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.
Antwerp-based AI data platform Wobby has secured €1.1 million in seed funding from Shaping Impact Group, V-Ventures, and imec.istart.
Dutch automation machinery manufacturing startup ANTENNEX has secured €1.5 million in equity investment to support its commercial expansion.
Berlin-based startup Vara has raised $8.9 million in funding to expand its AI-powered breast cancer screening platform in emerging markets.