mobility, logistics, healthcare, and consumer internet. With over 140 portfolio companies, including Revolut, Delivery Hero, and TravelPerk, Target Global operates across Europe, Israel, the Middle East, and Africa, backing founders from early-stage to growth. Known for its pragmatic approach to investing, the firm is increasingly focused on AI-native startups and frontier technologies shaping the next decade.Since launching Target Global a decade ago, Shmuel has been at the forefront of European venture investing, navigating market cycles and shifting investment strategies in response to macro and technological trends. In this conversation, he shares his candid views on Europe's lagging position in AI, why Europe must shift from a risk-averse mindset to a creator-driven economy, and how AI is set to disrupt everything from public services to vertical SaaS. We also dive into why Target Global is moving earlier in its investment strategy, the growing relevance of Israel and the UAE in global tech, and why European bureaucracy remains one of the biggest obstacles to innovation.Go to eu.vc for our core learnings and the full video interview

Today we welcome onto the show Developa Founder Beth Nevins. Developa is a people and talent consultancy with deep expertise and experience operating in and supporting start-ups backed by Tiger Global, Sequoia, Target Global, Balderton, and Atomico. As experts in People & Talent, Beth and her team work as advisors, coaches, and consultants to help startups accelerate and realize their vision.Outside of Developa, Beth has extensive experience at tech-driven startups helping steer people ops and strategy at business from seed stage to commercial growth, international expansion, and following investment rounds.In this interview, we pick Beth's brain on what skills and strategies founders can leverage as they navigate the various stages of startup life (and eventually march toward the CEO mantle), how teams should build their C-Suite in the first place, and common challenges facing startups when it comes to People and Talent in 2024.Boast AI accelerates the success of innovative businesses globally with software that integrates financial, payroll, and engineering data into a single platform of R&D intelligence. Visit Boast.ai, sign up for our Blog newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn for weekly #InnovatorsLive sessions and the latest news to fuel your growth. Intro and Outro music provided by Dennis Ma whose mixes you can find on Soundcloud at DJ DennyDex.

Join us as we step back and chart the evolution of European VC with a true O.G. Roundtable:Yaron Valler, Founding Partner at Target GlobalChris Wade, Founding Partner at Isomer CapitalKerry Baldwin, Founding Partner at IQ CapitalAnd moderated by Andreas Munk Holm from EUVC and Gabriel Shin, CFA from Vauban from Carta

Yaron Valler is a founder of venture capital firm Target Global. He is a successful entrepreneur and investor, and was part of the team at Intel that invented the Pentium Processor. In this episode of the Fund Shack podcast, he talks to Ross Butler about how AI will change ‘everything’, virtual reality, how government’s should […]

Yaron Valler is a founder of venture capital firm Target Global. He is a successful entrepreneur and investor, and was part of the team at Intel that invented the Pentium Processor. In this episode of the Fund Shack podcast, he talks to Ross Butler about how AI will change ‘everything', virtual reality, how government's should direct innovation and risk capital, and much more. [00:00:00] Ross Butler: You're listening to Fund Shack. I'm Ross Butler, and today I'm speaking with Yaron Valler, a founder at Target Global, a venture capital firm with offices in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Tel Aviv and elsewhere. […]

In this episode of In Her Shoes, we dive deep into the dynamic world of venture capital with Bao-Y, an extraordinary female partner at VC firm Target Global. Get ready to embark on a journey filled with golden insights as Bao-Y shares her awe-inspiring career trajectory. Bao-Y reveals the secrets behind her networking mastery, providing you with invaluable tips and strategies on how to access the knowledge that can supercharge your own career. From her early days at Morgan Stanley to navigating that career chessboard to become partner at a VC firm that invests millions in promising companies, Bao-Y's story is a testament to the limitless possibilities in the world of venture capital. As she shares her experiences, you'll discover how Bao-Y confidently navigates boardrooms where she's often the only woman, and how she thrives in this competitive landscape. Get ready to be inspired to reach for new heights in your own career. It's time to tap into the wisdom of a true trailblazer in the world of VC.

In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Stefan Lülf, Country Manager DACH von Lepaya, über die erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 38 Millionen US-Dollar.Lepaya hat eine Weiterbildungslösung entwickelt, die einen Fokus auf die Bindung und Produktivität von Talenten legt. Dies geschieht durch eine Mischung aus Online-, Offline- und Virtual-Reality-Schulungen über eine All-in-One-Fähigkeitsplattform. So wurden nach eigenen Angaben bereits Millionen von Fachkräften mit der Lösung geschult. Dabei werden insbesondere Hard- und Soft Skills kombiniert, die als Power Skills über die Lernplattform angeboten werden. Lepaya wurde im Jahr 2018 von René Janssen und Peter Kuperus in Amsterdam gegründet. Mittlerweile zählen Unternehmen wie Roche, Microsoft und Dell auf das Lösungsangebot des Startups. Unternehmen wie Mollie, Takeaway und Picnic vertrauen auf die Schulungs- und Entwicklungsprogramme. Außerdem ist das Startup für die Erstellung maßgeschneiderter Schulungsmodule für Firmen wie L'Oréal, KPMG, ING und PwC verantwortlich. Lepaya hat mit der Übernahme von SmartenUp im Jahr 2020, vCoach im Jahr 2022, SpeakFirst im Jahr 2022 und Krauthammer im Jahr 2023 bereits 4 Akquisitionen getätigt. Seit der letzten Finanzierungsrunde im Jahr 2021 hat das Unternehmen seinen Umsatz verdreifachen können und wurde laut eigenen Angaben zum größten EdTech-Anbieter in der EMEA-Region.Nun hat das niederländische Startup in einer neuen Finanzierungsrunde 38 Millionen US-Dollar unter der Führung von Endeit eingesammelt. Zu den weiteren Kapitalgebern zählen Educapital, Mars Growth Capital und Liquidity Capital sowie die bestehenden Investoren Target Global und Mediahuis Ventures begleitet. Damit hat Lepaya insgesamt 80 Millionen US-Dollar eingeworben. Das frische Kapital soll die Entwicklung und Markteinführung der KI-gesteuerten Plattform vorantreiben. So soll es dem Startup möglich sein, Qualifikationslücken holistisch zu identifizieren, zu schließen und zu verfolgen.

Lucas Timberlake, general partner at Fintech Ventures Fund, the US VC that has a focus on fintech and insurtech, and Ricardo Schäfer,early-stage investor and partner at Revolut backer Target Global, discuss the differences between European VC and US VC funds while also offering insights into the European fintech market.Timberlake, though, says the most prominent difference is between US West Coast VCs and US East Coast VCs, which are more aligned to European VCs.Timberlake says, generally speaking, US West Coast VCs are looking for binary outcomes, while US East Coast and European VCs are more focused on revenue and loss aversion.Schäfer said it was difficult to generalise about the differences between US and European VC funds, given fund-to-fund differences.That said, he said European VC funds tend to be a little smaller in size.The pair also discuss the trend of US VCs, such as Sequoia and General Catalyst, opening London offices, Schäfer said: “When I first went to the US ten years ago, I remember talking to funds on Silicon Valley's Sand Hill Road and they wouldn't even fly to Los Angeles. Europe was really kind of far away.“Of course, if you are on the ground and you can play at seed, and if you hit the winners you will obviously be a lot better at deploying capital because you have to build relationships.”He said this strategy of US VCs ploughing more resources into Europe was seeming to work.Timberlake says: “I think it makes sense specifically for the multi-stage funds to have a presence in Europe from seed onwards.”On whether the trend of US VCs investing heavily in Europe would continue, Schäfer said: “Obviously what you have seen over the last couple of years is big fintechs emerge out of Europe. If you look at Wise, if you know look at Revolut, obviously Klarna and a bunch of others. That has definitely created a lot of attention.”

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Katharina Neuhaus, Principal bei Vorwerk Ventures. Katharina spricht über die Finanzierungsrunde von ACCURE Battery Intelligence und Communion:  ACCURE Battery Intelligence, ein Anbieter von prädiktiver Analysesoftware für Batterieoptimierung, hat in einer neuen Finanzierungsrunde 7,2 Millionen Euro erhalten. Die Finanzierungsrunde wurde von Blue Bear Capital und HSBC Asset Management angeführt und umfasste auch Riverstone Ventures und Capnamic Ventures. Das Unternehmen plant, seine prädiktive Analyseplattform weiter zu entwickeln, um die Sicherheit, Leistung und Lebensdauer von Batterien für Energiespeicher, Elektrofahrzeuge und andere Anwendungen zu verbessern. Die Investition ermöglicht ACCURE, sein internationales Wachstum in verschiedenen Branchen fortzusetzen, einschließlich Energieversorgung, Elektromobilität, Nahverkehr, Schifffahrt und Versicherungen.Das in London ansässige Fintech Communion hat in einer von Target Global geleiteten Finanzierungsrunde, an der auch Uncommon Creative Studio und Angel Investments von Erin Lantz, Greg Marsh und Max Rofagha beteiligt sind, 2,5 Millionen Pfund als Pre-Seed-Finanzierung erhalten. Communion wurde vom ehemaligen Habito-CEO Daniel Hegarty gegründet. Die App bietet eine FSCS-geschützte Sparfunktion sowie Schulungen zur Gewohnheitsbildung und Verhaltensänderung im Umgang mit Geld. Zusätzlich ermöglicht sie den Nutzern den Zugang zu einem Team von Geldberatern.Hier das Interview mit ACCURE Battery Intelligence vom 21.09.2021.

Today we are happy to welcome Seda Ambartsumian and Peter Roos, from Target Global.Target is one of the largest and most successful technology investment firms in Europe with more than €3bn AuM and a portfolio of well-known industry champions including Revolut, Wefox, Delivery Hero, Auto1 and many others. Seda is the Head of Marketing & Comms. She joined in Jan 2022 (while 2 months pregnant) and is responsible for ensuring that Target and its portfolios shine at every opportunity. Prior to Target she spent 12 years advising private equity firms and hedge funds like Apollo and Pershing Square on their brand, positioning, and corporate reputation.Peter is the COO of Target, joined the firm 3 years ago to build out its Middle East activity. Since then Target has made several investments in the region including Fresha & Tarabut Gateway + helped their portfolio expand to the region with companies like Rapyd opening up local offices and most recently, Target opening an official office in Abu Dhabi. Peter is an experienced operator, having held senior role at Johnson & Johnson as well as having led diversified industrials businesses in both Germany and Austria. He also had brief stints in Hong Kong, London and Switzerland and is a truly cosmopolitan individual holding down the forts in the Middle East while ensuring teams across London, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Barcelona are happy and thriving!In this episode you'll learn:- Why parental leave policy is so important in VC- How you can learn from Target's process and findings- The importance of building a culture to back up the policy- Why being small shouldn't be an excuse for not having thought things through

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Luis Hanemann, Business Angel. Luis spricht über die Finanzierungsrunden von Patient21, Dr. Vivien Karl und traceless materials: Das Berliner HealthTech Patient21 hat in einer Finanzierungsrunde 100 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Angeführt wurde die Runde vom israelischen VC Pitango, unterstützt von Investoren wie Bertelsmann Investments, Artian, Target Global, Piton Capital und PICO Venture Partners. Anfang 2022 hat das Startup bereits 142 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt, damals war Target Global der Lead-Investor. Das 2019 von Serienunternehmer Christopher Muhr gegründete Startup bietet eine Software an, die die gesamte Patienten-Journey abbilden soll, und betreibt zudem auch die Arztpraxen mit.Das Kölner Female HealthTech  Dr. Vivien Karl hat im Rahmen einer Pre-Seed-Finanzierung 1,5 Millionen Euro unter der Führung von Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures eingesammelt. Neben Bestandsinvestoren wie beispielsweise dem Angel Club Better Ventures haben sich auch Business Angels wie der ehemalige CEO von Douglas namens Tina Müller oder Mirko Caspar von Mister Spex an der Finanzierung beteiligt. Das Unternehmen entwickelt eine Reihe natürlicher und wissenschaftsbasierter Pflegeprodukte für eine effektive Pflege gegen Intimtrockenheit von Frauen. Mit dem frischen Kapital plant das Startup den Ausbau der Distributionskanäle, die Erweiterung der Produktpalette und erste klinische Studien.Das Startup traceless materials hat eine Förderung in Höhe von 5 Millionen Euro erhalten. Die Mittel stammen aus dem Umweltinnovationsprogramm des Bundesumweltministeriums. Das Startup entwickelt einen pflanzenbasierten Ersatz für Kunststoffe im industriellen Maßstab. Die Technologie dazu basiert auf natürlichen Polymeren, soll ohne potenziell schädliche Stoffe auskommen und einen minimalen ökologischen Fußabdruck haben. Das von Johanna Baare und Anne Lamp 2020 gegründete Unternehmen plant nun den Bau einer Demonstrationsanlage in Hamburg zu nutzen.

Mathilde Tuv Kverneland har vært investor i flere år gjennom, Arkwright X som har investert i selskaper som Two, Ignite Procurement, Appfarm, Adminkit, Unloc, Enin, og ikke minst tidlig inne i Spacemaker som ble solgt for 240 millioner dollar til Autodesk. Nå jobber hun i det britiske investeringsselskapet Target Global i London.Tema:Historien bak Arkwright XHvordan lykkes med å hente penger?Hvordan vurdere startups?Hva ville Mathilde gjort hvis hun var grunder og skulle hente penger?Programleder: Lucas Weldeghebriel, journalist og gründer i Shifter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Martin Janicki, Partner bei ​​Cavalry Ventures. Martin kommentiert die Finanzierungsrunde von Enter:Das Berliner ClimateTech Enter hat in einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde 19,4 Millionen Euro von namhaften VC-Gesellschaften wie COATUE, Foundamental, Target Global, A/O Proptech und Partech erhalten. Enter hilft Hauseigentümern bei der Analyse, Planung und Finanzierung der energetischen Sanierung ihrer Immobilie, indem es maßgeschneiderte Sanierungspakete anbietet. Enter möchte Europas führendes Unternehmen für energetische Sanierung werden und einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Reduzierung des CO2-Ausstoßes von Wohnimmobilien leisten. Mit der Finanzierung möchte das Unternehmen schneller wachsen und die Transformation zum klimaneutralen Wohnen beschleunigen. Enter wurde 2020 von Max Schroeren, Justus Menten und Alex Müller gegründet.

Daniel Khachab built a billion Euro business in just three years. His startup, Choco, has raised funding from top-tier investors like Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Target Global, and G Squared.

In this episode we discuss VC early stage investment and whether there is a “VC funding winter” as some have called it or whether just a correction. How should early stage founders who want to raise funds maximise their chances of doing so? Few VCs go down to early stage investing but what factors do they look for? Funding is harder to come by right now but it's still there. What themes and approaches help? Is it indeed a good rather than a bad time to create a startup? Dr Ric Schaefer is a Partner at Target Global which is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. Whilst investing across all stages of the startup to realisation  lifecycle they are relatively unique in investing from pre-seed to A rounds. To date via six global offices they have backed 15 unicorns and also have an investment in Revolut who you may have heard of. Topics discussed include: training for a triathlon starting from a standard level of fitness Ric's career journey from tech through the banking crisis to VC-dom ten years of VC and Angel investing the experiential difference between BigCo and SmallCo life what a VC looks for in early stage investment include: people who bring an unfair advantage those who have had a successful venture before the right vision and clear plan those who have the “founder gene” and the drive to solve a problem also like to back operators who have been number two or three in a business that has already scaled success isn‘t just about money but about winning and building a sustainable business examples form people who retire but just wither in absentia a daily challenge the focus of early stage VCs need to be on building a big company, not just optimizing finances different types of founders who can do the ‘zero to one‘ or the scale up from 1 to 10 or growth from 10 to 100 preference for founders who can “go the whole way” VC funds still have a lot of capital available, but it is more competitive for newcomers Non–institutional capital such as crowdfunding and angel investors have pulled back due to more competitive dynamics. It is a good time to start a business – there is a wider pool of talent available and infrastructure has been built to enable businesses to be built far faster Valuations are more reasonable than the last two years and people are looking more at multiples and the fundamentals of the business Ric's expectation of the best sectors for fund-raising and progress Target Global is an early–stage venture capital firm that invests across the lifecycle of businesses, from inception to growth invests in consumer, software, fintech, marketplace, and digital health sectors has offices in Berlin, Tel Aviv, London, and Spain, and has backed over 100 companies VCs invest in relationships and a series of rejections does not mean a no forever  Target Global is looking to invest in founders with a unique advantage. And much much more

Michael Ronen has gone from investor to entrepreneur and back again. During which he helped the massive Vision Fund, and raised over $100M for his own venture. His startup, Branded, has attracted financing from top-tier investors like Kreos Capital, Lurra Capital, Target Global, and Declaration Partners.

We caught up with Pedro Barros, Partner and Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations at Target Global, the pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management.Last Friday was an interesting day to talk to Pedro Barros, a Partner at multi-billion euros VC firm Target Global who's in charge of fundraising and investor relations at the investment company, as the SVB saga started unfolding.So of course the first questions were about Silicon Valley Bank, but it quickly turned to how the past 3.5 years after Pedro joined Target Global have been for the man, given that there wasn't a dull moment in European tech and VC in recent history.Target Global is focused on Europe and Israel, and has made investments in the likes of Delivery Hero, Grover, WeFox, Revolut, Cazoo, Auto1, Omio, and plenty more.Pedro discussed the current trends in the European tech innovation and investment space, given the downturn and market volatility that's defined it in the past 15 months or so, and what the sentiment is like in LP and fund manager circles these days.We also talked about interesting sectors and geographies that are on Target's, well, target list, and how long it will be before things get back to 'normal' (whatever that means).You can also watch the interview directly on YouTube.

Target Global is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.

From the SaaStock 2022 Scale Stage: Avi Meir, Co-Founder and CEO TravelPerk, joins Lina Chong, VC at Target Global to discuss the value of values: how following one rule led TravelPerk to the unicorn club. When the pandemic hit in 2020, business travel came to a standstill and TravelPerk faced extremely tough decisions as growth halted. Two years later, we are a unicorn and sticking to our values has been key to not only surviving, but thriving.

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En este episodio completamente improvisado (como todos, más o menos), Àlex nos habla durante veinte minutos sobre la venta de Kantox a BNP Paribas por 120 millones, y la ronda de financiación de Factorial de 123.5 millones, liderada por Atomico y Target Global, que los convierte en otro unicornio del ecosistema local y nacional.Son dos grandes noticias para el ecosistema porque va a crear nuevos emprendedores e inversores, y también para Ruby on Rails, ya que ambas empresas están desarrolladas en esta tecnología - y nos encanta.Àlex también habla de su teoría de la tercera ola de startups de Barcelona con las diferencias respecto a las dos olas anteriores, con pelos y señales, y algunos nombres también.Sí, no teníamos invitado para esta semana. ¿Se nota mucho?

Dina Mostovaya is a strategic communications consultant with 15 years of experience, founder of Mindset Consulting. Her client list includes companies from the Fortune 500 list, such as Microsoft, PayPal, and eBay, startups Ecwid (acq. by Lightspeed), FoodRocket, Gett, Jiffy, OneSoil, We Do Solar, venture funds Target Global and Flint Capital, and others. Dina is a member of the TEDxWaterStreet's Advisory Board and a Judge of The International Business Awards 2022 by Stevie Awards. In 2020, she was shortlisted for the Impact Award by Global Women in PR. In 2022, she was named the Best Woman in PR by the international Davos Communications Awards 2022. LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Joonko, the only automated sourcing platform focused solely on underrepresented candidates, today announced $25M in Series B funding led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from Target Global and existing investors Kapor Capital and Vertex Ventures Israel. https://hrtechfeed.com/diversity-recruiting-platform-raises-25-million/ The Predictive Index (PI) announced today a $30 million minority investment from JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JMFE) to accelerate its mission of Better work, better world through product enhancements to the world's only global talent optimization platform. https://hrtechfeed.com/assessment-platform-predictive-index-lands-new-funding/  Ashby, the all-in-one recruiting platform for high-growth startups and enterprise companies launches publicly today with over 500 paying customers and $21.5 million in Series B funding. The round was led by F-Prime Capital with participation from Elad Gil, Lachy Groom, Semper Virens, Base Case Capital, Gaingels, as well as over a 100 customers, partners, and operators. The new injection of capital will be used to scale operations, engineering, and go-to-market teams. https://hrtechfeed.com/a-new-ats-enters-the-fray/ Indeed Flex, the online marketplace for flexible and temporary workers is expanding into California.   The tech-first staffing platform, which was acquired by Indeed in 2019, is now available to job seekers and employers in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Bernardino County, with further expansion across the state planned in the coming months.

In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Johannes Fenner, Co-Founder und Co-CEO von Justhome, und sprechen mit ihm über die erfolgreich abgeschlossene Pre-Seed-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 3,3 Millionen Euro. Justhome hat eine Plattform für Immobilienfinanzierung entwickelt, bei der Angebote von über 700 Banken innerhalb weniger Minuten verglichen werden können. Basierend auf Studien des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln schätzt das Jungunternehmen, dass jährlich mehr als 300.000 deutsche Haushalte an den steigenden Eigentumspreisen und wachsenden Bauzinsen scheitern, ihren Traum eines Eigenheims zu erfüllen. Bereits jetzt bietet das Startup exklusive Lösungen für Personen an, die mit einem geringen Budget den Schritt ins Eigenheim wagen wollen. Zudem arbeitet Justhome an einer umfassenden digitalen Lösung, um noch mehr Menschen trotz den momentan anstehenden Marktbedingungen eine Finanzierung zu ermöglichen. Das FinTech wurde im Jahr 2022 von Marc Rustige, Johannes Fenner und Martin Mehlitz in Berlin gegründet. Mittlerweile beschäftigt das Jungunternehmen 15 Mitarbeitende, welche bereits über 1.000 Menschen eine Finanzierung ermöglicht haben. Nun hat die Berliner Plattform für Immobilienfinanzierung 3,3 Millionen Euro in einer Pre-Seed-Finanzierungsrunde unter der Führung von Target Global eingesammelt. Target Global ist eine Technologie-Investmentfirma, die neben dem eingesetzten Kapital auch strategische Beratung und praktische Unterstützung vom Konzept bis zum Exit bietet. Der Investmentfokus liegt in den Bereichen Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS und Edtech. Der VC beschäftigt über 80 Mitarbeitende und verwaltet mehr als 3 Milliarden Euro, welche in mehr als 100 Portfoliounternehmen investiert wurden. Zudem beteiligen sich der von Axel Springer und Porsche unterstützte Frühphaseninvestor APX sowie einige Business Angels an der Pre-Seed-Runde. Infos der Werbepartner: Junto: Mehr Infos auf www.junto.eu/podcast OMR Reviews: One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 20€ Amazon Gutschein.

Ben Kaminski is a Partner at leading technology investment firm, Target Global. Prior to joining the firm, Ben spent over a decade working in Investment Banking where he was responsible for overseeing several high-profile M&A transactions. At Target Global since 2018 Ben now heads up the firm's dedicated Mobility 2.0 Fund. His investments include Auto1, Delivery Hero,  GoEuro, Flink and numerous others. As well as all this Ben still finds the time to be an active angel investor in over a dozen startups across a number of segments, including mobility, logistics, marketplaces and software. Ben stopped by to discuss his time at Goldman Sachs, why crisis often leads to opportunity and open up on the mistakes he has made as an angel investor. James and Hector also probe deeper into what makes Target Global different to other firms, what the future of mobility will look like and Ben's career objectives.Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

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Die Themen im heutigen Versicherungsfunk Update sind: Weniger als 40 Prozent können sparen Weniger als 40 Prozent der Deutschen sehen sich derzeit in der Lage, für bestimmte Zwecke zu sparen. Das ist der niedrigste Wert seit 25 Jahren. Das Sparmotiv „Altersvorsorge“ verzeichnet einen Rückgang von 59 auf 57 Prozent. „Konsum“ – verstanden als Sparen für spätere größere Anschaffungen – nennen nur noch 49 Prozent. Zuletzt waren es 53. Ihr Niveau halten konnten dagegen die Sparmotive „Wohneigentum“ mit 44 Prozent und „Kapitalanlage“ mit 33 Prozent. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die Sommerumfrage 2022 vom Meinungsforschungsinstitut Kantar im Auftrag des Verbands der Privaten Bausparkassen. Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen mit neuem Vorstand Josef Kreiterling hat am 1. Juli 2022 die Vorstandsverantwortung bei der Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen für das Lebensversicherungs- und Finanzressort übernommen. Als Mitglied des Vorstands führt Kreiterling das Vorstandsressort 2 mit der Verantwortung für Leben-Mathematik & Betrieb inklusive Kundenservicecenter, Rechnungswesen und Kapitalanlagen. Er folgt auf Dragica Mischler, die als Vorsitzende des Vorstands zur ÖRAG-Gruppe nach Düsseldorf wechselte. BVK-Checkliste für Nachhaltigkeitspositionierung Der Bundesverband Deutscher Versicherungskaufleute hat eine Checkliste zur Nachhaltigkeitspositionierung erstellt. Diese soll Vermittlern helfen, ihre Positionierung beim Thema „Nachhaltigkeit“ zu überprüfen. Hintergrund ist der Start der verpflichtenden Abfrage der Nachhaltigkeitspräferenzen beim Verkauf von Versicherungsanlageprodukten am 2. August 2022. wefox sammelt 400 Millionen US-Dollar ein Das Berliner Insurtech wefox hat eine Finanzierungsrunde der Serie D über 400 Millionen US-Dollar abgeschlossen und damit seine Post-Money-Bewertung auf 4,5 Milliarden US-Dollar erhöht. Die Mubadala Investment Company leitete die Kapitalerhöhung unter Beteiligung von EDBI, Eurazeo, LGT, Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures und Target Global. Versicherer lassen beim Cross-Selling Potenzial ungenutzt Bei der Kundenbindung und beim Cross-Selling bleiben die Versicherer in Deutschland weit hinter ihren Möglichkeiten zurück. Demnach haben nur 26 Prozent aller Kunden ihre Versicherungen bei einem Anbieter gebündelt. Dabei könnten sich 90 Prozent der Befragten vorstellen, alle Versicherungen bei einem Anbieter abzuschließen, sofern die Angebote ihren Vorstellungen entsprechen. Das ist das Ergebnis einer aktuellen Umfrage der Unternehmensberatung Simon-Kucher & Partners. Maxpool resümiert bestes Halbjahr der Firmengeschichte Die Phönix Maxpool Gruppe AG hat das erste Halbjahr des laufenden Jahres mit einem deutlichen Plus in allen Unternehmensbereichen abgeschlossen. Zu den Top 3-Bereichen gehören Krankenversicherung mit 14 Prozent Steigerung, betriebliche Altersvorsorge mit 20 Prozent Steigerung sowie Baufinanzierung mit 36 Prozent Umsatzplus. Es ist die wachstumsstärkste Periode der Firmengeschichte.

Today, we're excited to bring you the first episode of a Special Series on navigating the current market. For this episode, we sat down with Shmuel Chafets, Chairman and Founder of Target Global, one the largest and most successful venture funds in Europe with more than €3 billion under management. They invests in companies across all stages, from pre-seed to pre-IPO and have backed global winners including Delivery Hero, Revolut, Auto 1 Group, Copper, Rapyd, Wefox, Flink, Cazoo, and many others. Their portfolio includes 15 unicorns, 19 exits and 7 IPOs - a European force to be reckoned with. So listen up, ‘cos Shmuel knows what he's talking about.

Cem Savas is Co-Founder and CEO of Plentific, the award-winning digital property management platform backed by Highland Europe, Brookfield, Mubadala, RXR Digital Ventures, A/O Proptech and Target Global. Plentific empowers housing providers to streamline operations and improve the resident experience, unlocking operational cost savings with an end-to-end work order management solution powered by a marketplace of vetted trade professionals.   Cem came to proptech having harboured a family passion for real estate from a young age. After embarking on a promising career in corporate finance, he and Co-founder Emry Kazan eventually decided to follow their hearts and set up their own property development business. As they struggled with the challenges of scaling their new venture, they came up with the idea of Plentific, founding the company back in 2012.   About Plentific Plentific is an all-in-one delivery platform for property maintenance, trusted by companies like L&Q, Peabody, and Notting Hill Genesis to manage around 700,000 properties across the UK, Germany and USA. The platform streamlines repairs, compliance, resident and voids management, providing instant insight into the health of a property portfolio. For more information please visit www.plentific.com   In this episode Cem shares: How he came up with the idea for Plentific with co-founder Emry Kazan. How the company pivoted from servicing smaller landlords to focusing on large enterprise clients. How he manages his family and work-life balance whilst running a global scale-up. The challenges of hiring 100+ people a year, and the learnings that come from having done it. His experience of raising $100m in growth capital at the height of the pandemic. The importance of company vision and culture, and how he handles the growing challenge of employee retention. Why startup CEOs have to evolve to meet the changing needs of their business and team. The overwhelming importance of hiring people who are better than you. How he approaches KPIs, forecasting and performance management as the business scales. How Plentific is approaching inorganic growth via M&A. Why proptech entrepreneurs benefit from operational industry experience, and why the size of their addressable market is all important. Why companies should pivot as much and as often as necessary.

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This week on Over the Target, Missy and Nicole continue with part 2 of their Global Dominance series.  

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This episode features Eugene Levin, the Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at Semrush, an online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform. Previously, Eugene was the Investment Director and a partner at Target Global, and before that - co-founded one of Europe's leading game development and outsourcing studios.In this episode, Eugene discusses tailoring your marketing approach for small business owners, his GTM strategy (and why it doesn't involve looking at channels), and shares valuable SEO best practices to help your content get more clicks. ---“Sometimes [ranking higher] requires you to go deeper. Sometimes it means you have to use more authoritative sources and work with materials that may be not as easy to analyze as a blog post. And then once you publish content, it's important to work on the distribution.”---Episode Timestamps:*(0:30) - Eugene's role at Semrush*(5:00) - Segment: Trust Tree*(7:51) - Tailoring your marketing approach for small businesses*(8:50)  - Semrush's overall marketing strategy*(10:00) - Semrush's GTM Strategy *(10:38) - Segment: The Playbook *(12:56) - Best practices for writing articles and blog posts*(20:32) - Avoiding over-optimization *(21:56) - Uncuttable budget items *(26:29) - Investing in content creation for your website *(30:58) - Segment: The Dust-Up*(33:04) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Eugene on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Semrushwww.caspianstudios.com

Unser Gast in der heutigen Nachmittagsfolge ist Stefan Lülf, Country Manager DACH bei Lepaya. Der Learning & Development (L&D)-Anbieter von Power Skills-Trainings schließt eine der größten Investitionen in ein europäisches Education Tech-Unternehmen ab. Das in Amsterdam ansässige Startup wurde 2018 von René Janssen und Peter Kuperus gegründet und kombiniert online und offline Lernen. 2021 hat Lepaya durch sein Angebot von über 50 Soft und Hard Skill Trainings-Module den Umsatz verdreifachen können. Im Jahr 2020 hatte das Unternehmen zudem Smartenup akquiriert, ein Schulungsunternehmen, das Fachkräfte dabei unterstützt, schneller und intelligenter mit Daten zu arbeiten. Unternehmensangaben zufolge setzen bereits mehr als 150 Kunden auf die Services von Lepaya, darunter Microsoft, L'Oréal, Takeaway, Hellofresh, Mollie, Flink und KPMG. Die aktuelle Series B-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 40 Mio. US-Dollar (ca. 35,5 Mio. Euro) wurde von Target Global angeführt. Noor van Boven (ehemals N26), Anna Brandt (ehemals Mollie), Jordy Kool (Urban Gym) und Chris Zadeh (ehemals Ohpen) sowie die Bestandsinvestoren Mediahuis Ventures und Tablomonto beteiligten sich ebenfalls. Der L&D-Anbieter möchte durch das frische Kapital seine Mission weiter vorantreiben, multinationale Konzerne und schnell wachsende Unternehmen mit Kompetenzen auszustatten, um die Produktivität der Mitarbeitenden zu erhöhen. One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 20€ Amazon Gutschein.

After a long and well-deserved summer break we're back in full force with another season of Growth Leap and we have somebody very special to kick things off.Our guest today is Fabian Wesemann co-founder and CFO of wefox a Germany-based digital insurance company. wefox recently closed a $650 million Series C funding round led by Target Global and reaching a post-money valuation of $3 billion.Founded in Berlin in 2015, wefox decided to make an important strategic bet. The company has focused on tech enabling insurance advisors instead of seeking to cut the middleman. The results so far have been quite positive. The company posted 119 million in revenues last year and is on track to reach 325 million this year.We talk about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, wefox' journey to becoming a unicorn, and the importance of employee equity compensation.What you will learn:Why Fabian decided to quit a corporate job and become an entrepreneurKey challenges and skills to have to be a successful entrepreneurwefox' strategic positioning and channel strategyHow to build and grow your teamRemote working, the pandemic, and preserving your company culturewefox' plan for the next 12-18 monthsThe importance of employee ownershipEnjoy the show and happy listening!For detailed show notes and relevant links, visit www.stunandawe.com

In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Sven Dunker, Country Manager bei Plentific, als unseren ersten Gast. Das Londoner Proptech-Startup, das u.a. von einem ehemaligen WHUler gegründet wurde, hat in seiner Series-C-Finanzierungsrunde 85 Millionen Euro erhalten. Plentific vermittelt seit 2013 Handwerkerinnen und Handwerker an Immobilienunternehmen. Laut Unternehmensangaben sind bereits mehr als 100.000 Immobilien auf der Plattform vertreten. Dadurch sollen Immobilienunternehmen ihren Mieterinnen und Mietern einen besseren Service bieten. Außerdem wird unbezahlte Zeit eingespart, die sonst durch das Schreiben von Angeboten verloren gehen würde. Von Sven erhalten wir einen spannenden Einblick in das Unternehmen und er erzählt uns von einigen Fällen, bei denen Plentific helfen konnte. Die Londoner Proptech-Firma Plentific hat eine Series-C-Finanzierung in Höhe von umgerechnet 85 Millionen Euro (100 Millionen US-Dollar) erhalten. Angeführt wird die Runde von Highland Europe und Brookfield Technology Partner. Beteiligt haben sich außerdem der staatliche Fonds von Abu Dabhi, die Mubadala Investment Company, sowie die Bestandsinvestoren A/O Proptech und Target Global. Mit dem neuen Geld will Plentific weiter expandieren, vor allem in den USA. Unser zweiter Gast ist heute Florian Meyer-Delpho, Co-Founder und CSO von Installion. Der Kölner Marktplatz für Installateure hat gerade 3,2 Millionen Euro eingeworben, u.a. von Eneco Ventures und Sonnen-CEO Christoph Ostermann. Bei dem Kölner Startup handelt es sich um einen Marktplatz für Installateure. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der boomenden Energiebranche (Photovoltaik, Energiespeicher, etc). Das Startup soll konkret die Aufgabe übernehmen, passenden Arbeitskräfte für jedes Projekt schnellstmöglich zu finden. Eneco Ventures, der Venture Capital-Ableger des niederländischen Energieversorgers Eneco, investiert gemeinsam mit den Altinvestoren Christoph Ostermann, Kai Howaldt und Bernhard Beck eine Summe von 3,2 Millionen Euro in Installion. Florian erzählt uns, was er bei der Suche nach Investoren beobachtet und erlebt hat und welche Vorteile es mit sich bringt, wenn sich die Investoren mit dem Markt des Unternehmens gut auskennen.

In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir Tolga Önal, Co-Founder von elopage. Das Berliner Startup, nach eigenen Angaben Europas wachstumsstärkste SaaS-Plattform und Zahlungsprovider für Online-Entrepreneure sowie kleine und mittlere Unternehmen, hat gerade in einer ersten Finanzierungsrunde 38 Millionen US$ eingesammelt. Hauptinvestor ist Target Global, unter Beteiligung von Partech Ventures und Avid Ventures. Elopage unterstützt mehr als 40.000 digitale Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer sowie KMUs dabei, ihr Business aufzubauen und zu skalieren. Die SaaS-Plattformen wurde 2015 von Tolga Önal und Özkan Akkilic gegründet. Im Zuge der Finanzierungsrunde soll das Team bis zum Jahresende von 70 auf ca. 190 Mitarbeitenden wachsen. Tolga führt uns durch die teilweise holprige Entstehungsgeschichte von Elopage, die von zahlreichen Pivots geprägt war, das Geschäftsmodell, den Creator-Markt und die Expansionspläne nach Europa.

Konstantin Stiskin is a Co-Founder and Supervisory Board member at Finom, financial solutions for the management of small and medium-sized businesses. The company attracted 16.8 million euros of venture funding. Also, he is a Co-Founder and Advisory Board member at Dengi Vpered, the first in Russia salary on-demand company. In 2020, the company raised $ 1 million from the Target Global fund and signed a strategic partnership with Alfa Bank. Konstantin has more than 10 years of experience in venture capital - worked his way from analyst to fund partner. He has over 40 closed deals and 10 exits under his belt. Most of the deals are in the marketplace segment (Foodfox - bought by Yandex, Busfor - bought by BlaBlaCar), and Fintech (Raisin, Zopa - all companies have an estimate of over $ 1 billion). In 2014, he joined the management team of the Genotek startup having bought out the share of one of the founders, since that time the company has grown more than 100 times and attracted money from angels, Pharmstandard and Yandex. Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors. FIND KONSTANTIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Konstantin Stiskin is a Co-Founder and Supervisory Board member at Finom, financial solutions for the management of small and medium-sized businesses. The company attracted 16.8 million euros of venture funding. Also, he is a Co-Founder and Advisory Board member at Dengi Vpered, the first in Russia salary on-demand company. In 2020, the company raised $ 1 million from the Target Global fund and signed a strategic partnership with Alfa Bank.Konstantin has more than 10 years of experience in venture capital - worked his way from analyst to fund partner. He has over 40 closed deals and 10 exits under his belt. Most of the deals are in the marketplace segment (Foodfox - bought by Yandex, Busfor - bought by BlaBlaCar), and Fintech (Raisin, Zopa - all companies have an estimate of over $ 1 billion).In 2014, he joined the management team of the Genotek startup having bought out the share of one of the founders, since that time the company has grown more than 100 times and attracted money from angels, Pharmstandard and Yandex. Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors.FIND KONSTANTIN ON SOCIAL MEDIALinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram================================PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.uhnwidata.com/podcastApple podcast: https://apple.co/3kqOA7QSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2UOtE1AGoogle podcast: https://bit.ly/3jmA7ulSUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrichTwitter: https://www.instagram.com/denofrich/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denofrich/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich

Als letzten Gast in dieser Woche begrüßen wir Daniel Khachab, Co-Founder und CEO von Choco, der die einzigartige Mission und Strategie des Berliner Startups erläutert. Choco fokussiert sich auf den Bestellprozess für Restaurants, Bars, Bäckereien und Supermärkte und hat soeben eine neue Finanzierungsrunde 100 Millionen US$ abgeschlossen. Die Bewertung ist dabei 600 Millionen US$ gestiegen - nur zwei Jahre nach der Gründung. Die Finanzierungsrunde wurde angeführt von Insight Partners - unter Beteilgung von Coatue, Bessemer Venture Partners und Left Lane Capital. Außerdem beteiligt sind Target Global, der Visionaries Club, Greyhound Capital, MPGI, Atlantic Labs und Christian Edler. Choco wächst mit beeindruckender Geschwindigkeit. Der US$ Markteintritt erfolgte bereits nach 7 Monaten. Gegründet wurde das Unternehmen von Daniel Khachab und seinen Co-Gründern Julian Hammer und Rogerio da Silva Yokomizo. zu den Kunden zählen u.a. Hofbräuhaus, Royal Donuts, die Cafékette Haferkater, das Luxushotel Le Bristol in Paris, das The Daisy in New York und das Barrio Chicago.

Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service company, has closed a $300M Series E round led by Target Global. Rapyd intends to use the funds to undertake a number of strategic acquisitions to assist growth in important sectors. Rapyd is currently valued at $8.75B, according to reports.Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), a VC firm based in Silicon Valley that was hit by a ransomware attack in July, has sent a letter to the Maine attorney's office. The attackers had obtained personal information from the company's private investors, or limited partners (LPs), in the assault.Marvell Technology Inc., an infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider, and Innovium Inc., a provider of networking solutions for cloud and edge data centers, announced that they had entered a definitive agreement. As per the agreement, Marvell will acquire Innovium in an all-stock deal amounting to $1.1 billion. Moderne Ventures, an early-stage venture financing firm, has announced the closing of a $200M second fund, which was oversubscribed. Moderne Ventures invests in businesses with sales of $2M to $10M and makes initial payments of $4M to $7M.VMware announces new updates to its VDI and DaaS platform, VMWare Horizon, enabling IT departments to easily manage it from anywhere, across the cloud and on-premise deployments. The new features are aimed at increasing management efficiency and improving employee productivity amid a high adoption of cloud-deployed VMware Horizon desktops.Presto Company Ahana has raised $20M in a Series A funding round to redefine open data lake analytics amid high growth and adoption of Presto. It would use the proceeds from the funding to accelerate the expansion of its go-to-market and transform open data lake analytics.Workiva, a cloud-based platform for enterprises to manage business-critical data in real-time, has announced its acquisition of OneCloud, an integration platform-as-a-service provider (iPaaS), for an undisclosed sum to accelerate digital transformation in enterprises

LegalPay, a tech-based litigation platform, has raised an undisclosed sum of money with Ashwini Kakkar, the former CEO of Thomas Cook. With the extra capital, the company plans to expand its product and service offerings and has entered into a new kind of financing known as Interim Financing under the IBC, 2016.Mercuryo, a global fintech company, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round led by Target Global. The London-based company describes itself as a “crypto infrastructure company.” Its “digital asset payment gateway” aims to make blockchain useful for businesses. Mercuryo began onboarding clients in January 2019 and has had tremendous development since then, with ARR surpassing $50 million in April.IBM, at the Mobile World Congress 2021, has announced a new hybrid cloud AI-powered automation tools for communications service providers (CSPs) to help them deliver on the promise of 5G, which includes zero-touch operations, lower costs and faster delivery of innovative services to clients. CSPs can leverage AI-powered automation to swiftly set up and manage networks in various contexts with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, which is designed to scale new services in days rather than months.The migration from the offline world to the virtual business model has been immense. Many companies were faced with problems to which there were no simple solutions. According to a recent study from Accenture, 81 percent of supply chain leaders believe the pandemic has been their organization's toughest stress test, and they're dealing with technology change at a record pace and scale. Many supply chain operations are still restricted by old legacy technology, requiring a patchwork of digital and non-digital systems to function. Businesses should increase cloud spending to support digital supply chains and foster ecosystem partnerships.

Talent intelligence platform provider Eightfold AI, which helps enterprises recruit the right talent, has raised $200M in Series E round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. With this round, its total funding goes over $400M, and valuation shoots up over two times since it achieved a $1B valuation and unicorn tag during its Series D funding last October.Time is Ltd, a SaaS provider for improving workplace productivity and collaboration within teams, has raised $5.6M in a late seed funding round led by Mike Chalfen and others. Ulf Zetterberg will now join the startup as president and co-founder. SurveyMonkey is rebranding itself as Momentive, an agile experience management company. Momentive will allow decision-makers to respond with speed and agility by using SurveyMonkey's experience. IBM, KLM, LG Electronics, Nasdaq, and PUMA are among the company's 8,800 enterprise customers. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary, SurveyMonkeys Inc., will begin operating under the name Momentive Inc. in 2021.PostHog, an open-source product analytics provider, has raised $15 million in a Series B round from Y Combinator's Continuity Fund and GV, Google's venture capital division. The firm said that the funds would be used to meet increased demand for its product, with ambitions to quadruple its personnel by the end of this year and then again by 2022.Osome, a digital business assistant, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round. Target Global, AltaIR Capital, and Phystech Ventures were among the returning investors; new investors include S16VC and venture capitalist Peng T. Ong, who joined as an angel investor. Its Series A will be utilized to expand internationally and integrate products. Yousign, a provider of electronic signatures, has secured $36.6 million (€30 million) in a Series A fundraising round headed by Lead Edge Capital. Yousign intends to compete in Europe with DocuSign, Adobe Sign, SignNow, and HelloSign, all located in the United States. In 2020, the business grew from 35 to 120 employees.Balderton Capital, the European VC firm, has launched its dedicated growth fund of $680M to help tech companies emerging out of Europe. The launch comes amid its predictions of $50 billion growth potential in Europe over the next three years. It will invest in about 15 companies, both in primary and secondary investments, ranging between $25 to $50 million in each. Recorded Future, a threat intelligence organization, is launching a $20 million Intelligence Fund. Startups who have already obtained venture capital investment will be eligible for seed and Series A investment from the fund. Insight Partners, a private equity fund, bought Recorded Future in 2019 for $780 million.TestBox, the startup which helps enterprises solve software buying problems by aiding in decision-making through its product, has launched its product today, raising a $2.7M seed fund from SignalFire, Firstminute Capital.Seven Seven Six, a venture capital firm, has announced that it has raised $150 million for its first fund, said its founder Alexis Ohanian. Seven Seven Six has equity and inclusivity in its DNA. Women make up half of the firm's limited partners, while Black or indigenous people make up 15%. One distinguishing feature of Seven Seven Six is introducing a 2% “Growth and Caregiving Commitment.”Slintel, a buyer intelligence platform, has netted $20M in a Series A investment led by GGV Capital amid a rapidly increasing digital transaction in B2B businesses. Slintel's tools, with the help of data, helps businesses understand buyer intelligence. It aims to emerge as a leader in this market.Fuel Ventures has announced an early-stage VC fund to invest in 60 tech companies in the UK, having high-growth potential, in the next 12 months. Since its founding in the UK, Fuel Ventures has focused on technology companies, marketplaces, SaaS startups, and platforms, identifying investments in seed and growth stages.

The Big Ones Germany-based digital insurance provider Wefox completed a $650m series C round that included online lending platform developer Creditease and Salesforce Ventures. The round was led by Target Global and included Omers Ventures, Gsquared, Merian and its Jupiter subsidiary, Horizons Ventures, Eurazeo, Mubadala, Speedinvest, LGT, Alma Mundi Ventures, Victory Park Capital, GR Capital, … Continue reading "07 June 2021 – Wefox Completes $650m Series C" The post 07 June 2021 – Wefox Completes $650m Series C appeared first on Global Venturing Review.

Stai ascoltando un estratto gratuito di Ninja PRO, la selezione quotidiana di notizie per i professionisti del digital business. Con Ninja PRO puoi avere ogni giorno marketing insight, social media update, tech news, business events e una selezione di articoli di approfondimento dagli esperti della Redazione Ninja. Vai su www.ninja.it/ninjapro per abbonarti al servizio.PayPal vuole diventare WeChat. Il servizio di pagamento vorrebbe trasformarsi in una super-app in grado di raccogliere diverse funzioni dallo shopping alla finanza. Lo ha riferito Bloomberg. Round Serie C. La startup europea di insurtech Wefox ha raccolto un round di finanziamento da 650 milioni di dollari guidato da Target Global, raggiungendo una valutazione di 3 miliardi. Cybersecurity. L'Italia è il terzo Paese al mondo più colpito dai malware. I più rilevati ad aprile nel nostro paese a livello aziendale, sono stati i cosiddetti 'Downad' che possono infettare l'intera rete di una società sfruttando sistemi operativi obsoleti e non aggiornati. I dati emergono dall'ultimo report di Trend Micro Research.

A SaaS platform company in the Solar Power Industry, Prescinto, has raised $3.5M in seed funding. Prescinto is looking at revolutionizing the solar power industry by improving efficiency of solar plants using AI and Machine Learning driven platforms that will help Solar Plants identify their root issues for underperformance. The Funding round was led by Inflection Point Ventures along with Venture Catalysts, Mumbai Angels and Lets Venture. This infusion of finances will help realize Prescinto's goals of improving Solar Power plants globally.UK based Home Care SaaS company that uses Machine learning has raised £4.5 million pre-Series A funding. The funding round organized by West Hill Capital was 50% oversubscribed. The funds will be used to roll out Machine Learning enabled care solutions for those in independent living conditions to help in efficiency of care given.As one of the most happening occurrences currently in the world, NFT marketplaces are exploding in popularity as collectors wade into the trading of nonfungible tokens on the blockchain. OpenSea, a startup in the field that was launched in 2017, has announced that it has bagged its latest funding round of $23M led by Andreessen Horowitz along with participation from other angels and firms including Naval Ravikant, Mark Cuban, Alexis Ohanian, Dylan Field and Linda Xie.Slapdash, is seeking to increase performance in the workplace by aiming to carve out a new niche for itself among workplace software tools. Sources say that slapdash has raised $3.7 million in seed funding from investors that include S28 Capital, Quiet Capital, Quarry Ventures, UP2398 and Twenty Two Ventures. Angels participating in the round include co-founders at companies like Patreon, Docker and Zynga.Kuda Technologies, has just announced that it has received $25M in Series A funds.The round was led by Peter Theil's, Valar Ventures, along with Target Global and other unnamed investors. Valar, a company that has invested in a number of fintech startups, is funding an African Startup for the first time. Kuda had raised a seed round of $10M led by Target Global just four months ago and is estimated to be the largest ever seed round raised by a startup out of Africa. Kuda's CEO, Ogundeyi said in an interview that they plan to use the new funds to continue expanding its credit offerings, and add more integrations as well as move into other markets.Fortify raises $20 M in Series B funding towards its composite manufacturing 3D Printing. Other companies in the field including Markforged, Desktop Metal and new-comer Mantel have all made big announcements recently. Now Fortify is making the round with a significant raise of a $20 million dollar Series B equity round. This round was led by Cota Capital with participation from Accel Partners, Neotribe Ventures and Prelude Ventures.Founded in 2018, Fort Robotics today announced a $13 million raise. Led by Prime Movers Lab, the round also features Prologis Ventures, Quiet Capital, Lemnos Labs, Creative Ventures, Ahoy Capital, Compound, FundersClub and Mark Cuban.

Après avoir été à la tête de Lazada, la plateforme d'e-commerce d’Asie du Sud-Est appartenant au géant Alibaba qu’il a co-fondé, Pierre Poignant a quitté la direction de l’entreprise pour créer Branded. Ce que propose Branded est de racheter des entreprises qui ne vendent leurs produits que sur des marketplaces, comme Amazon, pour ensuite s'occuper de décupler leurs puissance de frappe. Pour soutenir son développement, la startup a également levé 150 millions de dollars dans un tour mené par Target Global début février. Pourquoi le Français fait-il ce nouveau pari? A quoi ressemble le secteur? Nous avons échangé avec Pierre Poignant pour en savoir plus.

Legaltech… im Gegensatz zu Banking oder Versicherungen ein Markt, der trotz seiner immensen Größe noch keine globalen Marken kennt. Genau das möchte Gründer und CEO Daniel Halmer mit seinem Unternehmen Conny lösen. Gestartet rund um die Fragen des Verbraucherschutzes entwickelt man sich - nicht zuletzt Dank des Backings renommierter Investoren wie Target Global oder Earlybird - immer mehr in Richtung vollautomatisierter Rechtsbeistand in allen Belangen des Mietrechts - und darüber hinaus. Wo liegen die Grenzen von künstlicher Intelligenz bzw. wie kann diese helfen, das Rechtssystem zu revolutionieren?

My guest today is Avi Meir, co-founder and CEO of TravelPerk, a Barcelona-based business travel platform that revolutionizes the way that organizations budget, book, and manage business travels.Avi's story is fascinating: after doing an MBA in Barcelona he started Hotel Ninja – a hotel management software company – that he then sold to Booking.com.In 2015, less than a year after his first exit, Avi co-founded TravelPerk and has been on an absolute roll since then. TravelPerk has raised over $130 million in six funding rounds from investors like Spark, Felix Capital, Heartcore and Target Global and is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Europe.Avi is an extremely insightful and entertaining guest, so this episode is full of fun tidbits, random rabbit holes and tactical advice for founders. We cover absolutely everything:  Why Avi started TravelPerk only 10 months after selling his first company, His thoughts on ‘work-life balance' and ambition, How TravelPerk dealt with COVID-19, Doing their first acquisition in the middle of a pandemic, The importance of family, The value of reading and journaling, ...and much, much more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Mit Tinkoff und Modulbank kommen zwei innovative Fintechs aus Russland, die beide schon länger Gewinne erwirtschaften. Ihren Erfolg wollen sie nun in Westeuropa wiederholen, mit Finom und Vivid Money haben sich in den vergangenen Monaten zwei neue Neobanken in Stellung gebracht, deren Gründer von den beiden Vorbildern kommen. Olga Shikhantsova analysiert als Investment-Managerin beim Berliner Wagniskapitalgeber Target Global den europäischen Fintech-Markt, sie kennt aber auch die russischen Teams gut, in Finom hat Target Global kürzlich investiert. Im Podcast haben wir auch darüber gesprochen, welches Potential Privakunden-Fintechs wie N26 und Revolut im Business-Banking haben und was europäische Startups von Russland lernen können.

Hace unos meses Target Global, un fondo de Venture Capital pan-Europeo con más de 10 años de historia, decidió abrir una oficina en Barcelona. Este hecho no sería destacable si lo hiciese una startup o empresa tecnológico, puesto que en los últimos años han sido varias las que han aterrizado en la capital catalana.Sin embargo, la apertura de una oficina por parte de un fondo de Venture Capital europeo es algo que no ha ocurrido demasiadas veces en la historia del sector tech español. Por este motivo nos pareció interesante hablar con Lina Chong, que dirije la oficina de Barcelona, sobre por qué tomaron esa decisión, su opinión sobre el ecosistema español y otros temas que esperemos que os resulten interesantes. Hasta la fecha, Target Global ha invertido en varias startups españolas: TravelPerk, mediQuo, Badi y Cobee.

Target Global is backing a €1 million support fund for tech talent in Spain laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to provide pre-seed financing to help crisis-hit tech workers switch gears and build out a startup concept over the next four to six months, covering living expenses […]

Eugene was one of the first investors to spot SEMrush. After joining the company as a Chief Strategy Officer he helped to more than quadruple company revenue and raised over $40m from Tier 1 investors. Before SEMrush, Eugene was a partner at Target Global, pan-european venture fund that invests in consumer Internet space. There Eugene was in charge of late stage pipeline and worked on number of notable transactions including Lyft and Delivery Hero. Eugene started his VC career as Senior Associate and then Partner at Foresight Ventures. Foresight Ventures was focused on early stage US technology companies and was ranked top 10 Russian VC Firm by Forbes In 2013.

Eugene is one of SEMRUSH’s first investors, joining the company as a chief strategist officer and has since raised over $40 million in terms of investments. He was a partner in target Global and has invested in a variety of software such as Lyft etc. Eugene has been with SEMRUSH for 4 years. He has used the product since 2011. He initially started his journey into the tech industry on the investment side. With his friend founding a VC firm and needing some support, Eugene stepped in. Despite possessing little experience in the finance he utilised his analytics and technological background to figure out the inner workings of things.

Esta semana en el podcast de Itnig Bernat Farrero y Jordi Romero hablan con Javier Suárez, fundador y CPO de Travelperk. Javier empezó su carrera en Booking cómo un vendedor inquieto que rápidamente saltó a producto e “innovación”. Allí descubrió la enorme demanda que existía en el mercado de business travel que los grandes buscadores y agregadores no atendían. Eso le llevó a “escribir el business plan de Travelperk” para el futuro, cuando encontrara co-founders. Finalmente los encontró, y su nuevo socio Avi Meir le obligó a trasladarse a Barcelona para empezar el viaje. Su propuesta inicial era un algoritmo que calculaba el coste completo del viaje, pero al venderlo se dieron cuenta que los clientes buscaban una solución completa que permitiera comprar todo el viaje, y por ello se pusieron a trabajar, y a levantar rondas de financiación (de Seed a Series C) hasta ser de las empresa europeas que han levantado más dinero en menos tiempo, 71M€ en 3 años. Entre sus socios, está el fondo de Yuri Milner, Spark Capital o Target Global. El producto a construír es infinito, pero van muy rápido. Javier: “Estamos construyendo un avión a mitad de vuelo”. Para hacerlo, desde el primer día han tirado de operaciones “manuales” mientras el producto no ha estado disponible. Video: https://youtu.be/qwVgZ4105vw

On today’s podcast episode, Laura speaks to Eugene Levin, the chief strategy officer of SEMRush, about how Online visibility can save companies in a competitive market. He shares how hard to come up with an example of a business that can have no online presence which is the major challenge to make products / services stand out among the many. Eugene will also talk about how important it is to reinvent advertising to refocus company’s customers’ attention, and share the new tactics and data between departments to avoid silos. Eugene was one of the first investors to spot SEMrush. After joining the company as a Chief Strategy Officer he helped to quadruple company revenue and raised over $40m from Tier 1 investors. Before SEMrush, Eugene was a partner at Target Global, pan-european venture fund that invests in consumer Internet space. There Eugene was in charge of US pipeline and invested in number of notable companies including Blue Apron, Lyft and Juno. He started his VC career as Senior Associate and then Partner at Foresight Ventures. Foresight Ventures was focused on early stage US technology companies and was ranked top 10 Russian VC Firm by Forbes In 2013. More about SEMrush here, https://www.semrush.com/

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Avi Meir, CEO of TravelPerk (www.travelperk.com) a Barcelona-based startup that is re-inventing business travel. TravelPerk recently raised a $44 million Series C led by Sweden’s Kinnevik, Russian billionaire and DST Global founder Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford. Prior investors include Target Global, Felix Capital, Spark Capital, Sunstone, LocalGlobe and Amplo. In this episode, Avi talks about building to be global from day one, questions to ask investors to ensure the vision and exit expectations are aligned, how the Company is using it's location in Spain as a recruiting advantage, and much more.

As Chief Strategy Officer Eugene helped SEMrush to more than triple it’s revenue in less than 2 years and raised over $40m from Tier 1 VC firms. Before joining SEMrush Eugene was a partner at Target Global, pan-european growth stage venture fund that invests in consumer Internet space. There Eugene was in charge of US pipeline and invested in number of notable companies including Blue Apron(IPO), Lyft and Juno(acquired by Gett) Eugene started his VC career as Senior Associate and then Partner at Foresight Ventures. Foresight Ventures was focused on early stage US technology companies. Fund generated number of profitable exits over three years and was ranked top 10 Russian VC firm by Forbes in 2013.

Im neuen ds-Podcast kommentieren OMR-Podcast-Legende Sven Schmidt und ds-Chefredakteur Alexander Hüsing wieder die wichtigsten Startup- und Digital-News aus Deutschland. Wir sprechen über den Einstieg von Target Global bei Klarx (Exklusiv im Podcast), die Millionenrunde beim FinTech Candis, den Sergej Bubka-Effekt bei zalando, die Zukunft von Rocket Internet und das Geschäftsmodell von Weekend.com.

Company's description: Blackmoon is a blockchain FinTech company, that offers a one-stop solution for asset managers to create and manage tokenized funds. The Blackmoon Platform focuses on all aspects of tokenized investment vehicles, from technology and infrastructure to legal compliance and corporate structuring. The company’s vision is to create a new standard for the asset management industry that will bridge the gap between the traditional and crypto financial universes. On September 13th, 2017 Blackmoon successfully closed their token sale by reaching their hard cap of $30M USD. The token sale lasted less than 20 hours. Over 9000 accounts were opened and attracted participants from over 135 countries. About The Guest: Oleg Seydak is the Founder and CEO of Blackmoon. Blackmoon is platform which serves as one-stop solution for asset managers to create and manage tokenized funds. The platform provides a legally compliant framework for tokenized fund development and everyday operation. Oleg Seydak graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2009. He holds an MS degree in intellectual control systems, MS in Finance and an advanced degree in Management from Higher School of Economics. In 2012-2013 Oleg was a Managing Director at one of the Russian largest and oldest PE fund in IT sphere – FINAM Global. In 2013 he and the CEO of FINAM Global co-founded a new VC fund – Flint Capital. In 2014 Oleg in partnership with Ilya Perekopsky founded a fintech platform for continuous securitization of loan portfolios – Blackmoon. A half of the Flint Capital’s team joined Oleg in this new venture and Flint Capital became a seed investor. In 2016 Blackmoon raised an equity investment from a set of reputable investors including A&NN Group (the owner of Rambler.ru), international fintech VC fund Target Global and a set of private individuals. Link: https://blackmooncrypto.com

Alexander „Alex“ Frolov is a truly pan-European entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Originally from Russia, he has spent the last five years building up the international VC firm Target Global, which is a comprehensive family of funds and offers investments and support to companies of all stages (from seed to growth). With offices in Berlin, Tel Aviv and Moscow, the company covers the European startup market in great depth - but also bridges the local and US startup scene by having an additional office in San Francisco. Target Global focuses primarily on fast-growing digital-enabled B2C and B2B companies in marketplaces, FinTech, software and mobile segments. The VC firm aims to identify and support great teams that execute on phenomenal opportunities to create true success stories. Since 2012, Target Global has invested into more than 40 startups and currently has more than $500 million in assets under management. Well-known companies like Delivery Hero, Blue Apron, Book A TIGER and Auto1 belong to Target Global’s portfolio. As a General Partner, Alex works on all aspects of the VC business and tries to create sustainable returns on investment and support startup success cases alike. Prior to joining Target Global, he worked at the VC firm DFJ Esprit in London and led several private and corporate tech startups himself. Alex started his career as an analyst at Troika Dialog Asset Management, where he covered the telecom and IT sectors. In this episode, we are talking to Alex about what makes Target Global unique as a VC, the questions that he asks startups when they seek funding, how entrepreneurs can impress him during an investment pitch, what current industry trends he sees in the European startup scene and what people might not know about the tech scene in Russia. Here is the full list of topics that we cover with international venture capital investor Alexander Frolov: [01:25 – 02:19] Introduction of Alex and his professional background [02:20 – 04:14] On the founding story behind Target Global [04:15 – 05:04] The one thing that people don’t know about Alex [05:05 – 06:49] What Alex fundamentally disagrees on with other people [06:50 – 08:52] On Target Global’s ‚unfair advantage‘ as a VC [08:53 - 10:08] On the definition of the term „hustler“ [10:09 - 12:07] How Target Global assesses if a founder has what it takes to be successful [12:08 - 12:52] On Delivery Hero being Target’s most successful exit to date [12:53 - 15:14] The ‚secret sauce‘ for Delivery Hero’s success [15:15 - 18:01] How the founders of their portfolio companies convinced the Target team to invest [18:02 - 22:38] On the investment into Hello Fresh’s US rival Blue Apron [22:39 - 23:38] Alex’ view on Amazon being a threat to e-commerce startups [23:39 - 27:33] Target’s screening process for identifying opportunities and making investments [27:34 - 29:14] How long it takes on average from an introduction to transferring the money for an investment [29:15 - 30:46] On the KPIs that Target Global uses to measure its own performance [30:47 - 31:12] One question that founders teams should be prepared for to answer during a pitch [31:13 - 34:23] Target’s operational involvement in their portfolio companies [34:24 - 36:54] How entrepreneurs can ‚wow‘ Alex during an investment pitch [36:55 - 38:39] Alex’ worst investment decision as a VC [38:40 - 39:44] The best advice that was given to Alex as a VC [39:45 - 41:54] The promising industries that Alex himself would found a startup in [41:55 - 44:30] What people don’t know about the Russian startup scene

The Tech.eu podcast is a weekly show where Neil S W Murray and Roxanne Varza discuss the most interesting stories from the European technology scene. On this episode they discuss: - Berlin-based startup Babbel hits 1 million paying users - 3 new funds European startups should know about : Target Global, Titanium VC and Lifeline Ventures 2 European mobile payments companies that recently raised money – Mondo & Payleven Neil catches up with Student.com’s Shak Khan Is Standardizing term sheets a good idea? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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