Tommy Ahlers

🏁 Apply until Friday 🏁 We make the difference for the ones who can make the difference. Or in other words, if you are a highly impactful European climatetech startup at founding or pre-seed stage we can be your first believer who helps you to get kickstarted. On the mission to become Europe's leading catalyst for pre-seed climatetech ventures we designed our remote acceleration journey for start-ups which are looking for their first significant funding and are on the way to find their product-market fit. We will select just the very best and most ambitious teams to support them individually to make them as successful as possible. We have no strict curriculum, no cohort activities, almost no obligatory events. We will tailor a journey on your specific needs. ​​ 🎯 we provide a structured approach to reach product-market fit 👵 mentoring from experienced founders and experts speeds you up 📚 our knowledge-base helps to work like a serial entrepreneur 🤝 we connect you with many relevant contacts 💶 with our investment we are going to lead your pre-seed round, sized 200k - 1.5mn Euro 👼 we help you to find awesome co-investors for the pre-seed round and support you later with your seed round 👩‍🔬 we help you to find highly motivated and skilled first employees from our network 💻 fully digital program, but strong network in most European startup hubs Apply until this Friday (September 27th): https://lnkd.in/diWDSpnw

29

Just landed in Denmark and now off to my first The Drop conference in Malmo, Sweden. First up in a few hours is an event I am co-organizing on distributed power and storage on the grid with 🟣 Chris Bernkopf of Podero with fellow cohosts Marcus Jacobsson of Sunshine Fund, Fredrik Rosenqvist of Qvantum International and Victor Nilsson of E.ON Sverige We will be organizing breakout sessions to discuss the following topics - The Heat Pump revolution: Fredrik Rosenqvist - Role of manufacturers, DER optimization from utilities vs. manufacturers, levers to drive heat pump adoption, challenges in installation capacity and expertise, heat pumps in single family homes and apartment complexes - VPPs and Utilities: Viktor Nilsson - Role of utilities, DER optimization from utilities vs. manufacturers, Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), the needs of consumers, giving users control over their energy, the challenge for utilities to transform into digital energy companies - DER Financing: Marcus Jacobsson - Key prerequisites for bankable projects (grid connect, permits, insurances, PPAs), latest financial engineering strategies to accelerate DER adoption, IRA vs European Green Deal - challenges and opportunities in the EU vs U.S. - Storage as the Holy Grail: Josh Felser - Role of battery storage on the grid, decentralized and non decentralized approaches, the role of utility and non-utility scale solutions, vehicle to grid, difference between EU and US in DERs and electricity markets - Energy Optimization: Chris Bernkopf - Decentralized energy flexibility and energy trading - different types of storage, how to use storage effectively, flexibility trading, local grid optimization, pathways to 100% green electricity If you just happen to be in Malmo at 15:00 today, come join us! Free coffee!

49

9 Kommentarer

Want to learn more about the challenges and opportunities for businesses in integrating sustainability into their operations? Listen to Sandra Odendahl chat with Saquib Vali on the Say Hi to the Future podcast.

10

Innrwrks invites to the first Nordic Dialogues this fall. We recently outlined why we believe we need new conversations regarding funding of companies. ❓ What is healthy funding in a changing world? ❓ How can we bring capital back into alignment with what it's funding? It's time that we make funding/financial engineering a creative part of running a business. One that contribute to the positive impact and greater purpose we are aiming to unfold. We need to talk about innovative instruments for funding, technicalities of aligning incentives between LPs, GPs and Entrepreneurs, taxes and financial markets interactions with etc. in short we need to get savvy about regenerative financing. Creating an environment that works in this reality and the future we're aiming for. Want to join?

50

16 Kommentarer

🌍 Navigating Seed Financing in Scandinavia! 🚀 Curious about how to secure early-stage funding for your startup in Scandinavia? Whether it's leveraging government grants, tapping into angel investors, or joining startup accelerators, there are numerous strategies to explore. Discover the unique opportunities available and how they can propel your business forward. Dive into the nuances and build your roadmap to success with insights from industry experts. Unlock the full potential of your startup journey here: https://lnkd.in/e4zycRvK #StartupFunding #Scandinavia #Entrepreneurship #SeedFunding #Innovation #BusinessGrowth

3

Both EQT Ventures / Contrarian Ventures’s ‘Climate Brick’ and Planet A Ventures / Norrsken VC / Speedinvest’s ‘Playbook for Climate Hardware’ are indispensable guides for climate founders. I read both cover to cover - here are my key takeaways... DON’T EXPECT A LINEAR JOURNEY - Every case is different. Lots of factors - from geography, to business model, to asset resale value, to government support - will impact a company’s scaling journey and financing mix. Be courageous and forge your own path. BUILD A GREAT BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT WILL FOLLOW - Create value for customers, focus on unit economics, shape your business model to align core competencies with customer value creation, and investors will want in. This might sound obvious but ZIRP enabled startups - especially in SaaS - to sacrifice fundamentals at the altar of growth and promoted the idea that raising money is an end goal in and of itself. It is particularly important to get the fundamentals right in hardware by focusing on efficient and profitable scale above all else. YOU HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CHIPS TO ALLOCATE ACROSS THREE RISK AREAS - Market, technology and engineering risk. Your chip stack gets smaller every time you raise a new round of financing. E.g. if you lots of engineering risk you better not have much market and technology risk! CLIMATE HARDWARE HAS A NARRATIVE PROBLEM - Rightly or wrongly, the venture zeitgeist holds it to be true that hardware / physical technologies are more capital intensive, lower margin, and have longer exit horizons than software companies. If you build a truly great business and are sophisticated with how you finance scale then these statements are false. Not only that, but it has never been more expensive or difficult to scale a software business, nor have exit timelines ever been so long. Hardware companies have to work harder to tell a compelling equity story but it is possible and it is getting easier. Both reports have committed to developing their work over the long-term which is exciting. There are a couple of things I would love to see next: 1) The key thing I am hearing from downstream investors is that climate hardware companies learn quite late about the value of high quality project development, execution and EPC talent. How early should founders think about hiring these people? 2) Valuations are a function of capital raised and multiples don’t make much sense, ranging from low single digits to infinity in the Climate Brick. Can we think about progress and success in a different way? For example, what about a simple reframing of valuation to prioritise minimal dilution? Case studies are key here, and as investors and founders become more sophisticated about the capital stack we will see more of them. Huge thanks to everyone involved in this amazing work! Katya Constant Rokas Peciulaitis Ted Persson Florian Schabus Kim D. Jessica Burley Christian zu Jeddeloh Sophia Escheu Links to both initiatives in the comments.

122

5 Kommentarer

🎊 Great news for early-stage businesses in Denmark! The new government reform introduces significant funding opportunities, tax relief, and legal changes aimed at boosting startup growth. This is a perfect time for innovative ideas in health, wellbeing, and energy sectors to thrive. If you have a startup or an idea, we want to hear from you! Learn more about the reforms and send your pitch to us for a chance to collaborate. At KRING we not only invest in impact ideas and business concepts, we co-create! https://lnkd.in/dSBnmuDS #Startups #Innovation #Health #Energy #Entrepreneurship #DenmarkReform #EarlyStageBusiness #impactinvesting #Venturebuilding #kring

10

Will talk about branding for Investors. Twist from my side - in the age of data. See you there

11

1 Kommentar

🗣️ Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO (MKR), announced that the New Governance Token (NGT) will be launched soon to encourage long-term community participation in governance. Delegation functionality will be added, and once SubDAO Spark is launched, NGT holders can activate their tokens to receive SPK rewards. Activated users will receive 15% of SPK's total supply, and NGT holders can choose between 10% of the protocol's stablecoin surplus or 15% of SubDAO tokens. These features may change based on feedback, and users in the US or using VPNs cannot activate NGT tokens. The governance proposal to activate NGT will be voted on in August. #BitcoinWorld 🌐🔗

1

Got a killer idea or early case within digital health or energy? Read on to see if you are a match and get in touch ⚡️ At KRING, we have two tracks for investments; we invest in our developed ventures in our #venturestudio, BUT we also invest in early-stage external cases, when there is a match 🎯 First of all, there needs to be a match between you as co-founder(s) and KRING's values. Naturally, we have some key criteria for our external investment strategy. We could be a good match if your startup is: 1) 🧬 Within digital health, focused on early diagnostics and early intervention, chronic disease prevention, management and reversal, functional medicine, or behavioural-based health interventions. 2) 🌏 Within energy, focused on energy renovation, optimization, grid flexibility, EV infrastructure or the built environment. 3) 👶🏽 Early in the journey with ongoing development needed for product-market fit, go-to-market strategy, team capabilities or other strategic work. 4) 💻 Has a digital business model that is asset-light with low fixed costs and high scalability. 5) 💸 With early focus on profitability - we build ‘Zebras’ rather than ‘Unicorns’ and aim to make our companies sustainable with early profitability. Classic “VC journeys” are the exception. 6) 🤓 Has a B2B2C or B2C focus. We focus on solving real end-user problems with a demonstrated high level of value-add and consumer demand, either directly or via corporate partnerships. In the case your startup does not fall within each category above, there may still be a relevant match between your case and KRING. If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch with me or fill out the assessment on our website: https://lnkd.in/dvNGP_iW 📩 Don’t hesitate to get in touch - we would love to hear from you! 🤘 #venturestudio #startupstudio #impactstartups

19

Awesome to read an article this morning about the step change jump in European VC relating to the SDG’s and climatetech spaces! “Europe’s venture capital sector is increasingly investing in companies working on products or services that address sustainable development goals, with the share of total VC raised by so called impact start-ups increasing from 18% in 2019 to 37% in 2023, a year when €53 billion was raised by European VC’s. Europe is seeing a general trend towards VCs prioritising so-called impact-driven investments, which alongside turning in a profit also aim to deliver social or environmental benefits. As one example, over the past three years investment in European climate tech start-ups has tripled to €20 billion, of which €18.2 billion was raised in 2023.” #sustainableinvesting #climatetech

14

1 Kommentar

Join us for a new, inspiring conversation on angel investing. We are joined by Mikko Silventola, the first investor in Bolt and hugo. Tune in on EUVC 💙 And your favorite streaming platforms. 🎧 #venturecapital #angelinvesting #startupfunding #europe

11

3 Kommentarer

🐢 🐈 After receiving so much love and support from you and the market, we want to give something back! 🐎 🐅 Are you still looking for economically feasible solutions for Scope 1 & 2 emissions? Maybe you are NOT happy with your current strategy & projects or its ONCE AGAIN outdated? ✨We are pleased to announce that we are entering the next phase of our mission "to make climate action accessable for everyone" and are looking for customers and partners who share our love for manufacturing. 🌱 We love to create things on a large scale, but we need to change something here without slipping into economic ruin. Our goal here is to reduce current processing time and eliminate repetitive tasks while providing best-in-class solutions that improve both the environment and your operations. 💼🔄 What do you gain from this temporary phase? 📢 Just generate your next decarbonization strategy & roadmap in 15 minutes and AND please benchmark this for you current plan, especialliy for CAPEX ;) 📢 Reduce current work processing time & avoid repetitive tasks 📢 Generation of scenarios for a multi-million euro project decision, validation and risk minimisation 💸 Nothing is for free, what does it cost? We need your valuable time (~1h) to generate access and, above all, valuable results. We would like to talk to you about the impact we have created. 🔔 How to JOIN? See the first comment. #Sustainability #Efficiency #DecarbNow #BusinessGrowth #Partnerships #Innovation

8

1 Kommentar

No question about it: -       Finland needs more international startup success stories -       Startups could be a big part of solving the global problems we are facing today -       These startups need all the help, funding and contacts they can get   That’s why I was pleased to see that Business Finland is trying to open yet another door for startup growth: Corporate collaboration   Really looking forward to networking with these people and speaking to this audience! #innovestor #corporateventuring #startupgrowth https://lnkd.in/gNAVYMn6

16

3 Kommentarer

When Plug and Play Maritime team invited us to train their founders about pitch and investor readiness - we've jumped right in! Thank you Merjen and Natalie for the great opportunity to kill some unicorns and get startups ready to talk to investors - it was just a warm-up!   Here are some tips Inbal and I often give our clients before their investor meetings: 👉🏻 Know investors' thesis and taste 👉🏻 Make a sharp ROI structured pitch 👉🏻 Show vision, but also practical GTM 👉🏻 20% tech and 80% business talk 👉🏻 Come for the money, stay for the people Pitch training isn't just about nailing the perfect pitch deck; it's about grasping the investor's mindset and connecting authentically. #StartupSuccess #InvestmentPitch #ScalingUp

34

4 Kommentarer

🚀 TechBBQ Hero Academy is back! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that Antler is once again partnering with TechBBQ around the exclusive Hero Academy, a founder training program supporting local early-stage startups 🙌 This transformative project is proudly powered by Københavns Kommune, in a collective commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the community and partners ScaleupXQ and Antler 💪 We look forward to hosting another amazing day filled with insights, learning, and networking for all the newly accepted program participants! And I'm happy to share insights w. founders - just like the other amazing mentors Victor Riparbelli, Christian (Chris) Bach, Nima Sophia Tisdall, Thomas J. Howard, Maiken Michelsen, Henri Parviainen, Jennifer Montague and Nicolaj Højer Nielsen 💪 If you missed it, don't worry - there is an option to build your next startup w. Antler in Denmark/Nordics 🚀 . We still have a few open spots available for our next residence starts on August 19th. What you get? 🔍 Co-Founder Matching (+200 full-time founders) 💡 Idea validation & mentoring 🌍 Global network of thousands of Founders, Advisors, and Investors 💰 Pre-seed and follow-on investment + support on next rounds Read more and apply now- more info in the comments 🌶🌶 #HeroAcademy #Startup #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Denmark #VentureCapital #Preseed #Tech

110

11 Kommentarer

LET’S GO, YOGO!🚀 I’m thrilled to announce Compounding Capital’s (our family office) new investment in YOGO.DK (www.yogobooking.com). Over the last years, the company has built a highly user intuitive software operating system for various niche end markets within the “Studio and Fitness Center” segment, e.g., yoga, pilates and dance studies, fitness centers, karate clubs, and sauna clubs. You name the funky niche market, and YOGO has the answer for a highly specialized and user-friendly operating system. A system making everything from bookings to membership handling, payments, team scheduling, waiting lists and promotions a breeze and joy to handle. Removing boring, manual administrative tasks while increasing the studio capacity utilization significantly and providing the members with a much better experience. What’s not to like🤩 YOGO is a perfect fit for Compounding Capitals investment focus on vertical BtB SaaS companies offering a mission critical product into targeted end markets. Famly, SportMember and Delogue PLM are similar companies in many aspects. Hit me up if you have a similar company that is looking for capital and guidance on its continued journey. The ideal company size is around $0.5-1 million in ARR with >50% YoY growth and low churn. I’m excited to partner with Magnus Hylander Friis, Anders Hjort Straarup, Rune Hven-Jensen, Andreas Green Rasmussen, Ugly Duckling Ventures, Thomas Boel Sigurdsson, Simon L., Julia Gräßer, David Castello, Philippe Lind Rasmussen, Morten Andersen, Jan-Erik Ingvaldsen - Booking made easy - Booking made easy and the rest of the YOGO team to help accelerate the already impressive development. YOGO is always looking to hire strong talent, currently in particular within sales and tech – take a look here www.yogo.dk/karriere, or reach out here [email protected], if that could be you. Read the YOGO press release here: https://lnkd.in/dbSZiazZ Welcome to the Compounding Capital investment portfolio, YOGO!😊 Famly www.famly.co (Childcare management software) GoMore www.gomore.com (Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace) Delogue PLM www.delogue.com (PLM software for the apparel and lifestyle industries) SportMember www.sportmember.com / www.holdsport.dk (Sports club management software) Trendsales www.trendsales.dk (Secondhand fashion marketplace) Plecto www.plecto.com (Performance management software) Fenerum www.fenerum.com (Subscription management software) ownr.dk www.ownr.dk (Comprehensive data insights on companies and persons) YOGO.DK www.yogobooking.com (Studio and fitness center management software)

199

15 Kommentarer

People don't fund ideas, they fund people. Having a strong pitch is crucial for getting investors, support, and success. A great pitch will grab attention, build trust, and show your potential. Christian W., one of the founders who practiced yesterday at the Slush Day 0: Perfect Your Pitch event, is ready to meet his dream VC investors. He has put in the hard work and is now ready to shine. Let's give him a hand: - If you're a VC investor, reach out to him here - If you know a good VC, tag them in the comments - If you're a potential customer, connect with Christian Let's do some LinkedIn magic and get PRIOjet GmbH funded 🚀 Join thousands of founders and VCs who receive these insights in my biweekly newsletter on LinkedIn🎯 And follow 👉 Igor Curic 🔜 SLUSH for more content like this!

39

3 Kommentarer

Power of a community & the voice of an eco-system. 💪 This week, an important event took place in Oslo. NAST (Norwegian Alliance for Startups & Tech) was launched at Mesh Community with Anders Mjåset & Per Einar Dybvik. 👉 The goal is for Technology to be the 5th largest export industry in Norway by 2030. To reach this, the framework for businesses and governmental trust needs to be aligned with increased globalization and competition. Key success criterias; 💡 Tax - Competitive exit, option, wealth & employer tax as well as incentives for early stage investors. 💡 Talent - Attract talent with visa's and STEM education. 💡 Capital - LP mandates, allowing Government Pension Fund & Folketrygdfondet to allocate 3-5% into unlisted shares. 💡 Automated & effective policy instruments & the state as a buyer. It all starts with people and a good idea. Let us make sure the businesses of tomorrow have all the tools they need to succeed. 🚀 #nast #startups #Innovation #oxidaneventure

60