Video Lessons: Shareholders’ Agreement Clauses: What are Control Rights and What is a Drag Along/Tag Along?
In our new ‘Video Lessons’ blog series we share knowledge for both startups and investors in a short video format. The next couple of video lessons will be dedicated to the shareholders’ agreement. The shareholders’ agreement is a contract between all shareholders. It defines additional agreements which lie outside of the articles of your legal…
A Chat With Investors: Kees-Jan Heijdra
‘A Chat With Investors’ is our new blog series, in which we ask successful investors to share their knowledge, experience, and tips for both entrepreneurs and beginning startup investors. We spoke to Kees-Jan Heijdra, an economist and an experienced entrepreneur who started investing in startups as a follow-up on mentoring and business coaching. Find out…
Angel Investors in the Netherlands
Angel investors in the Netherlands tend to invest in companies they understand and where they can contribute to the management decisions. Since Angel investing is based on personal gut-feel they gravitate towards products they themselves might use. Find out about the different types of investors in the Netherlands, what kind of industries they mostly invest…
Unicorn Hunters’ Advice
Unicorn investing can be extremely rewarding, not only does it give investors the opportunity to experience huge returns, it also gives a front-row seat on the thrilling roller-coaster of the growth trajectory. Sequoia Capital, the New York City-based hedge fund Tiger Global Management and SV Angel are the most active unicorn investors. All three of…
10 Takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard Commencement Speech
Everybody wants to build the next Facebook. Every (inexperienced) investor is secretly hoping to be the one to invest in “the next Facebook”. How do you recognize it? How do you know that the problem you’re looking to solve is the one problem shared by many? Mark Zuckerberg tackles some of these ideas in his…
Tips and Tricks for New Investors
Are you interested in investing in startups but perhaps don’t know where to begin? If you invest in a startup, you should be confident with the choices you make. With the large influx of startup companies worldwide, how can you make sure that you are investing in the most promising ones? Well, ermm, you can’t….
5 Books Every Investor Must Read
Books – digital and printed – remain one of the main sources of information in the world. Politicians, scientists, teachers, economists, & world leaders all agree on one thing: reading is power. We’ve collected 5 books every investor must read, especially if they are just starting their path in the startup investing world. Must-read books…
Startup Due Diligence: Where is the Red Flag? Part II
Dear Investor, This blog is part 2 of a series of tips on the due diligence process for potential startup investments. These tips can be helpful both for startups in the early stages of their venture who are trying to raise funding and for investors who are analysing startup investment deals. In the first part,…
VC Matches SuperBuddy’s Leapfunder Investment Campaign
The regional venture investor firm, PPM Oost, strengthened the rapidly growing social groceries platform SuperBuddy by matching the startup’s recent fundraising campaign. PPM Oost reached into its Innovation Fund to double the amount raised by SuperBuddy on our platform. This is a great step forward for the startup from Zwolle, as an investment from a…
Startup Due Diligence: Where is the Red Flag? Part I
Welcome back to my new blog: this is part of a series of blogs where I give inside tips to startups and investors alike. In this blog, the first of a two-part series, we will provide some tips on the due diligence process for potential startup investments. These tips can be helpful both for startups…