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From Term Sheet to Closing: A Founder’s Guide to Ace Your Financing Round

Lukas Slameczka

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Why Your Startup Needs a Community Manager (and How to Use Them)

Moblessing Mudzamiri

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We Need to Go Deeper: Crypto at Speedinvest

Dominik Tobschall

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Predictive Decision Making in the Retail and Consumer Goods Industry: Our Investment in Autone

Audrey Handem

Latest Articles

Tackling the Biggest Source of Stress: You

Speedinvest Promotes Five Principals to Partner

From Term Sheet to Closing: A Founder’s Guide to Ace Your Financing Round

Lukas Slameczka

Why Your Startup Needs a Community Manager (and How to Use Them)

Moblessing Mudzamiri

We Need to Go Deeper: Crypto at Speedinvest

Dominik Tobschall

Fintech: The Foundation of Emerging Markets

Vanessa Waibel, Enrique Martinez Hausmann, Alvaro Perezcano

Predictive Decision Making in the Retail and Consumer Goods Industry: Our Investment in Autone

Marketplaces & Consumer

Want to Be Recession-Proof? It Starts With Self-Awareness

Jon Butterfield and Mitchell Bradley

Tools of the Trade: The New HR SaaS Stack

Frederik Hagenauer

Simplifying Corporate Spend in MENAP: Our Investment in Pemo

Alvaro Perezcano

3D Content Creation at Scale: Our Investment in Colorful.app

Developer Tools: The Rise of the Developer Class

Financial Inclusion for Pakistani Employees: Our Investment in Abhi

Alvaro Perezcano

Your Pitch Deck is Your Tinder Profile

Jon Butterfield

Industrial Tech

The Race to Net Zero in Europe: Shining Light on Solar Tech

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner, Pal Habsburg-Lothringen, Iris Hendriks, Sabina Wizander

Making Payroll Data Accessible For a Fairer Financial System: Our Investment in Rollee

Olga Shikhantsova, Alexis Majos

Does the Term “Femtech” Help or Hinder?

Marketplaces & Consumer

The New Creator Economy: A Guide on Web3 Go-To-Market Tactics and Strategies

Marketplaces & Consumer

The New Creator Economy: A Guide to Web3 Creator Platforms

Not Just Another Spend Management Tool: Our Investment in Yokoy

Building a Modern Financial System for One of the World’s Fastest-Growing Economies: Our Investment in Khazna

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Digital Health in Europe: How the UK is Leading the Digital Transformation of Healthcare

Daria Gherghelas

7 Ways Investors & Founders Can Work Together to Steer a Company to Success

Michael Schuster

Infrastructure: The Building Blocks of Modern Software Products

Dominik Tobschall

Marketplaces & Consumer

Why Marketplaces Are Vital for Combating the Climate Crisis

Mathias Ockenfels

What’s the Deal With Our Climate Tech Deal Flow?

Fairplay: Bringing Revenue-Based Financing to Latin America

Alvaro Perezcano

Why a ‘Brown Girl’ From Calcutta Decided to Join Some ‘White Blokes’ From Austria on Their Venture Journey!

Digital Health in Europe: A Record-Breaking 2021 for Founders & Investors in DACH

Marketplaces & Consumer

Micro-SMEs are the Core of Every Emerging Market: Our Investment in Ozé

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

SaaS on the Rise: In APIs We Trust

Markus Lang, Carlota Armero

How to Create Your Own Investment Strategy

Michael Schuster

Digital Health Exits in Europe: End of 2021 Update

Daria Gherghelas

One Way to Build and Lead Your Startup Team to Higher Profits

Taylor Anderson

$8.7m in Funding for the First-Ever European Emerge Cohort of Startups

Digital Health in Europe: Southern Europe is Picking up the Pace

Daria Gherghelas, Felix Fein

Investing in our Future: €80m to Support European Climate Tech Startups

The SaaS-ification of Everything

Frederik Hagenauer

Marketplaces & Consumer

Logistics: An Interview with Laura Behrens Wu, Founder & CEO at Shippo

Digital Health in Europe: Cautiously Bullish in BeNeLux

Daria Gherghelas

Industrial Tech

Industrial Tech 2021 Report: Industry is Crucial for Solving the Climate Crisis

Leo Schmid, Lisa Mangertseder

Andrea Zitna Joins Speedinvest Health Team: Why Switch Sides?

The Speedinvest SaaS & Infra Team: Investment Thesis

SaaS & Infra Team

Marketplaces & Consumer

The Creator Economy: An Interview with Rally.io CEO Bremner Morris

Industrial Tech

Industrial Digital Transformation: CEO Best Practices for Making the Leap

Pal Habsburg-Lothringen, Lisa Mangertseder

The Identity Platform for Web 3.0: Our Investment in IndyKite

Harnessing the Power of Open Banking: Our Investment in kevin.

The Access Layer for the Decentralized Economy: Our Investment in Unstoppable Finance

Dominik Tobschall, Olga Shikhantsova

Speedinvest and SoftBank Announce Emerge Cohort

Marketplaces & Consumer

Fintech-Enabled Marketplaces: An Interview with Pete Flint of NFX

EQ Beats IQ: Our Investment in ahead

Severin Zugmayer

Building the Decentralized Food System of the Future: Our Investment in Hier

Frederik Hagenauer

Marketplaces & Consumer

Bringing Authenticity and Intimacy Back to Photo-Sharing: Our Investment in Lapse

Just Ship It: Our Investment in Qovery

Dominik Tobschall, Yang Tran

Marketplaces & Consumer

Report: The New Frontier of Fintech-Enabled Marketplaces

Toyosi Ogedengbe, Mathias Ockenfels

A Digital Companion in Life… and Thereafter: Our Investment in Afilio

Managing Employees not Working at a Desk: Our Investment in Sona

Africa’s First Mobility Fintech: Our Investment in Moove

Alvaro Perezcano, Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Marketplaces & Consumer

Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Series A

Philip Specht, Alexandra Woodman

Industrial Tech

Industrial Tech Talks: Climate Tech

Adwoa Twumwaa Ansah

Realizing the Potential of Embedded Finance: Our Investment in Toqio

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Marketplaces & Consumer

Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Seed

Philip Specht, Alexandra Woodman

Talent is Everywhere. Let’s Open our Doors to it.

Digital Health in Europe: The Untapped Potential of CEE

Daria Gherghelas, Felix Faltin

Market Spotlight: The Future of Femtech in the US and EU

Shiraz Mahfoudhi

Germany and France: A Tale of Two Startup Ecosystems

Maximilian Wilhelm

SoftBank and Speedinvest Launch Emerge Accelerator for Underrepresented Founders

Industrial Tech

Turning WastED Opportunities Into Waste Opportunities

Pal Habsburg-Lothringen

Marketplaces & Consumer

Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Pre-Seed

Philip Specht, Alexandra Woodman

Let's Talk About Stress

Max Wolke, Valerie Wiederkehr-Prundianu

The Best-in-Class Platform for Modern Investors: Our Investment in Finary

Olga Shikhantsova

Making Carbon Offsets Verifiable: Our Investment in Sylvera

Frederik Hagenauer

Marketplaces & Consumer

Report: Online Marketplaces Outpace the Entire Tech Market

Mathias Ockenfels, Toyosi Ogedengbe

Owning the Debt Collection Lifecycle : Our Investment in re:ceeve

Tom F. Lesche, Gunita Bhasin

Break Into the US Market: Our US Expansion Guide for Founders

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert, Nadhila Wardhana

Speedinvest & Creandum Report: The Growth and Future of Climate Tech Startups in Europe

Joining the Fight to Tackle Climate Change

Taking Your First Steps as a Venture Capitalist

Digital Health Exits in Europe: Q1 2021 Update

Investing in Women in Fintech

Taylor Anderson

3 Reasons You’re not Getting the Quality Candidates you Want

Valerie Wiederkehr-Prundianu

Digital Health in Europe: Reforms are Accelerating the DACH Market

Industrial Tech

Europe's Leadership in Climate Tech

Femtech in France

Shiraz Mahfoudhi, Marine Wetzel

Building Your First Growth Model

Jon Butterfield

Taking Back Control of Your Phone: Our Investment in Opal

Incubators and Accelerators are Driving Digital Health in France

From Pen & Paper to Your Fingertips: Our Investment in Bukukas

Enrique Martinez Hausmann

The Next Generation of Cloud Computing: Our Investment in Wasmer

Dominik Tobschall

Hello? Is It Me You’re Looking For?

Nicole Pereira-Gurnell

3 Questions to Answer Before Entering the US Market

Daniela Caserotto-Leibert

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Embedded Finance

Why Every Startup Founder Should Have a Coach

The DACH Report: An Analysis of Tech and Venture Capital in the German-Speaking World

How to Maintain (not just attain) Product-Market Fit

Jon Butterfield

Introducing Platform+

Understanding the New Early-Stage Funding Cycle in Europe

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Pricing Strategies for Deep Tech Startups

Digital Health in Europe: The Landscape in France

Shiraz Mahfoudhi

Investing in Kianava: Europe’s First Full-Stack Chronic Care Provider