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Fintech: the 21st-century assembly line

View from Seed

My fantasy as a kid was to work at the Audi HQ in Stuttgart, Germany, designing and building my dream car. After graduation, I spent the next 9 years working at a bank, an early-stage b2b fintech startup, and a growth-stage mortgage startup. B2B vs. D2C, converting eyeballs to a human via a marketing machine.

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

02:06] Can you share your experience starting with an early-stage company (Hubspot) that eventually went public? [07:11] There's another guy in Germany that's the fourth, which is crazy. The rising importance of predictive AI-driven analytics became clear, hinting at a future where forecasts will shape decisions. I'm the fourth.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. 3) Geography-defined funds.

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BizMe2 is Looking to Disrupt Conferences with Turnkey Solution (Interview)

VC Cafe

It is the B2B advertiser’s Mecca, but it is an undeserved market when it comes to user experience and consolidation of services. Hanover city in Germany for example, lives solely on conferences! It’s great to see an early stage company bootstrapping and trying to make a difference in an area ripe for disruption.

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SaaS Wars: Europe Awakens

Cracking the Code

As it takes around 10 years for a SaaS company to reach maturity, the explosion we are seeing at the early stage has not yet translated into a significant number of exits. Perhaps surprisingly, despite all the hype, Germany only has eight companies on the list.

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Startup Resources

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VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Demo Germany.