Lisa Palchynska
Editor-in-Chief, Vestbee
Wiktor Namysl, Jerzy Rozlucki, Radovan Nesrsta, and Lukas Macko shared insights on how Orbit Capital is helping regional scaleups achieve their growth ambitions, how debt financing works, and what risks and benefits it entails.
Chris Wade, co-founder and Partner at Isomer Capital, shared with Marcin Łączyński, Chief of Investments at Vestbee and GP at Next Road Ventures, insights into managing a VC fund from the LP perspective.
In March, IVP launched a $1.6 billion fund. We spoke with James Black, IVP's Partner, about the fund's focus on later-stage companies, the key attributes shared by successful founders, and advice on how entrepreneurs should structure their pitches to capture IVP's interest.
Spanish AI-based travel operations startup Acai Travel has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Nauta.
Oslo's Glint Solar has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Smedvig Ventures with participation from Momentum, Futurum Ventures, and Antler.
The Hague-based VC 4impact Capital has closed a €68 million Fund II to support around 25 startups in Northwestern Europe.