Earlybird Edition: September 2024

Earlybird Venture Capital

Earlybird is a venture capital investor focused on European technology companies

Published Oct 8, 2024

🎆 It's called event season for a reason! September was packed with exciting networking opportunities across the continent, alongside various milestones achieved by our portfolio companies. Let's look back at the key highlights of September and gear up for the action-packed months ahead.

🌱 Portfolio News: See what's happening in the startups

Marvel Fusion secured EUR 62.8M in equity funding.

Marvel Fusion celebrates first closing of their Series B Round

Alesi Surgical Ltd announced FDA 510k clearance.
Greenlyte is featured in Norrsken’s 2024 Impact/100 list.
Nosh.bio launched the world's first single-ingredient meat substitute.

Nosh.bio launches Koji Chunks—the world's first single-ingredient meat substitute

Priothera SAS is featured in BFM Business.
Workist is nominated for Spark Award by Handelsblatt Media Group & McKinsey.
Involve announced a EUR 2.5M Seed Round.

✍️ Our Published Content: Keep up-to-date

We published our monthly LinkedIn Newsletter.
Earlybird Venture Partner Dan Lupu discussed his CEE investment focus.
We announced our EUR 300K investment prize for the Stage Two pitch competition.

💫 Media Mentions: Discover Earlybird special features

Earlybird Partner and Co-founder Dr. Hendrik Brandis is featured in:

(1) Gründerszene’s analysis of microVCs

(2) IHK’s article on the Munich startup ecosystem

(3) Handelsblatt’s article on global innovation rankings.

Earlybirds are featured on Startup Insider Podcasts:

Recommended by LinkedIn

Startups on the rise in the UK and Europe

LinkedIn News Europe 1 year ago

Launch, Scale and Grow 🚀

EU-Startups 1 year ago

AFRICA’S BIGGEST STARTUP AND INVESTOR CONNECTOR EVENT

GITEX AFRICA 8 months ago

(1) Principal Dr. Marie-Thérèse Buttlar on companies leading industry disruption.

(2) Principal Nina Mayer on the latest in fintech.

Earlybird Partner Dr. Andre Retterath is featured in EU-Startups Podcast on AI-driven VC.

🗓️ Events: Tech scene movers & shakers

Earlybird announced Partner Dr. Andre Retterath co-hosting and Partner Paul Klemm speaking at Bits & Pretzels.

Earlybird portfolio companies and partners participated in the iconic Bits & Pretzels

Earlybird Partner and Co-Founder Dr. Christian Nagel spoke at the 7th annual Private Equity Europe Forum.
Earlybird Venture Partner Dan Lupu spoke at How to Web.
Earlybird Principal Dr. Marie-Thérèse Buttlar and teammate Ferdinand Dansard participated at B2B Rocks and co-hosted founder gatherings in Paris.

Founders in Paris exchange over a dinner co-hosted by Earlybird

Earlybird announced Principal Nina Mayer speaking at Mastercard’s Central European Fintech Forum.
Earlybird hosted a Founders’ Dinners in Copenhagen and Helsinki.

Founders in the Nordic Region connect over a dinner co-hosted by Earlybird

Earlybird Principal Moritz Belling spoke at Oslo Innovation Week.
Earlybird Health co-hosted a Breaking 7% Networking Dinner for women in healthcare investments and BD roles in Amsterdam.

Women in healthcare investment and business development network at a Breaking 7% event

Earlybird-X teammate Natalia Ahmadian announced speaking at Sifted Summit, also joined by Earlybird Principal Laura Waldenstrom and Earlybird-X teammate Moritz von Klot.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for next month's updates and activities across the Earlybird network.💫