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Industry Analysis
The Typical Venture Capital Process & Standards
Treat fundraising like a disciplined sales motion with clear funnel math, realistic timelines, and dilution benchmarks so you never run out of leverage.
Industry Analysis
The Money That Doesn't Demand Equity
Unlock grants, venture debt, and corporate partnerships that fund growth without diluting your cap table, and learn how to build a hybrid capital strategy that keeps you in control.
Industry Analysis
Do You Actually Need Venture Capital?
Learn when venture capital is rocket fuel and when it's toxic, plus the questions to ask before signing a term sheet that could cost you control.
Industry Analysis
What is Venture Capital Investing?
A beginner's guide to venture capital: understanding the VC ecosystem, the Power Law, and how to pitch your startup as an Alpha investment. Learn the fundamentals of equity vs debt, VC stages, and what investors are really looking for.
Industry Analysis
The New Foundation: Why Deep Tech is the Hedge Fund of European Venture Capital
While Regular Tech has seen a massive correction, Deep Tech's resilience shows why IP-heavy companies now anchor European VC portfolios.
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Is Europe Having a Glow-Up?
Dispatches from Sifted Summit 2025 and why AI, Deep Tech, and Defence founders are finally getting the spotlight they deserve.
Industry Analysis
The Deep Tech Flywheel: Why Europe's Engine Still Stutters
Every great tech ecosystem has a flywheel. Founders exit, reinvest, and launch again. But in European deep tech? The flywheel still stutters. Here's why and how to fix it.
Market Analysis
Europe's Deep Tech Moment: Why the World Should Pay Attention
If you've been following the European tech scene, you'll know the past few years have been anything but straightforward. But something interesting has been brewing quietly but consistently: Europe's deep tech ecosystem.
Industry Analysis
Tracking Europe's Deep Tech Unicorns
Analysis of Europe's deep tech unicorns and their return profiles. Deep Tech doesn't just promise high returns—it delivers them consistently with a distinct playbook for unicorn formation.
Industry Analysis
Why It Takes Longer Than Ever to Close a VC Round
The startup world is supposed to move fast. Yet in 2025, raising a VC round feels slower than ever. Here's why it's happening and how we can fix it.
Industry Analysis
Tracking Europe's Deep Tech Unicorns
Deep Tech doesn't just promise outlier returns—it delivers them, with a repeatable playbook for building billion-dollar European companies.
Industry Analysis
Why It Takes Longer Than Ever to Close a VC Round
Carta and Crunchbase data show timelines stretching past 23 months—here’s what’s slowing deals and how smarter matching fixes it.
Industry Analysis
The European Funding Paradox
The European Deep Tech sector attracted a resilient $15.1bn in 2024. But who is funding the world-changing breakthroughs coming out of Oxford, Paris, and Munich?
Company Announcement
Not Another Platform "Helping to Connect VCs and Startups" 🙄
I started PocketVC after years sifting through events and decks. Most were irrelevant. Too many great startups never found the right funding. So we need your help! 💡
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