Author Archives for Jana Smirnova
May 26, 2023 9:45 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
The 4th annual SummerSaaS online conference, bringing venture capital firms and technology startups from Europe and Israel together, will be held online on June 20, 2023. Get your ticket and join online. VC CONFERENCE PANELS Top representatives of PSG, Entrée... View Article
April 12, 2023 12:10 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Having started as a pitching venue for seed and post-seed SaaS startups to hundreds of top-tier seed and series A stage investors, the event has grown into a full-scale conference. Flashpoint, an international tech investment manager with approx. $400 million... View Article
March 31, 2023 1:01 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Check out our fourteenth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. âPlanning to launch a new product?đIf you are still small and testing the scalability of your main product, would not be advisable... View Article
March 17, 2023 8:57 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
âIf you do not take risks for your opinion, you are nothing.â âNassim Nicholas Taleb Venture capital (VC) is a complicated business with probability theory at its heart. Basically, you are swinging at the fences with a wide dispersion of... View Article
March 16, 2023 1:33 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
In the world of startups, there are typically two ways to finance a company: equity financing and debt financing. While equity financing is often the first choice for many entrepreneurs, particularly at the early stage, venture debt is quickly becoming... View Article
March 14, 2023 11:59 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Check out our thirteenth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. âHow should I address finance discipline in my start-up?đReporting is required, take seriously your budgeting process, start having a dedicated finance manager,... View Article
March 10, 2023 8:29 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Check out our twelfth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. âShould I consider debt financing options?đIf you are, as a founder, exploring debt options to fund your company, this video will answer... View Article
March 2, 2023 10:20 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Dear Reader! We would like to thank you for being with us during the year 2022! We hope you have enjoyed reading our news, going forward we will try to make it even more exciting! We are already seeing the... View Article
February 16, 2023 10:00 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Following a period of rapid growth to more than 30 scouts across Europe and the US, the program is set to be automated to drive growth to 100+ Scouts. February 16, London â Flashpoint, an international tech investment firm, is... View Article
February 15, 2023 9:38 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Check out our eleventh video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”When is the right time for a founder to sell secondary?”đNormally we see such sales post-series B stage There is nothing wrong... View Article
February 7, 2023 5:51 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Starting a company and raising funds from venture capital is like entering into a long-term relationship for all stakeholders involved â founders, employees, and investors. Successful ideas need their time to gestate, which from an investment perspective also means accepting... View Article
February 2, 2023 8:47 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Check out our tenth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”How to cut costs?”đTry avoiding âsausage cuttingâ, i.e. optimising costs a little at a time, but multiple times If you, for some... View Article
January 24, 2023 12:38 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Our ninth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”Why is it worth merging with another startup?”đRevenue synergies from upselling both products to customers, cost-savings, cash on balance sheet As we are going... View Article
January 11, 2023 8:52 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
January 11, Tel-Aviv â Hotelmize, the leading travel optimization platform and re-pricing solution of the booking industry, has secured $12 million in series B funding, led by Flashpoint Venture Capital. Omry Litvak COO , Dor Krubiner CEO, and Guy Levitan... View Article
January 10, 2023 10:08 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Our seventh video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”How does a VC fund make the decision to invest?”đTop VC funds are generally focusing on the team quality, uniqueness of the product, potential... View Article
December 13, 2022 12:28 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Our fifth video in the series of 1-minute tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”I understand that the macro environment is changing, shall I cut costs?”đ If your cash runway is less than 18 months, it is time... View Article
December 12, 2022 11:22 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Welcome Pickups secured âŹ5.3M in funding after successfully surviving the COVID pandemic by optimising operations and achieving remarkable growth and financial results in 2022. December 12, 2022, Athens. Welcome Pickups, Global Travel Transportation Startup, secured 5.3 million euros in funding... View Article
December 6, 2022 10:20 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
We launch new series of 1-minute videos â tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”What are the risks of having a strategic investor?”đ Such investors could create a potential exit conflict if there is a ROFR which is... View Article
November 29, 2022 1:24 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
We launch new series of 1-minute videos â tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint Venture Capital. â”What if I got approached by a strategic investor?”đ Be prepared that strategics like rolling over founder equity into deferred forms of compensation As... View Article
November 21, 2022 11:34 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
We launch new series of 1-minute videos â tips for startup founders from Alexander Konoplyasty, co-founder of Flashpoint VC. ââHow do I set up my round valuation?â đThe best strategy is to let the interested VCs formulate their offer. But sometimes when the... View Article
August 16, 2022 1:41 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
The round will accelerate Guestyâs international business growth, fuel continued expansion into new verticals, and enhance its industry-leading property management technology and platform to meet the evolving needs of every type of hospitality operator Tel Aviv, Israel & Los Angeles,... View Article
August 9, 2022 1:16 pm
Published by Jana Smirnova
Before you start reading check the latest events that inspired me to write these tips đ: Flashpoint Annual Investor Day 2022 SummerSaaS 2022 conference. International Financial Institutions in European Tech Panel with the participation of MaĆgorzata Walczak (PFR Ventures),Bakhrom Ibragimov... View Article
July 13, 2022 12:00 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
Part I of this two-part series on Secondary solutions not only introduced illiquidity and its many challenges, it also presented various solutions, whether it was anticipatory actions founders could take or more ex-post solutions like the Secondary market. Part I, therefore, focused on more conventional avenues, whereas Part II will focus on unconventional solutions to the challenges posed by illiquidity.
June 14, 2022 12:00 am
Published by Jana Smirnova
For the third year in a row, Flashpoint organized SummerSaas, where venture capital firms and tech startups from Emerging Europe and Israel met in an online format and held pitch competitions and panel discussions on trending topics.
