Lisa Palchynska
Editor-in-Chief, Vestbee
Vestbee spoke with Balázs Haszonics, CEO at Lead Ventures, and Henrik Néninger, the firm's Associate, to discuss the performance of the first fund, emerging growth funding trends, and plans for its €100 million fund.
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.
London-based AI platform for architects Gendo has raised £4.3 million in a seed funding round co-led by PT1 and LEA Partners.
UK-based Naturbeads has secured £7.8 million in a Series A funding round to support the development of its first production plant in Puglia, which is expected to be completed by 2025.
Paris-based e-commerce platform JUST has raised €8 million in a seed round, led by BACKED VC, with participation from Daphni, Otium, and FJ Labs.