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At Laconia, our journey is rooted in a shared passion for entrepreneurship and a commitment to redefining venture capital. Founded by Jeffrey Silverman and David Arcara, Laconia’s story began after years of navigating sales, marketing, and management roles in media and tech. 💡 Jeffrey and David’s paths converged through angel investing, where they discovered a mutual dedication to supporting visionary founders. Driven by a desire to blend the agility of angel investing with the rigor of institutional venture capital, Laconia was born 🚀. Our team, including Mirit Lugassi and Geri Kirilova, operates as a cohesive unit. With Geri’s decade of early-stage investment experience and Mirit’s background as an operator turned investor, we integrate operational expertise with institutional-level infrastructure. This synergy harnesses not only capital but also the knowledge and networks of our LPs, empowering us to provide unparalleled support to our portfolio companies during their early stages of development 🌱. Today, we ensure that every investment decision reflects our core values of transparency, collaboration, and community. As we continue to grow, we remain dedicated to building not just better returns, but better businesses 🌟.

How to fund your bioscience idea

Last week Utah Innovation Fund's, Gabi Tellez, was part of an investor panel focused on venture capital resources in Utah at BioUtah's annual E&I Summit! The panel, moderated by Ryan Morley of SpringTide Ventures, and also featuring Jack Boren of EPIC Ventures, Dave Dobkin of LifeSci Capital LLC, and James Clarke of Clarke Capital Partners explored the Utah venture capital fundraising landscape and offered advise to entrepreneurs seeking funding. We've compiled a few key takeaways from the panel below: 1. Capital with Purpose: Secure funding with intentionality. Understand your financial needs deeply and have a strategic plan for every dollar. 2. Selective Partnerships: Your investors and partners shape your journey. Prioritize those whose values align with yours, even if choices seem limited. Opt for collaborators who enhance your prospects. 3. Embrace Transparency: Initiate open dialogues with investors by highlighting both your challenges and strategies for navigating them. Honesty fosters trust and partnership strength. 4. Continuous Fundraising: View fundraising as an ongoing strategy, not a one-off event. Cultivate lasting relationships with investors, ensuring they understand your vision and progress, keeping you top of mind. 5. Know Your Audience: Tailor your approach to suit the specific investors you’re engaging with, recognizing the nuances between generalists and specialists. Adapt your pitch to resonate effectively with their expectations. Leverage these insights to refine your strategy, enhance your investor relationships, and propel your startup forward. #venturecapital #utahinnovation #startuputah #investorinsights

Meet CVX Ventures, the Largest Angel Network in the Nordics, at Presidents Summit 2024. Join a real-life Shark Tank experience with CVX Ventures featuring growth companies seeking advisors, board members, or venture capital. Discover if you have what it takes to impact their growth journey. CVX Ventures is the fastest-growing venture investor and largest angel network in the Nordics, democratizing venture investment. They offer VC fund-quality deal flow for angels and private investors. Their community helps growth companies by investing capital, skills, knowledge, and network. CVX Ventures has supported over 100 companies in finding advisors, board members, and investors, activating more than 300 community members. In their session, CVX Ventures and a selected group of companies will present and spark interest, inspiration, and collaboration. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn: - Gain insights into the Nordic venture scene. - Begin your journey as a board member or investor. - Leverage your capital, skills, and network for Nordic growth. Join CVX and 4,000+ other top executives at Northern Europe’s Leading Business Conference in Copenhagen on 29-30 May 2024. Secure one of the last spots here: https://lnkd.in/gGXsYxfs #PresidentsSummit2024 #VentureCapital #NordicGrowth

Navigating the challenging landscape of startups requires resilience and determination. Constantly bootstrapping, diligently saving, and reinvesting every dollar are the essential steps to propel the dream forward, aiming for that breakthrough moment with a key contract or the establishment of MMR. For founders, a reliable network of like-minded individuals and mentors who both challenge and guide is paramount. The 77 Venture Challenge is an invaluable opportunity for founders to connect with other exceptional individuals on their entrepreneurial journey. Who knows, this might just be the catalyst for securing a crucial injection of capital. Magnificent work Yotam Rosenbaum and Brent Watts. #StartupLife #Entrepreneurship #NetworkingOpportunity

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Exciting news from the heart of Silicon Valley🌟 A powerhouse trio of seasoned venture capitalists, including Ethan Kurzweil from Bessemer Venture Partners, Kristina Shen from Andreessen Horowitz, and Mark Goldberg from Index Ventures, is teaming up to launch a cutting-edge early-stage investment firm, reshaping the landscape of enterprise tech innovation. 🚀💼 Amidst a backdrop of shifting dynamics in the venture capital ecosystem, the formation of this dynamic new firm underscores a strategic response to evolving market trends and opportunities. 💡🌐 The collaborative spirit among Kurzweil, Shen, and Goldberg is not new, as they bring a wealth of shared experiences and synergies to their collective endeavor. With past collaborations at renowned firms like Bessemer and interactions through mutual board affiliations, their partnership is founded on a solid foundation of mutual trust and shared vision. 🔍🤝 Kurzweil's departure from Bessemer marks the beginning of an exciting chapter, leveraging his extensive track record with notable investments in industry giants like Twitch, PagerDuty, and Dropcam. 📈💥 As these industry veterans join forces to embark on this thrilling new venture, the tech community eagerly anticipates the transformative impact their collective expertise will have on shaping the future of enterprise tech innovation. 🌟🔮 ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #fund and increase the international pool of your LP #investors?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments?   ▶ G+QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks: https://lnkd.in/gjC_EuTE   #VentureCapital #EnterpriseTech #Innovation #StartupEcosystem #SiliconValley #Collaboration #IndustryLeaders #NewBeginnings

Great lessons for anyone looking to build that 0-1 journey (0 to 1 bn! ) Excellent points; you can get to 1m by being focusing on yourself, to get to 1bn you have to focus on others. 🧑💻Christopher J. Sanjeev Addala

Thanks for these thoughts, Olivia. I (obviously) couldn't agree more. The reason that so many are so dismissive of this sort of capability-building by a small handful of firms is that they either (a) don't want to admit that it matters, because admitting it's impactful is then VERY expensive for them to then go duplicate, or (b) they've tried or seen others try, but only half-heartedly, and seen those efforts amount to not much. The reality is if you're going to do it you need to REALLY commit and invest. There can be no half measures in this stuff. If you're going to do it that way you should definitely save the money and pay yourselves more. But if you bring a customer-centric approach to it and think like a product builder, and commit whatever resources are necessary to unlock real value creation then you'll see some really rewarding results. You don't need to do everything - in fact you shouldn't. But the things you do choose to do you need to invest in the people and leadership to make sure you do it exceptionally well. People also like to say that firms that build any meaningful portfolio support capabilities end up attracting weaker founders. That's total BS and lazy thinking. As I shared in the session last week, we track religiously the engagement and interactions of our Impact team with our portfolio, and we have from the beginning found that the most capable and most experienced founders are amongst those who lean into what we offer the most. These people understand the value of free help and recognize that no matter how experienced you are and how great your founding team is, you are always under-resourced at the beginning and there is always stuff that you need help on. That's exactly what we're there for. We're not there to run a business for someone, we're there to pitch in around the edges, fill gaps that an early company isn't big enough to be able to fill on their own, etc. But really, I love that so many people dismiss this stuff. Less competition is a luxury....

I'm organizing an "Optimizing the Capital Raising Process" event with Dentons' Venture Capital Team on Nov 28th 5:30pm - 7pm This is an Invite-Only event for founders who are planning for, or currently executing on a capital raise. Join speakers from Dentons’ Venture Capital Team, Founders Boost Accelerator, Renewal Funds and KPMG Corporate Finance to hear from deal experts on how founders and emerging growth company executives can optimize the capital raising process to accelerate time to closing, and proactively mitigate common deal risks. The panelists will also share their view of current market conditions and trends that are impacting the availability of capital for BC startups. Comment below "I'm interested in attending" and I will send you an invite.