🌟 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵.
at the beginning of the year, Olivia and i realized how network-driven early-stage hiring is. even the most talented graduates struggled to find great opportunities, while startups found it hard to assess candidates' potential early in their careers.
𝗮𝘁 five.degrees, 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘃𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.
in batch #1, we connected over 50 top talents - including Bodi Tent, Josefine Stippl, and Polina Shcheglova - with founders backed by Creandum, Cherry Ventures, 20VC. the response was amazing, and we’re excited to take things further with our next round.
𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 #𝟮 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝟳 𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧.
if you’re actively looking for founder’s associate or chief of staff roles in DACH starting early next year, want exclusive opportunities, and direct access to founders backed by Y Combinator, GV (Google Ventures), Lakestar, 20VC, General Catalyst, Puzzle Ventures, BOOOM💥, and SDAC, 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗻).
𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵 𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗘𝗧.
🦄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻.𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀@𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺.
Olivia & zoran
🏗️ The construction industry is contributing 40% to global greenhouse gases - with emissions embodied in building materials being among the main drivers.
🇪🇺 As part of the European Green Deal and as of 2025 the EU will thus introduce the Construction Product Regulation (CPR) to lay down harmonised rules on how to declare the environmental impact of building materials - and introduce a regime of audits to ensure adherence. Today, certification in line with regulation is a complex, expensive and time intensive process carried out by consultants.
💫 Enter Emidat, solving a hair on fire problem in the construction industry by cutting the time it takes to certify materials from up to 12 months to a few days. Their software platform automates the generation and publication of validated Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificates for building material manufacturers.
😍 Lisa and Florian are THE team to back in tackling this massive opportunity: Extremely driven, smart and humble missionaries who are obsessed with building a category defining company AND having a measurable impact in doing so. They efficiently built an enterprise grade product loved by industry leading companies on the back of a small angel round - and have demonstrated their ability to attract AAA talent, assembling an early team from Pinterest, CDTM or MIT.
Big congrats to team Emidat for raising this €4M seed round - and welcome among the BOOOM💥 astronauts!! We are thrilled to support your journey alongside General Catalyst, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, Übermorgen Ventures, NP-Hard Ventures and a great roster of angels.
Julius KoehlerDavid Nothacker Nicolaus Schefenacker Paula Hübner Wehmeyer Jeannette zu Fürstenberg Samuel Beyer Anke HuiskesBettine SchmitzDr. Gesa MiczaikaClaire Hughes JohnsonRenaud VisageMagali Anderson.
WHY GO BIG IF YOU CAN GO BOOOM💥
After final closing in March, Booom is now officially launching into the venture universe! Super excited to partner with David, Julius and Nicolaus on this galactic mission
☄️ A €17M micro fund: Investing €100k - €400k checks in Angel only rounds and at PreSeed & Seed across Europe
👨🚀 A product crafted by founders for founders: Every founder backed by Booom enters a dedicated 1:1 sparing and mentoring relationship with David, Nico or Julius - the co-founders of tech unicorn sennder
🚀 The rocket has taken off: We’ve been busy investing since first closing last year - stay tuned for more news on that end throughout the coming weeks and months
🛰️ An impactful LP base: Booom is backed by institutional investors, a long list of unicorn founders & operators, family business entrepreneurs as well as by the broader VC ecosystem
First and foremost, our conviction to invest is driven by the founders we back: irrationally driven individuals, who can well articulate their deep understanding around burning problems in large B2B markets - and who are fueled by the ambition to build venture scale technology companies to solve them. We put a strong emphasis of investing in capital efficient businesses, which grow inherently defensible over time (driven by data or distribution network effects, user-lock in effects and/or system & process integrations) - in markets that experience tailwinds on macro level due to regulatory changes (think #SupplyChainAct), shift in technology (think #GenAI) or market structure changes (think #SkilledWorkerShortage).
❤️ A big THANK YOU to our LPs, existing portfolio Astronauts and the BOOOM network of friends & family - your trust is a privilege and we will treat it carefully
💥Let’s go Booom!💥
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