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Meet Expio: Game-changer in Targeted Consulting Our portfolio startup, Expio, founded by Daniel Iankilevich, Katerina Shteinberg, and Grigory Novikov, empowers businesses to truly “think global & go global” 🌍 If your business is expanding into new markets or navigating regulatory challenges, Expio is your go-to solution. Avoid significant tax risks, save costs, and optimize your market entry strategy - all in just a few hours of targeted consulting. 🚀

🚀 BIG NEWS 🚀 Two of our incredible ULTRA.VC portfolio startups - GIFTD & Voda: The LGBTQIA+ Mental Health App - made it to the 100 Startups Competition List at Slush 🔥 We’re beyond proud of our stars Hannah Kromminga, Michael Gegg, Kris Jack, PhD🌈, Jaron Soh - you’ve got this, more to come!

CELEBRATION WEEK for our #Batch_Fall24 is officially set! 🎉 If you’ve been following us, you know ULTRA.VC is all about online acceleration with a globally distributed team. But for this week only, we’re all coming together in one place. And this time, it’s sunny LISBON! ☀️ We’re bringing our global community — team, founders, and partners — from every corner of the world, from Japan to Chile, to celebrate the incredible journey of our Fall24 batch. Check out the events lined up for Celebration Week below and join us — we’d love to see you there! 👇 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘇 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 ULTRA.VC & Casa do Impacto 📅 3 December | ⏰ 17:00 - 20:00 WET Fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow local founders in a relaxed, informal atmosphere. Drinks, snacks and tricky questions about the startup world are on us! 🍹🍪 More details and registration link: https://lu.ma/icf78w0m 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 Suspenso | Lisboa 📅 4 December | ⏰ 15:00 - 18:30 WET The headline of the CELEBRATION WEEK: Join inspiring day where you’ll meet our visionary founders, hear their stories and pitches, and engage in thought-provoking roundtables to help shape the future impact of these startups. More details and registration link: https://lu.ma/h4d838a3 𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗥𝗔.𝗩𝗖 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 Suspenso | Lisboa 📅 4 December | ⏰ 18:30 - 23:00 WET We've prepared the perfect setting for whatever you choose: a DJ, drinks and moderated networking areas for you to connect effectively with us, our startups, and key players in the Portuguese ecosystem. More details and registration link: https://lnkd.in/d79HRtAs See you very soon, ULTRA.VC ❤️

😵💫 Fundraising is overwhelming… ULTRA.VC joins forces with David Graham to host FREE workshop and offer you the ultimate roadmap for your investment journey! 👉 Book your spot https://lu.ma/srjzjhuo David Graham is 4-time exited founder turned Angel Investor with 20-year fundraising experience, who’ll share practical insights and proven strategies. 💡 What you’ll learn: • Key lessons from David's 20-year fundraising journey • Common mistakes and how to avoid them • Assessing investor fit and identifying the right backers for your stage • Crafting a one-liner that grabs investor attention • Building a pitch deck that covers the 12 essential slides • Effective investor research and outreach strategies • How to nurture investor relationships and keep them engaged 🎁 Plus, practical tools to accelerate your raise: • A free 250-investor outreach list to help with outreach • Exclusive discount for Dyrectli’s new Fundraising Playbook Don’t miss this chance to gain invaluable fundraising insights – spaces are limited!

“It brings humanity back to dating" ❤️🩹 Meet our portfolio startup, Vibes LGBTQ 🏳️🌈 , the first Queer Social Network. Founders Cannelle Danzelle and Théotime Colin have created a network that already feels like a safe space for over 60,000 queer individuals 👏 👇 Learn more about the startup and help raise awareness among French business owners who are eager to support the LGBTQ+ community!

Funding Round Announcement: our portfolio startup, GIFTD, has raised €535,000 in angel funding! 🥂🎉 GIFTD is a revolutionary clothing gifting app that transforms unsold brand stock into exclusive marketing giveaways for brands and retailers, while also enabling users to share secondhand items within the platform’s community. We are happy to co-invest with quantumr and Thies Network in this round and share with them our confidence in the GIFTD team. Fantastic work, Michael Gegg and Hannah Kromminga — we’re proud of you! Read more about the round in comments 👇

🥷 It was a REAL competition..... within the team for spots at these November events! 😄 Rest assured, you’ll see plenty of ULTRA team faces there: 🗓️ 6-7/ 11 Impact Week by Norrsken📍 Barcelona 🗓️ 11-14/ 11 Web Summit📍 Lisbon 🗓️ 16/ 11 #BelTechGlobal 2.0 by ZPP | Belarus Business Center – Белорусский бизнес в Польше и Европе📍 Warsaw ( how could we forget to mention this one? 🙈 ) 🗓️ 20-21/ 11 Slush📍Helsinki 👇 Tag in the comments if you’re attending too—let’s connect 🌎

You can’t deny the impact of this startup in today’s world 🤔 🌎 Discover Diluu, our portfolio startup offering immersive language courses tailored for children in expat families. Shoutout to the founders Daniel Garoz Solís Laura Núñez Fernández Lucía Marín Fabián 👏 💡 Do you know any Spanish or French expat communities in non-Spanish or non-French-speaking countries? Tag them in the comments — Diluu could be a game-changer for them!

👻 THIS SCARES THE LIFE OUT OF FOUNDERS! 🎃 Not ghosts or Mercury in retrograde... but SALES! If it haunts you too, you’re in good company. To ward off the sales jitters, here are 5 Trick-or-Treat Tips from ULTRA expert Ivo Dimovsky, Sales Magician with a career spanning Vodafone, Adidas, Medallia, Qualtrics & Startup mentor: 🎃 Build your sales engine first before you expand your reach—it’s your foundation! 👻 Follow the 70/30 rule during qualification calls: let the customer do 70% of the talking, and use your 30% to pitch with impact. 🕸️ Your website is your 24/7 salesperson—make sure it’s optimized to work its magic. 🧛♂️ Avoid hiring “corporate-heavy” profiles too early. Look for candidates with high energy, proactivity, and resilience to rejection. 🕷️ Turn every rejection into insight—each “no” is a valuable clue to help you improve. Stay brave and get into the right mindset! 🚀 Got your own tricks for handling this spooky topic? Share in the comments👇

🍁 October was packed with events! Check out the ULTRA team’s highlights from some of them: 🔴 Lena Pishchuk on Ethical Assembly in Lisbon: “The Ethical Assembly was such an inspiration! I was particularly touched Lily Cole's Impossible work with Impossible and her collaborations with Global Optimism, which highlighted the importance of staying positive and inspiring people by bringing hope, not blame. The panel discussion featuring impact-sector experts João Pedro Machado, Yonca Braeckman, Nuno Comando, Alice Segre provided me with valuable insights. The main takeaway is that we should work on making impact sexy for traditional investors — because it truly is. And the big bonus: reconnecting with friends (hi Pedro Rocha and the 351 Portuguese Startup Association team) added a personal touch, making me feel like I'm finally integrating into the local ecosystem — a sweet feeling for an immigrant. Thank you, Patricia Imbarus, for creating this special space!” 🟡 Yury on the Emerging Founders event in Warsaw: “Thrilled to be part of such a well-organized event! Huge shoutout to the EF team. Warsaw’s startup scene is brimming with ambitious founders, and it was inspiring to learn about their projects. Great discussion with colleagues from the VC panel Magdalena Olczak - Nowicka, PhD, Dr. Marcus Erken, and especially Bartosz Lipnicki for expertly moderating!” 🔵 Daria Reutovich on the Zero One Hundred Conferences in Milan: “Great discussions with LPs and VCs on: 1) regional market outlook and current PE/VC trends; 2) early relationship-building with potential LPs; 3) the role of ESG metrics in creating resilient, long-term value. Catching up with familiar faces Pedro Santos Vieira, Maurice Beckand Verwee, Nicklas Pavoncelli, and meeting new ones Laura Iriarte Zabalaga, Rosario Sciacca, and Dr. Gesa Miczaika was a bonus! Thanks, Alena Hloba, for the invite!” 😈 Can November top this? We’ll see soon!