Oksana Vodonos

5% of the €225B in innovation funding from FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe went to startups. Startups backed by this funding (≈ €12B) have €520B in total enterprise value. Another interesting report from Dealroom.co and Dealflow.eu that's worth reading. 👍🏻 https://lnkd.in/eMraDD7s

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“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒚𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.” Just wrapped a candid BlackBox chat with Niks Jansons on everything from bootstrapping in Belarus to backing Baltic founders. We covered hard-earned lessons on exits, negotiation zones, and why the biggest wins come from climbing taller trees, not grabbing low-hanging fruit. If you’re building right now, remember: market size is measured in money, not eyeballs; teams beat tech; and ambition sets the ceiling. “𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 — 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔.”

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Here’s a curated list of VCs with fresh capital waiting for your startup. 🔴 Menlo Park / San Francisco–based Amplify Partners closed $900 million across three new funds—including a flagship, Select, and digital biology fund—backing early-stage technical and biotech founders. 🔴 Poland-based PFR Ventures launched a €150 million deep-tech fund-of-funds targeting VC funds investing in AI, quantum, robotics, defense, space, and cybersecurity. 🔴 Atlanta-based Collab Capital raised $75 million for its second fund, backing early-stage tech startups focused on economic mobility, healthcare access, and community infrastructure. 🔴 Baltimore/DC–based DataTribe raised $41 million for its third fund, backing seed-stage cybersecurity startups spun out of government R&D. 🔴 San Francisco, CA–based Right Side Capital raised $55 million for its sixth fund, backing capital-efficient pre-seed tech startups in SaaS, AI, healthcare, and analytics. 🔴 San Francisco, CA–based Bloomberg Beta raised $75 million for its fifth fund, backing early-stage startups in the future of work and AI. 🔴 Los Angeles–based Taste Tomorrow Ventures launched a $30 million fund focused on early-stage functional beverage and better-for-you snack companies. 🔴 New York–based Planeteer Capital closed its maiden climate-tech fund at $54 million to back asset-light startups focused on food, land use, manufacturing, and climate-risk adaptation. 🔴 Mexico-based Nascent raised a $15 million first close for Fund II to back early-stage fintech, proptech, marketplace, and AI startups across Latin America. 🔴 London–based Circle & Co closed its first solo-GP fund of £11.5 million to invest in early-stage consumer technology startups. 🔴 Boston-based Cybernetix Ventures announced a $100 million second fund to back early-stage startups in robotics, automation, physical AI, agriculture, logistics, and healthcare. 🔴 Chicago-based Harper Court Ventures launched a $25 million Fund I focused on deep-tech startups in quantum computing, life sciences, energy, and AI from the University of Chicago ecosystem. 🔴 Colorado-based Denver Ventures launched and closed its $20 million Seed Fund I to support pre-seed and seed-stage frontier tech companies in the U.S. and Colorado. 🔴 Finland-based Nordic Foodtech VC announced a €40 million first close on its second fund to back early-stage agri-food tech startups in the Nordics and Baltics. 🔴 New Delhi–based HealthKois launched a $300 million healthtech fund (plus optional $100M green shoe) targeting early growth-stage ventures in healthtech, medtech, life sciences, and climate-health sectors. 🔴 United States–based Merlin Ventures closed its $75 million debut fund to back seed-stage cybersecurity startups in Israel and the U.S. 🔴 Menlo Park, CA-based Geodesic Capital raised $250 million for its second fund, supporting space technology startups at the nexus of U.S.‑Japan strategic collaboration. #NewFundAlert #VentureCapital #StartupFunding

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How Do Angel Investors Value Pre-Seed Startups? At the pre-seed stage, startups often have no revenue and minimal traction — which makes traditional valuation methods like EBITDA multiples useless. Instead, angel investors rely on a mix of early-stage valuation methodologies such as: 📊 Berkus Method – assigns value to elements like the team, prototype, market size, and strategic relationships. ⚖️ Scorecard Method – compares the startup against averages from similar deals in the region, adjusting for strengths and weaknesses. 💰 Venture Capital Method – estimates the exit value and works backward, applying expected ROI multiples. 🔮 Risk Factor Summation – starts from a baseline valuation and adjusts up or down based on 12 common risk factors (management, competition, legislation, etc.). The truth is, at this stage, investors look beyond numbers. While valuation methodologies help frame the deal, more than the money, investors also evaluate factors such as: 👥 The founding team – their skills, resilience, and ability to execute 💡 The problem being solved – is it significant, urgent, and scalable? 🚀 The proposed solution – how unique, innovative, and defensible is it? 📈 Market potential – is there room for exponential growth? 🛠️ Early validation signals – customer interviews, letters of intent, prototypes, or pilot interest. Pre-seed investing is often described as “betting on the jockey, not just the horse.” Angels know that the business will pivot, but the right team can adapt, learn, and grow. At this stage, valuations are more art than science, but structured approaches ensure fairness for both founders and investors. At CYBAN, we guide investors and founders through these methods to align expectations and build trust from day one. #AngelInvesting #StartupValuation #PreSeed #CYBAN

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