Some things are made for influencer analysis, some things are not. This is clearly not.

“VC has become a publicly followed industry, which is a bit strange. It creates a weird incentive for VCs to make very loud proclamations…which I usually find miss the mark.” Our Managing Partner Cem Sertoglu sat down with Andreas Munk Holm on the The European VC podcast.

It also busts up our washing machine

Why AI Won't Cause Unemployment Marc Andreessen Reposted Jan 24, 2025 "In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of [running] a business." -- George McGovern Fears about new technology replacing human labor and causing overall unemployment have

Here’s a delivery drone dropping 5 super fresh pizzas into my garden in Dublin 3 minutes after they left the oven. I know it’s cool to talk about bottlecaps and cookie banners as Europe’s big innovations, but don’t forget there are legit areas where amazing stuff is happening.

Heard from VC LPs this week - an observation on coinvest. In public markets, most investors I work with invest in public markets through funds or passively. Typically only the largest / most sophisticated are investing in stocks directly. In private markets, everyone invests

Presenting today at a fairly large VC event in Paris. Main Goal: Get EU VCs to do more than pledge the money they anyway raised, PR releases, or feel-good events. But pick a topic, do the work, help improving things. Showing EU-Inc as example Here the deck. Wish me luck.

Jack Dorsey: "the algorithms are definitively programming us... we are being programmed. These algorithms know our preferences better than us. That's only going to increase. How do we increase agency? It's by choice [of algorithms]."

Let's go Europe 🚀🚀 😉

No words. What a fucking asshole. 3 years and 11 months to go …

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Why do I post about politics? Two reasons: 1. Because I do not want to be silent out of fear. I want to add my voice to the growing chorus of people who realize what is going on. We are stronger when we speak out. 2. Because it matters: "Now the breadth and velocity of the

Hard to stay optimistic after a messy Germany election night, but here's a try: - Voter turnout around 82,5%, highest in decades --> democracy is live and kicking - CDU Deutschlands can form a two-party coalition --> makes governing much easier and change possible - AfD 20% which is

David Sacks So you are saying it would be better if we allowed Russia to take control of Ukraine and control their rare earths, agriculture and other resources? How would that be better for the United States? And once Russia has Ukraine, do we let them take the rest of Eastern Europe?

I’m now simply blocking any euro doomers and here-is-why-we-are-fucked-tards. Enragement engagement is out.

And this is why euvc will never scale 😆 Im cool with that, in service of the deep conversation ❤️

Then they get both the polar bears AND the whales 🐋

GPAs just increased 2x across North America 🚀 MAKE AMERICA SMART AGAIN

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