Weekly digest - chapter 3

Welcome to our weekly conversation starter.?

We want to kick off?this newsletter by thanking you for the interest you showed in the SeedBlink Academy! Having read your feedback, we aim to believe?that this program is going to be a hit for many investors at?the beginning of the journey.?

To make sure we are ready for the official launch?(hint: it's going to be this week), we checked again the plan and?the content. Everything looked good, apart from one single detail:?the title.?Something wasn't right there. So, in a brainstorming session with the team where we looked again at the audience and what this program is about, we decided on a new title:?Tech Investors Academy.

Tech Investors Academy is the?venture investment learning program?organized in partnership with?BiSM?- Bucharest International School of Management that will teach early investors how to valuate start-ups, detect fast-growing companies and take investment decisions based on the market status.?

Want to learn more??Stay tuned and keep an eye on?our emails this week - news is approaching!?

Portfolio News

• ialoc, the largest Romanian platform for online restaurant reservations,?obtains an investment of €500,000?from MaxyGo Invest Holding.
• Ciprian Cazacu from easySales is speaking?at?The European Digital Commerce,?about how to?Grow your e-business. The smart way.?

Active & Upcoming Investment Opportunities

???Alcatraz AI?is a DeepTech raising €25 million Series A round to improve security with biometric authentication. Almaz Capital III is leading the round (VC headquartered in Silicon Valley),?joined by EBRD, Endeavor Catalyst, and Silverline Capital.?Explore this opportunity.?

???Citizen?is a?UK-based Fintech company raising €4?million Series A round to redefine payments. The round is led by Fin Capital, with an impressive Fintech portfolio of unicorns.?Explore this opportunity.?

???Videobolt.net?is a MarTech raising?€450,000 Late Seed to empower the growth of businesses and creators. The lead investor in the round is?South Central Ventures which invested in Hunch and Agremo.?Explore this opportunity.?

Investors resources pick

Hey, look, some startups are still raising money

?Stocks are mostly down around the world today, taking especially large hits. Yet startups are raising funds and investors choose to put in their money. TechCrunch team investigated the financing round of two tech startups and summed up their conclusion in this 10 minutes podcast. Listen to?the insights?here.?

The US and EU are Teaming Up to Contain Big Tech

Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition and Technology talked to WIRED about her mission to combat the breaches of tech US companies in Europe.?In Brussels, she already took on Apple for evading paying corporate taxes in Ireland, fined Google millions for favoring its own shopping services in search, and called out Facebook’s lack of transparency in its WhatsApp acquisition. Read the interview?here.?

Should I stay or should I go? Why CEE founders move their startups abroad

When Teodor Blidarus, the CEO and founder of FintechOS, was first fundraising outside of his native Romania, he quickly realized that international investors looked at him differently than his peers from London or Silicon Valley. Investors questioned his ability to create a product for western audiences, build a global company and hire the right people. Read?here?what he did.?

Meet us at these events

• ?????Oct 4: Regional Business Summit?
• ???? Oct 11:?ScaleUp Greece meetup?
• ???? Oct 11-12:?European Angel Investment Summit 2022
• ???? Oct 13: Investors Day by Techcelerator?

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