Power to the European Founders
summary
Argues that Europe can produce more billion-dollar companies by scaling founder involvement: Atomico builds an entrepreneur-led investing model that signs high-profile founder partners, supplies deal flow and infrastructure, and co-invests on seed rounds where 10% of seed rounds now include founders. Claims seed and Series A match the US but late-stage lags — roughly 14x more late-stage capital in the US — and says larger funds and patient capital are the missing tools.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25How did Atomico start
- 4:09Europes place in tech
- 6:40Getting to 10 billion
- 8:10Late stage funding
- 11:14Tech valuations in Europe
- 12:52Impact of the tech bubble
- 14:06Competition in Europe
- 15:42Message to European politicians
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35mScaling Startups to Success
31mPut the money where your idea is!