Weekly Digest

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From Enterprise SaaS to MedTech, investors vote with their money, expertise and drive on the future they want to see. Investment decisions are silent statements of individual investors about what they think will have a prosperous future.

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How to approach the valuation of a tech startup

Tech Investors Academy kicks off this Wednesday from 6:30 PM EEST with Andreas Antonopoulos, an experienced angel investor with academic, entrepreneurial, investment and corporate backgrounds. This masterclass will focus on how the valuation process works and what you need to pay special attention to. 🎫 Last chance to register!

Portfolio News

• Brainhero's neurofeedback therapy has been successfully certified according to MDR, paving the way for commercialization. Read more.

• Agremo will attend DJI's AirWorks 2022 conference, which will bring together drone industry leaders Oct. 10-12, in Las Vegas. Read more.

Active Investment Opportunities

🏦 Citizen is a UK-based FinTech company raising €4 million Series A round to redefine payments. Explore this opportunity.

Investors resources pick

Internationalisation is unavoidable for Europe's startups & investors alike

In a new interview on alternative investments on Emerging EU, Andrei Dudoiu talks about the impact of the EU Regulation on crowdfunding for investors, what European startups need to scale, and SeedBlink's vision for the mid- and long-term future. Dive in and learn more.

September's hottest seed rounds in Europe

Just like in the last few months, HealthTech and FinTech have seen the most investment, with FinTech companies bringing in €67m and HealthTech bringing in €55m. SaaS companies secured €45m in total. Sifted cherry-picks its favorite startups, from Food to ClimateTech. Dive in to meet some interesting European innovators.

The hard things about the hard things

Successful startups don't imitate, they create innovations that can not be copied. Ben Horowitz knows that no recipe guarantees success. This is perhaps one of the most brutally useful books on the realities of starting and running a business ever written, and a true guide to protecting a startup from self-sabotage. Order book here.

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