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investor @northzoneVC | prev. physics @imperialcollege 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇮🇳 Thinking about how we live and work. Occasionally writing at https://t.co/bR6oZumM7q
London, England
Joined July 2016
[New post] “Choosing a VC: The stuff people don't talk about” 🤫 - - - I’ve discussed fundraising with 100s of founders and there’s a bunch of topics that often come up in 1-to-1s but still seem opaque. https://t.co/sC64WFSDSZ What’s covered :👇
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1/ Raise your ambition: “It’s easier to rally people, hires or investors, around bold ideas. Building a supersonic jet becomes easier than accounting software. So raise your ambition” 2/ Build for users you understand: for PostHog, that's critical but committed developers
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Being taught by Michele was one of the highlights of my time at Imperial. Amazing appointment and let’s be honest, ‘Astronomer Royal’ is an insanely cool job title.
👑 Congratulations to @ImperialPhysics's Professor Michele Dougherty, the next Astronomer Royal and first woman to hold the title! First created in 1675 to aid sea navigation, the honorary role is appointed by the King to provide advice and expertise 🔽 https://t.co/WzTmeIQOrv
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🎯 @imperialcollege is really one of the jewels of UK science and tech - and produces some amazing founders
I'm so impressed with @imperialcollege Ranked Number 2 in the world, overtaking Oxford and Cambridge. Their top graduates are coming out with useful degrees like Computer Science, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering. And it's really notable how practical and commercial
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intuitively unsurprising for anyone living in the UK but wild to see the gap framed by these stats
NEW: we often talk about an age divide in politics, with young people much less conservative than the old. But this is much more a British phenomenon than a global one. 40% of young Americans voted Trump in 2020. But only 10% of UK under-30s support the Conservatives. Why?
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The UK’s Conservative party is on the brink of a generational wipeout. The single most important factor driving this is the dramatic breakdown of upward social mobility https://t.co/AgPvniElIw
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Enjoyed speaking with @alex about all things tech and venture in 2023, the year of adjustment, going back to fundamentals and what that might mean for us in 2024
VCs are entering 2024 with “healthy paranoia" @alex chatted with @northzoneVC's @deeeepka to talk through why 2023 was the year of adjustment, and 2024 could be the new venture-startup normal 🎙⬇️ https://t.co/2WgIsNopnc
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There is a popular trope that venture investing is all about being contrarian. Every VC *wants* to be contrarian, but few truly are. There are longstanding structural & rational reasons why it's so hard to be. VC is an industry with immensely long feedback cycles (7+ years). But
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Congrats team @kota_benefits on the milestone and all the progress you've made 💥 absolute pleasure working with you all - excited to continue the journey!
Thrilled to announce that @kota_benefits raised a €5M Seed led by @eqtventures , along with our existing investors @northzoneVC, @Frontlinevc, and more to further our mission to make insurance and retirement benefits more accessible to modern teams 🚀 https://t.co/kXYBXbLQ38
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Thrilled to see the curtain lift on @FinnMurphy12 's new fund and investment thesis 🌟 Founders, great guy to have in your corner come rain or shine. Bonus fact: he's one of few people that was able to keep up with my family on the dance floor at my big fat indian wedding 🕺
Very special day announcing what I've been up to for the past 12 months (founding an early stage venture fund called Nebular) on my friends podcast tl:dr - solo-GP - writing a small number of lead and co-lead cheques at pre-seed and seed in software co's - based in nyc woo
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Thrilled to see @Gloria_Bae shine ✨ she's easily one of the smartest and most genuine people I've met in venture. Anyone would be lucky to have her in their corner.
One of Germany's best-known founder-turned-VCs is raising her first solo fund — and breaking the mould in more ways than just that.
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There are three really bad takes going around about SVB. I think it's important to take them on before they get out hand.
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Microsoft and Google will battle it out with AI search while the next generation looks up how to do their taxes on TikTok.
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Excited to add someone special to our team in London! If you’re a fast learner, analytical and deeply curious about tech and early-stage investing please check out the details here👇🏽
👀 We’re hiring! As part of Northzone’s continuous growth, we are excited to expand our investment team in London with a new Associate. Your profile doesn’t look like the norm? Be our guest. Learn more about the role and how to apply here 👉 https://t.co/HtBW5ZRZ0H
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thanks to my liberal use of Superhuman reminders it’s mainly me circling back with myself 🤦🏽♀️
Big day for people who circle back
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It seems that implementing policies that punish young people who don’t vote for you isn’t a sensible long-term strategy. Because, you know, time is a thing and those young people don’t forget.
NEW: conservatives have a Millennials problem. In both UK & US, it’s not just that Millennials aren’t voting conservative because they’re young. Every previous generation grew more conservative with age, but Millennials are not playing ball. My column: https://t.co/MyIKv5sZ4o
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Brilliant few days in Dublin for @SaaStock this week. Lived up to our Northzone ideal of “don’t be bland” and took a bunch of founders and investors for a sunrise paddle down the Liffey 🏄🏽♀️ Looking fwd to next year’s adventure! H/t @FinnMurphy12
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Finally, thank you to @julianvfischer for making the initial connection many moons ago - thrilled to finally be coinvestors alongside @42Cap1 @atomico and @LightrockGlobal 🙌🏽
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Excited to back them in setting a new standard in manufacturing ERP and become a cornerstone to helping thousands of businesses thrive 🌍
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👉🏽 Back brilliant teams that are swinging for the fences 🏏Building a new ERP system is not a trivial task.They’re re-designing what a modern operating system for manufacturers should look like 💪🏽
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