Tips for investors and startups published in Q3 in 2016

Friday, September 30th marks another of our Round Table Session XXL, and this time at the startup+investor event of the year: Amsterdam Capital Week. Startup founders can ask investors anything they need guidance with, and investors can find promising new startups. Leapfunder’s Round Table Sessions are an opportunity for founders to meet potential future investors...

Investing in startups takes more than just money. 3 out of 4 startups fail, so you should be prepared to deal with failure and volatility, and learn to develop a sense of foresight. Angel investment is a risky business and no expert has gotten ahead without a few major setbacks, which is why we’ve compiled...

Following last year’s success Capital Week is back in Amsterdam. The 2016 edition is a sine qua none for the 500+ investors and startups from around the world who will assist in the last week of September. At Leapfunder, we have seized the opportunity to organise a special edition of our Round Table Session XXL,...

Fundraising from investors may initially be a way to raise the capital necessary for bringing the company forward. But in most cases, the relationship between entrepreneurs and their investors extends beyond the chequebooks, often it is even described as a sort of ‘marriage’. And with investors often having a wealth of valuable experience, their advice...

After we previously wrote about some traits of successful entrepreneurs, we would like to reflect on some traits we often see in successful investors. Investing is a world in which taking risks, making the right decisions at the right time, and knowing how to deal with failure are essential. The difference between an average and...

You’ve been told a thousand times, in a hundred different ways, to diversify your portfolio. Don’t put all eggs in the same basket. And so on and so on. But you have only so many eggs you can put in baskets, so how do you decide how to distribute them? We’ve collected tips from seasoned...

We’ve interviewed several Dutch angel investors, and when asked what they look for when investing in a startup, the team is always a part of the answer. We also know that the legendary investor Ron Conway isn’t looking at the idea, he’s looking at founders. Find out which 5 qualities top VCs look for in...

Why do people invest in startups, when the reality is that many fail? Of course, it is exciting. It could be because of the passion that drives the founding team, maybe it’s a great opportunity in the market you’re familiar with, or even because it is a simple, scalable solution to a problem. That may...

Recently CB Insights partnered with the New York Times to rank venture capitalists as well to conduct the “Venture Capital Power Rankings.” The latter was a ranking of venture capitalists by general partners of various venture capitalist firms, asking respondents to pick which 20 firms in venture they would invest in from a list of...

We had an opportunity to sit down with Michael Croll of Maggy, an NL-based digital magazine aggregator that has been dubbed the ‘Spotify for magazines’. We got to learn about how Michael and his cofounder found inspiration for this startup, why they see Maggy’s growth potential as through-the-roof, what their plans are for after they’ve...

2nd Anniversary Leapfunder As many of you know, Leapfunder has just turned 2! We’re celebrating our 2nd anniversary by inviting our investors and entrepreneurs for drinks and socializing at Amsterdam’s Startup Orgy @17:30 after the XXL Round Table Session. Amazingly (though unsurprisingly) 50 Leapfunder-funded startups are still operating and going strong, a sign of just...