Stride_VC Profile
Stride_VC

@stride_vc

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Craft seed investor.

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Joined March 2018
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@sednanetwork
Sedna
2 years
We've today announced an additional $42m in investment from @insightpartners to advance our data-driven communication platform and make trade go faster. Our Founder and CEO @wfdobie said: “We are incredibly grateful for Insight's visionary contribution.” https://t.co/jW0ACNVGes
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@demtzu
Ahmed Men ⌘
2 years
Lazy AI is coming. 🌒
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@martinaglobal
Martina Fuchs
3 years
At @WebSummit, great insights from our panel “Scale v Profit” featuring three top #VCs:   🎤 @pjparson, Partner, @northzoneVC 🎤 @saranormous, Founder, @w_conviction 🎤 @fdestin, Founder, @stride_vc
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@stride_vc
Stride_VC
4 years
Entreprise messaging stalwart @sednanetwork is now one of our biggest positions after a $34M Series B led by @insightpartners as the company expands beyond shipping & logistics (Norden), commodities (Glencore) into new areas like banking (Starling). Watch this space.
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@HarryStebbings
Harry Stebbings
5 years
Super excited to see this news come out today. @cleo_sham is a world-class operator and will be a phenomenal addition to the @stride_vc team, showing the world her investing skills. Bravo @fdestin some very exciting times ahead and as you say... Onwards... 😉
@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
1/ Breaking news. I’m absolutely thrilled to partner with @cleo_sham to build @stride_vc going forward. We’re just getting started and incredibly excited about what’s to come.
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@stride_vc
Stride_VC
5 years
Pumped to build with @cleo_sham. We got lucky.
@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
1/ Breaking news. I’m absolutely thrilled to partner with @cleo_sham to build @stride_vc going forward. We’re just getting started and incredibly excited about what’s to come.
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
Investment scorecard 2021 @stride_vc : - c. 300 jobs created ex Cazoo 🚀 - 9 new investments - 7 reinvestments - 8 uprounds, no downrounds, no shutdowns - 1.4X uplift on the fund Not a bad second year @HarryStebbings. Onward!
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@HarryStebbings
Harry Stebbings
5 years
I first met @wfdobie for a 45 minute intro meeting. 3 hours later we were jamming on product. Bill is 1 of Europe’s great product minds and super excited to announce @stride_vc co-led @sednanetwork Series A alongside @chalfs. Watch this space... 🚀 https://t.co/YjPdWqMlnv
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sifted.eu
Sedna promises to reduce inbound emails by up to 95% —  and the startup has just secured a $10m Series A round to expand its model. 
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
.@CazooUK scorecard less than one year after launch: - 10K cars sold - £150M in year 1 revenues - 800 team members - 4.7 stars on Trustpilot Over £85M invested by @stride_vc and our LPs since we led the Nov-18 seed round with @DMGTplc
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
1/ Let me distill the Stride investment strategy in fifteen tweets. Yes, fifteen 😘.
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
Best thing about starting @stride_vc has been quality of investment discussions with @HarryStebbings. We push back on each other with a smile, we go deep, we explore issues, we enhance each other. We simply come to better decisions together without drama. It feels good.
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@HarryStebbings
Harry Stebbings
5 years
As my 23rd year comes to a close, time to reflect on the year that has been: 💵 Final close @stride_vc Fund I with best buddy @fdestin. 😇 9 angel investments. 🏦 First LP investment, now 4 made. 💼 3 board seats gained. 🎙 20VC crossed 80M downloads. Onwards... 🚀
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@stride_vc
Stride_VC
5 years
Some very exciting times ahead with @pinverrr joining Team Stride. 💥 Onwards... 🏃
@pinverrr
Pietro Invernizzi
5 years
Excited to share that I’m joining @Stride_VC ! I can't wait to work with the incredible @fdestin @HarryStebbings @piadiri & to team up with exceptional London- & Paris-based founders looking to raise their very first round 👼🏽 Dissenters welcome: pietro(at)stride(dot)vc
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
Apply for small group sessions. Focused on founders from underprivileged backgrounds, underrepresented communities or who may have difficulty getting access to venture in any way. My tiny contribution to #BlackOutTuesday. https://t.co/Ig5KiI7KKp
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
Opencore met the #JamStack future of web infrastructure and they had a headless CMS baby called @strapijs 👾 Growing up -- announcing a $10M round led by @arihelgason @IndexVentures 🚀 Take that, COVID! https://t.co/qI5H8ZSGJt
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medium.com
The ways in which you create, manage and deploy content are evolving at high speed; one of the companies at the forefront of this movement…
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@fdestin
Fred Destin
5 years
1/ .@eriktorenberg invited me to the @villageglobal podcast which gave me a chance to reflect about the ideas on which we built our fund. https://t.co/oxf918494c started on simple principles: small batch investing, keep the team and the fund small and act as one.
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stride.vc
Stride.VC is a London-based seed-stage tech fund; a small team of dedicated venture investors backing small teams of passionate entrepreneurs. We favour prototypes over powerpoints and whiteboards...
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