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Isabel Russ

Isabel Russ

Do You Really Need VC Financing?

A high percentage of startups that we rejected at Speedinvest fell into the category “not a VC case”. While the definition of this term…

Jan 5, 2021

Do You Really Need VC Financing?

Jan 5, 2021

Isabel Russ

9 Fundraising Tricks From a Professional Fundraiser

Having witnessed countless fundraising processes from the investor side as well as having supported more than a handful myself, I can tell…

Oct 28, 2020

9 Fundraising Tricks From a Professional Fundraiser

Oct 28, 2020

Isabel Russ

How to Create a Great (Fundraising) Storyline

The key to fundraising really is to be able to tell a great story, i.e. being able to provide a succinct and coherent explanation for why…

Sep 28, 2020

How to Create a Great (Fundraising) Storyline

Sep 28, 2020

Isabel Russ

How to create a financial plan that fulfills early stage investors’ expectations

Once investors have decided that they like you and your business, they will all ask you for the same: a financial plan. It might seem like…

Aug 19, 2020

How to create a financial plan that fulfills early stage investors’ expectations

Aug 19, 2020

Isabel Russ

Why you should not go fundraising now (if you don’t have to)

Covid19 has hit everyone quite badly and due to their fragile nature startups are especially in danger during this time of uncertainty…

Apr 22, 2020

Why you should not go fundraising now (if you don’t have to)

Apr 22, 2020

Isabel Russ

Investors Should Respect Fundraising Founders’ Time

I spent the first three years of my career on the investor side, but having now been able to support fundraising efforts on the startup…

Oct 14, 2019

Investors Should Respect Fundraising Founders’ Time

Oct 14, 2019

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in
Speedinvest

8 Reasons Why The European VC Industry is Lagging Behind

With only 7 per cent of the world’s population, the EU makes 20 per cent of global R&D investments and has a leading position in global…

Jun 17, 2019

8 Reasons Why The European VC Industry is Lagging Behind

Jun 17, 2019

Isabel Russ
in
Speedinvest

4 Common Reasons Investors Don’t Invest and What Founders can do About it

To set expectations right: at Speedinvest we invest in less than 1% of the startups that we take a look at (and that number even excludes…

May 6, 2019

4 Common Reasons Investors Don’t Invest and What Founders can do About it

May 6, 2019

Isabel Russ
in
Speedinvest

Unveiling the Due Diligence Process for Early-Stage Startups

As with almost everything in early stage investing, it’s difficult to standardize what happens after the first introduction call between a…

Mar 15, 2019

Unveiling the Due Diligence Process for Early-Stage Startups

Mar 15, 2019

Isabel Russ
in
Speedinvest

What Founders Should Expect in Their First Call With an Investor

Whether you were introduced to an investor or you reached out cold: the real work for the investment round starts now. The following short…

Feb 14, 2019

What Founders Should Expect in Their First Call With an Investor

Feb 14, 2019

Isabel Russ

Isabel Russ

Passionate about understanding things and changing them for the better. Here: writing about my experiences in the European VC/start-up world

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