Uitbreiding in de DACH-regio met stevige groei in investeringen en portfolio.
Vienna – 11 januari – SeedBlink, het Europese investerings- en aandelenbeheerplatform gefocust op tech start/scale-ups, kondigt enthousiast de benoeming aan van Dr. Ronald Rapberger als de nieuwe regiomanager voor het DACH-gebied (Duitsland, Oostenrijk, Zwitserland). Deze strategische benoeming komt terwijl SeedBlink belangrijke mijlpalen heeft behaald qua investeringen en portfolio-uitbreidingen in heel Europa.
Ronald brengt een krachtige mix van ervaring in venture capital, investmentbanking en de biotech-industrie naar SeedBlink. Zijn uitgebreide achtergrond van meer dan 12 jaar in investmentbanking in Frankfurt, Londen en Wenen, gecombineerd met 5 jaar in de biotechsector, positioneert hem goed om de initiatieven van SeedBlink in de DACH-regio te leiden.
Bij SeedBlink zal Ronald verantwoordelijk zijn strategische zaken, waaronder het opzetten van relaties met meer VC-fondsen en netwerken van business angels in de DACH-regio. Zijn rol omvat de coördinatie en uitvoering van financieringsrondes voor tech start/scale-ups. Daarnaast zal Ronald een cruciale rol spelen in het verder uitbreiden van Nimity, SeedBlink’s innovatieve oplossing voor werknemersparticipatie, simuleren van financieringsrondes, relatiebeheer met investeerders en meer.
Deze aankondiging komt op een moment dat SeedBlink aanzienlijke milestones heeft bereikt. Het platform heeft sinds de start in 2020 succesvol meer dan 330 miljoen euro gemobiliseerd in samenwerking met zijn netwerk van VCs en business angels. Bovendien heeft de investeringscommunity van SeedBlink meer dan 66 miljoen euro bijgedragen aan dit totaal. Het bedrijf heeft nu een divers portfolio van 260 bedrijven uit meer dan 15 Europese landen, wat zijn positie als een toonaangevende speler in het Europese tech start/scale up-ecosysteem benadrukt.
"We zijn verheugd om Ronald in het SeedBlink-team te verwelkomen. Zijn expertise en leiderschap zijn van vitaal belang terwijl we ons bereik blijven uitbreiden en onze impact in de DACH-regio verdiepen", zei Eric Bartha, hoofd van het investment team. "De benoeming van Ronald is een voorbeeld van de beste talenten die SeedBlink aan boord haalt en ons vertrouwen in de groei en het succes van Europese tech start/scale ups."
Ronald Rapberger merkt op: "Ik ben verheugd om op dit cruciale moment bij SeedBlink aan te sluiten. Ik kijk ernaar uit om mijn ervaring te gebruiken en te investeren in enkele van de meest veelbelovende tech start/sacle ups in Europa, en in het bijzonder in de DACH-regio. Het biedt ook een unieke kans om verder samen te werken met lokale VC's, netwerken van business angels en family offices om de dynamiek van de Duitstalige regio te benutten, met een focus op DeepTech, Life Sciences en EnergyTech. Door samen te werken met lokale VC's en business angels, streven we ernaar om vanuit de DACH regio in 2024 meer dan 5,5 miljoen euro samen te investeren."
GepubliceerdJanuary 09, 2024
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Co-founder of Aqurate
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As a startup founder, I am happy to witness SeedBlink’s dedication to expanding their support for early-stage companies beyond funding, towards a healthy equity management via Nimity. A solution to help better navigate relations with stakeholders, employees and future investors is needed in Europe. Less admin work and bringing transparency to the cap table are immediate benefits I was able to test.
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SanoPass
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Ioan Iacob
Founder
FLOWX.AI
We really loved the SeedBlink journey. We reached our fundraising goal within hours of launching. About 100 investors joined our vision and invested almost $2 million in FLOWX.AI through the Private Deal Room. At the same time, working with SeedBlink to prepare for the funding round was an excellent exercise for our entire team, and we received and felt the support from the SeedBlink team members who took on an advisory role.
Dan Vidrașcu
CEO
VOXA
SeedBlink made the (investment) process run smoothly. We appreciate all the support SeedBlink's professional team has provided.
Tinu Bosinceanu
Founder and CEO
Upgrade Education
It's important to look for and choose a platform that you resonate with, that shares your mission with, a platform & its people with which you feel you can have good working relationships. we got an excellent relationship going forward; we talked a lot and we were in touch on a lot of matters and I think this was important. Having people who believe in your idea is of great help.
Kimmo Rytkönen
Founder and CEO
Income
Running the financing round was like any other fundraising; we had to be active in our community as well as in SeedBlink's investor community. After the launch, everything happened very quickly, and SeedBlink organized several pitch events for investors, which we found very useful for the round momentum.
Svilen Rangelov
Founder and CEO
Dronamics
We immediately clicked with the SeedBlink team as their fundraising expertise was immediately obvious and their no-nonsense approach really appealed to us. After all, fundraising is only a means to an end, and we liked how the SeedBlink team was really focusing on supporting us and on getting things done.
Mihai Darzan
Founder
Procesio
Our main expectation has been to raise the amount we were aiming for, and both rounds launched on Seedblink exceeded our targets, so we’re very happy with that! Even though the launched funding campaigns have been purely crowdfunding rounds, we are thrilled to actually receive extra support from some of the investors, who have chosen to get involved and help us generate product awareness, whenever they can.
Catalin Mester
Founder
Voxa
I am recommending SeedBlink without hesitation, to every founder that raises capital, especially early-stage tech startups. SeedBlink is a crowd investment platform that will also provide their startup with visibility, for Angels and VCs.
Dragoș Iliescu
Founder and CEO
Brio
In the early stages, we have been funded by several early (angel) investors, and one and a half year ago through an equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedBlink. Of course, this impacted our growth in many positive ways, partly due to the cash influx that, evidently, was sorely needed, but in a larger part due to the fact that our responsibility towards our shareholders has become more stringent and explicit, becoming embodied in our market approach.
Costin Tudor
Co-founder and CEO
Undelucram
Given the accelerated growth we observed at the end of last year and the beginning of 2021, we want a new capitalization, quickly. This is a bridge round that we will use for one year, and the advantages that SeedBlink offers are the speed at which we were able to list for financing and the experience that we gain as a result of this public listing, similar to a listing on the stock exchange.
Diwaker Singh
Co-Founder & CEO
Crikle
As a platform that only serves technology ventures, SeedBlink can connect the start-up with more than just money. SeedBlink investors are primarily technocrats who understand the objectives of the fundraising company and are also able to post-funding contribute with business opportunities. The minimum investment threshold, and technology focus, differentiates SeedBlink from other fundraising platforms. A perfect fit for a technology start-up seeking intelligent funding.
Florin Stoian
Co-Founder & CEO
Milluu
SeedBlink boosted our brand exposure and facilitated the financial support we were seeking. Having a campaign on the platform allowed us not only to meet a team of professionals - that guided and helped us prepare the necessary materials - but also opened doors for increasing our brand awareness and have discussions with VCs & angel investors we have never reached before. This campaign gave us the encouragement we needed to push the product further, while the record-breaking fundraising (only 2 hours from the launch of the campaign!) was a great confirmation that our product is needed in this market and that we should continue innovating.
Raluca Jianu
CEO & Co-founder
Epic Visits
SeedBlink has created a vital ecosystem for startups at the beginning of their journey by equipping entrepreneurs with expertise, encouraging honest and sometimes uncomfortable but necessary discussions about risks and vulnerabilities through a suite of tools, and facilitating connections with investors who share the founders' vision and can contribute to their success. I have greatly appreciated the constant support of Eric and the entire team at all stages of the campaign. Thank you so much!
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