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RTC #20: I will change your day - RTC anniversary issue

Plus: #1 reason why investors pass on your startup (but don’t tell you)

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Stephan Freudl
April 30, 2024

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🤿 Anniversary edition - it's a special one

🎉 Today is a big day - this is the 20th issue of Road-To-Capital 🎉

OK, ok… but before getting back to work, I want to use this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone who has joined Road-To-Capital since I started in December last year (yes, it’s only been 4 months - crazy).

This is what Road-To-Capital is about, creating a community and a platform to learn and engage.

The goal?

Help you navigate the landscape of startup financing and venture capital with greater confidence and clarity.

And now we can go back to work….

But wait today is special…and I promised you to change your day.

A day without laughter is a wasted day.

Charlie Chaplin

👉 Let’s get this party started with the top 10 LinkedIn / X memes I have come across over the last months 😂

You will find #1 at the end of the ranking.

Founders mid-fundraise 🚀 After that random $5K angel with a ton of connections fails to make a single intro…

What VCs think they look like when they make 1 decent customer intro to a portfolio company.

Is there also a “Founder Edition”?

VCs doing DD on AI startups.

This meme teaches you more about PE than you’d learn in many business schools. In Europe, you’d substitute a niche manufacturing business that had been family-owned for multiple generations for the Midwestern HVAC company.

The latest Y Combinator batch at demo day 🚀

Tech founders after finally raising pre-seed🚀 Now they can pay themselves for 3 months before needing to raise more money.

2023 me calling 2021 me for all the NFT investments.

LPs asking VCs if they found any profitable companies.

And my favorite one is….

Pick your industry right, bro.

📝 Did you enjoy this week's special issue?

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📖 Report of the week

A study of all new US & European unicorn founders 2013-2023

📅 Calendar of main VC events in the upcoming weeks

“Networking is a lot like nutrition and fitness: we know what to do, the hard part is making it a top priority”

May
• Data-Driven VC Summit 2024 | Online | May 5-8
• Private Debt Investor Europe Summit | London, UK | May 7-8
• Emerging Founders | Warsaw, Poland | May 7
• EU-Startups Summit | La Valletta, Malta | May 9-10
• 0100 Conference CEE 2024 | Prague | May 14-16
• Impact’24 | Poznan, Poland | May 15-16
• Mashup | Malmo, Sweden | May 15-16
• Tech.eu Summit | London, UK | May 16-17
• Finovate Spring | San Francisco, US | May 21-23
• Infoshare | Gdańsk, Poland | May 22-23
• Viva Technology | Paris, France | May 22-25

June
• NOAH Conference | London, UK | Jun 3-4
• SaaStr Europe | London, UK | Jun 4-5
• SuperVenture | Berlin, Germany | Jun 4-6
• Money20/20 Europe | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Jun 4-6
• SuperReturn International | Berlin, Germany | Jun 4-7
• Bits & Pretzels HealthTech | Munich, Germany | Jun 5-6
• South Summit | Madrid, Spain | Jun 5-7
• London Tech Week | London, UK | Jun 10-14
• TNW Conference | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Jun 20-21

👉 Get the full list of events in 2024 here

This was it for today.

How did you like this “special issue”?

Now you can go back to work…😂

See you next Tuesday,
Stephan 👋

Issue #20 | 30 April 2024

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