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Join us for our first fully virtual Demo Day! 🗓 Monday 11th March ⏰ 4pm UK / 8am PST See the full details below! ⤵️ #investmentadvice #fundraising #investmenttips #investment #funding #pitching #femalefounders #startupgrowth #womeninbusiness #investmentstrategy #investmentaccelerator #demoday #investordemoday

🌟 We’re excited to announce Sie Catalyst partners for 2024/2025 who have joined us to drive more capital toward diverse founders and continue supporting innovation across a range of industries. So far, Sie founders have raised an impressive £114 million (and counting) – and we’re just getting started. This newest cohort brings together inspiring founders from a variety of sectors, including: 💊 Healthcare 🤖 Robotics/Deeptech 🌍 Sustainability 📊 B2B SaaS 🛒 Marketplaces 💳 Fintech 💼 Future of Work At Sie Ventures, we’re on a mission to empower diverse founding teams with the guidance, resources, and networks they need to scale and succeed. None of this would be possible without the unwavering support of our partners—Marriott Harrison, HSBC Innovation Banking, our newest partner Cooper Parry, and with the support of British Business Bank. Your belief in our mission is what drives us forward, and we are immensely grateful. To celebrate the milestone of our 5th Catalyst Program, our Partners have shared their advice for female founders looking to raise capital in this Medium piece: ✍️ https://shorturl.at/WJnf7 We can’t wait to see the next steps for this brilliant group of founders as they unlock new growth opportunities and raise the capital to fuel their ventures! #SieTheFuture #BuildTheFuture

We’re beyond grateful to the amazing Seattle team at SVB for their insightful workshop on "The State of the Market" for our Catalyst Batch 5 participants. A huge thank you to Kiran M. and Natalie Steck for sharing their expertise and support! In a landscape where VC fundraising seems more like navigating a tightrope, and with female-led companies fighting to claim their rightful share of the investment pie, this session was a much-needed sanity check for the founders going through our fundraising-readiness program. Here are some key takeaways that got us all thinking: 1. VC Focus: VC fundraising is limited, leading to fewer active investors focusing on early-stage companies. Companies getting investment are scalable businesses targeting large markets with clear profitability paths. 2. Female-led Companies: Solo female founders are still capturing a mere 2.1% of total US capital investment in 2023. (We're putting in the work with partners like SVB to change that!). 3. Alternative Capital: The SVB team shared their insight on other forms of capital available to founders, such as venture debt and non-dilutive funding. Funding rounds are taking longer, and it's helpful to access to alternative forms of capital. Despite the challenges in the market, we're grateful that founders have allies like Kiran M. and Natalie Steck guiding the way. 💪 Thank you!

This is a huge week for Impact Partners as we approach our 6th anniversary 🎉, showcasing exactly what my best friend Jay Kolbe and I set out to build in 2018—a true force in the #publicrelations industry 💥 that sits at the critical intersection of families 👨👩👧👦, funds 💼, and founders 🚀. We’re flexing our #PR muscles 💪 with two #familyoffice clients taking the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, a first for #TCDisrupt 🚀: Eti S. Lazarian, MBA, principal at Elle Family Office, the #singlefamilyoffice of the Lazarian family, and Bruce K Lee, founder and CEO of Keebeck Wealth Management, a #multifamilyoffice managing billions for some of the world’s most prestigious families 💼💰. Eti and Bruce will be speaking to #founders 👩💼👨💼 who are looking to attract family office investment 💰, either as an alternative to or alongside #venturecapital funding 🚀. Next, with announcements rolling out tomorrow, we’re excited to reveal five, yes... five 🎉 clients have been named to Inc. Magazine's 2024 Founder Friendly Investors List—a huge win for all! 🏆🙌 And finally, at the highly anticipated 'Davos in the Desert' 🌍, the FII Institute event in Riyadh, we have two more clients taking center stage 🎤: Jack Selby, managing director at Thiel Capital, the family office of Peter Thiel, and founder of AZ-VC, Arizona's largest VC fund 💼💡, and the absolutely incredible Mark Penn, chairman and CEO of Stagwell 🎯🏆. Yes, all of this from a business model 💡—specifically the family office part 🏦—that some of the smartest and most successful minds in PR 🧠 told Jay and me back in 2018 would never work 🚫. Look at us now! 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿

This is an absolutely fantastic resource for anyone looking at building healthtech solutions, particularly if you are trying to raise capital early on. Addressing the very likely risks early on allows you to demonstrate a logical business case and if anything, reassure yourself that you are dedicating time/effort to a viable and robust proposition. We fell short on many of the suggestions Wesley mentions but you learn from it! #healthtech #technology #risk

📢 Tomorrow, Kevin Burke, Partner and Head of Strategy at Sapphire Ventures, will join an expert panel at the Mergermarket Private Equity Forum in Austin to share his VC perspective on: 💡Key drivers of technology deal flow, from software to cloud computing 💡How private equity GPs are competing with VCs and strategies for the best deals 💡GenAI: Where are we seeing real traction and where are we a few years away from seeing impact? 💡What are some top technology investment trends that venture firms predict will emerge in 2025? Joining Kevin will be an incredible lineup of industry leaders: — Martin Schwertmann, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis — Alan Cline, Head of North America at Hg — Eugene Esmonde, Co-Head TMT Private Equity at BCI — Carl Press, Partner at Thoma Bravo — Sandeep Swaminathan, Senior Managing Director at Haveli Investments Find more information at the link in the comments. It’s not too late to register👇 #GenerativeAI #MergerMarket

The world of wealth is shifting gears, and tomorrow, industry leaders are coming together to talk about what’s next. 🌍💼 Private markets — venture capital, private equity, and secondary funds — are shaping the future of long-term wealth creation. As the wealth creation landscape evolves, staying ahead isn't just ideal; it's imperative. In our second edition of Bull, Bear and Beyond, Aditya Shankar, Founding Partner, Centricity WealthTech and Rohit Bhayana, Co-Founder, Oister Global share their decades of insights on where smart money is heading. The conversation will be moderated by our Chief Brand Officer Sneha Dadrwal. It’s happening behind closed doors—but the insights will ripple far and wide. Stay tuned. #PrivateMarkets #AlternativeInvestments #WealthManagement #VentureCapital #PrivateEquity #HNIPortfolios #FinancialTransformation #SecondaryFunds #LongTermWealth #BullBearAndBeyond #OisterGlobal #TheUnlistedIntel

Exciting News Alert 📣! P101 Ventures has been recognized among the Top #datadriven #VC firms worldwide 🚀 according to the latest DDVC Landscape 2024 research by datadrivenvc.io! In a landscape where innovation and efficiency reign supreme, we're proud to be at the forefront of leveraging data and #AI to drive better investment decisions. The DDVC Landscape 2024 report has meticulously mapped 190 data-driven VC firms and identified 100 thought leaders globally 🌎, providing invaluable insights and actionable steps to elevate our industry. Stay tuned as we delve deeper into the world of data-driven VC, sharing insights, strategies, and best practices to drive success in our ever-evolving industry! #P101Ventures #vc #venturecapital #Innovation 

Centricity Raises $20M Seed Funding Round Tech-led wealth management company, Centricity, raised $20 million in a seed funding round led by Lightspeed. The round included investors Burman Family Office and Shantanu Agarwal, Paramark VC, and renowned family offices and angel investors. The firm's valuation has reached $125 million. Centricity's OneDigital platform aims to democratize wealth management for a billion Indians and boost financial product distribution. The company plans to double its tech development team from 75 to over 150 specialists. Centricity's "phygital" approach aims to empower financial advisors and simplify understanding of financial portfolios. . . #OverNexus #BusinessNews #Centricity #wealthmanagement #seedfunding #lightspeed #VentureCapital #angelinvesting #valuation #onedigital #financialproducts

📆 Q2 is here! And with that come the announcements for 2023 Deal of the Year 🤝 🌟🎉 Huge congratulations to Warburg Pincus LLC on clinching the Deal of the Year for their $8.9 billion exit from Summit Health (formerly CITYMD)! 🚀💼 🔍 A quick dive into this deal by Iris Dorbian reveals the incredible journey of Summit Health - an urgent care powerhouse in the New York metro. The sale to VillageMD for a whopping $8.9 billion is nothing short of spectacular. 🏥💸 🌀 Caught in the whirlwind of the pandemic, Summit Health, a beacon of hope in NYC's covid testing scene, saw unprecedented challenges. "Everything was turned upside down in New York," recalls Warburg's TJ Carella. 🌆🦠 🤝 The strategic merger with CityMD in 2019, just before the pandemic hit, added layers of complexity to an already intricate narrative. For an insider's look into how Warburg navigated these waters, don't miss the full story. 🔗 👉 https://lnkd.in/dwxi2wPT 🏆 Also, a round of applause for the other victors: Kaiser Permanente for the $5 billion portfolio sale 🥈 Ares Management Corporation for the transformative exit of Savers | Value Village 🔄 BlackRock LTPC for the international sale of Creed, with a royal heritage 🌍 Vestar Capital Partners & Vesey Street Capital Partners for their wins in the Mid-Market and Small Market sectors respectively 🏅 #DealOfTheYear #PrivateEquity #PrivateEquityFirm #PrivateEquityFunds #VentureCapital #GrowthEquity #SummitHealth #WarburgPincus #MergersAndAcquisitions #HealthcareInvestment