Not all revenue is equal. Figuring out how strong yours is remains key for the future of your business, especially in a post-covid world and the likely crisis.Typical result for the “cigarette analysis”.When facing troubles, most entrepreneurs (me…

With a massive slowdown of our inbound deal flow due to Covid-19, we decided to pause proactive investments for two months (apart from committed term sheets & hand shakes) and ask ourselves how we could be more useful to our founders?55% of total…

With the Covid-19 crisis hitting all data points at full speed, valuations as of Dec 31st, 2019 became obsolete. We needed a new tool to assess the health of our portfolio for internal prioritization as well as LP reporting. In this article, we…

I must hear it every day. Should you raise your seed round with a few Business Angels (BAs) or should you raise with a Venture Capital Seed fund?I am obviously biased since I work for a VC fund, but I once raised money from Business Angels as an…

Do, do, do, but how about a dose of don’t, don’t, don’t?Don’t partner with associates without a shareholders’ agreement!You might be best friends now, but don’t tomorrow decide on something you could put in writing today.Don’t give equity to someone…

If you prefer to download directly the check sheet, download is here.Newfund recently announced its 3rd series A refinancing in a row over the last three months. First came FairMoney with Flourish Ventures & DST partners. Then Fairmarkit with…

[If you came for the maps of the French ecosystem, just scroll below — last updated Nov. 14th, 2019⚙️ NEW: Excel download here]In order to help entrepreneurs target the right funds and avoid wasting time reaching out to the wrong funds, we have…

Our investment in Zinier, AI-Driven Automation for Modern EnterpriseIn 1950, pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing proposed a test to see if computers could pass for humans. Adapted from a Victorian-era contest called the imitation game, the…

You just got that job at the startup you’ve always dreamt of and you’re wondering if you should ask for equity as part of compensation? Drawing from my time as an entrepreneur, my discussions with the 70+ hires then, and most recently as VC @…

Why cohorts are your single most important assets when fundraising, and how you should showcase them to venture capital funds!© Martin Adams (@martinadams)There I said it! You could have the best pitch deck in the world, but your cohorts’ slide…