Seedcamp

🎙 Tune into the latest Seedcamp Deep Dive featuring Dominic Jacquesson MBE, a veteran VC operator, in conversation with our Managing Partner Carlos Eduardo Espinal MBE and our Talent Manager James Wright. Dominic shares insights from his varied career, including his extensive experience at Index Ventures working with top-tier tech companies, and from his latest book, ‘Scaling through Chaos’ written on behalf of Index to offer founders a comprehensive roadmap for scaling teams and leadership. Learn about: – Building effective teams; – Leadership, and the role of culture and values in scaling a startup; – Risk management, setting up processes, and the applicability of OKRs/KPIs. https://sdca.mp/Scaling

Welcome to the Seedcamp Nation, Freqens! We are excited to partner with Freqens, a Paris-based fintech company dedicated to transforming B2B purchasing practices through a cost benchmarking solution for indirect expenses (opex). Founded by CEO Maxime Liebens (former CSO at MakiPeople, JobTeaser), COO Richard Gozlan (former CEO of Cleanio, sold to Rocket Internet, COO of Agricool and Gopuff), and CTO Alexandre Barreira (former CPTO of Ornikar), Freqens’s technology uses real-time market data and peer benchmarking to help companies buy at the right price, every time. We are thrilled to be on this journey from Day One, alongside Kima Ventures, ZEBOX, Motier Ventures, Financière Saint James, and prestigious business angels, including Mark Ransford, Alexandre Berriche, and Roxanne VARZA.  Read on: https://sdca.mp/Freqens

Meet our team at Slush! 🇫🇮 Our Managing Partner Reshma Sohoni will interview Professor Lourdes Agapito, co-founder of our portfolio company Synthesia about transforming research into a commercially viable product and the future of computer vision research. | 16:47 – 17:12 [GMT+2], Impact Stage Say hei to our Partner Tom Wilson and Principal Felix Martinez who are also attending!

Our Co-founder and Managing Partner Reshma Sohoni had the pleasure of contributing to the first ever documentary about the European ecosystem, alongside legendary entrepreneurs and executives Taavet Hinrikus (Wise & Plural), Daniel Ek (Spotify & Neko Health), Rene Haas (Arm), Gillian Tans (Booking.com), Alex Kendall (@Wayve), Pieter Van Der Does (Adyen), and many other champions of European tech. Congratulations to our friends at Atomico for launching the documentary and the 10th edition of the State of European Tech report! You can watch the documentary below or join the screening at Slush, 9am Day 2, founder stage. https://lnkd.in/eBqYycXi

Welcome to the Seedcamp Nation, Linkup! AI is fundamentally changing the nature of the Internet and its traditional business models. Developing an ethical, sustainable, and efficient ecosystem for the web of AI agents is a priority. We are excited to partner with Linkup, a French startup on a mission to build new pathways for AIs to access the web efficiently and fairly. Founded in 2024 by Philippe Mizrahi, Denis Charrier, and Boris Toledano, Linkup is an internet search and access engine designed for artificial intelligence. With its proprietary API, Linkup enables AI companies of all sizes to benefit from fast and ethical access to online content through partnerships with a wide range of premium content sources. We are delighted to partner with Linkup from day one and lead its €3M funding round, joined by Axeleo Capital (AXC), Motier Ventures, Kima Ventures, as well as a hundred business angels from the tech and media industries. Read on: https://sdca.mp/Linkup

When founders raise their first funding round, there are several defining decisions. One of these is selecting the right investors. Our investment team shares the key tenets for assembling an early-stage round and why having a broader group of investors from the start can serve as a powerful force multiplier. https://lnkd.in/eueTXbrw

Welcome to the Seedcamp Nation, Prelude! Secure and cost-efficient identity verification is essential for business operations across consumer apps, fintech, and other industries. We are excited to partner up with founders Matias Berny and Quentin Le Bras, and support them on their mission to help companies recover control over authentication costs and conversion rates. Using a set of unified APIs, Prelude is advancing SMS verification and mobile onboarding infrastructure through better fraud detection, elegant transparency, and increased conversion–all at a better price. The company’s SOC 2 Type II compliant solution connects with 20+ international and local providers and automatically selects the best route to offer the best conversion to price ratio. Read on: https://sdca.mp/Prelude

Our annual Founder Summit is one of our highlight events. It brings together some of the brightest minds from all across Europe to forge new friendships and business relationships, and support each other on their company-building journeys. Their energy and team spirit are incredible and reflect the strength of our Seedcamp Nation! Here’s what founders have to say about being part of the Seedcamp Nation and having us on their side from Day One 👇

Welcome to the Seedcamp Nation, MOTORMIA! We love being on a founder's journey from Day One! Sometimes our collaboration starts even earlier with operators of our portfolio companies turned entrepreneurs, such as Isaac B., a serial entrepreneur and operator with multiple CRO experiences. Our relationship goes back to him being an executive at Rossum, one of our portfolio companies, and then a member of our Expert Collective. A car enthusiast himself, he founded MOTORMIA in 2023 to provide a consumer AI experience – called MIA – that personalizes the connection between enthusiasts and their vehicles, fostering deeper relationships with manufacturers and service providers. On why we partnered with Motormia, our Venture Partner 👨🏻💻 Andy Budd comments: “We’ve had the pleasure of working with Isaac during his time at Rossum, where his talent for driving growth was evident. So when he told us about Motormia, we were excited to be involved from day one. As a hardcore petrolhead, it made perfect sense for Isaac to dive into the car modding community, and honestly, it’s a space that’s been crying out for fresh ideas. His plan to use AI to help enthusiasts unlock even more potential in their projects felt like a game-changer.” We are excited to participate in MOTORMIA’s $8M funding round alongside Lerer Hippeau, QP Ventures, Verissimo Ventures, State of Mind Ventures (SOMV), deftly.vc, and Alumni Ventures. MOTORMIA will exhibit at the upcoming SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, from November 5 to 8, in booth 11179 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Read on to find out why we backed Isaac and MOTORMIA! https://sdca.mp/MOTORMIA

Welcome to the Seedcamp Nation, .txt! Despite the increased adoption of LLMs in enterprises, AI models still cannot be easily used in production environments, as they require human intervention. We are excited to partner with co-founders Rémi Louf, Daniel Gerlanc, and Brandon T. Willard as they build Dottxt, an ecosystem and platform for interacting with large language models (LLMs), designed to deliver the most accurate and high-performing structured language generation available. Using dottxt, LLMs can output language with vastly enhanced usability through customized, structured generation. We believed in the team from day one, writing a cheque in their $3.2 million Pre-Seed round, led by Elaia. Dottxt’s fast growth attracted investors’ attention and the team closed an $8.7 million Seed round led by EQT Ventures, in August 2024 with our continued support alongside Common Magic, Kima Ventures, Roxanne VARZA (Station F), Erik Bernhardsson, Julien Chaumond (Hugging Face, CTO), Bob van Luijt (Weaviate, CEO), and Jean-Louis Quéguiner (Gladia, CEO). Read on: https://sdca.mp/dottxt