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Some founders are natural talents in conveying a fundraising story and creating investor interest. Others convince with a strikingly good team, model, product or traction. Regardless of how you aim to convince investors, we believe that there are some important principles that founders should follow to make the most of this process.

We spoke to serial founders to share what they love about starting and building ventures from scratch, what keeps them motivated, what they learned throughout their careers, and what advice they have for future entrepreneurs.

As we have entered July and many in the Northern Hemisphere have started their summer vacations, it is a good moment to look back at a breathtaking first half of 2021 in which the global VC industry reached new all-time highs.

Venture Capital is a relatively small, yet highly impactful asset class. Despite the economic relevance of VC, only primitive methods are used when it comes to valuing these assets. In times of skyrocketing post-money valuations (PMV) it is of great importance to all stakeholders of the venture ecosystem to have a clear understanding of the fair value of the assets they hold.

More than 10 on-demand grocery delivery services like Gorillas, Zapp or Getir are currently competing across Europe and have pocketed more than 2 billion USD to date. But if anything can be learned from e-commerce in China, instant delivery is not the magic bullet to crack the dominance of Europe´s incumbent supermarket chains.

Within this program, Picus Expert Partners will collaborate with our portfolio companies and advise them on selective, crucial projects, such as building a high-performing and scalable HR organization, structuring a targeted and effective sales funnel, launching new marketing and branding campaigns, or setting up an enhanced and solid technology infrastructure.

Especially in times of crisis like these, the added value of venture capital investors goes far beyond the financial investment. Now more than ever, the first step must be to create a crisis-proof foundation and thus significantly reduce the risk of failure. Capital alone is no longer enough.