A pitch deck can make or break your entire company. Investors see hundreds to thousands of pitches a year, so how do you make yours stand out? Based on some of the top fundraising pitch decks, here are some steps.... View Article
We are pretty sure you’ve googled “best investor decks” and consequently were bombarded with hundreds of sites offering to help you with outdated templates and the classic Airbnb cliches. The industry has moved past these examples and building an investor... View Article
Edward Tufte of Yale, one of the fathers of information design and data visualization, noted that “there are only two industries that call their customers ‘users’: illegal drugs and software.” His insight is especially troubling for the venture capital (VC)... View Article
California, November 26th, 2021 — TraceAir, a construction site development acceleration platform, today announced that it has raised additional $5M from Flashpoint Venture Capital and other investors. With the prior funding rounds, the total capital raised by TraceAir is over... View Article
Helsinki, Finland, 22 November 2021 — OGOship, a scalable 3PL service provider helping e-commerce businesses to streamline their supply chain, today announces that it has raised a €4M pre-series A round led by Flashpoint Venture Capital and Innovestor Ventures with... View Article
Given that venture debt is a relatively unknown option with just about 2% market share and plenty of untapped potential in SEE, compared to 16% in the US, in this deep dive, The Recursive are exploring this product in their new report.... View Article
November 8th — Palo Alto, CA — Dispelix®, the technology leader for extremely lightweight single-layer waveguides and see-through displays for Augmented Reality(AR), today announced it has closed a $33M Series-B round led by Atlantic Bridge alongside new investors CCB Trust... View Article
As the American comedian Bob Hope once quipped: “A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” His words ring especially true in venture capital circles. In the simplest form,... View Article
November 03, 2021 — Michael Szalontay, General Partner of Flashpoint Venture Capital moderated the panel to discuss how LPs allocate resources and capital to generate the best returns at the 0100 Virtual Europe together with William van Eesteren from Wilshire Private Markets, Thomas... View Article
Does CSR of VCs bring value to portfolio companies? CSR of VCs — is it just a trend or real value? What is Responsible Investing? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a management concept and business approach in which companies integrate... View Article
Vienna, October 2021: iDWELL, one of the leading digital property management platforms in the DACH region, raised a mid-single-digit million Series A funding round led by Flashpoint Venture Capital with the participation of Swiss family office Wecken & Cie and existing investors. The... View Article
The evolution of healthcare delivery over the past decade has been noteworthy, and the pandemic has, in many cases, accelerated digital healthcare and signaled its importance in the ecosystem. With this, it is important (and we shall discuss) to provide a view... View Article
OfficeRnD, a flex space and hybrid work management platform, raised $10M in a Series A funding round led by Runa Capital with the participation of Flashpoint Venture Capital and LAUNCHub Ventures. The company will focus on marketing programs to support... View Article
Flashpoint Venture Capital is organizing the panel together with UNIQA Ventures, Latham & Watkins LLP and Telemedi at the upcoming Wolves Summit in Wroclaw to discuss the responsible approach towards venture investing and the impact of VC funds on portfolio companies and... View Article
For an entrepreneur, there are various ways to finance your startup. If you are just starting out, the first thing that usually comes to mind is putting in your own money and approaching friends or family members to help out.... View Article
LandTech, the UK’s leading proptech platform for development site sourcing and assessing, today announced a £42M Series A round led by US-based investment firm, Updata Partners (“Updata”), followed by Flashpoint Secondary Fund with additional commits from existing investors JLL Spark... View Article
Breakthroughs in manufacturing during successive Industrial revolutions have one thing in common: they always led to drastic improvements into many sectors and transformed the way we look at them. The 4th Industrial revolution is nothing but promising and full of... View Article
Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca said: “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” Tech investment managers are looking for ways to deploy more money... View Article
Last year Flashpoint launched a new initiative called SummerSaaS — an online competition for seed and post-seed SaaS companies. This year, we went further and not only repeated the previous event but we grew it into a conference with interesting panel discussions... View Article
Amsterdam, August 30, 2021 — Dostavista, the leading crowdsourced same-day delivery service operating globally, announced today that it has changed its name to Borzo to unite its businesses in 10 different countries under a single brand. As part of its growth strategy,... View Article
The coronavirus has affected every single one of us in many ways. Essentially, it has shown us that many industries are not ready for such uncertain events. For example, the healthcare system was not flexible enough to fully function throughout... View Article
Tel-Aviv, Israel, 04 August 2021 — Trusstor is a data-driven SaaS solution for the construction industry, breaking the operations process and re-building it using numerous data sources, directly impacting operations by enhancing on-site execution, has secured $4.5 mln in seed financing from a... View Article
British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle once said, “Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” To conceptualize contrarian thinking in the venture capital (VC) space, you have to understand the... View Article
A highly underrated but critical skill for any founder in today’s competitive ecosystem is their ability to fundraise. Knowing how to efficiently raise the right capital at the right time facilitates better execution of the founders’ vision and allows them... View Article
San Francisco, California, August 25, 2021 — testRigor, a no-code autonomous software testing company that automates functional and regression tests using AI, today announces that it has raised a $4M Seed round led by Flashpoint Venture Capital. testRigor also joined the... View Article
WoWFit, 1-on-1 online fitness classes with a professional trainer, today announces it has raised a $300K Pre-Seed round from Phystech Leadership Fund (PLF), established by Flashpoint Venture Capital and I2BF and angel investors, including Denis Smetnev, co-founder of Skyeng and founders of... View Article
The importance of competition analysis should never be underestimated, especially for those starting a new business. It helps to find out a gap in the market and determine strengths and weaknesses of competitors. Knowing the competitive landscape, the company understands... View Article
Tel-Aviv, Israel, 07 July 2021 — Bllink, a property management platform that provides a financial solution for residential buildings, today announced that it has secured $1.2 mln in new financing from a group of investors, lead by WIX’s founders and management, Flashpoint... View Article
Palo Alto, June 24, 2021 — Tomi.ai, a predictive targeting and optimization platform that helps companies boost growth and marketing ROI by optimizing digital ads for bottom-of-funnel outcomes like sales and lifetime value (LTV), today announces it has raised a $1M... View Article
There’s a saying, often attributed to Thomas Edison, that goes, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Contrarian investing is not a new strategy. It has existed ever since humans started... View Article
