Ricardo Sequerra Amram
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Partner @pointninecap | @projecteurope_
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Joined April 2009
Is Balderton’s GBP1.5M check into Revolut’s seed the best investment of all time in euro venture?
Balderton Capital got a ~2,050× multiple on its £1.5M seed investment in Revolut. Today that stake is worth around $6.15B 🤯 The numbers (roughly from Crunchbase & Bloomberg data): Balderton first invested £1.5M in Revolut’s 2015 seed round at an £8M valuation, which gave the
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the majority of criticism of the post below has been around a) incorporation and b) capital markets my worldview is that internet companies are stateless... or better their state is the internet. they are built on internet primitives and ultimately live on the internet.
The biggest hoax in euro tech right now is that you need to move to the US to make it. Yes the bay area is great and defo a place to learn and over time build a team there as you scale. No doubt the 50y of tech expertise and talent density need to be leveraged. No place like it
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Lovable just got called out for not paying VAT in Europe yet. Many came to our defense saying the EU isn't built for hypergrowth startups. I appreciate it, but that's not my takeaway. We can build a generational company from Europe, and I want to prove it. I'm not asking Europe
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The biggest hoax in euro tech right now is that you need to move to the US to make it. Yes the bay area is great and defo a place to learn and over time build a team there as you scale. No doubt the 50y of tech expertise and talent density need to be leveraged. No place like it
The fastest growing company of all time is being built in Europe. Don't fall for the propaganda that you can't build amazing companies here. @vriparbelli is doing it with @synthesiaIO
@nicolasosharp is doing it with @attio
@alanchanguk is doing it with @fuseenergy
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Our opportunity
Talent and hiring is such an interesting and opportunity-rich problem in Europe. One of the hardest parts of founding in Europe is how dispersed talent is. You don’t have that one place with extreme talent density, so you get less of that spark you get from seeing people you
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The unreasonable effectiveness of hiring assholes? It's a myth. What's actually effective is hiring people with conviction. https://t.co/z8sVXUHhct
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Calling companies “deals” is insane. Founders spend 10–30 years ideally giving every inch of themselves to one mission & don’t have a portfolio approach to life. Language matters :)
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I'm starting to see this back on the web more and more, and I'm all for it
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🔥 Whoever at @attio is responsible for this... I salute you. Beautifully done! https://t.co/ecEWHuCu1T
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Code is the new no-code!
This is what we’ve been working toward. @attio is now a platform you can build on. Build, automate, and extend Attio’s functionality using TypeScript. Code is the new no-code 👇
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The team at @attio are having an insane year: >> On track to 4X ARR this year >> 5,000 customers including the likes of @lovable_dev, @meetgranola, @modal, @replicate, @railway >> raised $52m this year led by GV with participation from @Redpoint, @Balderton, @PointNineCap,
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European treasure 🚀 @bendingspoons @luke10ferrari
Luca Ferrari is the co-founder and CEO of @bendingspoons, one of the most fascinating companies in Europe and just became Italy's first decacorn. He describes it as 25% private equity firm and 75% technology company. They fully acquire and rebuild digital companies like
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If anyone is looking for a new role, come work with me at Attio!
We're hiring across engineering. Our Engineering team tackles the toughest challenges, so our users never have to. We move fast, think rigorously, and hold an exceptionally high bar for quality. Sound like you? Apply now: https://t.co/IeRihhFWYM
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